Saturday, October 27, 2007
Fire Fighter Jared
Fire Fighter Owen
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Soup's On!
I made this yummy Taco Soup last night for dinner. I got the recipe from a friend - and it's low/no fat and mighty tasty! It was really easy, too. The boys wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole, but Brian and I liked it - I had plenty of leftovers, too!
Jared stayed home from school yesterday with strep. :( Poor kid had a 103 fever and a sore throat on Monday, so we headed up to the new urgent care. In and out in 25 minutes with a script for Amoxicillin. He still was running 102 Tuesday morning, so he stayed home. Luckily I was already planning to work at home so I had all of my stuff. He had a pretty good day - did a few puzzles, watched cartoons, played with his Star Wars guys.
The kids are excited for Halloween next week. I'm not sure that Owen gets the whole Trick-or-Treat concept, but he's excited to wear his black Power Ranger costume. Jared's Yoda is adorable. They have parties at school - Owen has TWO! And then they're going to a party with Aunt Sarah on Wednesday afternoon. We'll do something quick and easy for dinner, that night.
It's definitely fall here - mid-50's and gloomy. Jared had a field trip to the park today. He dressed warmly (I made him take a hat & gloves). They also had to bring a white t-shirt to paint with leaves. I bet that'll turn out cute!
Well, time to go change the laundry - it's Wednesday which is "sheets day" but I had to completely strip our bed because Owen peed in it. Grrrr.
Jared stayed home from school yesterday with strep. :( Poor kid had a 103 fever and a sore throat on Monday, so we headed up to the new urgent care. In and out in 25 minutes with a script for Amoxicillin. He still was running 102 Tuesday morning, so he stayed home. Luckily I was already planning to work at home so I had all of my stuff. He had a pretty good day - did a few puzzles, watched cartoons, played with his Star Wars guys.
The kids are excited for Halloween next week. I'm not sure that Owen gets the whole Trick-or-Treat concept, but he's excited to wear his black Power Ranger costume. Jared's Yoda is adorable. They have parties at school - Owen has TWO! And then they're going to a party with Aunt Sarah on Wednesday afternoon. We'll do something quick and easy for dinner, that night.
It's definitely fall here - mid-50's and gloomy. Jared had a field trip to the park today. He dressed warmly (I made him take a hat & gloves). They also had to bring a white t-shirt to paint with leaves. I bet that'll turn out cute!
Well, time to go change the laundry - it's Wednesday which is "sheets day" but I had to completely strip our bed because Owen peed in it. Grrrr.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Fire Drill Monday
Owen woke up bouncing out of his skin this morning. "Today the fire truck comes!" Well, and the fire fighter, too. He insisted on wearing a fire truck t-shirt today and his red crocs. He didn't ask if he could bring a helmet again so I didn't mention it.
I think he'll get to see the fire truck twice - since he stays for morning and afternoon? Maybe he'll be napping for the afternoon one.
Jared launched his rocket yesterday with Cub Scouts. It was a beautiful day for rocket launching, though windy for sure. A few went onto the school roof and one went all the way OVER the school (though, that was one that broke into two pieces, so the parachute and nose went that far). The boys had fun and I got some fun pictures.
Soccer ends this week. Hopefully it isn't too bitterly cold on Saturday morning for our 9 AM game. Egads! My life becomes so much more sane after this twice a week soccer ends. We'll be down to just Cub Scouts 3 Tuesdays a month and swim lessons one evening.
Speaking of Cub Scouts - I'm in charge of planning November. The theme is "Indian Nations." I'm thinking a trip to the Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor for the Go-See-It and building our totem pole for craft/activity. Oh, and we'll make drums one week, too. Fun times!
I think he'll get to see the fire truck twice - since he stays for morning and afternoon? Maybe he'll be napping for the afternoon one.
Jared launched his rocket yesterday with Cub Scouts. It was a beautiful day for rocket launching, though windy for sure. A few went onto the school roof and one went all the way OVER the school (though, that was one that broke into two pieces, so the parachute and nose went that far). The boys had fun and I got some fun pictures.
Soccer ends this week. Hopefully it isn't too bitterly cold on Saturday morning for our 9 AM game. Egads! My life becomes so much more sane after this twice a week soccer ends. We'll be down to just Cub Scouts 3 Tuesdays a month and swim lessons one evening.
Speaking of Cub Scouts - I'm in charge of planning November. The theme is "Indian Nations." I'm thinking a trip to the Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor for the Go-See-It and building our totem pole for craft/activity. Oh, and we'll make drums one week, too. Fun times!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tuesday Chooseday
Tuesdays are supposed to be relatively relaxing. But HCSC threw a wrench in my carefully planned week by adding an extra practice for Owen's Lil Strikers. Grr. So I need to take him to soccer at 5:30 and get Jared to the Cub Scouts Pumpkin Carving by 7. Oh, and feed everyone. Sounds like a sandwich night!
I started swimming across the street at the community ed pool a few mornings a week. It's a nice change from the treadmill. I love that it's right across the street - I can drive there in like 2 minutes. Everyone told me how cold that pool always is, but I've found that it's reasonable warm. Ask me again in February!
I think my plan now is to swim 2-3 mornings (it's hard to schedule because Wednesdays the cross country team works out in the pool - very crowded; and Thursdays I can't leave the house until 6:00 on the nose because Brian's on-call). So if I swim say Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays, then I can do my treadmill workout on Wednesdays and Thursdays and the weekend. I seem to slack off on the weekends - rarely do I actually get in the treadmill and weights/Pilates. I'm lucky to do one each day.
Owen had his turn to bring snack yesterday. He was assigned afternoon snack, so he brought a big box of rice krispie treats (no nuts allowed in his class). Being the snack kid also means that he got to do the weather at circle time and do a show-and-tell. They requested no toys for show-and-tell - yikes! We remembered Sunday night, so he had to make due with a Hamburg fire helmet - I'm not sure if it was Brian's or not - anyone? Anyways, he loved taking it with him to school.
I need to get a move on and check on my scripts - Happy Tuesday!
I started swimming across the street at the community ed pool a few mornings a week. It's a nice change from the treadmill. I love that it's right across the street - I can drive there in like 2 minutes. Everyone told me how cold that pool always is, but I've found that it's reasonable warm. Ask me again in February!
I think my plan now is to swim 2-3 mornings (it's hard to schedule because Wednesdays the cross country team works out in the pool - very crowded; and Thursdays I can't leave the house until 6:00 on the nose because Brian's on-call). So if I swim say Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays, then I can do my treadmill workout on Wednesdays and Thursdays and the weekend. I seem to slack off on the weekends - rarely do I actually get in the treadmill and weights/Pilates. I'm lucky to do one each day.
Owen had his turn to bring snack yesterday. He was assigned afternoon snack, so he brought a big box of rice krispie treats (no nuts allowed in his class). Being the snack kid also means that he got to do the weather at circle time and do a show-and-tell. They requested no toys for show-and-tell - yikes! We remembered Sunday night, so he had to make due with a Hamburg fire helmet - I'm not sure if it was Brian's or not - anyone? Anyways, he loved taking it with him to school.
I need to get a move on and check on my scripts - Happy Tuesday!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Herons or Cranes?
Now I'm wondering if those were herons or cranes? They made that "whooping" sound as they were yelling at each other....
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Herons
I went outside to get the mail and FIVE of these herons were strolling across my driveway! They split up and started to walk away when I got out my phone (and zoomed the camera) but how cool!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Jared's First Grade Pic
Wednesday Madness
I seem to keep posting on Wednesdays....
I'm sipping on my fat-free latte because it's finally cold enough for coffee on a regular basis. But 40 degrees - after 90+ two days ago?!
I got up early again today and did my treadmill workout. It's soo much slower than swimming!!! But I guess it is 45 minutes instead of the 30 minutes of swimming that I did yesterday. I skipped the pool today b/c the cross country team works out there on Wed - not interested in sharing the pool with 30 16-year-olds nor in dealing with the crowded/wet locker room. Blech. I do like having the pool right across the street and plan to take advantage of that as much as possible.
My abs are sore today - I did mostly the "hard" versions of the exercises in my pilates DVD last night and OW. Though, I thought I'd be more sore today from swimming, but I'm surprisingly not. It'll hit me tomorrow!
Cub Scouts was fun last night. Tammy had the boys paint with cut up veggies (you know, the star in the apple and all) to make placemats. Then they made necklaces out of strung up noodles & beads, made salsa for snack, and made plastic bag greenhouses with popcorn kernels. I really need to work on my ideas for next month's Indian theme! Anyone???
Tonight, Jared has swim lessons.
Owen had pictures today and he looked so cute in his little blue polo! I debated what to have him wear - the brown/light blue striped polo or the solid light blue one. Well, the background was set up yesterday and it's a textured brown, so I opted for solid blue with jeans. So cute! I can't wait to see how they turn out!
This week is busy. Tomorrow night is soccer - 5:30 practice for Owen and 6:00 WAZA training for Jared. But the Light of the World Curriculum Night is at 7:00, so Brian's going to meet me at the soccer field by 6:30 so that I can get to the preschool for that.
Then I have scrapbooking on Saturday - all day 9:00 - 9:00. I need to get my stuff out and organized so that I can pound out some pages! I want to finish Jared's Kindergarten pages in his school album. We're supposed to go on a Fall Color Hike on Sunday for Cub Scouts, but it's the association meeting and I'm not sure that Owen can make a 3-hour hike. We'll have to see about that one - depends on the weather, too. :)
I'm sipping on my fat-free latte because it's finally cold enough for coffee on a regular basis. But 40 degrees - after 90+ two days ago?!
I got up early again today and did my treadmill workout. It's soo much slower than swimming!!! But I guess it is 45 minutes instead of the 30 minutes of swimming that I did yesterday. I skipped the pool today b/c the cross country team works out there on Wed - not interested in sharing the pool with 30 16-year-olds nor in dealing with the crowded/wet locker room. Blech. I do like having the pool right across the street and plan to take advantage of that as much as possible.
My abs are sore today - I did mostly the "hard" versions of the exercises in my pilates DVD last night and OW. Though, I thought I'd be more sore today from swimming, but I'm surprisingly not. It'll hit me tomorrow!
Cub Scouts was fun last night. Tammy had the boys paint with cut up veggies (you know, the star in the apple and all) to make placemats. Then they made necklaces out of strung up noodles & beads, made salsa for snack, and made plastic bag greenhouses with popcorn kernels. I really need to work on my ideas for next month's Indian theme! Anyone???
Tonight, Jared has swim lessons.
Owen had pictures today and he looked so cute in his little blue polo! I debated what to have him wear - the brown/light blue striped polo or the solid light blue one. Well, the background was set up yesterday and it's a textured brown, so I opted for solid blue with jeans. So cute! I can't wait to see how they turn out!
This week is busy. Tomorrow night is soccer - 5:30 practice for Owen and 6:00 WAZA training for Jared. But the Light of the World Curriculum Night is at 7:00, so Brian's going to meet me at the soccer field by 6:30 so that I can get to the preschool for that.
Then I have scrapbooking on Saturday - all day 9:00 - 9:00. I need to get my stuff out and organized so that I can pound out some pages! I want to finish Jared's Kindergarten pages in his school album. We're supposed to go on a Fall Color Hike on Sunday for Cub Scouts, but it's the association meeting and I'm not sure that Owen can make a 3-hour hike. We'll have to see about that one - depends on the weather, too. :)
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Boys at Zukey Lake
Friday, October 5, 2007
Poor Owen at the ER
Poor Owen has a tummy bug. :( I took him to the ER because he fell and hit his head the other night - hard. He fell off the bottom of the bleachers at swimming lessons. So...since he started throwing up less than 48 hours later, I called the pediatrician. She recommended that we go to the ER, so we did. Everything checked out fine - no fever, no other symptoms, neuro checks were all fine. Just a tummy bug. Not long after I took this picture he was sitting in bed drinking apple juice, eating saltines, and watching Dora.
The little stinker came home and downed a bowl of oatmeal. He's fine - he said he won't throw up again. Thanks...now can I have my 4 hours back?
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Wednesday Happenings
Well, not much, really. It's Wednesday...it's reasonably warm out...it isn't raining...the kids are at school.
Owen hasn't cried before school in days. He sometimes looks a bit nervous, but he waves happily out the window once I leave. He has been taking a nap at school which helps a ton. After lunch, he grabs his teddy bear and settles onto a little cot for an hour-and-a-half or so. He's so much happier in the afternoons - and he's even sleeping better at night sometimes. School must be tiring!
Jared is learning to read more and more! I can't get over how quickly he's picking it up! It helps that we've been reading 2 or 3 books at night, but he reads at least one of them. That's his only regular homework so far in 1st grade. They're doing some 100-book challenge, too, so he's excited to turn in his paper each morning with the names of the books that he read. We've worked through his Dr. Seuss collection and are doing some of the longer picture books, now.
We're trying to go to the UM game on Saturday. Angie - are you guys still coming up?! I'll give you a call. We need to find enough tickets.
Owen hasn't cried before school in days. He sometimes looks a bit nervous, but he waves happily out the window once I leave. He has been taking a nap at school which helps a ton. After lunch, he grabs his teddy bear and settles onto a little cot for an hour-and-a-half or so. He's so much happier in the afternoons - and he's even sleeping better at night sometimes. School must be tiring!
Jared is learning to read more and more! I can't get over how quickly he's picking it up! It helps that we've been reading 2 or 3 books at night, but he reads at least one of them. That's his only regular homework so far in 1st grade. They're doing some 100-book challenge, too, so he's excited to turn in his paper each morning with the names of the books that he read. We've worked through his Dr. Seuss collection and are doing some of the longer picture books, now.
We're trying to go to the UM game on Saturday. Angie - are you guys still coming up?! I'll give you a call. We need to find enough tickets.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Tuesday Lunch
More lunch pictures - what can I say - I'm obsessed! Jared's snack of red peppers and string cheese on the left. Then my snacks for the work day - cut up fruit & veggies. Then Owen's lunch for preschool - cheez-its, pretzels, & koala cookies; cut up melon, cheese stick & 2 grape tomatoes & 2 cucumber teddy bears; and a jello cup.
Packing lunches is such a pain in the tush. I love doing these, but they're time consuming! I need more ideas for protein for Owen, too. I'm thinking of ham cubes or maybe turkey rolls. He did love the salami rolls the other day - hmmm.
Cub Scouts tonight - Brian's taking both boys to the first den meeting. They're decorating cookies and learning the hand shake, motto, and something else that escapes me. Hopefully Owen behaves himself!
Work is busy busy busy, so I need to actually get to it. Data quality reports...here I am!!!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Get a big drink!
What's For Lunch?
I haven't posted a lunch pic in a while. Here's Owen's lunch and Jared's snack. Owen has a mix of pretzel twists, yogurt-covered rasins, and bunny grahams; cut up cantaloupe; pineapple & blueberries; a string cheese; and a few koala cookies. Jared's taking cut up red pepper and a string cheese for snack. He opted to buy lunch today.
I can't believe it's October! We've been so busy that September flew by! Jared has a soccer game tonight, which means that I'm running every night this week - Monday-soccer (J), Tuesday-Cub Scouts, bunco, Wednesday-swimming, Thursday-soccer (O).
Jared's doing awesome selling his popcorn! Only a few more and he'll earn the badge for filling his sheet!
We need to motor on out to the bus stop - have a good week everyone!