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Vacation
Wow, I haven’t posted in a couple weeks. I’ll try to make it brief. Kim, Emily, Logan, Mom and Dad came to town last weekend. We had a great time as always! Saturday we went to Adventureland and the kids had a blast!! After Kevin went on the tornado, he got pretty sick. We thought he was just getting old, turns out it was the start of the flu bug through the entire family. I ended up getting sick overnight Sat/Sunday. Logan and Emily got sick on the car ride home on Sunday. Kim and Dad both got sick on Tuesday. Denise also had it on Saturday (same day as Kevin). That stuff is contageous and not fun at all!!
After we all recovered, we got right back in the swing of fall fun. I took Wednesday through Friday off this week and we did a ton of really fun stuff. I discovered a whole new Mommy world!! We went to reading time, playground, got the kids some shoes, play date Wednesday night and another again Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Steve came back. Derek and Sophia had dentist appointments on Thursday (Derek’s first trip to the dentist). They both did WONDERFUL…I was so amazed. Then we walked around at Valley Junction, then to the Science Center on Saturday.
This morning my parents left at 8. Robin showed up soon after to pick Kevin and the kids up for Thomas the Train in Boone. I hear they had a fun time, even though Derek was quite the handful!. I spent my alone time cleaning and sanitizing the house. Floors cleaned and steamed, carpet vaccuumed and shampooed, laundry, organizing…spic and span. Whew…I am exhausted!!! I think I need a vacation.
Now to get the kids back on a schedule!!
September 20th, 2009 in
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Terrible twos – Part II
They say a photo is worth a thousand words. I’d say this pretty much sums up our little man as he rapidly approaches the age of two:
I think he was trying to grab my cell phone.
September is Here!
I can’t believe how fast the summer has gone by!! It seems like the weeks and months go faster and faster. Derek will be 2 in a month!!
Kevin had last week off, so he got a lot of odds and ends stuff done around the house. Our patio is less than desirable at the current state, but we are working with the concrete guy to see what he can do to make it better. Hopefully he will show Wednesday night, like he’s supposed to.
Friday I took the day off and we all left for Cherokee, except Lexi. Lexi got to go to the Grandma Spa again…thanks Grandma Robin! We got up there just in time for a nice supper at Kim’s, with Mom and Dad (aka Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Steve), the DLD (Derek, Logan & Devin) crew and Emily and Sophia. Everyone made some great food and Kim made some awesome Margaritas. It’s was very entertaining to watch the boys play…I mean fight. They didn’t seem to get along at all!!
Saturday we drove to Cutty’s at Spirit Lake, where my Grandparents and Aunt and Uncle were camping. We spent the day up there eating and hanging out. We took the kids to the pool and got to play on the fun play equipment. Emily and Sophia got to show off there gymnastics and the boys had fun dancing and running wild!! We got back to Cherokee late on Saturday.
Sunday morning we had yet another huge breakfast and lunch. The boys got to take a bath together, which was the only time they really seemed to play well together. We got some pretty great pictures. I think everyone had a really great time. Thanks for all your hospitality. Hope we didn’t trash your house too bad Grandma!
We were pretty lucky that the kids fell asleep fairly easy both nights. Derek amazed me by just laying down in the pack’n play both nights and just talked himself to sleep. I had to lay next to Sophia to get her to sleep both nights, but she was pretty tired so it didn’t take long. The kids were also really great in the car all 9 hours (total over the 3 days). Thank goodness for the portable DVD player!!
He’s Free!
Saturday morning around 6:30 AM, I heard Derek with his usual chattering. So I rolled over and went back to sleep. About 15 minutes later, i heard Sophia and Derek talking back and forth. Rolled over into the other direction and again fell back to sleep. About 7:00 am, we heard “the running of the bulls” coming towards us, opening our bedroom door and in they came.
“I helped him out” said Sophia. Sure enough, she had helped Derek out of his crib. Later I checked in his room and she had gotten the SpongeBob step stool out of the bathroom and put it up to his crib to help him.
At that moment, Kevin and I realized our lives had changed forever…again. Strange enough, he got out of his crib on Sunday morning (again with the help of big Sister). However, he has never tried it all on his own! He’s certainly big enough to get out on his own, but I really think he likes it in there.
August 31st, 2009 in
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New Driveway and other stuff
Kevin’s been complaining for a long time, but we finally got our driveway fixed this week. It looks great! It rained most of the week, so we didn’t get our back patio poured, but hopefully the weather will cooperate tomorrow.
This has been another busy week. The kids had a great time a gymnastics on Monday. Friday I took Sophia to a speech therapist to listen to her “S” sounds. She said that it is “atypical” and we are going to teach her to lisp, then correct that. She said it’s something we need to correct sooner rather than later. Sophia was so excited to get to go to “School”, she said “tomorrow I’ll go by myself”. Poor girl, I feel bad for not registering her for preschool, but I’m sure she’ll recover. She will get to go to school for 15 minutes every Thursday when therapy gets started. Maybe that will be enough for her.
We picked out a bunch of bushes and got them planted today. The kids were just as helpful as they usually are. Oh, and we also all took a 2 hour nap today. That was great, but not as rewarding as I had hoped.
Who has time to take a nap…
Saturday morning Grandma Robin and Dick picked up Sophia for a day at the fair. Kevin and I decided to show Derek some one on one attention at Chuck E Cheese. Derek had a blast!! We all enjoyed our fun at Chucks, went out for lunch, did a little shopping and went to the pet store. I’m so happy we were able to take him out by himself. He deserves a little parent time all to himself every once in awhile.
Sophia had so much fun at the fair. Apparently she made Grandma go on a lot of rides that I’m sure she very much enjoyed. They came back with way too much stuff for Sophia and an awesome toy for Derek. I think Sophia got pretty spoiled too!
We tried to get both kids down for a nap, but before we knew it, it was time to head to the next party. My friend Jodie and her family were throwing a celebration party for the adoption of her 2 boys. The party was at a park with some really fun and dirty playground equipment. The kids had a great time and got SOOO dirty!! Meanwhile, Kevin headed to do some wedding photography. So I got the kids home, played with the neighbors, baths and to bed. Exhausting!!
This morning we got up and headed to the zoo, where we met Amy and Quinton. The kids didn’t do a very good job of listening, so we didn’t stay very long. When we got home we at some lunch and crossed our fingers that the kids would take naps. Well, 2 of us got naps, Derek and I napped while Kevin was mowing and Sophia was watching TV. Does that make me a bad Mom?? Once Kevin got his yard looking great, he showered and took Sophia to the grocery store.
Derek woke up and we played with his new game from Grandma Robin. He loved it! 3 loads of laundry, baths, books, meal prepped for tomorrow night…finally the kids are in bed. Can we relax now??
Sophia loves Fla-vor-ice
She kept showing my how “red” her tongue was:
Derek had a blue one, but I wasn’t able to catch a picture.
Gymnastics
The last couple of days has been wonderful. Kevin and I decided to really work at keeping the kids separated when they seem agitated and really working to keep them entertained. We’re exhausted, but it seems to make for a happier home!!
Derek got stung by a bee last night. He was on the swing set across the yard and he started screaming. I ran over to him and he said…”bug bite”. I looked at his hand and there was a nice sting mark swelling up his hand. He was fine after about 10 minutes. What a tuff kid!! For supper last night he tried corn on the cob for the first time. You should have seem him lick the it clean, there wasn’t a kernel left on that cob!!
Lastly, the kids started gymnastics tonight. Sophia started last year in October and didn’t really seem to miss it over the summer, but when we told her last night she would be starting gymnastics again today, she started beaming. Apparently she talked about it all day too.
Derek got to start gymnastics today too. We had told him ahead of time, not knowing that he really understood, but when Sophia got to go in before him, he was REALLY upset. We explained that he just had to wait his turn. He did awesome!!! It was tough on my end keeping him in line and waiting his turn, but I think after awhile he really caught on. He loves swinging on the bar and jumping down the long trampoline. He giggled and giggled at one point. It’s going to be a great way for him to learn a few things that he doesn’t get at home.
Afterwards we went to McDonalds for supper, then home to play Sophia’s favorite game, “pretend animals”, it was a great night. They have both been in there rooms for about a half hour, but I can hear both of them…especially Derek singing. Hopefully they’ll both crash without any intervention on our end.
August 17th, 2009 in
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Pouting in the Rain
Not sure why she was so grumpy in this picture:
The age of innocence
You would trust this boy wouldn’t ya?
In to submission
Sophia taking Derek in a submission hold:
Peek A Boo
I had about two seconds to take this shot, hence the reason her hair is so straggly:
My little models don’t want to stand still anymore. 