He wanted pizza and cake and candy, so that's what we did. He was SO happy!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
wrapping up Christmas
Before it's gets too far away, how about a Christmas Post?!
Before the Dickerson's came to town we celebrated with the Gibbys.
More Christmas Cookies, please!
Parker had his 4th grade winter concert and it was awesome.
Yoda found lots of opportunities to chill with Grandad.
We even did a little sight seeing while we had our guests.
Helping with the pies
Little Drummer boy
Christmas Eve Dinner.
Me, Greg, Sonya, Mom, Dad, Jill, Chris, Andrew, Tina, Mimi, Parker (and a little bit of) Yoda.
Parker wanted to re-tell the Christmas story, it was very sweet.
Mimi acted out the story with our wooden nativity
Tina dishing up the pies, yum!
Christmas morning (a.k.a.tornado)
As per usual someone had to be sick, this time it was Parker.
Grandad got the kiddos a bow and a bunch of arrows.
Ticket to ride. They played for HOURS!
Parker and my mom played Scrabble over the wifi on the tablets that were present during Christmas.
Hope you had a great holiday!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Crazy Push Ups
Greg mentioned that he could do this and he didn't think I was going to put it on the blog! He'd already done a few by the time I got the camera and then Yoda got into the action...
Friday, January 4, 2013
recap of the crazy (with update)
This post is old, I took it down and now I'm posting it again :)
Lots of prep for my family coming to town--happy to do this, it was a busy time.
Lots of prep for Christmas--happy to do this, it was a busy time.
Christmas--very fun and very busy.
After Christmas, just chilling.
Saturday, me in bed all day.
Sunday, me in bed all day. Greg does his responsibility at church, and mine and gave a talk in front of the whole congregation while Yoda yelled for him to come back. A hero-dad saved the day by sitting with Yoda and playing cars. I haven't slept/ate since Friday night.
I finally decide that I am sick enough for a strep test. I am stunned when the doctor tells me that the test is negative. And that the flu or cold I have, I will have for the next few days. And then it will go into my lungs and I'll have a cough for a while. I repeat that I have strep and that she should take another test. She looks in my throat and says, "um, yup that looks like strep". But she still doesn't send me home with antibiotics. I freak out and cry and make Greg call our primary care doctor who happily gets me antibiotics because she knows that I know when it's strep. I love our doctor -- she's our whole family's doctor.
Monday, Tuesday, a blur. Greg's home for the New Year holiday and I don't remember anything happening except waiting for the antibiotics to work. Greg also builds a bookshelf during this time with the new tools that he bought with his Christmas money. He does it all, buys the woods, cuts with the saw, learns to and then uses the jig, all while being the dad all day long. I still haven't had any sleep or food since Friday night
Wednesday morning, I'm still so sick. Greg's going back to work and has arranged for the kiddos to go to his mom's (a.k.a Nana's) house for the day. But before he leaves we page the doctor again to say that I've had almost no improvement since Sunday. She happily sends a new prescription for stronger antibiotics over and I am better with in hours, literally. But still so tired, no sleep or eating in days and I'm still a little shaky. Later that night the urgent care calls to say that the culture strep test is, in fact, positive, and that I should come get my prescription. I laugh into the phone.
Thursday morning the kiddos are back to school and Yoda's off to Nana's again. Finally food and sleep. Almost feeling like myself. This is how I should have felt by Monday but it's Thursday.
I can't believe how sick I was, and now I'm better, it's nuts. Those bacteria were out to get me.
But the BEST part is that I'm feeling better just in time for our little trip to Detroit! My friend is visiting from far away and this is my only chance to see her before she leaves. Everyone's healthy, we get ready, reserve a hotel room, and start feeling like this could happen.
Friday, getting packed and ready. Yoda has a little fever but no complaint about his throat, so I give him some Tylenol and cross my fingers. We are 10 minutes away from the house and then Mimi starts throwing up in back seat. We turn around and go home...
Lots of prep for my family coming to town--happy to do this, it was a busy time.
Lots of prep for Christmas--happy to do this, it was a busy time.
Christmas--very fun and very busy.
After Christmas, just chilling.
Saturday, me in bed all day.
Sunday, me in bed all day. Greg does his responsibility at church, and mine and gave a talk in front of the whole congregation while Yoda yelled for him to come back. A hero-dad saved the day by sitting with Yoda and playing cars. I haven't slept/ate since Friday night.
I finally decide that I am sick enough for a strep test. I am stunned when the doctor tells me that the test is negative. And that the flu or cold I have, I will have for the next few days. And then it will go into my lungs and I'll have a cough for a while. I repeat that I have strep and that she should take another test. She looks in my throat and says, "um, yup that looks like strep". But she still doesn't send me home with antibiotics. I freak out and cry and make Greg call our primary care doctor who happily gets me antibiotics because she knows that I know when it's strep. I love our doctor -- she's our whole family's doctor.
Monday, Tuesday, a blur. Greg's home for the New Year holiday and I don't remember anything happening except waiting for the antibiotics to work. Greg also builds a bookshelf during this time with the new tools that he bought with his Christmas money. He does it all, buys the woods, cuts with the saw, learns to and then uses the jig, all while being the dad all day long. I still haven't had any sleep or food since Friday night
Wednesday morning, I'm still so sick. Greg's going back to work and has arranged for the kiddos to go to his mom's (a.k.a Nana's) house for the day. But before he leaves we page the doctor again to say that I've had almost no improvement since Sunday. She happily sends a new prescription for stronger antibiotics over and I am better with in hours, literally. But still so tired, no sleep or eating in days and I'm still a little shaky. Later that night the urgent care calls to say that the culture strep test is, in fact, positive, and that I should come get my prescription. I laugh into the phone.
Thursday morning the kiddos are back to school and Yoda's off to Nana's again. Finally food and sleep. Almost feeling like myself. This is how I should have felt by Monday but it's Thursday.
I can't believe how sick I was, and now I'm better, it's nuts. Those bacteria were out to get me.
But the BEST part is that I'm feeling better just in time for our little trip to Detroit! My friend is visiting from far away and this is my only chance to see her before she leaves. Everyone's healthy, we get ready, reserve a hotel room, and start feeling like this could happen.
Friday, getting packed and ready. Yoda has a little fever but no complaint about his throat, so I give him some Tylenol and cross my fingers. We are 10 minutes away from the house and then Mimi starts throwing up in back seat. We turn around and go home...
Here she is feeling a little better and all smiles. No clue how much I was looking forward to this trip...
Yoda is feeling better too, just didn't want to smile for the camera.
So Saturday morning I just go to Detroit. I don't usually do this, just take off by myself! We had a blast! Miss you guys!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Life continues to be crazy.
So another short post, that's a day and a half late.
Parker:"I don't know anything about Justin Bieber, except he plays drums and he's sweaty."
Lots of photos and stuff coming up.
Happy New Year!
Parker:"I don't know anything about Justin Bieber, except he plays drums and he's sweaty."
Lots of photos and stuff coming up.
Happy New Year!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Rock Garden and more
More from our Ohio wish list...the day after Thanksgiving we headed to a...
...Rock Garden in Springfield...
...a dairy where they milk the cows and turn it into ice cream! That's so crazy to a city girl like me. Like we met the cows where the milk came from.
Moooo
Obligatory toddler-tractor photo opportunity.
...and the Dayton Air Force Museum.
And here's a big plane that Greg was excited to see.
Happy Holidays!
Friday, December 14, 2012
Mimi Sings
Today was awful. Immense sadness and helplessness.
So, to cheer up and strengthen the bonds of love in our home, Mimi and I listened to rock and roll together.
This is her new favorite song, The Crane Wife part 3 by the Decemberists. We sing the chorus together. Mimi suggested that the singer "hangs his head low" to duck the boughs mentioned in the beginning of the song.
One of Mimi's past favorites is Knights of Cydonia by Muse, an SF prog rock anthem. We shot a video of her singing and dancing to all 6 and half minutes of this song in the van. Around 4:45 mark in the song is when she and Parker really started to headbang.
Another favorite was Fidelity by Regina Spektor. She liked the "shake it up" in the beginning.
For older posts featuring Mimi's penchant for rock and roll and dancing see here, here and here.
So, to cheer up and strengthen the bonds of love in our home, Mimi and I listened to rock and roll together.
This is her new favorite song, The Crane Wife part 3 by the Decemberists. We sing the chorus together. Mimi suggested that the singer "hangs his head low" to duck the boughs mentioned in the beginning of the song.
One of Mimi's past favorites is Knights of Cydonia by Muse, an SF prog rock anthem. We shot a video of her singing and dancing to all 6 and half minutes of this song in the van. Around 4:45 mark in the song is when she and Parker really started to headbang.
Another favorite was Fidelity by Regina Spektor. She liked the "shake it up" in the beginning.
For older posts featuring Mimi's penchant for rock and roll and dancing see here, here and here.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Time Flies
Parker said this on Saturday...
"I can't believe I'm almost a decade old! It seems like just yesterday I started preschool. But it was Friday."
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It seems like just yesterday Parker earned his Wolf badge, but whoa! Now it's a year later and he earned his Bear badge...
"I can't believe I'm almost a decade old! It seems like just yesterday I started preschool. But it was Friday."
__________
It seems like just yesterday Parker earned his Wolf badge, but whoa! Now it's a year later and he earned his Bear badge...
Monday, December 3, 2012
Quotable Saturday
Yoda is in our Saturn Ion that is parked in the Driveway. He leans out the window and says, "Hi."
Valerie says, "Who are you saying 'hi' to?"
"I just hi-ing the orange cat."
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Parker grabs his Origami Yoda book on the way to bed.
I said, "whoa, it's 9:10 you can't read anymore. You have to go to sleep."
Parker said "Nine-oh-eight, it is."
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