Category Archives: Owen
December photos are online!
Three sounds Owen likes to hear.
You can tell our house is full of technology: Xbox, iPad, and Alexa. 🙂
WANTED: The Grinch
This came home from school today.
TRANSLATION:
WANTED: The Grinch has
a dog Max. He is green. He acts mean. He stole Christmas.
He has green fur and he is mean he is not nice.
He does not like Christmas. I am looking for him because
he is mean. He has stinky breath.
If you see him please call Owen at school 800-555-1000.
First grade school picture!
Once again, Owen rocked his school picture! I love this kid! (I would have preferred a blue background, but you had to pay extra for that!)
And his first three years (the fall pictures only):
And if you include the spring pictures as well:
Are you sensing a trend in the outfits I pick? 🙂 I can’t wait to see how many years I can do it!
Super gecko muscles!
Yeah, I don’t know, either. That’s a 6yo boy for you. 🙂
I bought these new footie PJs at Target today (and actually washed them!) so he found them when he got home. I wish you could see the hoodie—it’s got Dino spikes on it! Anyhoo, he put it on and I think daddy or Uncle Rob called him a gecko and then Owen came up with the super gecko muscles bit.
Kidisms 22
Owen was working on Legos at the table. I heard a piece hit the floor.
Me: Something just hit the floor.
Owen: Not something. Someone. [Smartass grin]
Tom was tickling Owen before bedtime.
Owen: Stop, you’re making me wild!
Uncle Rob: Owen, watch your Legos.
Owen: Why, are they going to run away?
Katie and Owen were playing catch with her new baseball mitt.
Katie: Owen caught my ball into my mitten!
Tom and Rob were speaking with an English accent.
Owen: Stop speaking Harry Potter!
We’re REALLY ready to have our minivan back.
The dealership has been a comedy of errors trying to get our van fixed. So, we still have the rental Highlander.
And we didn’t even think when grabbing a 5′ plastic storage bin at Walmart…yeah…no room in the car! Well, no easy room. This is how we had to get it home.
Owen’s Ramadan lantern
They studied all the holidays and did art projects for most of them. It came home days ago but we’re just getting a picture today.
Legos with Uncle Rob
The last Christmas Lego set!
Owen got this mini set as a present so we had to hurry and build it so we could put it away with all the Christmas stuff!
New year, new trail!
Owen and I started the new year with a great hike on a neighborhood trail (we’ve been on parts of it before, but not the whole thing).
And we saw the Whomping Willow!!
And a baby Whomping Willow according to Owen. 🙂
Early New Year’s Eve
We went to our friends’ house for dinner and a football game. The kids watched an early NYE countdown and had some sparkling grape juice (which none of them liked).
Go Sparty!
She’s in Owen’s old jersey/pants outfit since her cheerleading outfit is getting very short.
This is what it’s always like trying to get both of them to pose:
I got Owen in one shot:
Everyone in Sparty green, even though you can’t see mine.
Yummy little boy cuddles.Â
I don’t get these much anymore which makes it all the more delicious.
Daddy’s Day Off, Part 2
I completely spaced on it being school break time (duh, that’s why Owen was able to go!) and the aquarium was a nightmare. I have never seen that many people there…and we skipped about 70% of the stuff because we didn’t want to wait or push through the hordes to get to the displays. Ugh. We’ve been super spoiled the past few times we’ve gone and it was (for all purposes) empty.
On the escalator to another level.
Another escalator!
The frog displays were very busy. I didn’t get many pics.
Trying for a desktop wallpaper.
And one my favorites…jellyfish!
More attempts at computer wallpaper!
We had planned on having lunch beforehand at our favorite, Capital Grille, except we were there too early and they weren’t open…so we planned to do it after. But…as we were walking through the last part of the aquarium, we looked out across the water and saw Family Meal, a Bryan Voltaggio (Top Chef contestant) restaurant. I actually remembered I had a coupon for there, so we decided to try it.
We started with chicken pot pie fritters (delish!), Tom ordered biscuits and gravy (I might have been tempted except it came with over easy eggs on it which didn’t sound good to me), Rob got meatloaf, and I ordered fried chicken and this is the dish it came in. 🙂 It was yummy but a little expensive for what it was…but I’m glad we went.
And then this happened on the way home.
Daddy’s Day Off, Part 1
We all went to the Pentagon for a quick tour. We couldn’t take pictures inside so took this as we were leaving.
With Uncle Rob
“Mom, you have to take a picture of this.”
Owen wanted to have hibachi when Uncle Rob was here…
Like brother, like sister: Saturn!
May 13, 2011:
Family Movie Night: Harry Potter
Preparing for the behemoth.Â
I told Owen he should start with the easier set so he did his Minecraft set in preparation for the 2700+ piece behemoth (The Sea Cow).
And then he wanted me to send this picture to Mason, the friend that introduced him to Minecraft! So I posted it on Facebook. 🙂
September, October & November pics are online!
Our first trip to the ER!
Why not have it be Christmas Day? 🙂
So last night, Owen was being Owen and dove into the big beanbag in the living room, but then…rolled off? fell off?…and somehow landed wrong on his arm. Tom missed it, I missed it, and Uncle Rob barely saw it so we’re not entire sure what happened. All we know is that he was complaining that it really hurt. Tom looked at it and moved it around and there wasn’t any screaming so we were pretty sure it wasn’t broken. So we iced it and gave him some Advil. Of course, Owen being Owen, he continued playing around and bumping it and saying it hurt, so we made him sit still in the chair. He seemed to be fine overall and making cookies for Santa took his mind off it so we didn’t think much else about it.
So this morning we opened presents and he still hadn’t mentioned it. I had honestly forgotten about it. But then he was trying to put some Legos together—and was complaining that he couldn’t because his hand hurt. Hoo boy. Tom tried to move it around some and it seemed more painful than it had last night, so we figured since he has a high threshold for pain it must REALLY hurt, so we decided to have Tom take him to the ER.
Thankfully they were the only ones there and the whole thing went very quickly. But he had taken his new Minecraft characters just in case. 🙂
Apparently when you visit the ER on Christmas you get to pick a toy!
He picked this for Katie! Awww!
And??? It wasn’t broken. Just a sprain with some bruising that Motrin should help. PHEW!
Christmas Morning!
Santa was here!
“It says Barbie Dreamhouse!” (Every time she sees Barbie she thinks it says Barbie Dreamhouse since that’s a show she watches on Netflix.
Santa knew Katie liked Sofia the First and brought her a crown (and amulet and gown, which you will see later)!
“It’s a tutu!!! With a Michigan State helmet!!!”
“Look at all the new princesses!”
“Anna! Now I have Anna and Elsa!”
Grannie knew she liked Sofia, too!
As he was starting to open it, “Look! Two dice!” And then was amazed to see ALL the dice!
She does this with every piece of clothing. 🙂
Opening a family gift from Santa!
Done at at 8am on the dot! (But then we realized we hadn’t done stockings!)
Maggie REALLY enjoying a bully stick from her stocking!
A cutie amidst the mess.
Christmas Eve!
Getting ready to bake cookies for Santa!
Fresh-baked cookies and a Christmas shooter (vanilla egg nog) for Santa!
Owen wanted to put his new Lego creation out for Santa.
Christmas jammies and Santa hats…
Along with lots of outtakes!
One good family picture out of about 15 attempts!
Uncle Grob!
And then a ticklefest ensued.
Christmas movie day!
A Charlie Brown Christmas (and then Frosty the Snowman)
Arthur Christmas
Elf
A moment of calm
How do they look SO young just one short year ago?!
Through the years with Christmas Bear
This ornament has been around a loooong time… It started on Grauntie Marge’s tree in Grayling.
I’m guessing this was 1974, as I wouldn’t have been standing at three months. 🙂
2009 – Troy, MI
2010 – Troy, MI
2011 – Jacksonville, NC
2012 – Jacksonville, NC
2013 – Jacksonville, NC
(She LOVED the bear!!! And somehow I missed a pic with Owen?!)
2014 – Lorton, VA
(Somehow I completely missed both of them!)
2015 – Lorton, VA
