Long time, no post. . . Here's a quick-fix!
Nothing really new to report. Had our family's first ER visit a couple weeks ago, and hoping there's not a repeat performance! Claire (we thought) swallowed a couple of batteries about the same size as a watch battery. 4 hours and 2 x-rays later, there was nothing on the inside-- found the batteries the next morning on the kitchen floor. That was more a relief than anything, and I don't regret the ER trip.
We took a family trip to Yellowstone, where Josh and I decided that camping with young kids is H-A-R-D. We did come up with a sort of system to bypass the madness (which worked most of the time), and will definitely use that in future trips. I am SOOOOOOOO glad that we have our camping trailer!! It was my first trip to Yellowstone, and I really enjoyed it. Ben says, "It was really stinky," to everyone who asks how it was. Pictures will be in the very near future, but tonight it's kind of late and I have 3 cords that look like they could be a match that are not. . . Grrr.
Josh is doing extremely well at work, and we are so proud of him!! We are also experiencing the relief that comes from his not having to go to school at nights. *sigh of relief* We're getting excited for his official graduation ceremony in September or October. The kids absolutely LOVE seeing more of their dad!
Ben is one smart cookie. His new favorite song is "Happy Family":
I love Daddy, Daddy loves me. I love Mommy, Mommy loves me. I love Claire, Claire loves me. Daddy loves Mommy, Mommy loves Daddy. (And so on, until everyone in the family loves each other, and then. . . ) We are a happy FAMILY!!!!!! (sometimes he yells the last note, which cracks me up)
Claire is catching on to things quicker than ever. Often if we're counting something (doesn't matter what), we'll say, "One. . . Two. . ." Claire will then pipe up "Fee- TINEOUT!" (she can't seem to get the M in there).
Both of the kids love to sing. Claire will just sort of sing a tune with no words, but Ben has now decided that there are words required. His word of choice: Blah. In the bathroom at Old Faithful in Yellowstone (which for some reason Ben calls "the goofy geyser") he was blah-ing the tune to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, much to the entertainment of all around us-- both in line, and in the stalls beside us.
More next time I have 15 minutes. . . No guarantees as to when that will be! Love you all.
Jun 26, 2009
May 28, 2009
Quotes of the Week
Claire was really excited when daddy came home one night this week! (Okay, she gets excited every night) When Daddy gave her a kiss on her head, Claire said, "Ew, Gwoss."
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Ben created a new song. Here's the original, Sarah McLaughlin from Toy Story 2:
When somebody loved me
Everything was beautiful
Every hour spent together
Lives winthin my heart
Here's Ben's version, created earlier this week when he was coming up the stairs from his bedroom and stepped in some dirt that he had tracked into my house the day before. This song is still being sung by Ben at random:
When somebody stepped in dirt
Somebody has to get them out
When somebody stepped in dirt
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Claire: "Watch me!" except it comes out, "Wat ME!!!!"
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At dinner time, Mommy told Ben to tell Daddy that "You have no room to boast, Dad."
Ben said, "You don't got no room to ghost, Dad."
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Claire: "Look addat!!" Translation: "Look at that!"
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Ben has become very paranoid of things outdoors (which makes no sense, because he spends so much time out there. . . ). We took a walk on Monday, and he was wearing his flip-flops. He started to freak out when we passed three snails on the sidewalk, but it was a mild reaction-- he tip-toed, and held on to my arm as we passed them. Next, he was afraid of the pine cones, because he thought they would get him. Suddenly, Ben lifted up his heel and screamed like he'd stepped on a nail!! I stopped to see what it was, and it was a crunchy leaf in his shoe. We had to take a quick trip back home (we'd only made it half a block away), to change his shoes.
We started our walk again after that, but a half a block away from coming home again there were some seeds that come off of the trees at this time of year-- the sidewalk was littered all over with piles of them, and Ben stopped dead in his tracks. He just could not force himself to walk through this veritable sea of unidentifiable objects that look like they may be bugs of some sort, because he was sure they would get him. It took 10 minutes to conduce him to walk through a patch of sidewalk that was maybe 30 feet long!
It will be interesting what fears he comes up with next. . .
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Ben created a new song. Here's the original, Sarah McLaughlin from Toy Story 2:
When somebody loved me
Everything was beautiful
Every hour spent together
Lives winthin my heart
Here's Ben's version, created earlier this week when he was coming up the stairs from his bedroom and stepped in some dirt that he had tracked into my house the day before. This song is still being sung by Ben at random:
When somebody stepped in dirt
Somebody has to get them out
When somebody stepped in dirt
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Claire: "Watch me!" except it comes out, "Wat ME!!!!"
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At dinner time, Mommy told Ben to tell Daddy that "You have no room to boast, Dad."
Ben said, "You don't got no room to ghost, Dad."
*********************************
Claire: "Look addat!!" Translation: "Look at that!"
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Ben has become very paranoid of things outdoors (which makes no sense, because he spends so much time out there. . . ). We took a walk on Monday, and he was wearing his flip-flops. He started to freak out when we passed three snails on the sidewalk, but it was a mild reaction-- he tip-toed, and held on to my arm as we passed them. Next, he was afraid of the pine cones, because he thought they would get him. Suddenly, Ben lifted up his heel and screamed like he'd stepped on a nail!! I stopped to see what it was, and it was a crunchy leaf in his shoe. We had to take a quick trip back home (we'd only made it half a block away), to change his shoes.
We started our walk again after that, but a half a block away from coming home again there were some seeds that come off of the trees at this time of year-- the sidewalk was littered all over with piles of them, and Ben stopped dead in his tracks. He just could not force himself to walk through this veritable sea of unidentifiable objects that look like they may be bugs of some sort, because he was sure they would get him. It took 10 minutes to conduce him to walk through a patch of sidewalk that was maybe 30 feet long!
It will be interesting what fears he comes up with next. . .
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