This is what happens when the gates come down! FREEDOM!
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Daddy Cuddle
Tom was on the floor trying to take a quick nap so of course Katie had to join him. 🙂
She figured this out all on her own.
Then Owen wanted to help…which didn’t go over too well. 🙂
She’s definitely my daughter!
MONKEY TOES!
Relaxing with daddy
Relaxing with mama
I was trying to rest…
Owen sat nicely still while we watched TV…but Katie was another story.
Her chin digging into my shoulder/arm. 🙂
Momentary calm.
Why not have Charlie join the party?
Well as long as it’s comfy for you.
40 Bags in 40 Days—Day 2
Toys, part 1
While one kid is at school and the other is napping…three bags to donate.
On a side note: please, no more stuffed animals!
Wheeeeee! Wheeeeee!
February pictures are online!
Katie vs. The Cheez Ball
I had set one out on my knee and she wanted it badly but refused to come back inside the gate.
I wondered what would win: Being captured but having a cheez ball…or being free with no snack.
She stood hovering over the gate threshold for a minute then took off toward the playroom. Aha! Freedom won. Except a minute later she came zooming in to grab the cheez ball and get out quick…but I caught her. So snacks won out over freedom—though she did whine a bit when her plan was foiled!
So, Owen is allergic to amoxicillin.
He woke up this morning with a rash covering his face and neck…
And upon further inspection, his torso and legs (though not as bad). A cough but no fever. So it was off to the sick clinic.
After a few questions and a quick body scan, the doc said it was an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin he just finished (for his ear infection). The doc said there are immediate reactions (which can be quite severe) and delayed reactions—which this was. It’s not contagious and will likely look worse before it gets better. If it’s itchy we can give him Benedryl but thus far it hasn’t been.
So he was excited he got to go to school!
And he has the distinction of having the first drug allergy.
Letters T & D
This should have been posted on 2/19 so I will move it there eventually.
This past week’s theme at school was the letters T & D—for teeth and dentist. So this was the project with marshmallows:
Katie words v3
I should have posted this a long time ago…so the list goes back at least a month or more.
Balloon (bayoon)
Banana (nanna)
Bite (when she wants another bite of banana)
Elmo (alno)
Owen (o-wee)
Please (peese)
Thank you (tay-kyoo)
New words:
A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Boppy (character from Doc McStuffins)
Cereal
Doc (character from Doc McStuffins)
Grape (Gape)
Juice
Minnie [Mouse]
Nap
Night night
Pants
Pills
Shoes
Sleeping
Snowing
Stuck
Swing
Thank you
Where’s [daddy, milk]?
You’re welcome
She’s also good at repeating when she wants to—today she repeated “I see you!” But she still refuses to say “Mama, ____ please!” She’ll repeat each word separately but not as a sentence.
First real daddy haircut!
Owen was getting pretty shaggy and I’m tired of spending $12 every other month so Tom took a go at it. It went pretty well!
Dr. Seuss Day
It’s his birthday today so the kids were asked to wear their favorite Dr. Seuss costume. I do things the easy way so he just wore his Thing 1 tee shirt and took his Cat in the Hat stuffed doll.
Owenisms 39
Me: How are your eyes this morning?
Owen: Good.
Me: Were they stuck shut this morning?
Owen: Yes.
Me: Did daddy help get them unstuck?
Owen: No, I just used my two fingers!
Owen: Mom, can my friends come over? I miss them.
Me: Sure, we can invite them over.
Owen: When are they coming?
Me: I don’t know—we haven’t invited them yet.
Owen: Check your phone!
Owen: Remember C3PO?
Me: Yes.
Owen: I love that guy.
Looking at a smashed car as we drove by.
Wow! Look at that car. It’s dead.
Owen has a very short thumbnail—we’re assuming he bit the nail while he was sucking his thumb—and it’s a little painful. He went to suck his thumb:
Oh. Wait! This one hurts. I’d better use the other one!
Terrible Twos are starting already
So she has a bit of attitude and this is what I get when I take something away or tell her no:
Nanny Alice, Day 4
Naptime project!
Alice said he completed 90% of it on his own!
Their final dinner:
Post-dinner bike ride!
Both kids were in bed when we rolled in about 7:30…and both got a good report overall! Katie has lots of attitude now and Owen had a few grouchy spots but nothing major. Neither missed us, which is a good thing! And Alice wasn’t waiting in the driveway (though she was packed to leave!)…so we consider it a major success!
Nanny Alice, Day 3
Miss Alice surprised the kids with chocolate donuts and chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast!
Candyland while Katie was napping:
Katie swinging and singing her ABCs:
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Nanny Alice, Day 2
Snacks before taking Owen to school! Miss Alice even did Katie’s hair—something she hadn’t done to a little girl’s hair in 10 years!
The view from her lap:
Today’s after-school snack: blueberry seas with goldfish jumping and pear sailboats with teddy Grahams. Too creative for this exhausted mama!
Nanny Alice, Day 1
Our friend Alice (actually a professional nanny—though usually for much older kids!) is staying with the kids while we go to Florida. The kids met her about two weeks ago when she came for two nights to meet them and Owen was excited to have her back.
This was the first picture we got on the road—some pre-nap cuddles!
Maggie and the kids enjoying the nice weather, the bubbles Alice brought, and playing swords!
She spoiled the kids with a fun dinner: Owen got a caterpillar hot dog and Katie got hot dog palm trees. Both got strawberry flowers:
And she braved giving Katie yogurt:
My honest first thought was What is she doing to me? Now the kids are going to expect fun dinners all the time?! But my immediate next thought was Oh what a super special surprise that only Miss Alice does! 🙂
A kid and her cat
Story with daddy
Typical TV watching
Then about two minutes later he was screeching “MOOOOM! She won’t get off me!” 🙂
Restaurant and Storytelling
Owen and Katie were playing restaurant. 🙂
Then he decided to tell me a story. Hopefully you can make out some of it—it’s mostly about Star Wars and light sabers (complete with accurate light saber sounds).
Slide down, Katie–I’ll catch you!
Riding a bike, part 4
Well, part 4 for me anyway. He went out with Tom once where he got a lot better—and learned to stand up to get started peddling!
This is what happened today. He wasn’t happy that I tried to make light of his slow-motion spill at the end. (I was trying to get him laughing so he wouldn’t be upset about falling—because I knew he wasn’t hurt.)
Sibling Slide Fun
Then he laid down so she had to.
Then she tried to help him get up.
Trying to find Katie:
And a super happy girl!
Trying to be patient while mom’s a patient
