At least it took three weeks

It took three weeks, but I'm officially out of the running in any of my basketball pools. Bjorn had local favorite Georgetown winning it all and I had UCLA (well, I had four sheets, UCLA was the only one still left). We both lost yesterday. Sigh. At least we had three weeks of possibly winning this year as opposed to being out after the first weekend like usual.


We went to our friend Harriet's yesterday to watch the game at her place in Arlington. She's a Georgetown alum so there was lots of cheering and reciting the fight song. Andy played with a 3 1/2 year old during the party. It was great that they were able to run around and play together. That was a real first that they would just disappear to the safe rooms and play leaving us to watch the game. It only took 2 1/4 years to get to this point.

In other news, the basement reorganization has sparked lots of spring cleaning and furniture reorganizations. We moved the table from the basement to the kitchen giving us a usable kitchen table. I haven't gotten all the way used to it yet, but it is handy -- so long as we keep is free of mail and other crap, like Mark's shoes and Bjorn's portfolio.

Andy has his first field trip on Tuesday to go to the zoo with his school. I'm not sure how that works. I have lots of questions I need to ask tomorrow about transportation, naps, organization and that kind of stuff. I'm sure he's going to love it though.

The basement and my Chippendale's dancer

Before (below) and after (above)

Someone asked to see before and after pictures of the basement. Viola. Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of the new floor for the first week when it was still pristine and clean. In this picture, it looks a little cluttered, but really it's tons better than it was before. We're really psyched. Bjorn's going to be mad that he's in this picture, especially since he's all sweaty from the gym and was mad I was taking the picture.

After a rough day and night Tuesday, Andy slept well last night and did fine at school today. Bjorn also took him to my indoor game at the Fairfax Sportsplex where he picked up some soccer moves in that hour that are still hard for me to do. I know, I know, I've always said he could play the violin, be a mathlete, learn origami, but man, it would be cool if he liked soccer as much as I did/do.

Meanwhile, check out my Chippendale's dancer in training. I was cleaning out some clothes and came across this tie with Velcro on the back. I put it on him as I was getting him dressed for bed and then he didn't want to take it off. Classic blackmail picture of him sitting on the potty with a tie on.