Posts Tagged ‘Monsters Inc.’

  • 14 Oct

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    Jillian Frank


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    Play Date!

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    Yesterday morning, Jude (and I!) had play date with his new friend, Lucy (and her mom!). It sounds a bit kooky, but I’m still reeling from the fantastic time both Jude and I had.

    Lucy is a year older than Jude and is very articulate. They had played together at the park two times prior and had gotten along fairly well, but playing in close quarters is a whole ‘nother ball game, in my experience. So, I’ll be honest: I was a bit worried at how things were going to go down. Jude is in a bit of a possessive stage, and his degree of possessiveness is indirectly proportional to the amount of sleep he has recently gotten. The past few weeks have been a bit tough in the sleep/nap department, so yesterday’s play date had a 50/50 change of being great or horrible.

    I don’t want to bore you with the play by play of our friends’ three-hour visit, but I think a bullet list of all the fun things the kids did is in order:

    *What they consumed:

      Apples with peanut butter
      Popcorn
      Coffee (moms)
      Chamomile tea (kiddos)

    *What they did:

      Played with Play-Doh! Lots of Play-Doh!
      Jumped in and out and in and out of the ball pit
      Danced!
      Rode on Jude’s play car and rocking caterpillar
      Cooked food in Jude’s pretend kitchen
      Watched half an hour of Monsters Inc.

    Jude had a BLAST and passed out as soon as our friends walked out the door. I had some great (adult!) conversation, which left me really energized for the rest of the day. I’m so, so looking forward to getting together with this family again–hopefully it will happen sooner rather than later!

  • 09 Sep

    Posted by
    Jillian Frank


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    More Fun Than He Could Handle

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    Considering the action-packed day Jude and I had yesterday, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that he went down for a nap a mere three hours after waking up, but I am. I mean, yes, the dark circles under his eyes were screaming “I NEED A NAP,” but I really thought that after eleven hours of hardcore sleep last night, he would be able to make it to mid-day before needing to rest. I was wrong.

    Nori, my best friend in this here windy city, got back into town after having been in Michigan for the past five weeks. Nori’s oldest daughter and Jude love playing together, so yesterday, after a nap and some lunch (and a second viewing of Monsters, Inc., Jude and I took the train south to Lincoln Park for a play date.

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    Nori and her family live across the street from a really nice playground. We took the kiddos there and let them run wild. They climbed and ran and played in the sandbox and generally had a really great time. I say “generally” because Jude fell off of a short concrete wall and went headfirst onto the sidewalk behind him, and ended up with a nasty cut/abrasion on his forehead. The fall and the injury only phased him for a few minutes, then he was up and running around again.

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    After the park, we walked to Jimmy John’s and Potbelly’s to pick up some dinner and had a picnic in the Emerald City Gardens at Oz Park. Jonathan, Nori’s husband, showed up shortly after we finished eating and proceeded to take all three children and entertain them. The kids spotted a few butterflies, and Jude took great pleasure in showing them to me.

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    We ended the at the playground in Oz Park. By the time 7:15pm rolled around, everyone, adults included, was beat. Josh, who had recently met up with us, Jude, and I said goodbye to our friends started the trek back to the red line station. Jude was in bed and asleep by 8:30pm. He slept, nearly straight through, until 7:35 this morning. I started writing this post at around 11:30am, and at that point, he had already been asleep for at least 35 minutes.

    I guess yesterday was a little more fun than he could handle.