Category Archives: Kids
Momentary panic before school.
Katie came in for me to brush her hair before school and I saw some fuzz in her hair so I went to pick it out and—NOOOOOOOOOO!!! OH NO OH NO OH NO. NO NO NO NO NO.
I hate ticks. I mean, no one likes them but they really freak me out. Thankfully I haven’t had to deal with them too often.
My mind was instantly racing. I know we have a tick removal device but I couldn’t think where it was right off hand. We only had 20 minutes before we had to leave for the bus. I knew I couldn’t rip it out. Do I text Tom? (Yes.) Take a picture? (Yes.) Google how to remove a tick? (I didn’t, because I thought I remembered how to use a Q-tip to remove it and I had one handy so I did that.) It didn’t take too long, but Katie was kinda panicky because I had been kinda panicky (I typically handle these types of situations well specifically so they don’t panic but I just hate ticks so much that it got the better of me).
So then I was trying to think what the hell do I do to the house? It obviously was inside the house because she took a bath the night before and there was no tick. So it attached itself sometime overnight. Which means it was likely in her room. /shudder
I washed her bedding and all her dirty clothes and checked all the animals (clean) so am hoping it was just a bizarre one-time event.
Now excuse me while I go burn the house down.
How she sleeps.
I had to wake her up so I opened the blinds and then this happened…
It’s what’s for pre- and post-dinner.
We sent Katie to the basement pantry to find some Alfredo sauce, saying it was white sauce in a spaghetti sauce jar. She brought up Bloody Mary mix…so we considered it a sign.
Today they helped make fruit pizza!
Katie’s open house!
Last day of playgrounds with Papa and Grannie
Who knew she has gotten this good?! We are impressed!
A revisit of the Welcome to Illinois dinner.
From Jami:
So… back in February (cough cough), we had a dinner to welcome the Hudsons to IL. I finally got around to downloading my memory card this weekend. Oops.
Owen was the photographer on the group shot!
Day 2 of playgrounds with Grannie and Papa
Playgrounds with Grannie and Papa!
Grannie decided it would be fun to have a mini adventure with the kids and take them to a bunch of the local parks and playgrounds that we haven’t been to. So they made a list of all the parks then drew numbers to decide where to go! The kids LOVED it!!
She’s a weird one.
What clowns.
Oh yeah! Papa and Grannie are here on their way back from Florida…and they brought the kids clown noses. I love their serious faces in the first pic.
Blueberry muffin helpers!
Grannie brought a bunch of hand-picked blueberries from Florida so they made muffins! Grannie definitely has more patience in the kitchen with them than I do!!
Tuesday date day!
Tom took the day off after his sleep study so we had a date afternoon and went out for lunch to a new place…
Afterward we hit a craft beer store and Tomgot his treat. I had a margarita with lunch so it was his turn. 🍺
Tom looks at beer while I look at beer names. This is my current favorite.
This is how Owen empties the dryer.
This is a legit Intramural game.
I’m not quite sure what game it was, but another mom confirmed it was legit and they were supposed to be doing that. 🙂
Supportive school!
The kids have State testing coming up and these are some of the signs in the hallways. I love it.
And another random sign:
Surprise twinsies!
Katie put these leggings on today so I surprised hey by putting my matching ones on, too!
Kidisms 46
We were out and about and Katie saw the Menards sign and asked if we were going to Menards.
Tom: Yes, to save big money. [That’s their jingle.]
Katie: We don’t have big money.
Us, laughing: That’s true.
Katie: We have little money.
Dee, to Katie: What do you want to be when you grow up if you’re going to help animals since you like them so much?
Katie: I will help them as long as they don’t poop on me…
Me: Owen, go find your cleats for soccer practice tomorrow.
Owen: I don’t know where they are.
Me: That’s why I said to go find them.
Owen, whining: BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!
Me: SO GO LOOK.
Owen, comes back with a shoe: Here. But I only found one.
Me: /smdh [shake my damn head]
Owen reading “Dog Man” to Maggie. 💗
Owen said he wanted to read to Maggie so he thought she’d like “Dog Man.” 🙂
Smiley girl at dinner.
Owen made new friends!
We have new neighbors moving in across the street but they haven’t officially moved in yet—and we haven’t even met them. But today I looked out and saw two boys about Owen’s age playing catch. So I told him he should go over and introduce himself. He was so excited he couldn’t get out of the house fast enough, saying “I feel really good about this!” 🙂
Of course I spied from the living room. 🙂
He ended up playing with them for hours and they were back and forth between yards and Katie even got involved for a little bit.
Owen reported their names, that they are in 4th and 5th grades, they will be moving in this summer, and they also have one more younger brother in 2nd grade.
It was great to see him so excited!
Katie’s first official Lego build!
The official Lego rules state that you have to be six years old so we’ve been playing by the rules…but at the last build they asked why she wasn’t building and we said because she wasn’t six yet. They told us they don’t care and to just sign her up. YAY!
Of course Owen was done in a few minutes, but she kept at it and did it with barely any help!
Katie got to see the Frog Lady today.
As she told us “She’s not a frog, though.” See if you can spot her in the video!
She’s definitely got her own style.
Gone are the days when I could get her into super cute outfits without question…
You see the whole outfit, right? With the Halloween socks and gold shoes? 🙂
Easter Bunnies
The good thing about the kids getting older? I don’t feel the need to be up at 6:30am with them to look for eggs! (Tom was up, though–he’s always up!) I heard them excitedly searching for and finding them, then rolled over and went back to sleep for a bit. When I did get up, I made them pose with their because of course. 🙂
This is part of what it looks like while I’m trying to take them:
And then moments later they got their Easter treat: xbox time!
This is how they usually end up during a movie.
Two climbing monkeys!
I’m proud of both of them. He would never have climbed that high before last year. And at Katie’s age? No way. Yet there they both are!
We met friends for a play date and the playground was wet from overnight rain so Katie was running around drying things off (I planned ahead and had towels in the car). Owen went to the top of a two-story slide and said “It’s dry up here” as he started down…before I could warn him to look at the bottom of the slide. The next thing you saw was his legs and a huge gush of water spraying out of the slide. Maybe next time he’ll learn! He didn’t let his wet butt stop him from playing, though!
Walking home from a battle.
Owen was at a playdate and the mom sent me this pic. Yep, that’s my boy.
A weekend with Uncle Rob and Miss Dee!
They came to visit us for the first time and to take the kids out for their Christmas presents—they had given them certificates for dinner and a movie!!
They also decided to take them bowling on base! The kids had a blast (they also got to play some video games and air hockey plus have lunch at McDonald’s).
On Saturday Katie monopolized Miss Dee doing puzzles and playing kitchen. That afternoon they went to a movie then to Unos for pizza!
Sunday we went out for breakfast and then it was time to say goodbye.
