Thanks for the Spiderman Bathrobe Aunt Kathy!

Update

Ryan and his new belt.

Batman on his mighty steed at HyVee.

New belt and new dragon boots.

Things at the Stein house are good yet bad, horrible yet wonderful. The bad is that things are tight since Todd hasn't had luck finding a job yet. Even the shit jobs have more applicants than positions. I know he is frustrated too and needs some social contact! We have tried various daycare schedules to keep Ryan hanging out with his friends, but Ryan is now home full time with us. Todd is home with him Mon - Thursday, and I am working 4 - 10 hour days so I can be home on Fridays. Todd is dee-jaying on Friday nights. Ryan is loving being home, but he doesn't nap and doesn't eat, so that can make for some long days. We have been crafting and Todd and Ryan have a schedule of playtime, reading time, craft time, etc so it is going well.

The great thing about all this is that we are spending a lot of time together. The bad thing is that we are spending a lot of time together. We all have cabin fever and are bickering. I took Ryan on a few errands the other day and he kept begging me not to take him home yet. We managed to hit the last 5 minutes of Clifford the Big Red Dog's visit to the library, so that was very exciting. I also have fixed him up on two play dates, but the friend he had over today didn't really want to play, so he watched tv and Ryan played outside. It was too nice to stay in. Yesterday I took him to the zoo. It was awesome. There were only 10 people there that I saw and it was nice enough to walk around outside.

Another lovely thing is that Culver cut all the money to pay my salary out of the budget, but it is only February and I have 11 years of seniority so I'm not to worried. Plus the work the inventory I have to do is mandated by state law so they need me.

Our basement is all cleaned up since we had those work parties in January, so I am hoping to do some entertaining for the poker girls soon. I am also looking forward to cropping with the girls on February 28! Sadly, I have not done any cropping since the last time we were together on November 1.

The thing I am most proud of Ryan is that he has an awesome imagination and uses it all the time. He saw the Imagination Movers on Disney the other day, and now he runs around in a pair of blue pajamas (they're supposed to be coveralls) so he can be the Imagination Guy. He also has an imaginary baby brother who is either named Alec or Jaison, depending on the day. He also spends a lot of time as Nick the cleaner guy.

He has also started dressing himself, doing dishes, dusting, and helping with the laundry. He is such a big boy now!