Here are poor Jack & Maggie passed out this morning during yet another showing of Lion King
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Sick as dogs
All 4 of us have been held hostage at home sick this past week. Starting early Monday morning (2:30am early) Jack woke up throwing up in bed. We thought we were in the clear after Jack resting and not throwing up anymore by Monday afternoon. Unfortunately come Tuesday early evening, Maggie started throwing up. By that point I was starting to feel pretty miserable myself. Since Tuesday evening all 4 of us have been miserable. We have one of the worst flu bugs I have ever experienced. The whole stomach upset, body ache, stuffy, headache, etc. I feel terrible for the kids because they don't really understand the whole sick thing, but fingers crossed it is Thursday evening and I think we are finally heading toward the end. No one has gotten sick at all today, which to me is a good sign. We've watched Lion King about 5 times in 48 hours and about 40 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. We've camped out in the family room and all napped together in Mommy & Daddy's bed. I'm certainly ready for this week and illness to be over!
Here are poor Jack & Maggie passed out this morning during yet another showing of Lion King
Here are poor Jack & Maggie passed out this morning during yet another showing of Lion King
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Santa
Last weekend we went to see Santa. After our experience last year:
I tried talking up Santa as much as I could. We talked about what Santa does (brings presents on Christmas morning), what he says ("Ho-Ho-Ho, Merry Christmas!") and that we would sit on his lap and smile for the camera (which to that Maggie said "Oh boy, oh boy! It is going to be so much fun!")
Not so much. We were the last picture before Santa had to go feed his reindeer. We gave Jack & Maggie a few seconds to warm up to the big guy and Jack even gave him a high five. When it came time to sit on his lap though, neither one was having it. I couldn't even get Maggie to loosen her grip and say hi. Santa took charge, stood up and said, "How about Mom & Dad, you sit here on Santa's chair with the kids and I will stand next to you for the picture?" And here you have it:
Jack was perfectly content with this idea, I had to tickle Maggie to get her to even appear interested.
I tried talking up Santa as much as I could. We talked about what Santa does (brings presents on Christmas morning), what he says ("Ho-Ho-Ho, Merry Christmas!") and that we would sit on his lap and smile for the camera (which to that Maggie said "Oh boy, oh boy! It is going to be so much fun!")
Not so much. We were the last picture before Santa had to go feed his reindeer. We gave Jack & Maggie a few seconds to warm up to the big guy and Jack even gave him a high five. When it came time to sit on his lap though, neither one was having it. I couldn't even get Maggie to loosen her grip and say hi. Santa took charge, stood up and said, "How about Mom & Dad, you sit here on Santa's chair with the kids and I will stand next to you for the picture?" And here you have it:
Jack was perfectly content with this idea, I had to tickle Maggie to get her to even appear interested.
Thank you Uncle Danny & Aunt Anne-Marie
Since they were in town for Thanksgiving, and won't be here for Christmas, Jack & Maggie got their Christmas presents early. Originally they were ladybug and dragon pillow pets, but Jack was afraid of his dragon. We happened upon the Mickey & Minnie pillow pets one day while out shopping and decided to exchange the "scary" for Mickey. Jack is definitely not afraid of Mickey, and of course Maggie had to match with Minnie. They love them!!
Stinker
I was downstairs entertaining our friends during the kids' play date a couple of weekends ago. Meanwhile Jack snuck upstairs and got into a cup of milk left behind on the table. So proud of himself too.
Thanksgiving
Yeah, it has been a few weeks since Thanksgiving, but here are some pictures from the great family day. We had dinner at Aunt Patty & Uncle Mark's house and the kids loved getting tons of attention from the family.
Our family
Jack trying to hug Maggie
She was having none of it
Oh my goodness, do I need to clean the fireplace glass! The bronze needs to go too...
Maggie & Mommy
Our family
Jack trying to hug Maggie
She was having none of it
Oh my goodness, do I need to clean the fireplace glass! The bronze needs to go too...
Maggie & Mommy
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Family pictures 2011
This year we returned to Portrait Innovations for our holiday family pictures. It was a great success and much easier than last year. We didn't have to wait long and the kids cooperated as well as any 2 1/2 year old is willing. The family picture Christmas cards are going out this weekend, here are some of the kids shots.
Monday, November 21, 2011
What I found while they were napping
Later I asked Maggie what Baby Gee is doing in the microwave and she said, "Baby Gee is cooking". Well, yeah I guess she is! :)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Halloween 2011
Halloween day we wore our fun shirts and talked all day about trick-or-treat and dressing up.
Once Daddy, Papa & G arrived we had some pizza for dinner and it was finally time to get dressed for Halloween!
Minnie & Mickey Mouse!
Jack & Maggie loved trick-or-treating. They learned the phrase and could have gone on for hours! It was a bit chilly, so we did a nice loop up and down our street and then returned home.
Once Daddy, Papa & G arrived we had some pizza for dinner and it was finally time to get dressed for Halloween!
Minnie & Mickey Mouse!
Jack & Maggie loved trick-or-treating. They learned the phrase and could have gone on for hours! It was a bit chilly, so we did a nice loop up and down our street and then returned home.
We got Halloween mail
Grandma Shannon and Papa Ron sent us a Halloween package. Maggie & Jack were very excited to dig into the box and discover their goodies! Jack was interested in the candy while Maggie was thrilled about the buckets. Thank you Grandma & Papa!
Maggie with her card
Maggie with her card
Monday, October 24, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Pumpkin Pickin' 2011
This past weekend we tried out a new pumpkin patch. Sometimes new is fun and exciting, sometimes same old is better. We learned our lesson with this pumpkin patch...
Granny joined us for the fun and we were all ready for our hayride, petting zoo, pumpkin pickin' and maybe a treat. When we pulled into the place, I think we were all thinking the same thing..."this is it?"
The petting zoo consisted of two piglets fighting over a pumpkin, some old hobbled goats and a dead bird.
Within the petting zoo area was a wood play set, the best I've seen yet! Every time we find a play set it always seems to have openings at the top before you go down the slide. With two small children, it is very hard to comfortably let them play on something that I constantly fear they will fall out of. This play set was all closed once you went up the steps, SMART! They loved it and went down the slide over and over!
Jack getting ready to slide down
Of course he still goes down on his belly
Going for another round
Jack was sliding down so fast he would land with a thud on his belly. Sure enough he would get up, laugh and run off to go for another round! It wasn't until we got home that we learned he was scraping his belly up something good, but it must not have mattered because he had a blast.
Maggie inside the playhouse under the slide
After playing we went over to our hayride. It was a full ride with other families and the kids seemed to really enjoy the experience.
The "farmer" drove us into a field and stopped. He then said for those that came to get pumpkins to head on out and we would set off in a few minutes. This is what we saw when he stopped:
Seriously that was the pumpkin patch. So we got off the truck and wandered out to the field to get our very own pumpkins.
Daddy picked out a couple of bigger pumpkins from the loaded truck in the middle of the field
After our great pumpkin adventure we wandered through the store and I bought some blackberry preserves which is mighty tasty. Then it was time to load up and head home. All in all it wasn't a terrible trip, but for the cost and experience, I think we'll find another pumpkin patch next year.
The pretty fall scene with our pumpkins!
Granny joined us for the fun and we were all ready for our hayride, petting zoo, pumpkin pickin' and maybe a treat. When we pulled into the place, I think we were all thinking the same thing..."this is it?"
The petting zoo consisted of two piglets fighting over a pumpkin, some old hobbled goats and a dead bird.
Within the petting zoo area was a wood play set, the best I've seen yet! Every time we find a play set it always seems to have openings at the top before you go down the slide. With two small children, it is very hard to comfortably let them play on something that I constantly fear they will fall out of. This play set was all closed once you went up the steps, SMART! They loved it and went down the slide over and over!
Jack getting ready to slide down
Of course he still goes down on his belly
Going for another round
Jack was sliding down so fast he would land with a thud on his belly. Sure enough he would get up, laugh and run off to go for another round! It wasn't until we got home that we learned he was scraping his belly up something good, but it must not have mattered because he had a blast.
Maggie inside the playhouse under the slide
After playing we went over to our hayride. It was a full ride with other families and the kids seemed to really enjoy the experience.
The "farmer" drove us into a field and stopped. He then said for those that came to get pumpkins to head on out and we would set off in a few minutes. This is what we saw when he stopped:
Seriously that was the pumpkin patch. So we got off the truck and wandered out to the field to get our very own pumpkins.
Daddy picked out a couple of bigger pumpkins from the loaded truck in the middle of the field
After our great pumpkin adventure we wandered through the store and I bought some blackberry preserves which is mighty tasty. Then it was time to load up and head home. All in all it wasn't a terrible trip, but for the cost and experience, I think we'll find another pumpkin patch next year.
The pretty fall scene with our pumpkins!
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