Thursday, October 20, 2011
Family Portraits!
Yesterday we went to a place called Portrait Innovations in West Des Moines to have our family Christmas pictures done. What do you think?
Weekend Trip to Chicago!
This past weekend we tested out the new Grand Caravan on the road and went to Chicago! The drive was really enjoyable on Friday afternoon as we previewed the songs on the CD I recorded a few weeks ago and then stopped of a simple dinner at Panera... I even drove 85% of the way there! ;-) Shortly after we got checked in the hotel and into our room we were getting the boys ready for bed when Peyton started crying and threw his bottle. When I went to pick him up his entire bottom was wet (and not from pee)... EWWWWW! I could have died! Anyway, we got that all cleaned up and finally got to bed only to wake up to another "accident!" Poor little guy! We made it through the rest of the weekend with no more problems but I only brought three sleepers with us and he pooped through two of them. On top of that I forgot to pack shoes and socks for him! Ugh! Lesson here is that I should not be the one to pack for Peyton I guess! ;-)
Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast a Yolk a local restaurant with some awesome food! Then we headed over to Navy Pier and went to the Chicago Children's Museum. Now I worked at a Children's Museum in North Carolina for nearly 6 years and OMG - this was a FUN place! I loved the water exhibit and the Dinosaur exhibit the most. Oh, and Jackson liked it too. Hehehe. Here are some pics from our day at the Museum.
Sunday we went shopping at the outlet mall in Gurnee (North of Chicago) and had lunch at a fun place called Sweet Tomatoes where they have all the soup and salad you can eat. We made it back home late on Sunday night. It is always so much fun to go on a little vacation, but I sure do like getting home!!
Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast a Yolk a local restaurant with some awesome food! Then we headed over to Navy Pier and went to the Chicago Children's Museum. Now I worked at a Children's Museum in North Carolina for nearly 6 years and OMG - this was a FUN place! I loved the water exhibit and the Dinosaur exhibit the most. Oh, and Jackson liked it too. Hehehe. Here are some pics from our day at the Museum.
Sunday we went shopping at the outlet mall in Gurnee (North of Chicago) and had lunch at a fun place called Sweet Tomatoes where they have all the soup and salad you can eat. We made it back home late on Sunday night. It is always so much fun to go on a little vacation, but I sure do like getting home!!
Monday, October 10, 2011
All I Want For Christmas Are My Two Front Teeth...
This morning when Jackson got up he couldn't wait to show me his front tooth that came out in the middle of the night. I'm sure he was up late into the night working on getting that one out! LOL. The reason I say that is because his other front tooth has been loose for weeks and I figured it would have fallen first but it was the other tooth in his hand this morning.
I surprised Jackson today when I showed up at school at lunchtime and had lunch with him. He was really excited to see me and again couldn't wait to show me his other front tooth dangling in his mouth. Of course he couldn't eat because of the tooth. LOL. Just what Daddy wanted a whole new issue on why he couldn't eat. But with some encouragement and me cutting up his food he did eat most of his lunch which I was happy with. Part of the reason I went to lunch with him was to see what it's like and it was CRAZY. The kids talk talk talk and I swear that 40% of them at our table didn't even eat. LOL. The lunch was a breaded chicken patty on a bun with french fries. Then the kids can get salad or peaches plus milk. Nothing like I remember as a kid. LOL.
Anyway, after lunch Jackson and I went to the nurse to see if I could get that tooth out. I tried, it did that horrible tearing sound (you know what I mean), he screamed so I stopped. It bleed and bleed tho. YUCK! So we gave up and I told him that if it came out that afternoon to go back to the nurse.
When I picked him up one of the little girls I met at lunch came running up to me and said, "Jackson's tooth finally came out!" LOL. I thought it was cute that I knew it from someone else before he could tell me. But I played dumb when he came out and smiled...
I told Jackson that I believe the tooth fairy pays double for teeth when two fall out in the same day. He was pretty excited about that. ;-)
I surprised Jackson today when I showed up at school at lunchtime and had lunch with him. He was really excited to see me and again couldn't wait to show me his other front tooth dangling in his mouth. Of course he couldn't eat because of the tooth. LOL. Just what Daddy wanted a whole new issue on why he couldn't eat. But with some encouragement and me cutting up his food he did eat most of his lunch which I was happy with. Part of the reason I went to lunch with him was to see what it's like and it was CRAZY. The kids talk talk talk and I swear that 40% of them at our table didn't even eat. LOL. The lunch was a breaded chicken patty on a bun with french fries. Then the kids can get salad or peaches plus milk. Nothing like I remember as a kid. LOL.
Anyway, after lunch Jackson and I went to the nurse to see if I could get that tooth out. I tried, it did that horrible tearing sound (you know what I mean), he screamed so I stopped. It bleed and bleed tho. YUCK! So we gave up and I told him that if it came out that afternoon to go back to the nurse.
When I picked him up one of the little girls I met at lunch came running up to me and said, "Jackson's tooth finally came out!" LOL. I thought it was cute that I knew it from someone else before he could tell me. But I played dumb when he came out and smiled...
I told Jackson that I believe the tooth fairy pays double for teeth when two fall out in the same day. He was pretty excited about that. ;-)
Friday, October 7, 2011
Sandwich in the Sand, and round and round...
Remember the Belinda Carlisle song, "Circles In The Sand?" I loved that song growing up. Get ready to crack up over what happened today!
Jackson had a great morning at school doing good things in class and earning two Panther Prides (a reward system they have at school where if you get 25 Panther Prides, you get a special award from the Principal). Anyway, for the past week he has been taking his lunch to school. He begged Daniel and I to get him a lunch box so he could take his lunch like his buddy, Mason. I was reluctant to do it at first because I have a lot of others things to do and adding the job of making his lunch everyday didn't excite me. But I gave in. Everyday Jackson has not eaten his entire lunch. I'm not sending a feast with him or anything just a sandwich, fruit snack, and some crackers along with a juice box. But he would eat the fruit snack, crackers, and one bite of the sandwich. But remember Jackson is ADHD and takes medicine for that that makes him not very hungry at lunchtime. Each night I would sit down and talk to Jackson about how important it is for him to eat his lunch at school. Then I started to notice as the week progressed that when he got home he'd be starving and then not hungry at dinnertime. Ugh!
So today I sent him to school with just a Peanut Butter sandwich and a juice box and told him that he had to eat his entire sandwich if he wanted me to put more fruit snack and crackers in his bag. My thought was the whole wheat bread and peanut butter have a lot of protein and would help him not be starving by the time he got home from school. Good idea? I thought so...
So tonight when I picked him up from school he came out of the classroom and handed me his papers from the teacher and I asked, "How was your day and did you eat your whole sandwich?" He replied and said it was a good day and that he ate his lunch. Then the teacher spoke up and said, "Jackson, tell your Daddy the truth about lunch and the playground!" So evidently Jackson ate the crust off of his sandwich and then took his lunch bag out to recess (which he has been doing) and then took the rest of the sandwich out of his bag and proceeded to bury it in the sand.
Bury it in the sand... yep, that's our kid. Hiding the evidence of his leftover sandwich so Daddy would NEVER know. However, our little genius keeps forgetting that Daddy went to this same school when he was a kid and knows a lot of the teachers there. So he got caught and got in trouble for burying his sandwich in the sand. The best part was when I asked Jackson why he did that, "Well, I wanted to feed it to the bird." Yea, cuz Iowa birds love to dig for their food in the sand. LOL.
Jackson had a great morning at school doing good things in class and earning two Panther Prides (a reward system they have at school where if you get 25 Panther Prides, you get a special award from the Principal). Anyway, for the past week he has been taking his lunch to school. He begged Daniel and I to get him a lunch box so he could take his lunch like his buddy, Mason. I was reluctant to do it at first because I have a lot of others things to do and adding the job of making his lunch everyday didn't excite me. But I gave in. Everyday Jackson has not eaten his entire lunch. I'm not sending a feast with him or anything just a sandwich, fruit snack, and some crackers along with a juice box. But he would eat the fruit snack, crackers, and one bite of the sandwich. But remember Jackson is ADHD and takes medicine for that that makes him not very hungry at lunchtime. Each night I would sit down and talk to Jackson about how important it is for him to eat his lunch at school. Then I started to notice as the week progressed that when he got home he'd be starving and then not hungry at dinnertime. Ugh!
So today I sent him to school with just a Peanut Butter sandwich and a juice box and told him that he had to eat his entire sandwich if he wanted me to put more fruit snack and crackers in his bag. My thought was the whole wheat bread and peanut butter have a lot of protein and would help him not be starving by the time he got home from school. Good idea? I thought so...
So tonight when I picked him up from school he came out of the classroom and handed me his papers from the teacher and I asked, "How was your day and did you eat your whole sandwich?" He replied and said it was a good day and that he ate his lunch. Then the teacher spoke up and said, "Jackson, tell your Daddy the truth about lunch and the playground!" So evidently Jackson ate the crust off of his sandwich and then took his lunch bag out to recess (which he has been doing) and then took the rest of the sandwich out of his bag and proceeded to bury it in the sand.
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| Perhaps this is what he was trying to create? LOL. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Daddy did NOT like waking up to that!!
So before I can tell you about what happened this morning, I need to back up a little bit. Last Friday, Jackson woke up at his normal time, went into the bathroom and threw up! Poor guy. So we kept him home that day and my mom watched him and Peyton for us while we went shopping for the new Grand Caravan. Anyway, when we got home, Jackson had not finished his lunch and my mom said that he had been bouncing off the walls and seemed fine. So I had him sit at the table to finish eating his lunch and all of a sudden he threw up all over the table. YUCK! That was so GROSS and I thought I was going to die as I cleaned it up. But I got it all cleaned up and he seemed fine the rest of the weekend.
Yesterday, Jackson had another really good day at school. After have a few bumps in the road with some bad behavior a few weeks ago, he has really turned that around and been VERY good! Anyway, he was coughing a lot yesterday and had to go to the nurse because of it. He has had a running nose and cold for the last week and I wasn't really surprised when he was coughing a lot. Last night he started having some diarrhea, but didn't have a fever and we gave him some cold medicine and he went to bed on time.
At 4:30 this morning he woke Daniel and I up staying that he saw some shadows on the ceiling from his ceiling fan and Daniel gave him a hug and sent him back to bed. At 5:30 I heard him crying and when I went to see what we wrong he had thrown up all over his bed. (And I thought the table was bad). YUCK! So I got him into the bathtub and got him all cleaned up, threw the sheets in the washer and put him back in bed after giving him some Pedialite. I called the doctor's office and she thought it was probably just drainage from his nose into his tummy that made him throw up.
Then at 11:30 Peyton started crying so I got a sippy cup of some milk and picked him up and he's clothes were wet... and smelled... really bad! He had diarrhea too and his diaper exploded. BLAAAHHHH! So 8 hours later, a nap with more Pedialite and some toast... no more throw up or exploding diapers! Keeping my fingers crossed because I may have to hire a maid to clean up another mess!
Yesterday, Jackson had another really good day at school. After have a few bumps in the road with some bad behavior a few weeks ago, he has really turned that around and been VERY good! Anyway, he was coughing a lot yesterday and had to go to the nurse because of it. He has had a running nose and cold for the last week and I wasn't really surprised when he was coughing a lot. Last night he started having some diarrhea, but didn't have a fever and we gave him some cold medicine and he went to bed on time.
At 4:30 this morning he woke Daniel and I up staying that he saw some shadows on the ceiling from his ceiling fan and Daniel gave him a hug and sent him back to bed. At 5:30 I heard him crying and when I went to see what we wrong he had thrown up all over his bed. (And I thought the table was bad). YUCK! So I got him into the bathtub and got him all cleaned up, threw the sheets in the washer and put him back in bed after giving him some Pedialite. I called the doctor's office and she thought it was probably just drainage from his nose into his tummy that made him throw up.
Then at 11:30 Peyton started crying so I got a sippy cup of some milk and picked him up and he's clothes were wet... and smelled... really bad! He had diarrhea too and his diaper exploded. BLAAAHHHH! So 8 hours later, a nap with more Pedialite and some toast... no more throw up or exploding diapers! Keeping my fingers crossed because I may have to hire a maid to clean up another mess!
Bye Bye Prius!
For months I have been complaining that my Prius (which I loved) was just too small for all of us! The kids were crammed into the backseat and even the passenger seat had to be slide up all the way in order to fit the car seat behind it. So this past Friday, Daniel and I went shopping and came home with our 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan! Isn't is beautiful?
So we have finally become THOSE people with a minivan and I must say that even though it's big like a bus, I haven't had any trouble adjusting to it. So... bye bye Prius. I'll miss your great gas mileage the most!
So we have finally become THOSE people with a minivan and I must say that even though it's big like a bus, I haven't had any trouble adjusting to it. So... bye bye Prius. I'll miss your great gas mileage the most!
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