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An afternoon with the Nelsons, oh and Brutus too

We Schmidts had a lovely visit at the Nelson's today. It is so much fun when Shelly is home from work and we hang out not doing much of anything except catching up. Here are some of the numbers from today:

Zero
meltdowns. Can you believe it? The kids got along and we had no tears. A first.

One
change of pants for Shel since SN peed on her. He is doing really well with the potty training though, just a little fine tuning needed.

Two
hotel rooms booked for girls' weekend. Ladies, I will forward the details.

Three
episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine watched by SN. He is so funny when it is finished he lets everyone know. "Thomas, done. Thomas done. Thomas done...." over and over and over and over.

Four
almost hairballs hacked up by our friend Brutus here to the left. Brutus is Shelly's cousins' dog and he is not quiet. Every time he felt the need he would scare the daylights out of both Shelly and me with this amazing gutteral sound.

He looks like he is having a great time staying at Shelly's house, doesn't he?

Twenty two
chocolate chip cookies consumed by two adults and four children in less than two hours.

Comments

Chris said…
Sus an, I just cought up on your site yesterday, and you already have 4 new posts?! Sheesh!:)
2:53 PM
Karen said…
I would really like to have the chanced to hang out with the Nelsons...not so sure about Brutus, though. :-)
6:14 PM
bobbione8y said…
Brutus looks a little like a bulldog in drag...don't you think those eyes look like they have mascara on them?

love your countdowns, woman.
9:13 PM
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