I came across this blog while reading the news on ksl.com. I think it looks like a good blog and will add it to my links list. Check it out for yourself though:
http://www.utahdealdiva.com/
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Lorax
Friday Samantha decided she wanted to spend the night at her friend Samantha's house. So, I decided I'd take the boys and Brooke out and do something fun. Mind you, I tried to get SIX different people to go with me before I decided to quit calling people so I could feel rejected.
I thought it would be fun to go to The Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner and then to see The Lorax. Nash wasn't too big on the idea of The Pizza Pie Cafe because they didn't have plain old cheese pizza there. So, he picked Sizzler instead. In the three years Travis has been working at Halliburton, I don't recall ever taking my children out to a sit down restaurant for dinner without another adult with me. Especially not just the younger ones! Surprisingly, they were better behaved than they have been in a long, long time! I told the boys if they ate all their dinner I'd buy them one of those kid trays at the theater too. What do you know? They ate their dinner better than I've seen them eat in ages!
I had bought our tickets for the 6:45 show as people were going in for the 4:30 show. I was glad I had. We got back to the theater about 20 minutes before the movie was to start. We got the boys their kid trays and had to wait in line to get into the theater! Caleb was positive he needed "movie glasses." Apparently, the last movie we must have taken him to had to have been a 3D movie. I kept telling him to look at everyone else, no one else is wearing glasses. The smart little monkey looks right at me and says, "You are." Duh mom. I tried to explain that I was wearing my glasses I wear every single day! He ended up trying to sneak out of the theater THREE different times to find glasses! I told him if there were glasses I'd be more than happy to get him glasses, but there are in fact, NO GLASSES! At the end of the movie he was still kinda put out that he didn't get glasses!
Other than Caleb trying to sneak out of the theater three different times, they did really well. Brooke sat on my lap and watched the whole thing. Not even too many wiggles from little sister! I was amazed. I thought she'd be jumping all over the place getting her groove on!
I was worried that Hollywood would really mess this classic story up. Much to my delight, they did not. Sure, they added a few things, but overall it was just about spot on. We loved it! I will be buying this when it comes out on DVD.
I was impressed that the kids were so well behaved. And, Mother Nature was even kind enough to wait for the snow dump until after we got home! If you haven't taken your kids to see this one, I'd highly recommend you go!
I thought it would be fun to go to The Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner and then to see The Lorax. Nash wasn't too big on the idea of The Pizza Pie Cafe because they didn't have plain old cheese pizza there. So, he picked Sizzler instead. In the three years Travis has been working at Halliburton, I don't recall ever taking my children out to a sit down restaurant for dinner without another adult with me. Especially not just the younger ones! Surprisingly, they were better behaved than they have been in a long, long time! I told the boys if they ate all their dinner I'd buy them one of those kid trays at the theater too. What do you know? They ate their dinner better than I've seen them eat in ages!
I had bought our tickets for the 6:45 show as people were going in for the 4:30 show. I was glad I had. We got back to the theater about 20 minutes before the movie was to start. We got the boys their kid trays and had to wait in line to get into the theater! Caleb was positive he needed "movie glasses." Apparently, the last movie we must have taken him to had to have been a 3D movie. I kept telling him to look at everyone else, no one else is wearing glasses. The smart little monkey looks right at me and says, "You are." Duh mom. I tried to explain that I was wearing my glasses I wear every single day! He ended up trying to sneak out of the theater THREE different times to find glasses! I told him if there were glasses I'd be more than happy to get him glasses, but there are in fact, NO GLASSES! At the end of the movie he was still kinda put out that he didn't get glasses!
Other than Caleb trying to sneak out of the theater three different times, they did really well. Brooke sat on my lap and watched the whole thing. Not even too many wiggles from little sister! I was amazed. I thought she'd be jumping all over the place getting her groove on!
I was worried that Hollywood would really mess this classic story up. Much to my delight, they did not. Sure, they added a few things, but overall it was just about spot on. We loved it! I will be buying this when it comes out on DVD.
I was impressed that the kids were so well behaved. And, Mother Nature was even kind enough to wait for the snow dump until after we got home! If you haven't taken your kids to see this one, I'd highly recommend you go!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Brooke causes mischief, Sister's mad num-chuck skills & Literacy Night
Who needs a teething ring when you can chew on mom's photo paper package?
Why is mom laying on the floor with the camera? Oh! Let me see!
I choose the pink one...again!
I like Rapunzel!
Little Sister has some mad num-chuck skills!
How terrible is it that I'm willing to bust out this costume for Literacy Night at the school, but if she asked me to do it for Halloween I couldn't say I'd be as willing to do it? Cursed pattern, good thing she looks cute. Stupid me...I'm think I'd be an awesome Queen of Hearts, Caleb could go as the King, Brooke could be the white rabbit & Nash could be a card man for Halloween....crap. I think I've found our Halloween costumes. Better get on that.
My easy child that agreed to go as Darth Vader - a costume we already had and he was worn many times.
Literacy Night at the school. Like the look Brooke gives me every time she sees my camera lately?
Can you see how swollen little sister's top gums are? She's working on those two front top teeth! Her mouth was actually bleeding a bunch earlier this day.
Nash singing with the first graders at the beginning of Literacy Night.
Literacy Night was fun (for the kids). They (with the exception of Brooke) each got a free book. Nash sung with the first grade. Sam gave her book talk. Sam convinced me to buy her a copy of the book her class had read (Unicorn Quest I think). The author was there selling/signing books. She read it in class and really liked it, but had to miss parts when she came to my class once a week! Silly girl!
The Beuners (spell?) were suppose to be there as well. I purchased A Job for Watilda and The Escape of Marvin the Ape. They are going to be signed by the authors. These books were books my Grandma Lea got for my brother and sister when they were little. I remember how much they loved them. My kids have read Escape of Marvin the Ape at my mom's house and really liked it. Due to the weather they ended up not coming. They will come at a later date though and we will get our autographed books then.
One of the ladies I taught with at Adams Elementary (Mrs. Torres, ESL) was there. She has written a book! She was reading her book to kids. She had puppets and a song that went along with it too. I can honestly say that once I had a death grip on Caleb on my lap and he was holding a puppet, it was the best behaved he was the entire night!
I saw several ladies that I know and got to talk to them (RS President, Nash's friend's mom, Sam's friend's mom, etc). My poor RS President about died when I told her about the week we'd had! When we were leaving the school they were giving out ice cream sandwiches for a treat. Funny to me because it was a snow blizzard as we were leaving!
Even though it was a really, really long day (didn't get home until nearly 9 and it was the first time we'd been home since we left for school/work) the kids had a lot of fun and I'm glad I took them.
I'm hoping next week is going to be better than this week has been. However, I do realize that I have to get my very first cavity EVER fixed, Brooke and Nash are getting tubes (and Brooke's adenoids out), I have another Relay for Life meeting, AND Sam is performing at the Caprielle Review on Friday night. Let's hope that it's not quite as disastrous as this week has been seeing how Travis will be home to shoulder half the burden!
Happy Friday!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The funny thing about kids...
The funny thing about kids is that none of them are alike...not even a little bit. You have one kid and you think "Wow. Ok, I've got this down. I can handle another one." And then another one comes and it's like getting hit with a semi truck all over again!
By the time Brookelyn came along, I wasn't in denial about kids being alike any more. I knew she'd be different than the others. Sure, some things would be the same, or similar, but there would be a lot of differences too.
Given that my kids are 9, 6 1/2, 3 1/2 and 9 1/2 months you'd like I'd quit making assumptions, right? Apparently not.
This morning Nash woke me up at 7 am telling me, "Mom. I'm sick." Yes, I was aware of this son. So, I ask, "Why?" His reply came back as, "I just threw up all over the couch." Awesome. On the bright side, I know he didn't eat his dinner last night because his throat hurt so lucky for me, it was mostly water. I can deal with that.
Yesterday after Caleb's dermatologist appointment I called Cache Valley ENT to change Caleb's appointment that was this morning to an appointment for Nash. The kid is FOREVER complaining that his ears hurting. I've had the ENT and the pediatrician look at them multiple times. We've had his hearing tested (he has above average hearing). However, he's been complaining for about 3-4 days that he's dizzy. When we were at the pediatrician's office with Nash yesterday he said that one ear had fluid in it and the tube was no longer in. In fact, it looked like there was debris in there that might need cleaned out. The other ear still had a functioning THREE YEAR OLD tube in it (Sam's three year old tube resulted in a surgery to repair the hole from the tubes that wouldn't heal on its own). I felt bad dragging him out of the house after he'd been throwing up, but I didn't want to lose that appointment. Especially since I know that the dizzies can make you nauseated.
I dropped Sam at school, called in to work, and left Caleb and Brooke at daycare. Caleb was funny when I told him I was taking Nash to the dr. He says, "Not me?" "No Caleb, not you." "But MOM! I still have spots!"
We were scheduled with the PA today at the ENT's office (which is fine because I like her). We told her what was going on and she has a look in Nash's ears. Hmm...left ear looks good - tube still in. Right ear...hmmm...looks like there's a blue shadow behind that fluid filled ear drum. CRAP. We had his hearing tested. There is some negative pressure in the right side (this could cause pain). He's missing some of the lower tones on the right side (sounds all too familiar - his sister did this). There is no hole in the right side which means that if the tube is behind the ear drum, it isn't coming out anytime soon (something new here). Off we go to the other room to look at his ear under the microscope. The PA called our favorite ENT, Dr. Blotter, in to have a gander at said right ear. Yep, blue shadow. What does this mean? Well, in the 12 years that Dr. Blotter has been doing this, he's had THREE cases where the tubes fell out backwards into the ear drum rather than going out forward into the ear canal where they can then just fall out of the ear. Only my child would make case number four. In fact, let's be honest, it's a miracle that the other three cases he's had where this happened haven't been from three of my own children!
So, what are our options? 1-Well, we can leave it alone. The tube wouldn't cause pain because they put things bigger than a tube in people's ears and they do just fine. 2-We could remove the tube and take the functioning tube out as well. Then, give it time for the holes in the ear drum to heal. Or, 3-We can go in, take out both tubes and put two new functioning tubes in. Given our history, what's the best option? Why choice number three of course! Not only was I figuring that, but the ENT came right out and said it was the best choice based on our family history because, "You're family has been pretty bad, pretty consistently." Couldn't have said it better myself man. My next question, "Could we possibly schedule him for the same day as his little sister next week?" "Sure! I just signed off on her paperwork yesterday."
Even the PA told Dr. Blotter we should have a punch pass for buy nine get one free. I smiled and said, "Actually, Brooke is getting set 10 for our family so Nash will be getting set 11." Why couldn't I have just married an ENT? That would have solved it, right? Probably not. They'd probably all have teeth or skin issues and perfect ears if that were the case!
By the time Brookelyn came along, I wasn't in denial about kids being alike any more. I knew she'd be different than the others. Sure, some things would be the same, or similar, but there would be a lot of differences too.
Given that my kids are 9, 6 1/2, 3 1/2 and 9 1/2 months you'd like I'd quit making assumptions, right? Apparently not.
This morning Nash woke me up at 7 am telling me, "Mom. I'm sick." Yes, I was aware of this son. So, I ask, "Why?" His reply came back as, "I just threw up all over the couch." Awesome. On the bright side, I know he didn't eat his dinner last night because his throat hurt so lucky for me, it was mostly water. I can deal with that.
Yesterday after Caleb's dermatologist appointment I called Cache Valley ENT to change Caleb's appointment that was this morning to an appointment for Nash. The kid is FOREVER complaining that his ears hurting. I've had the ENT and the pediatrician look at them multiple times. We've had his hearing tested (he has above average hearing). However, he's been complaining for about 3-4 days that he's dizzy. When we were at the pediatrician's office with Nash yesterday he said that one ear had fluid in it and the tube was no longer in. In fact, it looked like there was debris in there that might need cleaned out. The other ear still had a functioning THREE YEAR OLD tube in it (Sam's three year old tube resulted in a surgery to repair the hole from the tubes that wouldn't heal on its own). I felt bad dragging him out of the house after he'd been throwing up, but I didn't want to lose that appointment. Especially since I know that the dizzies can make you nauseated.
I dropped Sam at school, called in to work, and left Caleb and Brooke at daycare. Caleb was funny when I told him I was taking Nash to the dr. He says, "Not me?" "No Caleb, not you." "But MOM! I still have spots!"
We were scheduled with the PA today at the ENT's office (which is fine because I like her). We told her what was going on and she has a look in Nash's ears. Hmm...left ear looks good - tube still in. Right ear...hmmm...looks like there's a blue shadow behind that fluid filled ear drum. CRAP. We had his hearing tested. There is some negative pressure in the right side (this could cause pain). He's missing some of the lower tones on the right side (sounds all too familiar - his sister did this). There is no hole in the right side which means that if the tube is behind the ear drum, it isn't coming out anytime soon (something new here). Off we go to the other room to look at his ear under the microscope. The PA called our favorite ENT, Dr. Blotter, in to have a gander at said right ear. Yep, blue shadow. What does this mean? Well, in the 12 years that Dr. Blotter has been doing this, he's had THREE cases where the tubes fell out backwards into the ear drum rather than going out forward into the ear canal where they can then just fall out of the ear. Only my child would make case number four. In fact, let's be honest, it's a miracle that the other three cases he's had where this happened haven't been from three of my own children!
So, what are our options? 1-Well, we can leave it alone. The tube wouldn't cause pain because they put things bigger than a tube in people's ears and they do just fine. 2-We could remove the tube and take the functioning tube out as well. Then, give it time for the holes in the ear drum to heal. Or, 3-We can go in, take out both tubes and put two new functioning tubes in. Given our history, what's the best option? Why choice number three of course! Not only was I figuring that, but the ENT came right out and said it was the best choice based on our family history because, "You're family has been pretty bad, pretty consistently." Couldn't have said it better myself man. My next question, "Could we possibly schedule him for the same day as his little sister next week?" "Sure! I just signed off on her paperwork yesterday."
Even the PA told Dr. Blotter we should have a punch pass for buy nine get one free. I smiled and said, "Actually, Brooke is getting set 10 for our family so Nash will be getting set 11." Why couldn't I have just married an ENT? That would have solved it, right? Probably not. They'd probably all have teeth or skin issues and perfect ears if that were the case!
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