Awkward encounters

This evening I had another awkward encounter at our local Walgreens pharmacy.

Before I continue on with my story I should probably clarify that as a reference librarian for the life sciences, pharmacy and medicine I have the opportunity to interact with pre-med, medical and pharmacy students. I love this part of my job, but it sometimes creates for strange encounters at pharmacy's and clinics.

So as has happened before, this evening I went to Walgreen's to pick up a prescription. I handed the prescription to the pharmacist and he says, "I know you." I didn't recognize him. Luckily he offered information as to our acquaintance. "I spent a day last year in your office getting research assistance." I looked at his name and I did remember (often times I don't) this particular fellow. Then followed the awkward small talk. He asked about the twins, even guessing at their age. Geesh.

On other visits, after thinking I was home free and unrecognized will come the question, "Are you married to Clay?" Yes I am. "I was in his blah blah class." Double geesh. Now that you know all that ails me, please let me escape quietly.

But the encounters of all encounters happened while I was in labor with Simon & Oliver. Let me set the scene.

I was in the last 45 minutes of my record-shattering birth-two-babies-in-135-minutes labor. I was in fine form and we had just arrived at the hospital 10 minutes earlier. I was sitting on the birthing ball making the most of my horse-lips technique. Ferguson's reflex was coming on strong. And then there was a tap on my shoulder. It was a young lady who wanted to know if she could sit in on the labor and delivery. Yes. And she had a couple of questions for me. Okay. And she was a pre-med student at UMD and Clay had been her professor. Great!

I just can't hide (oh, it was all okay though, because she was super sweet and so happy to be there)

Video: Simon & Ollie before bedtime

Good evening.

Here is a video of the boys just before bedtime. They're brushing their teeth and practicing their twirls. Could be a horrible combination.

25 things

In honor of February 25th I'll post 25 things thoughts about what's been going on in the Carter household. For those of you hoping for photos, I'll have to warn you that there won't be any. Our camera has something going on with it and we haven't been taking many pictures.

1. Successful dinner out at Duluth Grill with the Laderman/Torres family! The boys were fabulous and the girls were occupied. Yeah for a Friday night dinner out with adult conversation!

2. What's up with Wisconsin's Governor Walker? We in Minnesota only 10 minutes away from Wisconsin are shaking our heads.

3. I had a great week at work. Thank you Pomodoro Technique! And it helps that I love my job.

4. I "heart" Parenthood.

5. Ice cold beer. And I mean "ice" cold. So cold the bottle frosts over (what really happened is we left a 12 pack of bottled beer on the porch is zero degree weather. Oops. We were able to salvage 3.5 bottles).

6. UMD men's hockey game next weekend. Can't wait for our visitors to get here.

7. I must say that George Washington was a man with interesting personality & character attributes (flaws?). I've been thinking about him a lot while I've been reading Washington: A Life by Chernow.

8........oh, what was I thinking. I'm tired and ready for bed.

Goodnight!

A relaxing Sunday

I consider the weekend a success if we get two things done: laundry and grocery shopping. We're too busy and tired on week nights to do these chores so we leave them for the weekend.

This weekend however Clay and I did all the laundry and grocery shopping on Friday night. We had a wedding to go to on Saturday and we wanted to make sure we got everything done so we wouldn't have to worry about getting it done all on Sunday.

Saturday we drove 238 miles down to Stewartville, MN for a family wedding. We had a fun time seeing Clay's family and attending our first Baha'i wedding ceremony. Bea and the boys enjoyed dancing and the candy bar. The boys even enjoyed scooting around on the floor with the rest of the kids. We drove back that night.

Sunday was a beautiful relaxing day. Everybody slept in. Pancakes for breakfast. Mac & cheese for lunch. All three kids napped at the same time. Bliss.

In the afternoon, Clay took all three kids out for a walk in the woods while I made chicken pot pie.


We don't normally dress the boys alike but when you have matching identical Adidas sweat suits it must be done. Also, note Bea carrying her doll Alexander in a sling and her skirt under a dress look with the ladybug boots. Gotta love four year old fashion.

The kids in a bunch of leaves.

Bea buried under a pile of leaves. Tick check time. ;\

Simon & Bea swinging. Simon cried and cried when it was Ollie's turn. Some cheddar bunnies calmed him down.:)