March 28, 2010
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Hm.... not feeling inspired but I need to post before the events of the past month completely fly out of my brain. Let's see what we got....
Ah, Chancie Pants turned 3. Wow, where does the time go?!
I made the mistake of telling Chance that "his birthday was next" way back in January. Between November and January we have a flurry of family birthdays and I meant that his was the next one in the family. Well as it turns out, just about every kid in his class (and several in Shaeleigh's) are born in Feb/early March. We must have had 5 birthday parties in a 3 week span - the arrival of each invitation met with, "NO! MY birthday is next!!!" But he actually took it pretty well - in fact, Shaeleigh and Chance were both invited to birthday parties on Chance's birthday (which fell on a Saturday) so we told Chance his birthday was Sunday.
Kenn's creation this year. Chance loves Lighting McQueen and Tow Mater. He usually falls to sleep with a little pile of cars next to his head.
Chance completely enjoyed heading off to Chuck-E-Cheese for his birthday where we met up with his cousins and then we came on home and ate cake with Grandma and Grandpa. All in all, he was quite content.
What else...
Shaeleigh participated in her first science fair. They did the 5th - 8th grades the week before so Shaeleigh's was K - 4th. It was optional and interestingly most of the kids were from the K and 1st grade classes. Seems the enthusiasm dies down after the first few years. It wasn't particularly well organized - mostly just the kids ran around the gym, the parents talked, and mild attention was paid to the exhibits.
Scientist Shaeliegh works on her display. Her final conclusion? "Crystals are boring."
Teeth on the other hand....
How gross is that?! Shaeleigh lost her first tooth. Now THAT was exciting. She was pretty darn pleased. She was sitting on the loo when it "just came out." The tooth, that is.
Toothfairy left her 5 quarters. We've noticed that the adult tooth that is growing in seemed to be chipped or something - it has two little sharp peaks instead of one flat surface. The kids both have dental appointments next week and the toothfairy is glad that she added the kids to the dental plan this year.
PIG FOOT
Kenn took umbrage at the title of this photo. I don't know, the hand on the left looks like a pig foot to me. I suppose I could have titled it, "Kenn takes a tumble.... again." I suspect that would not have gone over too well either. Or maybe, "Yes, it's broken," or "Not to worry, we have the Orthopod on speed dial." All of which are equally true. Mountain biking again, and, as usual.....right at the start of Spring. Bummer. Teh tendon chipped the bone on the outside of the thumb. New one on me, I'd have thought the tendon would have given first.
Yee Haw. Sheriff Chancy. Looks more like one of the Three Amigo's!
Little sleepy head. He had gotten soooooo crabby Saturday morning (note the little tear coming down his eye) and finally just tucked himself in on the couch and fell asleep. He still wakes up entirely too early and he wears himself out long before most of us are even fully awake. I will say he is getting more reasonable, and now when he wakes up at 4:30 or 5:00 I can tuck him back in and say, "it's not morning yet, it's still dark outside," and he'll go back to sleep for 30 minutes or so. Last weekend though he starting waking up at 2:30 and I had re-tucked him in 4-5 times before 5:30 at which time I walked into his room and he was standing on his bed with the curtain open and says, "Look, it's morning! The sun is up mom! It's up!"
Not sure he said, "Mom" he's still a bit cavalier with his use of "Mom" and "Dad." He just doesn't seem to care what he calls us. He's funny - he does know and will correct himself but he doesn't focus on it. Mom/Dad, whatever. And it's the same with other things - Broccoli is still corn, Chicken is pizza, footballs are soccerballs - which brings us to our trip to the pediatrician.
The pediatrician was testing his various skills and he came to colors. He pointed to something red, Chance says green. He points to something blue, Chance says red. He points to something green, Chance says yellow. The funniest was that Chance managed to get 5 or 6 wrong in a row and yet he didn't repeat a single color and announced each of his answers with great conviction.
Shaeleigh, on the other hand, not to be cut short on her share of the laughs.... She had a scab on her knee right where the doctor usual hits it with the little hammer to check the reflex. As a result, the Dr. hit her knee a bit higher to spare her boo-boo and nothing happened. Shaeleigh, eager to please, gives it a half second and then kicks her leg out. Hahahaha. Cracked us all up but I don't think she realized why we were laughing.
But, despite our quirks, the kids seemed a-okay. Shaeleigh was 37.8 pounds, and 42 1/2 inches and Chance was 26 pounds and 35 1/4 inches. Both growing on a steady curve upwards.
And finally - the quilt. I was the volunteer quilt maker for the OLOH auction. These are all the little handprints of Shaeleigh's classmates. It had a few anomolies but came out okay. I only sewed the table cloth into it once during the process.
Close up of Shaeleigh's hand.
The back of the quilt. I found this fabric online. It was really cute.
And now, I must get to bed. Kenn has left me alone here in the family room and he has tomorrow off. What's wrong with this picture?
TTFN
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