I thought we were done, but we forgot Grannie’s bag of stocking stuffers… Katie saw them and brought them to me. 🙂
He was excited about his new cars!
Opening presents is a serious business.
She likes my new towel!
Tag Archives: Papa
Show and Tell shirt
Since this week’s theme was family, I sent Owen to school in this shirt, along with a printout of the other pictures of him and Papa (and now Katie) in the shirt, too!
Me three!
When I picked Owen up from school today, he asked where Papa and Grannie were. I reminded him they went home today and that I took them to the airport after we dropped him off at school.
Owen: But I don’t want them to go home!
Me: I know, buddy. I miss them…and Katie misses them.
Owen: I miss them, too—heh heh—I mean me three!
Last pics before leaving…
I’m not sure why it wasn’t thought of before we took Owen to school…so it was just Katie. (We didn’t get one single pic of all four of them during the whole two weeks. I think all of us being sick really messed with everything.)
My three cookie monsters!
I bought Owen a new size, so his old shirt got handed down to Katie! Now we have three cookie monsters!
And Katie’s first wearing at 15m compared to Owen’s first wearing at 9m:
Papa & the Kids
Post-nap Papa & Katie
Sharing Papa’s Snack
Happy birthday to me!
Owen (and Grannie and Papa) surprised me tonight!
And then we enjoyed cupcakes—some of us more than others! 🙂
All three are entranced
Watching Katie videos
Papa & Katie
A walk with Papa
Papa said he wanted to take Katie for a walk. I asked “In the stroller or just walking free?” He said walking free. Ooooh-kay. I warned him he’d likely have to retrieve her from yards and driveways. He said it was fine and off they went.
Fifteen minutes later they were back, with dad saying “She doesn’t listen! And she did t want to follow me!” Heh. Welcome to my world. 🙂
Owen practicing hitting
As soon as we got home from the dentist, Owen wanted to practice some more!
Holy crap! Owen is pretty good at hitting!
Papa wanted to surprise Owen with his own baseball bat so he got it the other day and planned to give it to him after school before his dentist appointment when we’d be at the playground.
Then after a few quick attempts and after getting his grip and stance corrected, he was hitting most of my pitches! We were stunned. They weren’t perfect, of course, but I’d guess he was at least making some sort of contact on 80% of them…and probably good contact on 50% of those! He even smacked me with a ball a few times and had me ducking more than once as a ball whizzed by me.
While we were playing, Tom happened to Skype in, so he could watch Owen! It was awesome! Tom loved it!
Father Daughter Bonding
We both wanted to see Gravity, so we went to a 3D matinee today before picking Owen up from school. Neither one of us can remember the last time we did this…though he thought it had to be in Traverse City (and I said that would make it almost 20 years ago)!
And, interestingly, Carmike has their server room viewable by the public.
And I remembered why I hate movies in theaters…30 MINUTES OF PREVIEWS. Seriously—it was 30 minutes. That’s asinine. /getoffmylawn
Katie being Katie
Watching herself, then making faces with (offscreen) Papa.
I was trying to sort some of Owen’s old clothes and of course she had to have her fingers in everything…so I put some PJ bottoms on her head. She didn’t mind.
Owen swallowed a pill today!
Since he flat out refuses to take liquid medicine and turns into a screaming crying snotty hot mess, we had to try something else. So we’ve been practicing swallowing mini M&Ms and he’s gotten good at that…so I decided it was time for the real thing. I’m pretty sure he has allergies (I definitely do and Katie was diagnosed yesterday) so he needs to take something.
I was just going to split mine in half (because they’re small to start so would be super small broken in half—plus wouldn’t require me to buy anything) but all the dosing info I could find said even half was probably too much…plus my parent friends said a jagged half-pill would be harder to swallow. So it was off to a Walgreens where I stood like a zombie in front of the allergy section, looking for the tiniest pill he could take. I settled on Claritin, which is actually smaller than a mini M&M.
When Owen got home from school, it was time. I set the pill down along with some of the mini M&Ms and explained he had to swallow the pill and then he could have the M&Ms. I told him it was medicine (I had debated that, but thought I’d better be honest) and as soon as he heard that, the refusals and hot mess started. Nothing I was saying mattered. Papa got to witness it and was amazed. (I’m not sure he fully understood or believed my stories about how Owen reacts to medicine.)
I told him the pill would help his runny nose. Nope.
I told him it would make him feel better. Nope.
Then I told him that daddy takes pills for allergies, mama takes pills for allergies, Grannie takes pills for allergies, and Katie takes medicine for allergies. He says “So everyone takes pills?” Yes, buddy, pretty much.
Then like it was no big deal whatsoever he popped it in his mouth, took a drink, and was done in three seconds.
Of course I made a huge spectacle about it, saying “Wait a minute. You did not just take that pill. Let me check your mouth. I think it’s hiding!” And of course I was making sure he really did swallow it. 🙂
So now I’m just hoping each day goes a little smoother…and that we work up to larger sizes (because not everything comes in teeny pills) but I’m actually amazed at how well he did.
Go, Owen!
More football with Papa!
Papa got Owen a football tee so he could practice kicking. The grass was a little too soft so they had to start in the driveway.
Fumble recovery!
Practicing setting it up.
Papa’s turn!
Where’s Katie? Peek!
Katie was feeling better after dinner…so she was copying Papa’s hiding in his shirt.
Peeking!
Happy, laughing girl!
Watching herself:
Wagon Rides
We got the wagon out of the shed a while back and finally got it cleaned out. Katie was a hot mess after her nap (due to all her shots) but she liked being outside and I thought she might like a wagon ride.
Nope.
So Owen played with Papa instead.
Then Katie was happy again—and watching them intently—so we tried putting her in with Owen.
Nope.
Helping Papa make cookies for daddy
He wasn’t terribly interested in helping so I was lucky to get one picture.
The day the pool came down.
I’ve been waiting for a stretch of nice days to take the pool down so it can dry out nicely, but it’s been raining for a week with rain forecast for the next week, too…so I decided to just start since I had help (both for the pool and the kids) and we had a few hours of sun.
I actually started yesterday by draining about half the water (to hopefully lessen the muck around the yard by letting it dry out for 24 hours). So today when I let the water start draining, I told Owen it was his last chance to get in the pool. (Papa had hoped to go swimming with Owen, but it just didn’t stay hot quite long enough.)
Helping me drain the water a little faster.
Then someone else joined the party…
Almost empty…
Hanging it up after a quick scrubbing…and Owen helping rinse it off (he even went inside/underneath to rinse the inside!).
Football with Papa
Baseball Day 5
Grannie was sick so Papa was the only one who went with us. He even went into the outfield to play catch with Owen!
Still happy in the stroller (it didn’t last too long).
Next up!
Both at-bats:
Finger painting with Grannie
I thought finger paints would be a good project for Owen to do with Grannie. Then at the last minute we decided to add Katie, too. Everyone had fun while Papa tried to stay out of the fray while Grannie helped Katie and I ran around switching out paper.
Owen and Papa trying broccoli together
Whose feet are bigger?
On Papa’s Lap
Papa makes Katie giggle