Sunday, March 17, 2013

Spring Break 2013

This year we spent Spring Break at home.  Overall, we had a quiet week; stayed around the house most of the time, spent one day at the zoo, ran errands, had a doctor visit (not sick, just a check-up) and spent time together as a family and with friends.

Monday: The boys and I went to a doctor visit for David.  He has had some major nose/snot issues and we needed to get it checked out.  Long story short, his nasal passages were very swollen and blocked causing the snot back up.  After listening to the doctor tell him about having to blow his nose ALOT and take the nose spray every night or end up going to a special doctor who will have to stick something up his nose to clean it all out, he has decided to blow his nose often (and when prompted) and submit to the nose spray.  So far, the spray seems to be working.  He is less nasally sounding when talking, breathes through his nose more and can chew while keeping his mouth closed.  We are hoping that with all this clearing up, it will help him at school.  He was on the verge of a really nasty sinus infection and I am glad that we caught it in time!  After the doctor, we ran errands and had a fairly good day!

Tuesday: The boys helped Chris crush cans in the garage in the morning and then after lunch, David got to go on a ride around the block twice on Chris' motorcycle.  He really enjoyed it and we are looking to get him a helmet that fits properly soon.  Michael got to sit on the motorcycle behind Daddy, but didn't get to go riding since he has to be at least 5 years old (according to state law).  It is giving him something to look forward to when he turns 5 in August.  We also went to the playground down the street and the boys rode their bikes.  We had a race coming home and both Chris and I were a bit winded from following with the boys (Chris was pacing along side of David and I was pacing/running along side of Michael).  I think we all slept well that night!

Wednesday: We left early to go to the Houston Zoo for the day.  I have learned to pack light (we had one backpack that carried all we needed: lunch, snacks, drinks, extra change of clothes for the boys, wallet, keys, cameras, first aid kit, etc).  We took turns carrying the backpack (I had it for most of the time) and enjoyed lunch while there.  It wasn't totally crowded, but was busy since it was vacation time for many of the people in the area.  We left around 1:00/1:30 and both boys fell asleep before too long.  It was a great day! 

Thursday: Chris had to work, so the boys and I had a relatively quiet day at home.  We watched movies, read books, played games and just spent a mostly lazy day in the house.

Friday: Chris had to work again, so the boys and I had a quiet morning at home before spending most of the rest of the day running errands & grocery shopping. 










Thursday, March 7, 2013

Hair Cuts

Chris decided (and I okay'd it) to give the boys short hair cuts tonight as a result of what happened to David earlier this week.
 
Here are the Before and After pictures......
 

Before
Before



 

 

After
After

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Not Happy With A Haircut

Today, I got a call from David's Assistant Principal at his school
(the call was just before 3:00 and school is out at 2:40).
Apparently an older girl on the bus to the daycare center that he goes to for after-school care decided to cut his hair without his permission.
He said that he told her not to cut it, but she cut it anyway.
I brought home a pair of my good shears from school to see what I could do to try and make it decent.
I wasn't sure what I would find when I picked him up this afternoon.
It wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but still very upset that the girl did this to him!
Chopped hair (note big empty spot where hair was)

Making a 'not happy' face

Laughing at Michael laughing at him

Second attempt at a 'not happy' face

Not much better, but at least it is mostly shaped up and even after Mama got through.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Rest Time

Sunday afternoon 'Rest Time' at our house is usually pretty quiet.  The boys usually get to watch a movie while laying on their pillows on the couches and covered with their blankets.  Not yesterday.  Both boys lost the movie privilege so David was sleeping on his bed and Michael was on the small couch. 
He eventually fell asleep... 
Sheba likes to sleep on the couch as well.  She also likes their blankets.
 


Monday, January 21, 2013

Ice Skating

This past Saturday, David was invited to attend a Pizza and Ice Skating birthday party for one of his classmates.  Michael and I tagged along.  We had a great time!  Chris had to work, so he missed out on all the fun, but got to see pictures at dinner (we met him at the McDonald's that is in Wal-Mart) and hear about it from the boys.  The boys had never been skating (any kind of skating) before and I haven't been skating since ???????  We all laughed so hard! 
The boys fell quite a lot at the beginning and then David took off and did great!  It was almost like watching someone who had skated several times before!  I think we found a sport that he can do well in.  Michael took a bit longer to get his rhythm, but when he did it was way too funny to watch!  I did good to take pictures while skating on the ice, so I wasn't able to get any video of his style.  It was kind of a penguin waddle, while running on his toes.  I did fine as long as no one touched me and was very proud of myself for staying on my skates the whole time!  I didn't fall, however, I did check Michael into the wall quite a lot when he would grab my leg!
Some of the pictures are dark, but enjoy them anyway!
 
 
Skates are on
David starting out
Michael trying to not fall
Holding on and having fun
'Breakdancing' on the ice
(actually falling, but doing a neat job of it!)
 
Look, I'm skating
Two tired and wet little boys and one aching Mama!
We skated for about 2 hours.

Christmas 2012, part 2 (more pictures)

Setting up lights outside
Helping Daddy take lights out of the package
Helping Daddy take lights out of the package
Starting to string them out
David decided that he wanted to ride his big wheel instead of helping.
Michael was helping pull the lights straight.
Waiting on you Daddy!
Finding the 'corner' of the yard
Michael was telling David to stop playing and get back to helping Daddy!
(David was ignoring him...)
Mostly done!  Lights were also wrapped around the lower part of the tree.
Starting to put ornaments on the Christmas Tree!
Everyone's stocking was hung on the fireplace.
(L to R: David, Rachael, Sheba, Chris, Michael)
Sheba's new toy from her stocking
About 2 minutes later...
4 minutes after getting it...
Taken away after 5 minutes of playing with it!
Grandpa Dave & Grandma Lela came over for lunch and to help celebrate Christmas.
Michael's new slippers
David's new slippers
Opening gifts

Christmas 2012

Christmas Morning before the boys get up

Being very patient right now...
 
Sock Monkey stocking (Mama embroidered their initials on the hat)


Checking out what Santa put in the stocking
 
Sheba likes her new toy (lasted less than 5 minutes!)
 
New watch!
A Time Teacher (hour and minutes are different colors and match the hands)
 
Really excited about his new 'Video Game' system!
 
Loves the Tag reader and the books he got with it!
More stuff to explore
More stuff to explore

New cookbook from the show "the Chew"
Daddy likes the movie he got