Going to town!

James had school today, and Kaitlyn got to go visit Grandma Kathy and Papa for a while this morning. It's so nice to have them back! I walked Kona and Kaitlyn over to their house (the original plan was to just go for a stroller ride/walk) but I decided to stop by their house. Mom offered to watch Kaitlyn, and of course I agreed!
Kona and I got to power walk back home and then I got to work out more, free weights, at home. I'm so addicted to working out right now, and I'm scared to lose my streak if I get sick. Seems to me like I'm coming down with whatever has plagued Nathan, Kaitlyn and James this last week. GREAT.
I picked up Kaitlyn at Mom and Dad's before going to pick up James at school. As I was driving on Via Tuscany from their house, another driver approached the upcoming corner on my left, took a WIDE right turn onto the road I was on and swiped the side of my van with the front left of her car. AWESOME. Turns out that it was just a scratch on the van, her "new car" as she called it, got the shorter end of the stick and was banged up. She told me sorry, of course. She said that she didn't look right, she just looked left, and then made the turn. She was making the wide turn because her husband had warned her about the high curbs around our neighborhood and to avoid them with her lower car. I guess she was used to a higher SUV or something. Anyway, she was very nice, and I'm sorry it had to happen. We were done exchanging information and out of there in three minutes.
Kaitlyn fell asleep on the way to James' school (not really a big surprise... that Grandma wears her out!) and even stayed asleep after James made a ruckus getting into the car in carpool line. It surprised me that she stayed asleep through James' singing all the way home.
The Pumpkin on the Vine song that he learned at school kept us entertained the WHOLE drive home. :)
I attempted to put Kaitlyn in her crib when we got home so she could go back to sleep, but she decided to babble until I caved and went and got her to come eat lunch with James and me. Lunch for them? Daddy's leftover pizza from last night. They both love pizza, it was one of Kaitlyn's first 10 words, and they LOVE to dip dip in Ranch... just like Daddy. Kaitlyn usually ends up eating all of the ranch before she even eats two bites of pizza. Ha. Reminds me of my late cousin Megan licking all of the ketchup off of her french fry at Dairy Queen.
While eating lunch, James decided to tell me that he was "going to town" eating. He really wasn't eating too fast or anything, so I got a chuckle out of this. It's another saying that he has captured from me, probably since I know I've used it more than once in front of him.
He said "I'm going to town" a few times to me and then decided to ask Kaitlyn if he could go to town... what did she say? NO! Then James got upset. No, she didn't want him to go to town. :) I tried to explain to James that "going to town" was an expression of someone eating a lot really quickly, but he really didn't get it. I think he thought there would be a car ride in the near future? Ha.