Chowing Down At Wahlburgers

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Amelia's Two Year Check Up

Amelia's two year check up this morning went pretty much as I could have predicted: she started to scream bloody murder the minute she was asked to stand on the scale, to the extent that the doctor came out of his office and said please don't bother to get a height and weight on her. I had weighed her at my work about two weeks ago and she was 26 lbs so we took that as the weight (40th percentile) and that was pretty much as far as we got in the way of standardized measures. Amelia would not let the doctor come any closer to her than 4 feet, which in a small exam room basically meant he had to stand with his back against the far wall the whole time while she glared balefully at him. The doctor stated that while he wasn't actually able to assess any of the things he was supposed to assess on her two year well visit, she was clearly very smart and opinionated, and that while being smart and opinionated had a lot of advantages, I wouldn't be seeing them for a long time ;) When I got home I very unscientifically measured her at 33 inches tall, which I was being generous with, and unfortunately for her is the 25th percentile. That's my girl, short and stubborn :)

Aliens And Monsters

I remembered today why I don't usually take Charlie with me to the library. My only consolation with the above selection is that he pretty much wiped clean the alien/monster/unexplained disappearances section, so he'll have to move on to something else next time!

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Fair Weather Fan

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Sledding

Yesterday we got the first snow of the season that didn't melt by lunchtime -- about six inches of it -- so we took the kids sledding at the park down the street this afternoon. Despite the deer-in-headlights look Amelia did have fun, I swear!

Date Night

Last night Anthony babysat the kids and Mike and I went out to dinner at Zendo, an Asian fusion restaurant at the Hingham shipyard that had been recommended to me by a couple of friends. The food was good, and thanks to the first real snow of the season that fell during the day, it was relatively uncrowded and there was no wait. We enjoyed California rolls and spicy tuna rolls for an appetizer, which is something we hardly ever have now since we usually have the kids with us and the chance of even Charlie trying sushi is minimal.

For dessert we tried Red Mango, which is a serve yourself frozen yogurt chain that I had never been to. I was hoping that it would be good, but not as good as Pinkberry, but it was not good at all. The frozen yogurt was completely tasteless and the fruit toppings were in sorry shape after being pawed through by a days' worth of customers. Yuck! Pinkberry, I am sorry I cheated on you - I should have known better!

Conservationism According To Charlie

"If we killed all the animals the world wouldn't be a very exciting place. We need to SHARE the whales, not kill them!"