Computer Issues

I think it was Tuesday morning when our home desk top computer "died". I thought it was a huge issue because the screen showed rainbow colors and then the computer would no longer turn on. Mario is pretty handy with computers (though he hates to spend time working on them), so he thought he might be able to fix it, or we could just buy a new one. The deal he found was up Thursday night, and as we hadn't really decided by then, we didn't get a new computer. He was gone all week so I figured I could use my lap top until then. Well, Wednesday afternoon, the internet stopped working. So, I was without half of my brain; everything - everything is on our main computer for a few days. It was rough. Mario's flight was delayed Thursday night, so I guess he got in around 11:45pm. And when I woke up, he said he had fixed the computer already! He is so amazing. And I am so happy! I went and backed up all of our pictures, just in case, and will do more backing up today.

So, here is where we left off on our great weekend. Saturday night we went to a moonbounce birthday party. MJ is usually scared of those (I think b/c kids are typically screaming in delight, though he thinks they are being tortured). Mario ran around a lot with MJ getting him used to it, and buy the end of the night he was flying through those things like it was his job! It's so fun to see them grow and overcome challenges.

Sunday we tried "Moon Sand". This is one of our new favorite toys. It's kind of cool stuff... if feels like sand but molds kind of like brown sugar. It claims it will never dry out. This is Mario actually saying "cheese" for the camera. Maybe I'll have to choose a different word for pictures.

Joey is getting a bit more used to new foods. He alwasy like rice cereal and oatmeal, but the other stuff wasn't so fun. He's getting more used to pears and carrots. He loves to try to drink from a cup. I end up squeezing a bit of the water out of the cup and he kind of swallows it. After that, he smiles so big and seems quite pleased with the new beverage. Drinking from a non-sippy cup or a water bottle also works. It's a little tricker to pour it in his mouth, but he likes it too.