Saturday, April 23, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Little Catch Up
This is one of those random posts. You have been warned.
We have been making an effort to cut down on the TV time at our house. The boys were on a schedule and had come to expect that they would be able to watch one of their shows about twice a day. I normally would let them watch something in the morning while we were getting ready for the day and then again at night after they had their bath. This is not really excessive, but it was to the point that they were being demanding about it. We now have no TV in the morning and hardly anything that is exclusively for them at night. We will still have the TV on some for things that we are all (or mostly all) interested in watching like the Rangers games or Mythbusters, but I feel like the TV time has been drastically cut down. The coolest part? They don't seem to mind! :-0 I was shocked! I think a major part of this development has been that Owen is getting old enough to play with Collin. They fight imaginary monsters with swords and bombs and fly like super heroes with their blankets tied around their necks like capes. They even play marbles and Candy Land when Owen feels like cooperating. Good times.
Collin is friends with several of the older boys at his day care that go to the elementary school during the day, but they can hang out before and after. Some of these older boys like to fix their hair in the mornings, so naturally Collin wants to do the same. We have hair gel, but someone needs to teach me how to use it properly! He's been asking for mohawks this week. And yes, I actually send my child to school this way:
Now I just need to convince him it would look a bit better if he would let me cut his hair. Check out those mutton chops! Goodness!
Easter is nearly here and I've had loads of fun shopping for little things to put into their baskets. Easter is almost as fun as Christmas for me. :-) Tonight, the boys put candy in their eggs to take to school tomorrow. They will have an egg hunt and an Easter party. I hope the rain can hold off this weekend. We have a chance of rain every day from now until Tuesday, I think. Our plans include dinner with my mom and Mr. Bob on Saturday evening. Then church on Sunday with my in-laws followed by brunch at their house. I hope to be able to squeeze in time to color eggs and possibly have an egg hunt of our own at some point as well.
Guess that's all I have for now. I hope you are all well. Remember God's gift to us all this Sunday, and I hope you all have a chance to celebrate and enjoy time with your families.
We have been making an effort to cut down on the TV time at our house. The boys were on a schedule and had come to expect that they would be able to watch one of their shows about twice a day. I normally would let them watch something in the morning while we were getting ready for the day and then again at night after they had their bath. This is not really excessive, but it was to the point that they were being demanding about it. We now have no TV in the morning and hardly anything that is exclusively for them at night. We will still have the TV on some for things that we are all (or mostly all) interested in watching like the Rangers games or Mythbusters, but I feel like the TV time has been drastically cut down. The coolest part? They don't seem to mind! :-0 I was shocked! I think a major part of this development has been that Owen is getting old enough to play with Collin. They fight imaginary monsters with swords and bombs and fly like super heroes with their blankets tied around their necks like capes. They even play marbles and Candy Land when Owen feels like cooperating. Good times.
Collin is friends with several of the older boys at his day care that go to the elementary school during the day, but they can hang out before and after. Some of these older boys like to fix their hair in the mornings, so naturally Collin wants to do the same. We have hair gel, but someone needs to teach me how to use it properly! He's been asking for mohawks this week. And yes, I actually send my child to school this way:
Now I just need to convince him it would look a bit better if he would let me cut his hair. Check out those mutton chops! Goodness!
Easter is nearly here and I've had loads of fun shopping for little things to put into their baskets. Easter is almost as fun as Christmas for me. :-) Tonight, the boys put candy in their eggs to take to school tomorrow. They will have an egg hunt and an Easter party. I hope the rain can hold off this weekend. We have a chance of rain every day from now until Tuesday, I think. Our plans include dinner with my mom and Mr. Bob on Saturday evening. Then church on Sunday with my in-laws followed by brunch at their house. I hope to be able to squeeze in time to color eggs and possibly have an egg hunt of our own at some point as well.
Guess that's all I have for now. I hope you are all well. Remember God's gift to us all this Sunday, and I hope you all have a chance to celebrate and enjoy time with your families.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Long Evening
Just when you think everything is going smoothly, suddenly it's not anymore. But that's life for you.
Collin's teacher told me this afternoon that 2 kids from his class had been sent home with Strep Throat today. One of them also has Fifth's Disease, which I'm going to have to google later. Collin had also been telling his teacher that his ear was broken this afternoon. Great.
We came home and I made dinner, which was really yummy by the way (boiled chicken, wild rice and veggies) and while that was cooking I checked Collin over the only way I know how. Flashlight shining down his throat revealed the nastiness and his temp was 100.4. So after we ate, and by 'we' I mean Timothy and I because the boys would rather go hungry than have something besides chicken nuggets, Collin and I were off to the after-hours clinic.
Normally I'm so grateful for this clinic. It's close by and only charges our regular co-pay of $15 instead of the $50 to go to Care Now and they are never very busy so we are in and out quickly. Not today. I swear if I have to hear about the new computer system that our doctor's office has one more time I'm going to jump over the counter and figure out the thing for myself. It CAN'T be as difficult as they make it out to be. This has been going on for 2 weeks now. So it took the very nice and frustrated lady 20 minutes to check us in, and I don't think she did it right. I'm expecting to get a large bill in the next few weeks because it was not filed correctly with the insurance. It was another 30-45 minutes until we got to see the doctor.
When the doctor came in he asked Collin what was wrong. He responded, "My ear is broken, but my cat has two broken ears. Oh and my mom is 30!" The doctor explained to Collin even if a lady is 30, you should still just say she's 29. (bless him) I explained to the nice puzzled doctor that our cat is deaf and is not in fact walking around with two mangled ears. Then after a bit of poking and prodding we were informed that Collin does indeed have an ear infection and most likely Strep as well. He decided there was no point in gagging him to get a culture since he was going to give him antibiotics anyway. (bless him again)
Then we rolled on to Wal-Greens to get his Rx. Another 10 minute wait at the counter there and they announced it would be at least a 45 minute wait. By this time it's already 8:00 and Collin is supposed to be in bed by 8:30 so that means I have to go home and get him into bed and come back to get his meds. Great again. He cracked me up again by telling the Pharmacy tech "I have a broken ear, but I get to stay home tomorrow." To which the tech replied, "Well done. That should be fun." Then Collin called over his shoulder as we were leaving, "My dad is CRAZY!" I just can't take that child anywhere.
I got home and brushed little boy teeth and we put Owen and Collin to bed. Collin got some Tylenol for his fever. Then I washed the dishes from dinner and went back out to Wal-Greens for the Rx. Came home again and gave Collin his first dose so hopefully his ear won't hurt so much when he wakes up. Poor kid. Now it's time to crash. I hope I remember to call in to work tomorrow.
In other news, Owen's new hobby is making himself toot. He's such a gas.
Collin's teacher told me this afternoon that 2 kids from his class had been sent home with Strep Throat today. One of them also has Fifth's Disease, which I'm going to have to google later. Collin had also been telling his teacher that his ear was broken this afternoon. Great.
We came home and I made dinner, which was really yummy by the way (boiled chicken, wild rice and veggies) and while that was cooking I checked Collin over the only way I know how. Flashlight shining down his throat revealed the nastiness and his temp was 100.4. So after we ate, and by 'we' I mean Timothy and I because the boys would rather go hungry than have something besides chicken nuggets, Collin and I were off to the after-hours clinic.
Normally I'm so grateful for this clinic. It's close by and only charges our regular co-pay of $15 instead of the $50 to go to Care Now and they are never very busy so we are in and out quickly. Not today. I swear if I have to hear about the new computer system that our doctor's office has one more time I'm going to jump over the counter and figure out the thing for myself. It CAN'T be as difficult as they make it out to be. This has been going on for 2 weeks now. So it took the very nice and frustrated lady 20 minutes to check us in, and I don't think she did it right. I'm expecting to get a large bill in the next few weeks because it was not filed correctly with the insurance. It was another 30-45 minutes until we got to see the doctor.
When the doctor came in he asked Collin what was wrong. He responded, "My ear is broken, but my cat has two broken ears. Oh and my mom is 30!" The doctor explained to Collin even if a lady is 30, you should still just say she's 29. (bless him) I explained to the nice puzzled doctor that our cat is deaf and is not in fact walking around with two mangled ears. Then after a bit of poking and prodding we were informed that Collin does indeed have an ear infection and most likely Strep as well. He decided there was no point in gagging him to get a culture since he was going to give him antibiotics anyway. (bless him again)
Then we rolled on to Wal-Greens to get his Rx. Another 10 minute wait at the counter there and they announced it would be at least a 45 minute wait. By this time it's already 8:00 and Collin is supposed to be in bed by 8:30 so that means I have to go home and get him into bed and come back to get his meds. Great again. He cracked me up again by telling the Pharmacy tech "I have a broken ear, but I get to stay home tomorrow." To which the tech replied, "Well done. That should be fun." Then Collin called over his shoulder as we were leaving, "My dad is CRAZY!" I just can't take that child anywhere.
I got home and brushed little boy teeth and we put Owen and Collin to bed. Collin got some Tylenol for his fever. Then I washed the dishes from dinner and went back out to Wal-Greens for the Rx. Came home again and gave Collin his first dose so hopefully his ear won't hurt so much when he wakes up. Poor kid. Now it's time to crash. I hope I remember to call in to work tomorrow.
In other news, Owen's new hobby is making himself toot. He's such a gas.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Collin's Stories
Collin likes to make up stories to tell me at bed time. He says he's reading me a chapter from his book. He is so creative and I love his stories. Tonight I asked him to tell me one so I could write it down. It ended up being three instead of one. I think he didn't know what to think about me writing at first because, as you will notice, they get longer as we go. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
First I was sleeping and then I saw a little bitty foot. I saw a tail and I tied it up in a knot and I never untied it. Then the monster was never seen again.
The End.
Chapter 11
First I was going to the market to buy diner for my guest, but my guest saw a ghost and then my other guest had a ray gun and killed the ghost. My guests, when I came back, I had dinner ready and then they played for a little bit. Then my mom came home from work and then my dad came home from work after a few hours.
The End
Chapter 12
The Monster Bed
First I saw a little monster. He was sleeping right next to me, but he didn't hurt me or kick me or slap me. He was just nice to me. He wanted some hair from my mommy. I asked him to come back because I have hair. He wanted a pet so I gave him Mickey, but he didn't know what kind of a mouse he was so I named him Mickey. Then he wanted a bed time story and I read him The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and I didn't have time to read all of it. Then he wanted rainbow gum. He blew a gianormous bubble and that carried our house away! I loved it.
The End
Chapter 10
First I was sleeping and then I saw a little bitty foot. I saw a tail and I tied it up in a knot and I never untied it. Then the monster was never seen again.
The End.
Chapter 11
First I was going to the market to buy diner for my guest, but my guest saw a ghost and then my other guest had a ray gun and killed the ghost. My guests, when I came back, I had dinner ready and then they played for a little bit. Then my mom came home from work and then my dad came home from work after a few hours.
The End
Chapter 12
The Monster Bed
First I saw a little monster. He was sleeping right next to me, but he didn't hurt me or kick me or slap me. He was just nice to me. He wanted some hair from my mommy. I asked him to come back because I have hair. He wanted a pet so I gave him Mickey, but he didn't know what kind of a mouse he was so I named him Mickey. Then he wanted a bed time story and I read him The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and I didn't have time to read all of it. Then he wanted rainbow gum. He blew a gianormous bubble and that carried our house away! I loved it.
The End
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Owen Speak
Owen is now to the point that I can understand almost all of what he's trying to tell me. Not that everyone would understand so much, but since I know most of his quirks and limitations and I'm with him all the time we get along okay speech wise... normally. Every so often he will try to tell us something and we have no clue what he means, like tonight. Here is the conversation as I remember it.
Owen: Mommy, Daddy has yots of pains.
Me: Daddy has lots of what now?
Owen: Pains!
Me: um, pains?
Owen: No, not pains. I talking about PAINS!
Me: pans?
Owen: <starting to get fussy> Noooo PAINS!
Me: pants?
Owen: <screams> NOOOO!
Me: Go tell Daddy what he has lots of.
Owen: Daddy, you have yots of pains.
Timothy: paints?
Owen: <fussing> No, I talking about PAINS!
Me: I don't know what you're saying, honey.
Owen: I not talking to you ANYMORE! I just gonna go to sleep in MY bed!
I still don't know what the poor kid was trying to say......
Owen: Mommy, Daddy has yots of pains.
Me: Daddy has lots of what now?
Owen: Pains!
Me: um, pains?
Owen: No, not pains. I talking about PAINS!
Me: pans?
Owen: <starting to get fussy> Noooo PAINS!
Me: pants?
Owen: <screams> NOOOO!
Me: Go tell Daddy what he has lots of.
Owen: Daddy, you have yots of pains.
Timothy: paints?
Owen: <fussing> No, I talking about PAINS!
Me: I don't know what you're saying, honey.
Owen: I not talking to you ANYMORE! I just gonna go to sleep in MY bed!
I still don't know what the poor kid was trying to say......
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Hooper Dooper Collin
Didn't I do this last Sunday? I took a nap this afternoon and now I can't sleep. Someday I'll learn, but for now it's a good thing for you because you get a cute story.....
Yesterday, I was at Wal-Mart with the boys and we passed the toy section and Collin spotted the hula hoops. He asked for one and I thought, $8 is a lot for a hula hoop! I asked him if he even knew what is was. His answer was "A Loopty Loop!" Now that he's 5 and has been speaking quite clearly for years now, it really cracks me up when he uses silly names or he hasn't understood something correctly like that. He then informed me that he not only knew what the thing was called, but he could also show me how to do it. I was intrigued, so we picked one off the shelf and, in the middle of the aisle, he proceeded to spin that thing around his waist longer than I have ever been able to. It was probably about 8 seconds, but he didn't stop because he lost his rhythm, it was because he became self-conscience. After all you don't get much more public than Wal-Mart. I told him how cool he was and asked him to do it again. He did a few more times and he was really good. Obviously, I paid the $8 after that.
In case you were wondering, as I know you were, if you ever have the opportunity to walk through Wal-Mart with a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old and a hula hoop.... just don't do it! I'm sure you can imagine how that went.
So here he is in action! The Amazing Collin!
Yesterday, I was at Wal-Mart with the boys and we passed the toy section and Collin spotted the hula hoops. He asked for one and I thought, $8 is a lot for a hula hoop! I asked him if he even knew what is was. His answer was "A Loopty Loop!" Now that he's 5 and has been speaking quite clearly for years now, it really cracks me up when he uses silly names or he hasn't understood something correctly like that. He then informed me that he not only knew what the thing was called, but he could also show me how to do it. I was intrigued, so we picked one off the shelf and, in the middle of the aisle, he proceeded to spin that thing around his waist longer than I have ever been able to. It was probably about 8 seconds, but he didn't stop because he lost his rhythm, it was because he became self-conscience. After all you don't get much more public than Wal-Mart. I told him how cool he was and asked him to do it again. He did a few more times and he was really good. Obviously, I paid the $8 after that.
In case you were wondering, as I know you were, if you ever have the opportunity to walk through Wal-Mart with a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old and a hula hoop.... just don't do it! I'm sure you can imagine how that went.
So here he is in action! The Amazing Collin!
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