Things I love about my kids . . .
Anderson
-the way he twirls his hair when he sleeps
-when he climbs up on my lap and twirls my hair when we snuggle
- his generosity - he will share absolutely anything if he knows it will make them happy, even if it's last m&m, only quarter, or favorite toy
-his wild and crazy imagination
Caroline
-the cute way she looks at me when she's about to do something naughty
-when she says she doesn't want to go to bed, then practically leaps out of my arms into her crib with her favorite blankies and snuggies
-when she asks me if I can "up her"
-her love of books
Walker
-his internal alarm clock - he's an early bird just like his mom and dad :)
-the sweet-big-brother-way he snuggles with Caroline and reads book to her and the way he tells Anderson how proud he is that he had a good day at preschool or made good choices in Sunday School
-his crazy sarcastic sense of humor and playfulness
-his competitive nature
-his maturity level when it comes to being sensible and realistic
Ellie
-her exquisite sense of style
-the way she thinks of others and their feelings
-her mad organizational skills
-her gift for music and singing - I'm glad someone in our family got it ;)
There are so many more. These are just the few I could think of in the last few minutes. Kurt and I are so blessed by all 4 of them!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Snack Scrapple Pop
That's what Ellie thought Rice Crispies say.
Let's see, some stuff about Caroline.
Yesterday she came down in the morning, asked for a juice box, drank it all, then laid face-down on the kitchen floor and fell back to sleep.
She says "sanks" for thanks, "Humpty Humpty" for Humpty Dumpty, "pecause" for because and she likes to eat "ponatoes".
She doesn't like her build-a-bear bunny, Lilly, because it bit her on the leg once, but she loves Dora, Boots and carbohydrates.
Today she was sitting at the table saying, "punch, punch, punch!" When I asked her what she was doing, she said "I punched my fruit snack."
She's excited about potty training and has been pretty successful so far.
She can still fit in the little cupboard on the bottom of our clock with the door shut.
Walker got his cast off on Thursday. He's supposed to wear a splint for a while but he's back to normal other than that.
Anderson's been getting in trouble a lot at preschool lately, nothing too major, mostly from playing too rough.
If each team would have added a field goal, I would have hit my Super Bowl prediction dead on and would have made $0.
Let's see, some stuff about Caroline.
Yesterday she came down in the morning, asked for a juice box, drank it all, then laid face-down on the kitchen floor and fell back to sleep.
She says "sanks" for thanks, "Humpty Humpty" for Humpty Dumpty, "pecause" for because and she likes to eat "ponatoes".
She doesn't like her build-a-bear bunny, Lilly, because it bit her on the leg once, but she loves Dora, Boots and carbohydrates.
Today she was sitting at the table saying, "punch, punch, punch!" When I asked her what she was doing, she said "I punched my fruit snack."
She's excited about potty training and has been pretty successful so far.
She can still fit in the little cupboard on the bottom of our clock with the door shut.
Walker got his cast off on Thursday. He's supposed to wear a splint for a while but he's back to normal other than that.
Anderson's been getting in trouble a lot at preschool lately, nothing too major, mostly from playing too rough.
If each team would have added a field goal, I would have hit my Super Bowl prediction dead on and would have made $0.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Maybe he'll invent the quintuple sow cow
Caroline and I saying prayers before bed:
Me: Tell Jesus something you're thankful for, Gracie.
Caroline: Jesus is not here.
Me: Sure he is, he lives right here in your heart.
Caroline: No, Jesus is not here. He's in the car maybe.
Walker, as we were pulling into Bryan and Robin's: Dad. OK. Is Robin from Panama, or Costa Rica?
Walker, Ellie, and Anderson were playing in the backyard a couple of days ago and they came running in laughing and shouting, "Mom, mom, come quick! There's a huge fat goose in our yard!"
It was the emu from the crazy farm down the road.
Anderson started ice skating lessons today. On his way either to being a hockey player or shunned by his family.
Giants 24, Pats 20.
Me: Tell Jesus something you're thankful for, Gracie.
Caroline: Jesus is not here.
Me: Sure he is, he lives right here in your heart.
Caroline: No, Jesus is not here. He's in the car maybe.
Walker, as we were pulling into Bryan and Robin's: Dad. OK. Is Robin from Panama, or Costa Rica?
Walker, Ellie, and Anderson were playing in the backyard a couple of days ago and they came running in laughing and shouting, "Mom, mom, come quick! There's a huge fat goose in our yard!"
It was the emu from the crazy farm down the road.
Anderson started ice skating lessons today. On his way either to being a hockey player or shunned by his family.
Giants 24, Pats 20.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Daddy, can you spell my hand?
That's what Caroline says if she wants you to trace her hand on a piece of paper. Then, if she wants to tear the picture out of the book, she says, "Dad, can I rip one?" Also she can spell her name all by herself now, but just out loud, not pen to paper. Still, she's two. I'll take it.
Also, I guess the other day she was coloring or something with Molly and she said, "Hey Molly, how's your day going with Uncle Andy?" Nothing special there, just kind of cute.
Also, I guess the other day she was coloring or something with Molly and she said, "Hey Molly, how's your day going with Uncle Andy?" Nothing special there, just kind of cute.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Anderson's gonna be a great cop
Caroline: Dad! Anderson hit me!
Me: Anderson, what happened?
Anderson: We were just having a conversation.
Walker had good results from his most recent x-ray so he went back to school today to get his cast signed by all his friends, though there's little room left now that all his extended family has been by to see and sign him. I signed on the part covering his bicep. I told him I did it so he could make a muscle when he showed the girls where I signed, then I demonstrated what I meant.
Walker: Whoa, Dad! Can I feel your muscles?
Me (head swelling a little): Sure buddy.
Walker, feeling said muscle: Wow, Uncle Bob's muscles are way bigger than yours!
Me (head returning to normal size but feeling the need to defend myself): Uh, I don't know, we're probably pretty close to the same.
Walker: Yeah, well, that guy you're always looking up on the internet still has bigger muscles than you.
Embarrassing, especially if taken out of context, but I had to give him that one.
Oh, wow, 200th post.
Me: Anderson, what happened?
Anderson: We were just having a conversation.
Walker had good results from his most recent x-ray so he went back to school today to get his cast signed by all his friends, though there's little room left now that all his extended family has been by to see and sign him. I signed on the part covering his bicep. I told him I did it so he could make a muscle when he showed the girls where I signed, then I demonstrated what I meant.
Walker: Whoa, Dad! Can I feel your muscles?
Me (head swelling a little): Sure buddy.
Walker, feeling said muscle: Wow, Uncle Bob's muscles are way bigger than yours!
Me (head returning to normal size but feeling the need to defend myself): Uh, I don't know, we're probably pretty close to the same.
Walker: Yeah, well, that guy you're always looking up on the internet still has bigger muscles than you.
Embarrassing, especially if taken out of context, but I had to give him that one.
Oh, wow, 200th post.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Walker's arm
OK, so Walker broke his arm on Thursday morning in gym class by running into the wall during a race. He broke both bones just above the wrist. Carla took him to the ER and I met them there at about noon. He was obviously in a lot of pain but he held it together pretty well for the nurses and stuff. The ER doc ordered some morphine for him which got him feeling better pretty quick. It also made him drift in and out of sleep a few times so that was good. It was probably about 3 by the time the doctor had looked at the x-rays, gave us a scrip for what was basically children's Vicodin, and told us to follow up with an orthopedic doctor. They had put his arm in a splint by then but it was far from good to go. Fortunately we were able to follow up almost immediately and Walker was in "surgery" by 6. They called it surgery because he was in the O.R. under anesthesia, but they didn't have to cut him open or anything (although the doc was afraid he'd have to put in a pin). Walker woke up pretty slow but that was expected... it was after his bed time. All in all, it went really well for what it could have been and we were home by about 9:30. The main thing Walker complained about was actually being hungry. He hadn't eaten since breakfast and he was starving but we wouldn't let him eat because we were thinking he might have to have anesthesia later. That also meant that Carla and I didn't eat until he went into the O.R. I ran down to the cafe and got us huge dinners to enjoy while we worried about our little guy. Before we left the hospital, the nurse told us to give Walker crackers and chicken broth so he wouldn't get sick from the anesthesia. Instead of all that he ate a double cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, and french fries. Hey, he earned it, and he did not get sick. He's doing well now, mainly resting up and watching football.
Carla asked Caroline to ask me to make her a protein shake before church on Sunday.
Caroline: Will you make mommy a . . . bucka-chuck?
Carla: No, say, will you make mommy a protein shake?
Caroline: Will you make mommy a . . . purple shirt?
Caroline, to Carla, after I apparently refused to give her milk: I want milk. Daddy telled me no. You don't say no to me. You're a bad girl though. Don't say no to me. Mommy, I want you to go away.
Tonight I asked her if she wanted to sleep with her bunny, Lilly. She said, "No, Wiwwee's bad. She bit me on the leg." I think she might have had a dream that she got attacked by her bunny. Maybe she had just watched a horrendously unfunny British "comedy".
I was reading the kids stories from the epic novel Mainly Stuff the Kids Say tonight before bed and they were all telling me what their favorite parts were before prayers. Anderson continued to do so during prayers, so I told him he had to pray because he was interrupting.
Anderson: Dear Jesus, My favorite part was when I said . . .
Carla asked Caroline to ask me to make her a protein shake before church on Sunday.
Caroline: Will you make mommy a . . . bucka-chuck?
Carla: No, say, will you make mommy a protein shake?
Caroline: Will you make mommy a . . . purple shirt?
Caroline, to Carla, after I apparently refused to give her milk: I want milk. Daddy telled me no. You don't say no to me. You're a bad girl though. Don't say no to me. Mommy, I want you to go away.
Tonight I asked her if she wanted to sleep with her bunny, Lilly. She said, "No, Wiwwee's bad. She bit me on the leg." I think she might have had a dream that she got attacked by her bunny. Maybe she had just watched a horrendously unfunny British "comedy".
I was reading the kids stories from the epic novel Mainly Stuff the Kids Say tonight before bed and they were all telling me what their favorite parts were before prayers. Anderson continued to do so during prayers, so I told him he had to pray because he was interrupting.
Anderson: Dear Jesus, My favorite part was when I said . . .
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The hockey game
I took Walker and Anderson to the Monsters game last night as one of their Christmas presents. On the way up I asked Anderson if he knew how hockey was played. He said, "Yeah, you just skate around, and try to get the hockey pickle in the goal."
We had pretty good seats, right by where the Zamboni machines come out, and each of the boys got to take home a puck that the team had used during warm-ups, so that was cool. Anderson got to give the mascot five a couple of times, too. Also we got to see one of the Monsters get a hat trick (I think his name was Ogdnezwoloski or something) and the Monsters won, 6-5, in overtime, so pretty good night. No really good fights, though. Actually, I'm just making fun of Hockey names. His real name is Jessiman. Though their goalie's name is Desjardins. Now Anderson wants to be a hockey player, which I think would be pretty cool but very expensive, especially with the dental bills and all.
Me: Caroline, do you like Christmas?
Caroline: Yeah.
Me: Do you like singing Christmas songs?
Caroline: Yeah.
Me: Do you like getting presents?
Caroline: Yeah.
Me: Do you like Santa Claus?
Caroline: NO!
I asked her where she thought Santa was and she said, "Santa Claus is at the workin' shoppin'."
Favorite presents from this year:
Walker - Sports Illustrated for Kids subscription
Ellie - Art case
Anderson - A mail box
Caroline - A sweeper
Parents - a mini-trip to Chicago and Mainly Stuff the Kids Say, hardback. Pretty cool, now we can consider ourselves published authors (yeah, that's a stretch).
We had pretty good seats, right by where the Zamboni machines come out, and each of the boys got to take home a puck that the team had used during warm-ups, so that was cool. Anderson got to give the mascot five a couple of times, too. Also we got to see one of the Monsters get a hat trick (I think his name was Ogdnezwoloski or something) and the Monsters won, 6-5, in overtime, so pretty good night. No really good fights, though. Actually, I'm just making fun of Hockey names. His real name is Jessiman. Though their goalie's name is Desjardins. Now Anderson wants to be a hockey player, which I think would be pretty cool but very expensive, especially with the dental bills and all.
Me: Caroline, do you like Christmas?
Caroline: Yeah.
Me: Do you like singing Christmas songs?
Caroline: Yeah.
Me: Do you like getting presents?
Caroline: Yeah.
Me: Do you like Santa Claus?
Caroline: NO!
I asked her where she thought Santa was and she said, "Santa Claus is at the workin' shoppin'."
Favorite presents from this year:
Walker - Sports Illustrated for Kids subscription
Ellie - Art case
Anderson - A mail box
Caroline - A sweeper
Parents - a mini-trip to Chicago and Mainly Stuff the Kids Say, hardback. Pretty cool, now we can consider ourselves published authors (yeah, that's a stretch).
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