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Naps x 2

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The kids had swim lessons today and after they came home and ate lunch, we told them it was nap time. Owen had only gotten maybe seven hours of sleep which was definitely NOT enough…and of course he fought it. We told him he didn’t have to sleep but he had to rest. When I took Katie up five minutes later, I found this:

Out. B over his head and snoring away. 🙂 Katie didn’t fight it and slept for three hours (at which point we actually woke her up because we had to leave for a Super Bowl party).

Owen got up after about an hour, but then came into room still quite groggy and this happened:

 

Another successful birthday sleepover!

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Owen wanted another summer birthday pool party, so like last year, we had a sleepover with two friends for his birthday. I’m not sure who was more excited—Owen or Katie. She did pretty good overall but didn’t understand why the boys didn’t want to go play with her instead of playing with Owen. (That said, she did get to play with them most of the time.)

We had pizza for dinner, then they all played downstairs (including Katie), and then it was time for Pie face! 

Ice cream! Poor Colton (in black) doesn’t like chocolate so didn’t want the ice cream or brownie…so had an ice pop.

Attempting to play a new video game. It wasn’t quite working, so…

We watched a movie. Awwwww. 

Of course, Katie was right in there, too.

Owen: “My bros!”

iPad time

Spying on them. 

We put them to bed at 9:30 and they wanted to read a book so we told them lights out at 10. I happened to be watching on the monitor when they turned the lights out at 9:45. We thought it was too easy…and we were right. They were gabbing LOUDLY for the next hour. The last 20 minutes or so, Tom and I took turns going in to tell them to quiet down and go to bed. The last time Tom went in he warned them that they would not get donuts in the morning if he had to come in again. Then they were finally quiet. 🙂

Tom said they were all up at Owen’s usual time (6:30!) so they were back at Xbox and Tom went to get donuts.

The kids left by 10:30. Owen had a great time and we were glad to have our relatively quiet house back.  

Owen as a fire-breathing dragon

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Owen has had a cough for going on 3-4 weeks now so we finally decided to get it checked out. (He’s never had a temperature or anything that made us think he needed to be seen. Google said to take him in if the cough didn’t go away after three or so weeks. He seemed to be getting better…but then got worse again.)

Sharing the iPad:

Owen relaxing on the “beach.”

Katie sitting in the “boat.”

There’s always a bow and arrow involved.

The doc examined him and said it sounded like something viral and thought a breathing treatment might help…so we did that. The doc said he’d look like a fire-breathing dragon. 🙂

The doc said it helped a little so prescribed an albuterol inhaler so it was off to the pharmacy, otherwise known as the seventh circle of hell. Today we had a screaming toddler sitting across from us…for about 45 minutes. And then…we all had to leave since there was apparently a small fire somewhere close. NOOOOOOO!!!!

First we moved to the hallway. Then we got moved outside. Then we got moved across the street. We had no idea how long it was going to take, but thankfully we were headed back inside within about 10 minutes (it was windy and freezing). And then had another 15 or so minutes to wait for the script. 

We arrived at the hospital for a 9:10 appointment at 8:50 and were leaving the pharmacy at 11:20. Yeesh. And our fingers are crossed that the treatments help. 

She’s going to get locked in.

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So it’s been a challenge to keep Katie in her room—both at night and in the morning. I usually hear her open her door before 6 to go to the bathroom, and sometimes she goes back to her room and sometimes she goes downstairs. Sometimes I hear it…and sometimes I sleep through it.

So this morning I hear her downstairs, roll over and look at the clock, and it’s…6:05. SERIOUSLY, KATIE? So I had to get up and yell from the top of the stairs for her to get back upstairs and stay in her room. Of course there was crying and whining and a full chorus of “I’m a bad girl. You don’t love me.” (It means nothing at this point because I’m so desensitized to it—I hear it ALL DAY LONG.) I tell her she’s supposed to stay in her room until her light turns green (which she KNOWS) and if she keeps leaving her room, I will lock her in AND take away her new light. I go back to bed and I hear her open and shut her door at least two times before 6:30. GRRR.

Snow Day 7.5

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If you can believe it, we had a 2-hour delay today! On a day that’s supposed to be 63°! I think you could hear the collective gasp throughout the county as the text came in!

Following an assessment of roads and sidewalks throughout the county, despite rising temperatures today, a significant number of sidewalks and crosswalks remain impassable. In order to provide additional daylight for morning travel, including more than 40,000 students that walk to school, all Fairfax County public schools will open two hours late Monday February 1, 2016.

We watched a neighbor kid because his parents had to go to work…and Owen and Katie were in heaven. You’d think we never had friends over before!

Every night.

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So this is still happening.

She says she’s afraid of the dark. We’re still trying to find a nightlight that she likes that keeps her in her room. (She currently has four little lights but apparently they’re not the right ones. Or bright enough. Or who knows.)

We tried a big night light that turns off after an hour. She got up in the middle of the night to tell us her light was off. 😐 We’re going to try a small lamp next. We’d leave the hall light on, but ironically she wants her door closed.

She’s usually fine after we put her back once. She goes there because she’s smart enough to know we can’t hear her or see her and she has the best chance of not being discovered. 

Katie showed me!

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I was actually considering stopping Katie’s swim lessons because I wasn’t sure she was still progressing and $75/mo is a decent chunk of money for her to just be splashing around for a few hours. So of course she completely amazed me today! I asked the instructor to have her practice her floating (since she hasn’t done that in months) and she did great at that—along with actually swimming!! Holy cow! So…lessons continue!

Playing together after their lessons were over. 

  

Snow Day 6: Flight

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I had to get them out of the house to burn some energy. Thankfully it wasn’t crazy busy when they first opened.

She really catches some air when she jumps. It’s VERY impressive!

Owen catches some decent air, too!

Katie really wanted to play basketball with the kids, but they were older and weren’t interested in giving her a chance. The few times Owen gave her the ball, she immediately handed it off to someone else. 🙂

Katie’s fall really looks much worse in slo-motion.

Jonas: Snow Day 4

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It really warmed up today so with the melting, we FINALLY had the perfect snow to build a snowman! The government is still shut down as well, so daddy was home again, too! YAY!

While Owen and I were starting to build the snowman on the deck…

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…Katie was building her own little mini snowman. 🙂

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Putting on the headband that came in Gramma Jean’s Snowman Kit.

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Dressing the big snowman!

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Owen wanted to build “an ice wall” so I helped him. Meaning I pretty much did it all while he played. 🙂 Of course, it’s hard to see white on white, but it was a pretty impressive wall.

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Jonas Day 3 / Snow Day 3

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After MUCH drama getting dressed—in which Katie almost got banished to her room—we made it outside. We had hoped to be able to build a snowman, but the snow just wasn’t good. AT ALL. And Owen lost his boot again within the first five minutes…so I came in and let them play in the back yard. After about 20 minutes they wanted to go to the front, so they had to trek through the house (since there’s no way to open the gate, and even if we could get it open, the snow is 3′ deep between the houses). They played out front for probably a half hour before Tom went to check on them and then I went out to take a few pictures.

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And this would be why we can’t see anything out our bedroom windows!

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Jonas, Day 2

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Subtitled: Too. Much. Damn. Snow. And that’s coming from a Michigander.

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Plowed and sanded…but only one lane.

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So here, the kids are technically playing in the street.

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The bus stop is still a little buried.

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Looking up the main street.

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Snow angel…in the street. 🙂

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Taking a flying leap…

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The landing!

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Rule breaker!

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Playing across the street.

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Tom wanted to check out the town…and see how his new car did on the roads. 🙂 (He said it did great!)

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The Wall O’ Snow.

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Pouting because I wouldn’t give her the water spray bottle she remembered using this summer.

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Using a net as a shovel.

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Brushing off my tires with a scrub brush.

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So this keeps happening. 

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So this is what Katie does just about every night now. Yep, won’t stay in bed and falls asleep at the top of the stairs. GRRR.

I have NO idea what’s going on. She’s been amazing at bedtime forever so I guess it was only a matter of time before it went to shit for some unknown reason. Hopefully it will rectify itself or we figure something out. (Owen went through something similar and we ended up having to sit by him at bedtime and rub his arm for 15 minutes…for about three months.) I actually wouldn’t mind if this happened every night and we just picked her up and moved her to her bed…if she stayed in bed after we moved her there. But most times she wakes up, whines some more, and leaves her room again. Gah!

Q&A with the kids

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A friend posted this on Facebook and I did it with the kids: Without ANY prompting ask your kids these questions. It’s a great way to see what they think. (I asked them separately but they were in the same room at the same time.)

Owen, 6
Katie, 3

1. What is something I always say to you?
Owen: I love you.
Katie: Be polite. 

2. What makes me happy?
Owen: Being nice.
Katie: Being polite.

3. What makes me sad?
Owen: Not being polite. 
Katie: Not being polite. 

4. How do I make you laugh?
Owen: Telling jokes. 
Katie: Like this <cackles>. Donuts.

5. What was I like as a child?
Owen: Reading. 
Katie: Playing dinner. 

6. How old am I?
Owen: 42
Katie: I don’t know.

7. How tall am I?
Owen: 4.5 inches. 
Katie: I don’t know. You’re big.

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
Owen: Going to the beach.
Katie: Play games with me.

9. What do I do when you’re not around?
Owen: Watch Ellen Degeneres.
Katie: I don’t know.

10. What am I really good at?
Owen: Reading.
Katie: Putting the tv on.

11. What am I not very good at?
Owen: Playing video games.
Katie: Making dinner.

12. What do I do for a job?
Owen: You don’t have any jobs.
Katie: Something amazing.

13. What is my favorite food?
Owen: Pizza.
Katie: Chicken dog. I mean pizza.

14. What do you enjoy doing with me?
Owen: Playing board games.
Katie: I don’t know.

The Effects of Jonas

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So, it’s hard to tell in the pictures because everything is white on white on white, but trust me, there was A LOT of snow out there. The end of the driveway was plowed in with at least 3′ of snow (and, unfortunately, we couldn’t find ANYONE to tune up the snowblower, so Tom has been shoveling for about two hours). It wouldn’t be quite as bad if there was somewhere to actually PUT the snow. The yards are so small there’s no room for any of it…and we’re not supposed to put any of it in the street (which would, really, make the most sense, so the plows could take it away).

I have a few pics of the kids, but it was blowing so much when we first got out there that it was difficult to take anything good. The kids were excited and did have fun (and at least we were outside for longer than it took to get them both dressed) but of course Owen had snow up his gloves and arms within the first five minutes (even though I carefully tucked everything in) and then proceeded to lose a boot within the next five minutes (which necessitated a trip inside to change socks and get a new boot—thankfully he has a backup pair). They loved sledding down the hill and it would have made for awesome pictures…but you can only do so much when you’re fully bundled, it’s snowing, and you have to catch the sled before it gets to the main street.

   
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Who knew an old desktop would be that fun?

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Tom is getting rid of an old desktop and just had it sitting temporarily in the living room. The kids were completely enthralled with it. I was at my computer and I heard Owen behind me clicking away on the keyboard, saying he was texting dad and playing music. He also kept plugging and replugging the mouse and keyboard cords.

Then, of course, Katie got involved. When she wasn’t clicking away she was “on the phone” (the mouse). 🙂