Sunday, April 27, 2008
Dealing with the Unexpected
April 27, 2008
1. What a week! Most of you remember Marisa’s bike accident a couple of years ago when she had to go to the hospital in an ambulance and get several stitches on her face. Last year, we could not talk Marisa into getting back on a bike. This year she decided to try again. Tuesday night she was racing down and hill, didn’t slow down for the turn, laid her bike in the process, and skidded for several feet on her side. Thank goodness we had just gotten her a cell phone for her birthday! Kayla called, told us she was hurt, and we picked her up in the car. She has some serious road rash on the side of her body. I couldn’t get the pictures to show how bad it really is. We cleaned her and wrapped her up. By Thursday night, her wounds were covered with pus, quite lovely. We had to take her into the walk-in clinic. The doc said her infection was spreading. So, now we have her on oral antibiotics, so she should be feeling better soon. Its hard for her to walk, so she missed 3 days of school again this week. Yikes!!
2. My friend had a c-section on Tuesday. So, we took her kids overnight. I was reminded why I am not having any more children. The 3 year old wouldn’t go to bed until midnight and then cried from 1:30-2:00. Thank goodness I didn’t have to work the next morning! We have watched them every day after school until bedtime.
3. I came home Tuesday to several unexpected surprises. Bob and I had our 15th anniversary this week! He left a beautiful bouquet of roses on the table. In the fridge, he actually hand dipped strawberries in chocolate and decorated frosted brownies with them. Does he know me well or what?? We weren’t able to go out and celebrate since we were babysitting and Marisa chose to crash her bike (just kidding). Hopefully we can swing a lunch next week!
4. We had Family Fun Night at Linn Grove on Friday night. We took my friends kids again so we had a big family! They had walking tacos for dinner (one of my favorite meals) and lots of carnival games.
5. Kayla went to “take your child to work day” at Rockwell. Bob was actually her group leader. She said she had a great time. Hopefully she will take a minute to write up her experience.
6. Alayna played “fashion show” yesterday. Apparently she found some of my makeup and decided to do her own. It looked like she got punched in both eyes, but it was a nice try.
7. Marisa and Kayla went to the Beehive and Deacon Party since they had to be 14 to attend the Stake Youth Activity. They played lots of games, including kick the can. Next month Marisa will be old enough to go to the Stake Dances!
8. We have another very busy week ahead of us. The weather has been gorgeous! We are soaking up the sun! Tyler made a homemade birdfeeder, but no birds have taken advantage of the free food yet. Kayla finished her science inquiry project seeing what fruit conducts the most electricity. Again, maybe I can get her to hop on and tell the results.
1. What a week! Most of you remember Marisa’s bike accident a couple of years ago when she had to go to the hospital in an ambulance and get several stitches on her face. Last year, we could not talk Marisa into getting back on a bike. This year she decided to try again. Tuesday night she was racing down and hill, didn’t slow down for the turn, laid her bike in the process, and skidded for several feet on her side. Thank goodness we had just gotten her a cell phone for her birthday! Kayla called, told us she was hurt, and we picked her up in the car. She has some serious road rash on the side of her body. I couldn’t get the pictures to show how bad it really is. We cleaned her and wrapped her up. By Thursday night, her wounds were covered with pus, quite lovely. We had to take her into the walk-in clinic. The doc said her infection was spreading. So, now we have her on oral antibiotics, so she should be feeling better soon. Its hard for her to walk, so she missed 3 days of school again this week. Yikes!!
2. My friend had a c-section on Tuesday. So, we took her kids overnight. I was reminded why I am not having any more children. The 3 year old wouldn’t go to bed until midnight and then cried from 1:30-2:00. Thank goodness I didn’t have to work the next morning! We have watched them every day after school until bedtime.
3. I came home Tuesday to several unexpected surprises. Bob and I had our 15th anniversary this week! He left a beautiful bouquet of roses on the table. In the fridge, he actually hand dipped strawberries in chocolate and decorated frosted brownies with them. Does he know me well or what?? We weren’t able to go out and celebrate since we were babysitting and Marisa chose to crash her bike (just kidding). Hopefully we can swing a lunch next week!
4. We had Family Fun Night at Linn Grove on Friday night. We took my friends kids again so we had a big family! They had walking tacos for dinner (one of my favorite meals) and lots of carnival games.
5. Kayla went to “take your child to work day” at Rockwell. Bob was actually her group leader. She said she had a great time. Hopefully she will take a minute to write up her experience.
6. Alayna played “fashion show” yesterday. Apparently she found some of my makeup and decided to do her own. It looked like she got punched in both eyes, but it was a nice try.
7. Marisa and Kayla went to the Beehive and Deacon Party since they had to be 14 to attend the Stake Youth Activity. They played lots of games, including kick the can. Next month Marisa will be old enough to go to the Stake Dances!
8. We have another very busy week ahead of us. The weather has been gorgeous! We are soaking up the sun! Tyler made a homemade birdfeeder, but no birds have taken advantage of the free food yet. Kayla finished her science inquiry project seeing what fruit conducts the most electricity. Again, maybe I can get her to hop on and tell the results.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Germs, earthquakes, and baby chicks
April 20, 2008
Well, we got all the kids better, but I was very sick all week. Plus, I was on a long term sub and couldn’t get a sub. So, it ended up being a terribly long week!! I am feeling much better and its finally 70 degrees here! I just hope Bob doesn’t catch this. He is the only one that hasn’t been sick yet.
Odd news of the week: We actually had an earthquake this week. Who knew we lived on a fault line? We were asleep and didn’t feel it, but I had many students at school that did.
On Monday, I went with Kayla’s team up to Camp Courageous (as a teacher, not a parent chaperone) The kids are divided into teams and do all sorts of team building activities. I went with Kayla’s group. First they did the Burma bridge: it was a challenging cable bridge suspended 25 feet above a ravine that they crossed while securely fastened to a safety rope. Then they went to the Centipede (The centipede offers a very challenging climb up separate sections of wood. The climber then walks across a large utility pole approximately 30 feet off the ground. Climbers descend by way of a cable ladder that moves with you.) Then they did a group obstacle course, where they had to cooperate with each other to complete each stage. Then we had lunch, made a fire, and cooked smores. It was a fun day but a little chilly for my taste (32 degrees when we arrived). I will get some pictures up about it today.
Marisa had the Excelsior Orchestra Invitational yesterday. They competed with another school and had judges evaluate each performance. Then they topped it off with dinner and a few hours at Superskate. Marisa actually tried skating!! She even has lots of bruises to prove it. But she had a great time and their orchestra received high praise. She has also had a couple of tennis meets. She is doing really well.
Tyler had “Wild West day” at school on Friday. They made butter, made dream catchers, had a “saloon”, etc. He dressed up and said it was his best day at school all year!
Alayna’s class is hatching baby chicks. The eggs have been under an incubator for a couple of weeks. They just hatched on Friday. Our friends, who own a farm, are coming to pick up the chicks this week and take them to live at the farm. I will try and get some pictures of the new babies this week.
By the way, we got Marisa an early birthday present. We got her a cell phone!! She is pretty excited. I cant believe she starts driving next year!!
This week Bob and I celebrate our 15th anniversary (even though we already went to Florida for it). We have lots of other fun activities this week including Family Fun night at the school. Until next week…
Well, we got all the kids better, but I was very sick all week. Plus, I was on a long term sub and couldn’t get a sub. So, it ended up being a terribly long week!! I am feeling much better and its finally 70 degrees here! I just hope Bob doesn’t catch this. He is the only one that hasn’t been sick yet.
Odd news of the week: We actually had an earthquake this week. Who knew we lived on a fault line? We were asleep and didn’t feel it, but I had many students at school that did.
On Monday, I went with Kayla’s team up to Camp Courageous (as a teacher, not a parent chaperone) The kids are divided into teams and do all sorts of team building activities. I went with Kayla’s group. First they did the Burma bridge: it was a challenging cable bridge suspended 25 feet above a ravine that they crossed while securely fastened to a safety rope. Then they went to the Centipede (The centipede offers a very challenging climb up separate sections of wood. The climber then walks across a large utility pole approximately 30 feet off the ground. Climbers descend by way of a cable ladder that moves with you.) Then they did a group obstacle course, where they had to cooperate with each other to complete each stage. Then we had lunch, made a fire, and cooked smores. It was a fun day but a little chilly for my taste (32 degrees when we arrived). I will get some pictures up about it today.
Marisa had the Excelsior Orchestra Invitational yesterday. They competed with another school and had judges evaluate each performance. Then they topped it off with dinner and a few hours at Superskate. Marisa actually tried skating!! She even has lots of bruises to prove it. But she had a great time and their orchestra received high praise. She has also had a couple of tennis meets. She is doing really well.
Tyler had “Wild West day” at school on Friday. They made butter, made dream catchers, had a “saloon”, etc. He dressed up and said it was his best day at school all year!
Alayna’s class is hatching baby chicks. The eggs have been under an incubator for a couple of weeks. They just hatched on Friday. Our friends, who own a farm, are coming to pick up the chicks this week and take them to live at the farm. I will try and get some pictures of the new babies this week.
By the way, we got Marisa an early birthday present. We got her a cell phone!! She is pretty excited. I cant believe she starts driving next year!!
This week Bob and I celebrate our 15th anniversary (even though we already went to Florida for it). We have lots of other fun activities this week including Family Fun night at the school. Until next week…
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