HKG077: Slow Sunday

today was a nice slow day. i got out for a nice brunch with a friend and to round up some craft supplies for me and the kids while josh and the kids had some fun at the pool. we also headed out to the closest city playground for a change of pace, and livie had a ball playing with a little boy who befriended her. quinn had a fantastic time having daddy all to himself and getting into his own brand of trouble. we rounded out the day with a tasty dinner and a bit of fish drama.

my little poopers, monica and chandler, can't keep their tank clean for more than five minutes. despite cleaning their filter 3x this week and emptying 50% of their water 1x this week, i once again could not see them this evening. so, it was onto 100% fresh water. trouble is, their air pump was no longer working when i finished the cleanup and plugged it back in. right now, they are in extremely cramped quarters where i can be sure that their filter, which also pumps some air (but not enough to maintain their big tank), will keep them sufficiently aerated until i can get a new air pump tomorrow. i think i will buy two so that we don't run into this situation again.

today is a day that i really, really, really miss the convenience of target, walmart, and petsmart. everything closes early here...especially on sunday. there is no way i could go out right now and find an air pump, but if i were in texas, it would be a 15-minute errand. this is frustrating...right up until i remind myself how much fun we are going to have in the wet markets tomorrow when we head down to get the new air pump.

look closely at monica's mouth...looks like she's saying "ooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuut!"

q with his snack of chocolate butter bread, which he rejected! on the days that q naps, i have realized that if we do not get him up after 1.5 hours of napping, he's going to fight sleep come bedtime. here, he's looking really sleepy b/c i just woke him up.

la fu looking cute...he's 100% back to himself today.

dessert tonight was a small piece of banana laffy taffy...q decided it was for decoration rather than eating.

my new 'do

pals...la fu loves him some sissy. he seeks her out and very patiently tolerates her attentions when they get to be too intense. he is suuuuuch a good kitty. livie has recently begun to tell us that la fu is better than baby kitty, and while i can understand where she's coming from (baby kitty wouldn't let the kids near her without swiping at them or nipping at them), i feel horrible when she says this, and i have to remind her how special baby kitty is, too.