Archive for January, 2011
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Monday, January 31st, 2011When Paul isn’t busy watching or playing Toy Story he loves to be a pirate. He finds a toilet paper roll and uses it as his spyglass. He walks around saying “Ahoy me hardy.”
Pictures of the Gorgeous Girls
Saturday, January 29th, 2011All Dressed Up
Friday, January 28th, 2011This morning as I was showering I was questioned by one sweet little lady about whether or not I could curl her hair for the Girl Scout Father/Daughter dance tonight. It was 6:15 and you could tell she was beyond excited! I knew then it was going to be a long day of them asking [...]
Breathing easier
Friday, January 28th, 2011It has been such a long time since one of the kids was sick enough to need a breathing treatment. I had totally forgot how much the Xopenex altered their behavior. These past couple of days have been very trying with Mr. Paul. he is highly emotional, angry and super duper whiney. He has even [...]
Do You Honor Your Commitments?
Thursday, January 27th, 2011I have a tendency to make a lot of commitments. I wouldn’t say I over commit because that would imply that I agree to so many things that I am not able to fulfill some of them. I do honor all my commitments. It isn’t always easy and most days I seem to run around [...]
Obsess much
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Paul is OBSESSED with Toy Story. Everything and anything can be related back to Toy Story. He drives me nuts with it. All the Girls were into things but they never really spent much time obsessing about a particular thing. I have no experience in this area and my patience is wearing thin. I wonder [...]
Poor Baby Buzz Lightyear
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Paulie has been sick. He likely caught it from Annie when she was sick last week, though with everyone in the world sick he could have gotten it from anywhere. Since he has been sick he has been pretending to be Baby Buzz Lightyear. He calls me Mommy Buzz Lightyear and wants me to hold [...]
Kee-Yah!
Monday, January 24th, 2011It’s hard to believe that it’s only been two weeks since Annie started taking a kung fu class. She has really taken to the lessons, as I knew she would. She has befriended the only other girl in her class: they warm up together and Annie was even watching eagerly out the window the one [...]
Sleep Study Initial Results
Friday, January 21st, 2011We were given Kimberly’s initial results from her sleep study yesterday. She definitely has Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. She will have to have a blood test done to see if this is Restless Leg Syndrome or just PLMD. We should do that sometime next week and have answers a week after that. The nurse said [...]
Fans of Homemade
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Robot Moves
Friday, January 21st, 2011“Mom last night I felt like a robot.” ~ Annie “What do you mean Annie?” ~ Mommy “It was hard to move my neck and my head was very heavy.” ~ Annie Annie has been sick for a couple of days. She has bronchitis. Last night I gave her some cough syrup with codeine. Guess [...]
So Much Pain
Thursday, January 20th, 2011Life is full of many twists and turns. If there is one thing I have learned that is constant it is that life can, and does, change in an instant. Friday night a woman I knew fell and broke her neck. She passed away last night. Her Daughter is a very good friend of mine. [...]
Create your own cookie
Saturday, January 15th, 2011Today we made some interesting cookies. It all started with a standard chocolate cookie batter, but instead of putting chocolate chips in I put out bowls of chips and candies. Then I gave each child a dollop of dough and told them they could mix in something. Annie cutting an Andes mint to mix in [...]
Say it in sign
Saturday, January 15th, 2011In our family we often sign I love you to each other. We flash it from across the room or as we are leaving. When one of our little ones can finally do this we get pretty excited. The Girls had been trying to get Paul to figure this out for a while. He finally [...]
More Attitudes
Saturday, January 15th, 2011On Friday Annie and Kimberly received the Attitude is Everything award.
Getting Sensitive about Things
Thursday, January 13th, 2011As my Girls mature I am always struck when they become modest, more private, and secretive. It is a normal progression in childhood, however with a public blog that I record 95% of my children’s history on this creates issues. I want to be respectful of their desire for privacy yet I understand the comfort [...]
Attitude is Everything for Mimi
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Today Madeline was given the Attitude is Everything award. I have shared my feelings on this type of award before. However, Bill and I made time to go down to the school, watch her get her award and take a couple of pictures. I am glad that she is doing well in school and that [...]
First Day of Kung Fu
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Annie went to her lessons this week in Kung Fu. She really seems to be enjoying it and working hard on perfecting her skills. Bill goes with her and he seems to really be enjoying the time as well. I think that this is going to be a good thing for Annie.
College
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011When we thought about having children, and adding to our brood as time went on, college was a discussion we often had. How would we send these children off to college, should they want to? We started saving via a 529 savings plan and thought nothing about it. As time wore on we needed to [...]
Mickey and Minnie are here!
Sunday, January 9th, 2011I recently created some new reusable snack bags. One of the fun fabrics is Mickey Mouse. Head over to etsy and get one for yourself.
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