I swear I blog in my head several times a week which really gets me nowhere since I don't get them on.. well whatever. It's not paper. e-ink? If I had actually blogged this week I would have told:
-a crazy story of what I walked home into the other morning. Mary and Robert were playing in the living room (Wesley was still in bed). They had blankets out and the little folding couch. They were taking turns playing "daddy" and "baby". So first Robert was "daddy", Mary laid down on the folding couch and Robert tucked her in and she whimpered like a baby. Then Robert laid down on the big couch pretending to sleep. Then he decided it was time to switch roles so they did. After that they got out a ton of play food and Mary had a bunch of fruits and veggies in the play collander and she was rinsing them under the faucet.
-how much fun wii zumba is. I love it! But the best part was being totally irresponsible and driving to walmart at 9:30 just to buy a game! So much fun.
-The kids did nursery rhymes last week at school so they have their papers home-including a handprint spider from little miss muffet. So Mary decides to act it out, she gets out a bowl and a spoon from the play kitchen and sits down at her little table and proceeds to recite this (she even started over for me so I could get all this on video!!). When the spider comes out Robert got the spider and chased her all over the house with it. Hilarious!
-Today after school we played outside in the remaining dirt pile. So much fun. Robert had his toy excavator and Mary had one of the big dump trucks. We were moving dirt!
-I've been working really hard to eat better and exercise etc. Lost 5 lbs in a week which was bizare. Then I've gained one back somehow. Sigh. So I guess I'll see where I am at the end of this week. My clothes fit much better so that is a good sign! I've been doing 30 day shred again so I do that thurs-fri-sat-sun and that will complete level 1. I've been running mon/wed and otherwise doing shred. I've advanced running this week to hills and then today I did outdoor running/walking. I think I'll try downloading one of the couch to 5K podcasts onto an MP3 player and use it. I can do 30 min of straight running on a flat treadmill but not outside! I had a hard time doing 3/4 mile without walking a minute!
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Me
Ohy. What to say.
work has been crazy. Night after night I struggle to find enough appropriate beds for all the admissions. Staffing issues compound the high census. Last week went better but this week every night has left me with just 2-4 beds left in the whole hospital. Sigh.
I've gained weight instead of loosing it. I'm back on track today and hope I stay that way
The outside work is going well, and the gardens are moved and the small one is planted with spring crops-the strawberries are coming back nicely (and spread last summer!) and in the front I have lettuce (small plants), lettuce (seeds that I planted today), spinach (small plants), and broccoli (small plants) and then 2 squares of peas. Yeah!
The clearing out/organizing work is going nowhere. Well it's resulted in lots of fights and we got through some of it but its more than I can handle with all the b-day stuff and how stressfull work has been. They should be done with the shed pad tomorrow and then we can have the shed delivered and start moving stuff out (once Wes works on the shelves or whatever). Whoot. The tax money will really be great!
work has been crazy. Night after night I struggle to find enough appropriate beds for all the admissions. Staffing issues compound the high census. Last week went better but this week every night has left me with just 2-4 beds left in the whole hospital. Sigh.
I've gained weight instead of loosing it. I'm back on track today and hope I stay that way
The outside work is going well, and the gardens are moved and the small one is planted with spring crops-the strawberries are coming back nicely (and spread last summer!) and in the front I have lettuce (small plants), lettuce (seeds that I planted today), spinach (small plants), and broccoli (small plants) and then 2 squares of peas. Yeah!
The clearing out/organizing work is going nowhere. Well it's resulted in lots of fights and we got through some of it but its more than I can handle with all the b-day stuff and how stressfull work has been. They should be done with the shed pad tomorrow and then we can have the shed delivered and start moving stuff out (once Wes works on the shelves or whatever). Whoot. The tax money will really be great!
Mary
So it is now officially your 3rd b-day. I hope you are snuggled in tight in your bed under your new fleecy princess blankie. I can't wait to give you your presents tomorrow! I've had them since before Christmas-a bitty baby outfit and a matching one for you (!!!), a bitty baby camping outfit, and a princess sleeping bag. I'd love to give you a box of pink legos but daddy said no. So I'm trying to persuade you to spend A. Lalee's money on one! But when I asked you you said "no, I'll just play with Robert's!".
Little girl you are so special. Ms Novella told me today that you are just one giant sponge-you soak up every song, rhyme and story. You love your books, your baby dolls and most recently DORA. Lol. It's all about Dora recently. You can count to 30, know the days of the week, all the nursery rhymes, colors, shapes, and well everything. I'm never sure what is going to come out of your mouth next! You love babies and can locate one a mile away. To be sure I think Robert is equally smart-you just verbalize like crazy. I'm afraid you got my talking genes :) You love to snuggle with me in bed in the mornings, love to sit in my lap. You have the cutest pigtails and smile. You love dresses and dress up and pretties. You love nursing stuff-I found you today with my (real) stethescope oscultating a chair, lol. I hope it's doing OK!
And I am so thankful that your scars aren't any worse that they are. Your arm that was still thick is thining out nicely and I think you'll outgrow it. I sure hope so. There isn't a day that I give you a bath that I don't still hurt for what you went through. You don't seem to notice or think about it at all but I remember. I'll never forget. You'll understand someday when you have kids. I should have been able to protect you but I couldn't.
Miss Mary Strawberry, Mary Bug, Fuzzy... keep sweet, keep gentle. Keep loving those babies (hey I want grandkids someday!). Know that I love you so very much. I pray that God will do amazing things in your life. I'll always be here for you. I love you!
Little girl you are so special. Ms Novella told me today that you are just one giant sponge-you soak up every song, rhyme and story. You love your books, your baby dolls and most recently DORA. Lol. It's all about Dora recently. You can count to 30, know the days of the week, all the nursery rhymes, colors, shapes, and well everything. I'm never sure what is going to come out of your mouth next! You love babies and can locate one a mile away. To be sure I think Robert is equally smart-you just verbalize like crazy. I'm afraid you got my talking genes :) You love to snuggle with me in bed in the mornings, love to sit in my lap. You have the cutest pigtails and smile. You love dresses and dress up and pretties. You love nursing stuff-I found you today with my (real) stethescope oscultating a chair, lol. I hope it's doing OK!
And I am so thankful that your scars aren't any worse that they are. Your arm that was still thick is thining out nicely and I think you'll outgrow it. I sure hope so. There isn't a day that I give you a bath that I don't still hurt for what you went through. You don't seem to notice or think about it at all but I remember. I'll never forget. You'll understand someday when you have kids. I should have been able to protect you but I couldn't.
Miss Mary Strawberry, Mary Bug, Fuzzy... keep sweet, keep gentle. Keep loving those babies (hey I want grandkids someday!). Know that I love you so very much. I pray that God will do amazing things in your life. I'll always be here for you. I love you!
Robert
My dear boy. How I love you. I can't believe you are 5. Wasn't it just yesterday that I held you all night in the hospital after you were born while you cried and cried. I stood by you those nights and I always will. I want you to know that I will always be there for you, always there to listen, to play, to pray, to read.
I took you to Kindergarten open house today and you are so excited to go to the big school. "Can I go after one more sleep mom?". No, not til August and when I started off with "this is March and next is.." you chimed in with "April, May, June, July, August". Um yeah. Exactly. Ms Novella says you are making great strides in pre-K and I can see it in your school work and just in general. You really are growing up! You dress yourself well and without most of the fighting we were going through for a while, you can brush your teeth completely on your own-putting toothpaste on the brush and all! You listen pretty well and are doing well at church with me. It's been so nice having you both out with me in the service and teaching you what church really is. I also loved seeing your eyes when you saw the science stuff in one of the K class rooms. They had fosils, coral, a skull of something etc and some little magnifying glasses. So cool and you were entranced.
I love how innocent you still are. You watch Dora with Mary, you play with toys instead of your leapster. You love me to pretend to be the kissy monster. You (both) and daddy have a great game of "cracked egg" in the bed (as well as banana, hide under the covers-whateve it is that you guys play!). You love your legos and are building more and more with them. You love me to play with you. Today I was so sad-you wanted me to play with you but I had taken you both to the park to play and when we got home I had to finish Mary's cupcakes and make supper.
Robert, I love you! I'm so proud of you. I pray that you will grow into the person that God wants you to be.
I took you to Kindergarten open house today and you are so excited to go to the big school. "Can I go after one more sleep mom?". No, not til August and when I started off with "this is March and next is.." you chimed in with "April, May, June, July, August". Um yeah. Exactly. Ms Novella says you are making great strides in pre-K and I can see it in your school work and just in general. You really are growing up! You dress yourself well and without most of the fighting we were going through for a while, you can brush your teeth completely on your own-putting toothpaste on the brush and all! You listen pretty well and are doing well at church with me. It's been so nice having you both out with me in the service and teaching you what church really is. I also loved seeing your eyes when you saw the science stuff in one of the K class rooms. They had fosils, coral, a skull of something etc and some little magnifying glasses. So cool and you were entranced.
I love how innocent you still are. You watch Dora with Mary, you play with toys instead of your leapster. You love me to pretend to be the kissy monster. You (both) and daddy have a great game of "cracked egg" in the bed (as well as banana, hide under the covers-whateve it is that you guys play!). You love your legos and are building more and more with them. You love me to play with you. Today I was so sad-you wanted me to play with you but I had taken you both to the park to play and when we got home I had to finish Mary's cupcakes and make supper.
Robert, I love you! I'm so proud of you. I pray that you will grow into the person that God wants you to be.
Monday, March 07, 2011
birthday madness!
Something has got to give with birthday celebrations around here. I feel like it is cake-cake-cake all the time from Feb through March! So far I did cupcakes for school and for a birthday playdate for Robert, then the ultra cool mickey mouse clubhouse cake for their party. Then this weekend it's a cake for Wesley (I'm trying a chocolate covered cherry cake from the cake mix doctor cookbook-1 box chocolate cake and a can of cherry pie filling and then a chocolate glaze. Then the following Friday will be Mary's b-day and I'm doing strawberry cake with strawberry frosting (maybe in ice cream cones?). And then NO MORE CAKE. As it is I have put the rest of the cake in the fridge in a covered cake pan and I am going to stay out of it!
But honestly their party went well and I could not be prouder of my little people. We had such a good time at the party, the mix of kids was great, they played so well together and the moms/other guests were able to catch up and chat some since we didn't have to hover over the kids 24/7! They got a great mix of toys/books and clothes which was nice-enough toys not to feel cheated but enough of the other stuff not to be snowed under in toys. They got some activity books and stuff but also some bearnstain bears and little critters (mercer meyer) which are my 2 favorite types for this age-so we are enjoying them! Mary also got some princess books which are great. Bring on the pink!
M+R are growing up so fast and are turning into such interesting and cute kids! They went for their well check ups on Thursday and the doctor was really impressed by them. They are on track/above track for everything. Robert wouldn't do the vision screen at all but the nurse wasn't worried-she says the school will screen him again and if he is here for another reason this summer we can try again. He did fine for the hearing screen.
But honestly their party went well and I could not be prouder of my little people. We had such a good time at the party, the mix of kids was great, they played so well together and the moms/other guests were able to catch up and chat some since we didn't have to hover over the kids 24/7! They got a great mix of toys/books and clothes which was nice-enough toys not to feel cheated but enough of the other stuff not to be snowed under in toys. They got some activity books and stuff but also some bearnstain bears and little critters (mercer meyer) which are my 2 favorite types for this age-so we are enjoying them! Mary also got some princess books which are great. Bring on the pink!
M+R are growing up so fast and are turning into such interesting and cute kids! They went for their well check ups on Thursday and the doctor was really impressed by them. They are on track/above track for everything. Robert wouldn't do the vision screen at all but the nurse wasn't worried-she says the school will screen him again and if he is here for another reason this summer we can try again. He did fine for the hearing screen.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
perfect saturdays
cartoons
"tea party" pot of tea + bread/butter jelly
hanging out in PJ's with the kids while we read/watch tv/play
Robert has swim lessons later and then maybe we'll run some errands
"tea party" pot of tea + bread/butter jelly
hanging out in PJ's with the kids while we read/watch tv/play
Robert has swim lessons later and then maybe we'll run some errands
Thursday, January 27, 2011
snow days
So, I'm hanging out at work waiting for Wesley to pick me up 'cause I'm a wimp about driving in the snow. It was a pretty steady night and I filled up every last bed in the hospital. Now we're waiting for thaw and discharges. I hope they'll be a bunch before I come back tonight!
I had a pretty lazy day yesterday. Snow was threatening so I didn't go anywhere. I made meatloves to freeze and chicken tetrazini. Then jello salad (that hadn't gelled by supper) and bread. And I napped and watched hoarders on netflix streaming. What a fascinatingly depressing show. Wow. Those poor people.
I had a pretty lazy day yesterday. Snow was threatening so I didn't go anywhere. I made meatloves to freeze and chicken tetrazini. Then jello salad (that hadn't gelled by supper) and bread. And I napped and watched hoarders on netflix streaming. What a fascinatingly depressing show. Wow. Those poor people.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
yikes!
I think there are a lot of things I put off because it has been so long since I last did them. Today I did weights at the gym and according to my sheet I had last done weights 12/5! So it had been about as long as blogging. Its strange because I think about both and like both and just haven't known where to start again! But I do like reading my old blog posts so I guess I need to keep writing about all the odds and ends of stuff.
The biggest news is that Mary is out of her compression shirt! Which is awesome. We were still doing elta cream but I accidentally left it out one day and Daisy ate it. It has made her shinier though so maybe she needed it! Anyways I opted for a tube of fragrance free eucerin or something like that which is working well. Her red spots (from rubbing) are almost gone and she seems much more comfortable. So that was last monday and then this past monday I took her to the ped (and found out that our ped left the practice to be a stay at home mom-good for her and bad for me!) for what I suspected was a sinus infection. She's been coughing since before Christmas and it was getting worse the last few days so I figured it was time. She has been much better in about 24 hours so I guess antibiotics were needed! The last time she had been for a sick visit was the previous Jan which is nice!
Otherwise around here it's been life as normal for the most part. I made 2 new years resolutions-to loose the 12 lbs I gained last year and to clear out the house and get it finished. I'd like to loose the weight by the Argus gathering in May and have the house done by Thanksgiving when Rob and Kavitha come again. I've done a lot of work on both recently and Wesley has gotten the storage building that we've been discussing forever ordered and it should be ready in 3 or so weeks. We finally agreed on the person to put in the pad and he will be making a parking area in our yard and a camper pad as well. Wesley and I have cleared out our room pretty well and are slowly working on other areas as well. The finished room upstairs is much better and last night we tackled the VHS and CD piles. So the DVD area looks much better. I've taken gobs of stuff to goodwill and continue to do so. In terms of weight loss I'm down 2.5 lbs and did weights today as well as managed to run 20 min straight today! I'm working my way back to being able to do a 5K this spring-I was signed up for one last new years eve but I was still in the hospital with Mary then...
The kids are doing well, listening better, getting dressed faster etc. Robert has loved, loved, loved his space immaginext set. He plays and plays and plays with it and wants more of the accessories for his b-day. He is super duper excited about his b-day. Mary is cooking and playing with her dolls non stop. She had Amy all ready for Nanny night last night-diaper bag complete with baby food (I asked a friend from church for some of the plastic baby food containers), spoon and bib. I was floored that she had it all together! So Mary and Robert both sat up to the table in big kid chairs and Amy sat in the high chair and ate her applesauce. Mary's babies eat pretty much exclusively applesauce and yogurt, lol. No peas for them! Caleb loves to help with Mary's doll and finished feeding her last night. I was actually able to get baby Jacob to sleep (after failing miserably last week much to my chagrin!) which kept me out of the desert which was a good thing!
Mary still wakes up crying some nights-she's having some nightmares these days. I remember this with Robert as well. She is generally able to go right back to sleep-even without me going in-but it is so sad.
Well I am gearing up for an unusually long shift tonight-14 hours. As I told the coordinator who asked me to come in early (she wants to go to her daughter's science fair and get a login to be able to check grades online) I am planting so I will be able to reap later. I'm sure my time will come when I'll want time off for stuff and I'm sure people will have to stay over for me/rearrange their schedule for me, so I'll take my turn now! I have supper all made and in the fridge and my supper/night snack made and packed. Sloppy joes, left over (homemade) mac n cheese from sat (yum!), cole slaw/broccoli salad, orange jello with fruit. So I think that will go over well with Wes and the kids!
The biggest news is that Mary is out of her compression shirt! Which is awesome. We were still doing elta cream but I accidentally left it out one day and Daisy ate it. It has made her shinier though so maybe she needed it! Anyways I opted for a tube of fragrance free eucerin or something like that which is working well. Her red spots (from rubbing) are almost gone and she seems much more comfortable. So that was last monday and then this past monday I took her to the ped (and found out that our ped left the practice to be a stay at home mom-good for her and bad for me!) for what I suspected was a sinus infection. She's been coughing since before Christmas and it was getting worse the last few days so I figured it was time. She has been much better in about 24 hours so I guess antibiotics were needed! The last time she had been for a sick visit was the previous Jan which is nice!
Otherwise around here it's been life as normal for the most part. I made 2 new years resolutions-to loose the 12 lbs I gained last year and to clear out the house and get it finished. I'd like to loose the weight by the Argus gathering in May and have the house done by Thanksgiving when Rob and Kavitha come again. I've done a lot of work on both recently and Wesley has gotten the storage building that we've been discussing forever ordered and it should be ready in 3 or so weeks. We finally agreed on the person to put in the pad and he will be making a parking area in our yard and a camper pad as well. Wesley and I have cleared out our room pretty well and are slowly working on other areas as well. The finished room upstairs is much better and last night we tackled the VHS and CD piles. So the DVD area looks much better. I've taken gobs of stuff to goodwill and continue to do so. In terms of weight loss I'm down 2.5 lbs and did weights today as well as managed to run 20 min straight today! I'm working my way back to being able to do a 5K this spring-I was signed up for one last new years eve but I was still in the hospital with Mary then...
The kids are doing well, listening better, getting dressed faster etc. Robert has loved, loved, loved his space immaginext set. He plays and plays and plays with it and wants more of the accessories for his b-day. He is super duper excited about his b-day. Mary is cooking and playing with her dolls non stop. She had Amy all ready for Nanny night last night-diaper bag complete with baby food (I asked a friend from church for some of the plastic baby food containers), spoon and bib. I was floored that she had it all together! So Mary and Robert both sat up to the table in big kid chairs and Amy sat in the high chair and ate her applesauce. Mary's babies eat pretty much exclusively applesauce and yogurt, lol. No peas for them! Caleb loves to help with Mary's doll and finished feeding her last night. I was actually able to get baby Jacob to sleep (after failing miserably last week much to my chagrin!) which kept me out of the desert which was a good thing!
Mary still wakes up crying some nights-she's having some nightmares these days. I remember this with Robert as well. She is generally able to go right back to sleep-even without me going in-but it is so sad.
Well I am gearing up for an unusually long shift tonight-14 hours. As I told the coordinator who asked me to come in early (she wants to go to her daughter's science fair and get a login to be able to check grades online) I am planting so I will be able to reap later. I'm sure my time will come when I'll want time off for stuff and I'm sure people will have to stay over for me/rearrange their schedule for me, so I'll take my turn now! I have supper all made and in the fridge and my supper/night snack made and packed. Sloppy joes, left over (homemade) mac n cheese from sat (yum!), cole slaw/broccoli salad, orange jello with fruit. So I think that will go over well with Wes and the kids!
Monday, December 06, 2010
December!
Where do months go? I declare they go faster with each passing one. Life is just crazy right now but I'm trying to hold on and enjoy the moments. A family friend (Lisa) just lost her battle with cancer in her 40's this week. I was the coordinator on and it was HARD. I didn't know her so well but I knew her sister and wow. I couldn't believe it when she died. She had a 12 year old. Death seems to be the theme around here lately. Lots of deaths at work, Snoopy (who died the Wed before thanksgiving), Lisa... when I have a lot of deaths at work I go to the L+D floor and look at all the tiny babies and rejoice that there is a season to life. A time to be born and a time to die... So I try to take more time for snuggles and books, more time for crafts and play, more time with Wesley. Because you just never know.
Loosing Snoopy was hard. And the first weekend was hard. It was great to have mom and dad here and the just general buisness of Thanksgiving. I miss the dog she was, but not the dog she was at the end. I honestly don't miss the puddles and the meds and the fighting between the dogs. Daisy has not had an accident since the first couple days after Snoopy was gone. I gather she was peeing over Snoopy spots/on areas where Snoopy would be. I know Snoopy is happier and Daisy is happier too! She's enjoying chewing bones, snuggling with us etc. Robert said today that we need another dog but I really don't think we do! When we donated the rest of Snoopy's antibiotics to the SPCA we went in to look at a dog that looked like Snoopy but was really a spastic crazy puppy that I didn't want anything to do with! I'm so glad it turned out so completely wrong for us! And glad that some other dog could use Snoopy's meds. We had just refilled her other pills too and Costco took them back since they weren't opened so that was nice! We continue to have 2 crates-one is her day crate and the other is her night crate, lol.
Now to Christmas! I am so excited for Christmas this year. I trust we will all be home and well. I'm making felt food for Mary's kitchen and felt activity books for Robert and Logan. We're doing the fisher price advent calendar and have gotten out the Christmas books and I got an advent one as well from CBD. The playmobil nativity came today as well so we are playing, reading, singing Christmas! The kids' play is this Sat and I'm excited to see it. Their program at church didn't go too well but it was their first time in front of a group. Mary def had the deer in the headlights look. Robert said he just didn't want to sing, lol.
The kids are enjoying the seasonal stuff-Christmas tree cakes, eggnog, and tonight fruitcake. I asked Robert how it was and he said "mmm, tastes like playdough". Then he said "yummy". We were rolling on the floor laughing! Both kids ate their slices. I gave the rest of my 1/2 slice to Mary. I still do not like fruitcake. Maybe it's because I don't like playdough either???
Well, I think that's all the news from here...
Loosing Snoopy was hard. And the first weekend was hard. It was great to have mom and dad here and the just general buisness of Thanksgiving. I miss the dog she was, but not the dog she was at the end. I honestly don't miss the puddles and the meds and the fighting between the dogs. Daisy has not had an accident since the first couple days after Snoopy was gone. I gather she was peeing over Snoopy spots/on areas where Snoopy would be. I know Snoopy is happier and Daisy is happier too! She's enjoying chewing bones, snuggling with us etc. Robert said today that we need another dog but I really don't think we do! When we donated the rest of Snoopy's antibiotics to the SPCA we went in to look at a dog that looked like Snoopy but was really a spastic crazy puppy that I didn't want anything to do with! I'm so glad it turned out so completely wrong for us! And glad that some other dog could use Snoopy's meds. We had just refilled her other pills too and Costco took them back since they weren't opened so that was nice! We continue to have 2 crates-one is her day crate and the other is her night crate, lol.
Now to Christmas! I am so excited for Christmas this year. I trust we will all be home and well. I'm making felt food for Mary's kitchen and felt activity books for Robert and Logan. We're doing the fisher price advent calendar and have gotten out the Christmas books and I got an advent one as well from CBD. The playmobil nativity came today as well so we are playing, reading, singing Christmas! The kids' play is this Sat and I'm excited to see it. Their program at church didn't go too well but it was their first time in front of a group. Mary def had the deer in the headlights look. Robert said he just didn't want to sing, lol.
The kids are enjoying the seasonal stuff-Christmas tree cakes, eggnog, and tonight fruitcake. I asked Robert how it was and he said "mmm, tastes like playdough". Then he said "yummy". We were rolling on the floor laughing! Both kids ate their slices. I gave the rest of my 1/2 slice to Mary. I still do not like fruitcake. Maybe it's because I don't like playdough either???
Well, I think that's all the news from here...
Monday, November 22, 2010
misc assorted stuff
When we were packing to move here I laughed at Wesley. My boxes were all labeled with "spices", "books" etc. And Wesley's were pretty much labeled "misc assorted stuff". Poor guy. But I have a sneaking sympathy for him tonight when I really have no idea what to label this blog post.
Snoopy is still hanging in there. Wesley took her last week to the vet in Waynesboro and he recommended putting her on 3 different antibiotics. 2 are twice a day and one is once a day. This is in addition to her 2 stomach pills and her cancer pill. He also said we can increase her cancer med to twice a day and see how that does. She isn't really wanting to eat, we're having to give her extra stuff in her dog food to make her eat. I made a gravy out of supper leftovers and that went really well tonight. She seems a little better than she did, so I guess we'll see how things go.
I've been having a blast making felt food for the kids for Christmas. I'm working on a turkey tonight-too cute! I think they'll really love it-I hope they will! So far I've made fruit (orange, apple, kiwi, grapefruit, lemon, lime, pear), a 1/2 bread loaf and 2 slices of bread that fit into a hot pink bread pan, some Christmas cookies and now the turkey. :)
The kids are doing well. We had a good weekend, they were relatively well behaved. We've had to pull Robert and Logan out of nursery during worship due to a sudden influx of 7-12 month olds (we had 4 the other week!). They are technically too old to be back there so it was past time. So this was Robert's first week in church with me for worship and he did well. I took crayons/coloring book/space flashcards and he picked out a handful of cars/trucks. That seemed to get him through worship, announcements etc OK. Mary wasn't sure about being in nursery without Robert but I talked up helping take care of the babies and she went for it!
Ms Sherry was telling me about the Christmas play practice today-Mary and whoever it is who will be Joesph-Jackson maybe? were up front and then they called for whoever is going to be an angel and reminded him to fly his arms. Mary proceeded to try to fly her arms and hold the doll baby Jesus all at the same time, she said it was hilarious. Robert's funny is that he calls egg nog "egg noggin". It is too cute :) He is playing more and more with his legos and with the dress up stuff. I got a wicker hamper at the sunnyside sale last weekend and it is working great for the dress up clothes. I have some more put away to give him for Christmas. Mary spends all her time with her babies. She takes such careful care of them. It's so cute. I've really been battling eczema with her this winter-it's getting really old. I can't wait to have her out of her shirt!
I had a dentist appointment today and they massacred my teeth so I've taken some ibuprofen and am chilling while Wesley give the kids a bath. No cavities just lots of tarter. I got the kids dressed and to school and picked them up and made supper so I figured I've earned a few minutes of down time. Tomorrow I have tele class so my normally free/catch up on the laundry/house day will be gone doing that. Sigh. But I really don't think I could pass the test without re-taking the class!
I can't believe Thanksgiving is coming so soon and I know that before I know it it will be Christmas. It's crazy.Working full time has really made the weeks fly for me. Every time I turn around it's Friday. I think it's because I work wed and thurs nights so I go to work Wed, sleep, back to work and wake up and it's friday evening, lol.
Snoopy is still hanging in there. Wesley took her last week to the vet in Waynesboro and he recommended putting her on 3 different antibiotics. 2 are twice a day and one is once a day. This is in addition to her 2 stomach pills and her cancer pill. He also said we can increase her cancer med to twice a day and see how that does. She isn't really wanting to eat, we're having to give her extra stuff in her dog food to make her eat. I made a gravy out of supper leftovers and that went really well tonight. She seems a little better than she did, so I guess we'll see how things go.
I've been having a blast making felt food for the kids for Christmas. I'm working on a turkey tonight-too cute! I think they'll really love it-I hope they will! So far I've made fruit (orange, apple, kiwi, grapefruit, lemon, lime, pear), a 1/2 bread loaf and 2 slices of bread that fit into a hot pink bread pan, some Christmas cookies and now the turkey. :)
The kids are doing well. We had a good weekend, they were relatively well behaved. We've had to pull Robert and Logan out of nursery during worship due to a sudden influx of 7-12 month olds (we had 4 the other week!). They are technically too old to be back there so it was past time. So this was Robert's first week in church with me for worship and he did well. I took crayons/coloring book/space flashcards and he picked out a handful of cars/trucks. That seemed to get him through worship, announcements etc OK. Mary wasn't sure about being in nursery without Robert but I talked up helping take care of the babies and she went for it!
Ms Sherry was telling me about the Christmas play practice today-Mary and whoever it is who will be Joesph-Jackson maybe? were up front and then they called for whoever is going to be an angel and reminded him to fly his arms. Mary proceeded to try to fly her arms and hold the doll baby Jesus all at the same time, she said it was hilarious. Robert's funny is that he calls egg nog "egg noggin". It is too cute :) He is playing more and more with his legos and with the dress up stuff. I got a wicker hamper at the sunnyside sale last weekend and it is working great for the dress up clothes. I have some more put away to give him for Christmas. Mary spends all her time with her babies. She takes such careful care of them. It's so cute. I've really been battling eczema with her this winter-it's getting really old. I can't wait to have her out of her shirt!
I had a dentist appointment today and they massacred my teeth so I've taken some ibuprofen and am chilling while Wesley give the kids a bath. No cavities just lots of tarter. I got the kids dressed and to school and picked them up and made supper so I figured I've earned a few minutes of down time. Tomorrow I have tele class so my normally free/catch up on the laundry/house day will be gone doing that. Sigh. But I really don't think I could pass the test without re-taking the class!
I can't believe Thanksgiving is coming so soon and I know that before I know it it will be Christmas. It's crazy.Working full time has really made the weeks fly for me. Every time I turn around it's Friday. I think it's because I work wed and thurs nights so I go to work Wed, sleep, back to work and wake up and it's friday evening, lol.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Life in these here parts...
is busy. I worked 42 hours last week, a combo of 3 nights, a class and a 4 hour day shift. Blech. I have had enjoyed the time that I've been able to spend with the kids though! We've had some fun times after school and then Sat we went to walmart as a family and then Sun we went out for ice cream and to Ollies (discount store) and just hung out. This week I just have my 3 12 hour night shifts so that will be good. I'm fighting off a cough/sinus thing so I'm def trying to get extra rest and fluids. I was just dragging last night at work but I made it though-even through the never ending to-do list that people called in. 3 transports for PACU, 10 IV/labs, 2 EKG's... there for a while it seemed like it would never end. I'm glad to be home in the QUIET this afternoon. I need to get the house picked up and work on laundry some here in a few min but I'm enjoying relaxing and watching trashy TV. I'm not sure how I ended up watching Steve Wilkos but I guess I'll stick with it and see who is lying, lol. It does give me some perspective on some of my patients...
The kids are doing well. They are starting to play TOGETHER which is so cute to see. Mary is obsessed with nursery rhymes recently, we have a clip on one of the kid DVD's and she wants to watch it over and over. Robert is obsessed with dress up, we got some more costumes when they were 90% off at walmart. I have some put away for Christmas, I think I'll put together a dress up trunk for him.
I'm really worried about Snoopy. She seems to get more tired day by day. She has a lot of trouble peeing (although eventually she can get it out). We're going to do a culture and then start another round of antibiotics and see what that does. I just don't know. I for some reason just lost it yesterday at the vet. Couldn't strop crying. I guess as a nurse I see so many people who are dying and something in me says that she is . It just really hit me yesterday. There was a lady in the waiting room who had a dog in a similar place and she was so nice and helpful. Her advice was "when you are no longer having fun the dog is no longer having fun either". It's just going to be so hard to decide when and how to say goodbye. And then how to get through it with the kids. Triple blech.
The good news is that they have finally hired someone to do 1 day/wk so that will help some. I've gotten some days off before and after Christmas which will be nice. I am going to be working some Sun nights though as well, some weeks I'll work sun instead of mon.
The kids are doing well. They are starting to play TOGETHER which is so cute to see. Mary is obsessed with nursery rhymes recently, we have a clip on one of the kid DVD's and she wants to watch it over and over. Robert is obsessed with dress up, we got some more costumes when they were 90% off at walmart. I have some put away for Christmas, I think I'll put together a dress up trunk for him.
I'm really worried about Snoopy. She seems to get more tired day by day. She has a lot of trouble peeing (although eventually she can get it out). We're going to do a culture and then start another round of antibiotics and see what that does. I just don't know. I for some reason just lost it yesterday at the vet. Couldn't strop crying. I guess as a nurse I see so many people who are dying and something in me says that she is . It just really hit me yesterday. There was a lady in the waiting room who had a dog in a similar place and she was so nice and helpful. Her advice was "when you are no longer having fun the dog is no longer having fun either". It's just going to be so hard to decide when and how to say goodbye. And then how to get through it with the kids. Triple blech.
The good news is that they have finally hired someone to do 1 day/wk so that will help some. I've gotten some days off before and after Christmas which will be nice. I am going to be working some Sun nights though as well, some weeks I'll work sun instead of mon.
Saturday, November 06, 2010
TAG
1) The best investment you ever made:
-college I guess but also when we made the walls thicker/heavier insulated in the house we built
2) If you could’ve written any book, directed any movie, and composed any song, which three would you pick:
Book: Little Women
Movie: Princess Bride
Song: no idea 3) Weirdest quirk:
I really hate to call people on the phone. I'm much better about it than I was (since that is the hugest part of my job) but still...
4) One wish immediately granted:
The upstairs cleared out and finished
5) Most expensive hobby:
it was scrapbooking/staming. I hate to think how much $ I have tied up in that I don't do now. Now probably raising kids, lol. They are expensive!
6) An inexhaustible gift-card at which store:
amazon!!!!!!!!!!!!
7) In another lifetime, you’d be:
a colonial person, preferably a midwife. Complete with hoopskirts. I've always wanted to wear a hoopskirt.
TAG:
Jodi!
-college I guess but also when we made the walls thicker/heavier insulated in the house we built
2) If you could’ve written any book, directed any movie, and composed any song, which three would you pick:
Book: Little Women
Movie: Princess Bride
Song: no idea 3) Weirdest quirk:
I really hate to call people on the phone. I'm much better about it than I was (since that is the hugest part of my job) but still...
4) One wish immediately granted:
The upstairs cleared out and finished
5) Most expensive hobby:
it was scrapbooking/staming. I hate to think how much $ I have tied up in that I don't do now. Now probably raising kids, lol. They are expensive!
6) An inexhaustible gift-card at which store:
amazon!!!!!!!!!!!!
7) In another lifetime, you’d be:
a colonial person, preferably a midwife. Complete with hoopskirts. I've always wanted to wear a hoopskirt.
TAG:
Jodi!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Fall Pics
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| apple butter group shot |
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| cousins playing |
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| Robert working the apple corer/peeler |
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| Mary and her scarecrow |
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| Robert and his scarecrow |
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Pumpkin pancakes, fall cleaning and a Mary update :)
I know, it sounds long just by reading the title!
Last weekend was fabulous. We took Caleb (our 3 year old nephew) with us to the pumpkin patch complete with fenced in play yard and we had such a great time. It was very fun. We packed a picnic, played, took a hayride, ate, picked pumpkins (we let each kid pick a tiny pumpkin-turns out they are only 50 c each!), and generally had a good time. It was nice family time. And nice to bond a little more with Caleb.
So I made it through another week. Work is still busy (crazy busy actually!) and I worked an extra 4 hours on Sun night for double pay. Then came home and slept a few hours, got the kids off to school and sat down with my netbook and a cup of tea (I had a sore throat). Dumped the tea all over the poor netbook :( Somehow by the grace of God and the skill of Wesley it is fully functional. For a day or so the R key didn't work but it's back! Whew! Wesley had just warned me the other day about that but I didn't listen. So I had a 2 day time out (no netbook!) to teach me my lesson!
But the big news of the week was the birth of our second nephew, Jacob on Wed.. He is such a sweetie. It's so nice to have a newborn in the family! (and so nice that it isn't mine!). I wondered if I would have baby lust when he was born but I think (OK know) that I am happy to be an adoring aunt to two cute boys! And hopefully some more if Rob and Kavitha have kids!
I actually made it to the gym 3 days this week, and managed to keep the house picked up and meals (mostly) made. They've been un-impressive to say the least. And Thursday I had to be back at work at 5 pm and so I gave up entirely and told Wesley he could pick up BK or something. I didn't manage to get the weekly housework done but somehow the kids were cooperative and I was able to get the basics PLUS a whole lot more done today.
The kids' clothes are sorted out, the old stuff is out, the fall stuff is in (with plenty of short sleeve shirts for the interim weather), their room is cleaned up even more (it really wasn't bad). The diapers are gone (all we have left is pull ups that they wear at night and I think we are almost done with them as well!)-RMH is doing a diaper drive for united way so they are in the car ready to be donated tomorrow when I work. Wesley did a detailed vacuuming of the carpeted areas-even upstairs and the stairs. I did a detailed sweeping/moping/dusting of the rest and then finished the bathrooms tonight. Earlier in the week I had bought new storage containers for the toys so we could put them away easier. One for matchobox cars and the car mat, one for pirate stuff, one for tractors and loader/dumpers etc, one for Thomas trains (take along) and its track, one for snap n style dolls.... It looks a lot better!
I decorated last weekend so the house looks clean and cozy and decorated for fall. Ahh. The kids have been coming home with crafts galore recently, so the picture window is covered in leaves, acorns, pumpkins... and they even made toddler sized scarecrows this week. They are soooooo cute. If anyone is looking for a good preschool daycare, I recommend Kidzone!
The kids are so crazy together. They really love each other and play together... and fight. Moooooooom he took my stroller and my baby doll. Moooooom, she has my space rocket. But over all they love each other and that is cool! Today they played dress up and trains and baby dolls and ball on the stairs (not sure what that was all about-Wesley was watching them while I made supper. Ah yes, supper. Pumpkin pancakes. Wow, I am in love. They were so delicious. Especially with pure maple syrup. Yum, yum, yum! Here is the recipes I sort of followed. Of course I used mixed spice for baking instead of measuring out all of those spices, lol
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/pumpkin-pancakes/Detail.aspx
Now for the Mary update
Well for one thing, I'm calling her potty trained !!!!!!She has been dry day and night recently (as has Robert) so I'm hoping that I am seeing the end of diapers....that would be fabulous.
For another thing her scars are looking better and better every day. I am so happy. Here is the latest pic, it had been a long time since we had done a chest shot and it blew me away...
Last weekend was fabulous. We took Caleb (our 3 year old nephew) with us to the pumpkin patch complete with fenced in play yard and we had such a great time. It was very fun. We packed a picnic, played, took a hayride, ate, picked pumpkins (we let each kid pick a tiny pumpkin-turns out they are only 50 c each!), and generally had a good time. It was nice family time. And nice to bond a little more with Caleb.
So I made it through another week. Work is still busy (crazy busy actually!) and I worked an extra 4 hours on Sun night for double pay. Then came home and slept a few hours, got the kids off to school and sat down with my netbook and a cup of tea (I had a sore throat). Dumped the tea all over the poor netbook :( Somehow by the grace of God and the skill of Wesley it is fully functional. For a day or so the R key didn't work but it's back! Whew! Wesley had just warned me the other day about that but I didn't listen. So I had a 2 day time out (no netbook!) to teach me my lesson!
But the big news of the week was the birth of our second nephew, Jacob on Wed.. He is such a sweetie. It's so nice to have a newborn in the family! (and so nice that it isn't mine!). I wondered if I would have baby lust when he was born but I think (OK know) that I am happy to be an adoring aunt to two cute boys! And hopefully some more if Rob and Kavitha have kids!
I actually made it to the gym 3 days this week, and managed to keep the house picked up and meals (mostly) made. They've been un-impressive to say the least. And Thursday I had to be back at work at 5 pm and so I gave up entirely and told Wesley he could pick up BK or something. I didn't manage to get the weekly housework done but somehow the kids were cooperative and I was able to get the basics PLUS a whole lot more done today.
The kids' clothes are sorted out, the old stuff is out, the fall stuff is in (with plenty of short sleeve shirts for the interim weather), their room is cleaned up even more (it really wasn't bad). The diapers are gone (all we have left is pull ups that they wear at night and I think we are almost done with them as well!)-RMH is doing a diaper drive for united way so they are in the car ready to be donated tomorrow when I work. Wesley did a detailed vacuuming of the carpeted areas-even upstairs and the stairs. I did a detailed sweeping/moping/dusting of the rest and then finished the bathrooms tonight. Earlier in the week I had bought new storage containers for the toys so we could put them away easier. One for matchobox cars and the car mat, one for pirate stuff, one for tractors and loader/dumpers etc, one for Thomas trains (take along) and its track, one for snap n style dolls.... It looks a lot better!
I decorated last weekend so the house looks clean and cozy and decorated for fall. Ahh. The kids have been coming home with crafts galore recently, so the picture window is covered in leaves, acorns, pumpkins... and they even made toddler sized scarecrows this week. They are soooooo cute. If anyone is looking for a good preschool daycare, I recommend Kidzone!
The kids are so crazy together. They really love each other and play together... and fight. Moooooooom he took my stroller and my baby doll. Moooooom, she has my space rocket. But over all they love each other and that is cool! Today they played dress up and trains and baby dolls and ball on the stairs (not sure what that was all about-Wesley was watching them while I made supper. Ah yes, supper. Pumpkin pancakes. Wow, I am in love. They were so delicious. Especially with pure maple syrup. Yum, yum, yum! Here is the recipes I sort of followed. Of course I used mixed spice for baking instead of measuring out all of those spices, lol
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/pumpkin-pancakes/Detail.aspx
Now for the Mary update
Well for one thing, I'm calling her potty trained !!!!!!She has been dry day and night recently (as has Robert) so I'm hoping that I am seeing the end of diapers....that would be fabulous.
For another thing her scars are looking better and better every day. I am so happy. Here is the latest pic, it had been a long time since we had done a chest shot and it blew me away...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Fall!
Somewhere over the weekend away I caught up on my sleep and have had more energy to get stuff done. I'm still trying to find the balance between work/house/gym/sleep. Sleep is def a priority! Work has been busy so it takes a lot out of me.
Monday I got the yard cleaned out. I took out the tomato plants, cut down the giant sunflowers and cleaned out the peach tree area. It's nice to have those done. I also got groceries and met Wesley for lunch. The kids and I made pumpkin muffins :) Yesterday I slept pretty much all day. I made PB playdough for the kids which they loved. After nanny night I indulged in a couple episodes of Bewitched as I folded the 4-5 loads of clothes. I stayed up some last night watching the Chilean miners get rescued and cleaned the kitchen up some. There is still so much to do. More cleaning, more exercising, more work, more sleep. I work the nex t 2 nights so I'll nap some today. I'm looking forward to staying home this weekend. I'm hoping the weather will be good so we can go to the pumpkin patch as a family on Sat.
We had a good weekend camping. It was a little strange-we were planning on going to Todd lake but at the last minute Wesley needed to be on call for work so we had to be within cell phone range. His boss' mother died on Friday morning so he needed to be the one on call. So we went to Natural Chimneys. We got engaged there so it holds a fond place in my heart. The kids did well. We were across the road from Charlie (Wesley's long time barber) who was there with all his kids and grandkids including a boy about 5. But they were all doing family stuff and the kids kept wanting to go over there and it was just awkward, Robert was practically stalking the boy and it was strange. We did end up taking a hike to the top and I was really surprised that Mary made it all the way to the top. I did have to carry her down. Of course I hadn't planned on hiking so I didn't have the ergo with us! Roger and Peggy came over for supper on Sat (Peggy's b-day). Robert spent a lot of time riding his bike. We worked some on riding without training wheels but he isn't ready yet. He is going to need a new bike soon-his is getting really small. He is really getting tall and big. My kids are really growing up! Wesley also worked with Mary on her bike, she is getting there-slowly but surely. I imagine that next year we will be spending a lot of time riding. Wesley and I are going to need to start taking our bikes with us-Robert is getting faster and faster!
Sunday we came home after lunch. I got the camper cleared out and then cleaned thoroughly and stuff unpacked and laundry started. Robert is already talking about camping again, lol. He does not like the idea that it will be spring before we camp again!
Mary has also been dry even at night recently. We actually made it through the camping trip without any wet or poopy diapers. What a change from the last trip (just last month) where she was in diapers pretty much the whole time because she wouldn't pee or poop in the potty! She still has a couple pee accidents a week when she gets excited or doesn't make it fast enough but over all she is doing great. Robert is mostly dry at night too so this is great :) I haven't bought diapers or pull ups in a long time!
Monday I got the yard cleaned out. I took out the tomato plants, cut down the giant sunflowers and cleaned out the peach tree area. It's nice to have those done. I also got groceries and met Wesley for lunch. The kids and I made pumpkin muffins :) Yesterday I slept pretty much all day. I made PB playdough for the kids which they loved. After nanny night I indulged in a couple episodes of Bewitched as I folded the 4-5 loads of clothes. I stayed up some last night watching the Chilean miners get rescued and cleaned the kitchen up some. There is still so much to do. More cleaning, more exercising, more work, more sleep. I work the nex t 2 nights so I'll nap some today. I'm looking forward to staying home this weekend. I'm hoping the weather will be good so we can go to the pumpkin patch as a family on Sat.
We had a good weekend camping. It was a little strange-we were planning on going to Todd lake but at the last minute Wesley needed to be on call for work so we had to be within cell phone range. His boss' mother died on Friday morning so he needed to be the one on call. So we went to Natural Chimneys. We got engaged there so it holds a fond place in my heart. The kids did well. We were across the road from Charlie (Wesley's long time barber) who was there with all his kids and grandkids including a boy about 5. But they were all doing family stuff and the kids kept wanting to go over there and it was just awkward, Robert was practically stalking the boy and it was strange. We did end up taking a hike to the top and I was really surprised that Mary made it all the way to the top. I did have to carry her down. Of course I hadn't planned on hiking so I didn't have the ergo with us! Roger and Peggy came over for supper on Sat (Peggy's b-day). Robert spent a lot of time riding his bike. We worked some on riding without training wheels but he isn't ready yet. He is going to need a new bike soon-his is getting really small. He is really getting tall and big. My kids are really growing up! Wesley also worked with Mary on her bike, she is getting there-slowly but surely. I imagine that next year we will be spending a lot of time riding. Wesley and I are going to need to start taking our bikes with us-Robert is getting faster and faster!
Sunday we came home after lunch. I got the camper cleared out and then cleaned thoroughly and stuff unpacked and laundry started. Robert is already talking about camping again, lol. He does not like the idea that it will be spring before we camp again!
Mary has also been dry even at night recently. We actually made it through the camping trip without any wet or poopy diapers. What a change from the last trip (just last month) where she was in diapers pretty much the whole time because she wouldn't pee or poop in the potty! She still has a couple pee accidents a week when she gets excited or doesn't make it fast enough but over all she is doing great. Robert is mostly dry at night too so this is great :) I haven't bought diapers or pull ups in a long time!
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Lazy Sunday Afternoon
Ah the quiet bliss. There is a sunbeam falling across a sleeping dog on the floor, another sleeping dog next to me and I am snuggled in supreme comfort on the couch with a blanket and my netbook (I love my netbook!). In the white chair is a butterfly cage wherein resides a sleeping caterpillar and thankfully Robert fell for my suggestion that the caterpillar NEEDED to watch the bug movie so he is sitting on the couch eating his toenails and watching with her(him/it?). Mary is sleeping in her bed and laundry is going thump thump in the dryer. Wesley is sitting up at his computer. He evidently has not fallen for the bliss of being on the computer while reclined as I have. I'm thinking I should just get rid of my desktop as little as I use it anymore! I do use it to pull pictures off and to do powerpoint but that's about it.
We had a nice but too short time with mom and dad. We made Robert some buzz lightyear wings and then each of them play wings for home. Grandma came for supper. Wesley and dad mowed. The kids played outside. Mom and I took the kids to the Dr for their flu mist appointments. Robert had to be talked out of eating the whole veggie tray and into eating some of his hamburger. Simple, good times.
I'm back to work tomorrow night and we're thinking about going camping next weekend if the weather is good. That will be our last trip and then it will be time to winterize the camper and hunker down. It's been cold today and I can really tell that fall is here.
We had a nice but too short time with mom and dad. We made Robert some buzz lightyear wings and then each of them play wings for home. Grandma came for supper. Wesley and dad mowed. The kids played outside. Mom and I took the kids to the Dr for their flu mist appointments. Robert had to be talked out of eating the whole veggie tray and into eating some of his hamburger. Simple, good times.
I'm back to work tomorrow night and we're thinking about going camping next weekend if the weather is good. That will be our last trip and then it will be time to winterize the camper and hunker down. It's been cold today and I can really tell that fall is here.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Re-invention
So this week begins another change in our lives. I was offered and accepted a full time nursing coordinator night shift position. These jobs don't come around very often (the person who left it had been a nursing coordinator for 24 years!) 24! So she started when I was 6?!? So I am really thankful and awed to be here! It is interesting to see how it all worked out at the right time-so God! I had just gone back to full time, I had just been thinking that I should go to night shift full time next year when Robert starts K and then all of a sudden here is a full time night shift coordinator job. It is bitter sweet to give up floor nursing; but more and more I was feeling stretched too thin-too many different jobs and different skill sets to keep up with. Being moved from unit to unit, job to job, shift to shift. So I think this will be better for now. AND the other full time person wants to work mainly weekends so I am pretty much off weekends! There will be some times when I'll need to work 7p-11p on Sunday so she can go to evening church, especially until they hire someone to do the day a week that I did. Thankfully Lori wants the overtime for now so she is doing 4 days a week :)
The kids are still doing well with full time daycare/preschool. They come home with paintings and projects galore. The last 2 weeks they did apples-apple people made of apple cores and Popsicle sticks, apple trees with toilet paper tube trunks, apples made of small paper plates painted, apple paintings with a little worm stuck on it and the favorite-apple pizza! It appears that this week is about leaves-when I picked them up Monday they were water coloring leaf cut outs. They have such a good time!
We started the kids on allowance last week and that has made a huge difference in potty training and behavior. They each have a list of tasks to preform and then can pick a prize at the end of the day; a quarter for a bigger toy, a small "squinkie".
http://www.amazon.com/Squinkies-Bubble-Pack-Series-One/dp/B003LQU12M/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285766107&sr=8-1
One of Mary's "tasks" is to stay dry at home and to stay dry at school. And since we've started she has done much better! Especially at home! She even made it though the weekend home with Wesley dry! They are also picking up their dishes, putting their clothes in the basket, picking up toys, and Robert dresses himself. Ahh, bliss!
More later I hope...
The kids are still doing well with full time daycare/preschool. They come home with paintings and projects galore. The last 2 weeks they did apples-apple people made of apple cores and Popsicle sticks, apple trees with toilet paper tube trunks, apples made of small paper plates painted, apple paintings with a little worm stuck on it and the favorite-apple pizza! It appears that this week is about leaves-when I picked them up Monday they were water coloring leaf cut outs. They have such a good time!
We started the kids on allowance last week and that has made a huge difference in potty training and behavior. They each have a list of tasks to preform and then can pick a prize at the end of the day; a quarter for a bigger toy, a small "squinkie".
http://www.amazon.com/Squinkies-Bubble-Pack-Series-One/dp/B003LQU12M/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285766107&sr=8-1
One of Mary's "tasks" is to stay dry at home and to stay dry at school. And since we've started she has done much better! Especially at home! She even made it though the weekend home with Wesley dry! They are also picking up their dishes, putting their clothes in the basket, picking up toys, and Robert dresses himself. Ahh, bliss!
More later I hope...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
BEACH TRIP! Part 1
Thursday
It took us a long time to get past Verona-first we overslept and didn’t leave til 9. Then we blew a tire at the very beginning. Wesley ended up going with Roger to get it fixed and then we had to take the camper to the place and get all the rest repaired. Sigh. We had lunch at Verona and left there a little past 12! We made it to Oregon inlet that night at about 8 pm. The kids eventually went to sleep as did we. Daisy freaked out over something she thought was thunder and was so annoying we finally stuck her in the bathroom where she spent the night.
Fri
We finally made it to Ocracoke about luchtime on Fri. The trip over was perfect. Mary slept on the way to the ferry and hung out with grandma and grandpa on the trip over. Robert spent most of the trip with them so I took Sammy (one of their pugs) and then Sammy and Robert while Wesley hung out with Daisy and Snoopy slept. Daisy has decided to be a lap dog and appears to be a little motion sick if you make her hang out in the floor of the back seat. Snoopy hangs out in her bed in the cargo area of the trooper. After rest time and some quiet play (play dough, snap n style, Mr potato head) I took the kids to the beach for an hour while Wesley showered etc. We played in the water, dug in the sand and collected shells. We went out to the Jolly Roger for supper and Mary fell asleep on the way and slept until our food was almost ready to come out (and I woke her up). She did end up eating a good supper and came home and went to sleep OK. We have them sleeping together in the double bed up front-one each direction.
Sat:
Today was such a fun day. I’ve really enjoyed spending time with the kids now that I don’t do it all the time. This morning Robert hooked up with a little boy who unfortunately was leaving. He and Sawyer had the best time riding bikes and playing together. After they left Roger and I took Robert to the beach where we played for an hour. Mary stayed with “wamma” (grandma) and they took care of the dogs and read books. Robert was completely drenched by the end. He ran through the waves, hunted shells, built sandcastles, dug in the sand. It was great. We came home for lunch and rest and rested until about 4 pm. At 5 pm the 4 of us went to the beach and I played with Mary. Her favorite thing is crumbling the hard pieces of sand between her fingers-oh and getting her feet buried! Then the kids and I played and Mary took a bucket of shells and “left for work” and Robert and I created Ocracoke as sandcastle and built a ferry channel and Hatteras and a bridge and the mainland. Roger had supper ready by the time I got the kids out of the shower-roasted pork loin, sliced regular and sweet potatoes cooked in foil and I made a salad. Wesley and I took turns showering and then I washed some dishes and took the dogs for a walk. Robert has been riding bikes all the time and has been straying a little to talk to his friends. He went with me and the huge group of boy scouts already knew him by name, lol. Snoopy took off running-she is having a great time and I’m glad we took them. Having Daisy here is helping-Snoopy stays calmly in the camper with her which is so nice. So now I’m listening to the surf on one side and Mary on the other. She’s alternately singing (Mary had a little lamb), making dog-dog play “taper, taper” (a French singing/motion game) and just now informed us that dog-dog pooped “oh dog-dog” she said in a most indignant tone. Wesley and I are silently cracking up. These kids are certainly something! As are the mosquitoes. I haven’t been bit so much since, well the last time we were here, lol.
Sunday
Sunday dawned rainy and windy so we went to our favorite breakfast spot; the Pony Island. We finally got the kids to eat-it took a while for some reason. Wesley and I had salsa cheese eggs, we got them a pizza English muffin and fruit to split. Then we did some shopping at the pirate’s chest. We got Robert a pirate playset which he has been playing with ever since. Roger and Peggy let them pick out some pirate coins and jewels which have been perfect in the pirate chest. We then went to a toy shop/gift shop where Peggy had seen a sand cupcake making set. So I got that J It is so much fun. It works well with play dough too. Our family came home for a sandwich lunch and then Robert and I took the dogs for a walk and then grandpa showed him how to fly a kite and then we tried Robert without training wheels but that didn’t go over well. Roger took Robert to the beach while I read a while and then we hung out and made supper. We were going to go back to the beach but the weather (which had cleared up pretty nicely by mid afternoon and was not raining but overcast before that) turned yucky again so we played pirates and watched “baby Robert” until bedtime. The wind continued to beat around all night.
Monday
We made breakfast (eggs and sausage) and then headed to the beach for a couple hours. We had such a good time. Wesley and I were able to swim some, Robert splashed in the lapping waves (Mary is not really a fan), we made sand cupcakes, sandcastles etc. And just hung out. Wesley and Roger picked up some seafood for lunch so we had that with leftover chicken, hotdogs and hamburgers from earlier meals and shells and cheese-yum. Now Mary is napping, Wesley is resting and Robert and I are outside under Roger and Peggy’s canopy. Robert technically is playing pirates but he’s doing so very slowly. We took the dogs for a walk and washed dishes and got some lemonade. All’s right with the world! I hate to go back tomorrow…
After rest time we went shopping again-it was super duper hot and sunny so I didn't want Mary out in it, then out for a seafood supper and home for bed.
Tuesday
Home again. It took 12 hours to get home-left the campground at 8:30, just got to the dock to catch the 9 am ferry. We stopped briefly at the Body Island lighthouse (they are working on it and there is scaffolding all over it) and at a monstor truck thing which even had a petting zoo! The kids were super good it was just a long day. We got home about 8:15 and got the kids to bed, unpacked some... luckily I've been on call 3a-7a
It took us a long time to get past Verona-first we overslept and didn’t leave til 9. Then we blew a tire at the very beginning. Wesley ended up going with Roger to get it fixed and then we had to take the camper to the place and get all the rest repaired. Sigh. We had lunch at Verona and left there a little past 12! We made it to Oregon inlet that night at about 8 pm. The kids eventually went to sleep as did we. Daisy freaked out over something she thought was thunder and was so annoying we finally stuck her in the bathroom where she spent the night.
Fri
We finally made it to Ocracoke about luchtime on Fri. The trip over was perfect. Mary slept on the way to the ferry and hung out with grandma and grandpa on the trip over. Robert spent most of the trip with them so I took Sammy (one of their pugs) and then Sammy and Robert while Wesley hung out with Daisy and Snoopy slept. Daisy has decided to be a lap dog and appears to be a little motion sick if you make her hang out in the floor of the back seat. Snoopy hangs out in her bed in the cargo area of the trooper. After rest time and some quiet play (play dough, snap n style, Mr potato head) I took the kids to the beach for an hour while Wesley showered etc. We played in the water, dug in the sand and collected shells. We went out to the Jolly Roger for supper and Mary fell asleep on the way and slept until our food was almost ready to come out (and I woke her up). She did end up eating a good supper and came home and went to sleep OK. We have them sleeping together in the double bed up front-one each direction.
Sat:
Today was such a fun day. I’ve really enjoyed spending time with the kids now that I don’t do it all the time. This morning Robert hooked up with a little boy who unfortunately was leaving. He and Sawyer had the best time riding bikes and playing together. After they left Roger and I took Robert to the beach where we played for an hour. Mary stayed with “wamma” (grandma) and they took care of the dogs and read books. Robert was completely drenched by the end. He ran through the waves, hunted shells, built sandcastles, dug in the sand. It was great. We came home for lunch and rest and rested until about 4 pm. At 5 pm the 4 of us went to the beach and I played with Mary. Her favorite thing is crumbling the hard pieces of sand between her fingers-oh and getting her feet buried! Then the kids and I played and Mary took a bucket of shells and “left for work” and Robert and I created Ocracoke as sandcastle and built a ferry channel and Hatteras and a bridge and the mainland. Roger had supper ready by the time I got the kids out of the shower-roasted pork loin, sliced regular and sweet potatoes cooked in foil and I made a salad. Wesley and I took turns showering and then I washed some dishes and took the dogs for a walk. Robert has been riding bikes all the time and has been straying a little to talk to his friends. He went with me and the huge group of boy scouts already knew him by name, lol. Snoopy took off running-she is having a great time and I’m glad we took them. Having Daisy here is helping-Snoopy stays calmly in the camper with her which is so nice. So now I’m listening to the surf on one side and Mary on the other. She’s alternately singing (Mary had a little lamb), making dog-dog play “taper, taper” (a French singing/motion game) and just now informed us that dog-dog pooped “oh dog-dog” she said in a most indignant tone. Wesley and I are silently cracking up. These kids are certainly something! As are the mosquitoes. I haven’t been bit so much since, well the last time we were here, lol.
Sunday
Sunday dawned rainy and windy so we went to our favorite breakfast spot; the Pony Island. We finally got the kids to eat-it took a while for some reason. Wesley and I had salsa cheese eggs, we got them a pizza English muffin and fruit to split. Then we did some shopping at the pirate’s chest. We got Robert a pirate playset which he has been playing with ever since. Roger and Peggy let them pick out some pirate coins and jewels which have been perfect in the pirate chest. We then went to a toy shop/gift shop where Peggy had seen a sand cupcake making set. So I got that J It is so much fun. It works well with play dough too. Our family came home for a sandwich lunch and then Robert and I took the dogs for a walk and then grandpa showed him how to fly a kite and then we tried Robert without training wheels but that didn’t go over well. Roger took Robert to the beach while I read a while and then we hung out and made supper. We were going to go back to the beach but the weather (which had cleared up pretty nicely by mid afternoon and was not raining but overcast before that) turned yucky again so we played pirates and watched “baby Robert” until bedtime. The wind continued to beat around all night.
Monday
We made breakfast (eggs and sausage) and then headed to the beach for a couple hours. We had such a good time. Wesley and I were able to swim some, Robert splashed in the lapping waves (Mary is not really a fan), we made sand cupcakes, sandcastles etc. And just hung out. Wesley and Roger picked up some seafood for lunch so we had that with leftover chicken, hotdogs and hamburgers from earlier meals and shells and cheese-yum. Now Mary is napping, Wesley is resting and Robert and I are outside under Roger and Peggy’s canopy. Robert technically is playing pirates but he’s doing so very slowly. We took the dogs for a walk and washed dishes and got some lemonade. All’s right with the world! I hate to go back tomorrow…
After rest time we went shopping again-it was super duper hot and sunny so I didn't want Mary out in it, then out for a seafood supper and home for bed.
Tuesday
Home again. It took 12 hours to get home-left the campground at 8:30, just got to the dock to catch the 9 am ferry. We stopped briefly at the Body Island lighthouse (they are working on it and there is scaffolding all over it) and at a monstor truck thing which even had a petting zoo! The kids were super good it was just a long day. We got home about 8:15 and got the kids to bed, unpacked some... luckily I've been on call 3a-7a
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Mary Update and...well...life
Mary's appointment went really well. She is down to just a sleeve, not a whole compression shirt. And just that until Jan they think. It's just her left upper arm that needs compression now. It's so strange to see her without a compression shirt! We had a good day together. It was a long day and we waited a long time for both appointments. We were able to meet up with a virtual friend from the parenting board I spend a lot of time on and that was great! She had offered to help while Mary was in the hospital but it was so crazy and I was such a mess I never took her up on it. We met up at the mall and had lunch and then played at the kids play area there for a while and chatted. Then Mary and I went to toys r us and then to our next appointment. It was so hot but I had cash and got drinks from the soda machine and that really helped. She slept all the way home and still went to bed at 8 (we got home at 6:45).
Snoopy isn't doing very well. She wakes up at night panting (which wakes me up), is more lethargic. She seems a little better on her antibiotics, less puddles etc. But she HATES this round of antibiotics. It takes forever to get them into her. Thankfully it;s just once a day for 10 days. I think we're at the beginning of the end and it is tearing me up. I've never done this before and I'm not sure how to handle it. I guess we'll know when the time is right to let her go. I know it's not yet. And I am thankful that we have Daisy. Even though it is more work and chaos having her here helps. We're taking them both to the beach next week and that should be good. I think it will be Snoopy's last trip.
And lastly, there is a full time coordinator (night shift) position open. I think I've decided to take it but we're ironing out details. At the beginning it was that the other full time coordinator wanted to work every fri-sat-sun. Then I heard a few min ago that she wants 2 Sundays a month off. I guess we'll need to work out a schedule and see how it goes. I hope she means Sun nights, not sat nights! It it's Sat night that will be hard to do.
The kids have been cute recently. I went on a shopping spree today (or should I call it retail therapy)? Robert had asked for light up shoes and I found him light up toy story shoes for $15. I also picked him up 2 more toy story t shirts and I found 2 lego shirts that came with tiny lego sets. I have them put away for later. I got Mary a pair of light up shoes too and a helmet and some clearance clothes for next year and an outfit for fall. I also stocked them up on socks (both) and underwear (Robert). I told Robert when I picked him up today that I had a surprise. He decided that he needed to go sit on the couch and close his eyes and so he did. Well he was SO excited (as was Mary). It was very cute. He loves them. He then decided that we needed to go swimming so I set up the pool. Of course it was COLD so they didn't last long! Mary is doing well with potty training with just the occasional accident. She takes tender loving care of the babies, especially Amy (the bitty baby). Well, I'm falling asleep so more later...
Snoopy isn't doing very well. She wakes up at night panting (which wakes me up), is more lethargic. She seems a little better on her antibiotics, less puddles etc. But she HATES this round of antibiotics. It takes forever to get them into her. Thankfully it;s just once a day for 10 days. I think we're at the beginning of the end and it is tearing me up. I've never done this before and I'm not sure how to handle it. I guess we'll know when the time is right to let her go. I know it's not yet. And I am thankful that we have Daisy. Even though it is more work and chaos having her here helps. We're taking them both to the beach next week and that should be good. I think it will be Snoopy's last trip.
And lastly, there is a full time coordinator (night shift) position open. I think I've decided to take it but we're ironing out details. At the beginning it was that the other full time coordinator wanted to work every fri-sat-sun. Then I heard a few min ago that she wants 2 Sundays a month off. I guess we'll need to work out a schedule and see how it goes. I hope she means Sun nights, not sat nights! It it's Sat night that will be hard to do.
The kids have been cute recently. I went on a shopping spree today (or should I call it retail therapy)? Robert had asked for light up shoes and I found him light up toy story shoes for $15. I also picked him up 2 more toy story t shirts and I found 2 lego shirts that came with tiny lego sets. I have them put away for later. I got Mary a pair of light up shoes too and a helmet and some clearance clothes for next year and an outfit for fall. I also stocked them up on socks (both) and underwear (Robert). I told Robert when I picked him up today that I had a surprise. He decided that he needed to go sit on the couch and close his eyes and so he did. Well he was SO excited (as was Mary). It was very cute. He loves them. He then decided that we needed to go swimming so I set up the pool. Of course it was COLD so they didn't last long! Mary is doing well with potty training with just the occasional accident. She takes tender loving care of the babies, especially Amy (the bitty baby). Well, I'm falling asleep so more later...
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