Wow - pretty bad that it's been almost two full months since I updated the blog. It's been an insane work month for me and our social calendar is starting to fill up as the weather gets warmer. Pictures will follow but here are the updates on the entire family.
Erin is amazing. Simply amazing. She's writing words, is an incredible big sister and is such a good friend. She's been a wonderful help with Cole and her sisters. She's taken a shine to a gymnastics class that she takes at school so we've signed her up for Little Gym again. I was a bit worried at first because it took her some time to warm up to LG the first time she went at 2 years old. This new class is not a parent participation class and she walked right in and didn't look back. She loves the balance beam and the mats and is warming up to the uneven bars. Ask her nicely and she'll do a back roll for you any time.
Sarah is hilarious. We always say she's our most deliberate child. She thinks about anything at length before doing it and figures out the best way to do it. That includes misbehaving! She's great at telling herself stories, helping us clean up and helping us plan the menu (it's a steady dose of "I WANT CHICKEN!" She's great at giving looks that express a thousand meanings. She and Sloane have been going to Little Gym as well in a parent participation class and to our amazement she's been a daredevil!
Sloane is our sensitive girl who has a future as a comedian along with her sister. She's turned into a major love bug - she loves to cuddle and will play catch with us, loves to parade around her babies and actually has a favorite baby doll now. In Sloane-speak the doll's name is baby zoozaaa. It started our as baby Jesus and we convinced her that probably wasn't an entirely appropriate name for a baby that she dragged around half naked and left in the car each day.
Cole is our little man. We took him for his 6 month well baby and advised the pediatrician that he's not rolling over. When I fessed up to the fact that we never put him down, she determined that was probably the cause. Since he never gets the opportunity to play on his playmat, he never has learned to roll. We're trying to give him some time. And in the doctor's very professional opinion - he has beautiful eyes :)
Matt and I have both been good. We finally gave in and got a cleaning service. Matt claimed he's never seen me walk in the door as happy as the day the cleaning service started. What can I say, I love the smell of clean house.
Pictures to follow soon!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Post 100!
Wow - a milestone for the blog - post number 100!
It's been beyond normal chaos in our house of late. We've decided to finish off the last few items on our home improvement list in order to consider everything "done". Yes, we do know we're never really done and that there is always a new project.
We had a sump pump installed two weeks ago that has been working beautifully but left one very small area that needed to be addressed from when the driveway was re-done a few years ago and it affected the water flow. So the mason came back to dri-lock the basement. We asked the foreman about the odor and were told that it would dissipate by that afternoon. It's now 4 days later and we're finally moving back in. We're planning on doing a small renovation of the downstairs bathroom. You know, adding a floor again where the tiles were removed during the renovation and replacing the subfloor since there are literally drilled holes from when we had radiator/steam heat. Since we're pulling out the fixtures anyway we're replacing the vanity with a smaller version and putting in a new toilet. I think we're going to try to plan this one for when we actually want to be out of the house for the week :)
Seriously, my mom and dad were incredibly gracious hosts given that we showed up on their doorsteps with 2 adults, 4 kids, 1 neurotic dog and 1 incredibly lazy dog, not knowing when we could go back home. It was like sleep away camp for the girls with the bonus of us being right down the hall should they need us. Hopefully my parents will get some sleep tonight since they won't be overrun with our family.
The kids are all doing well. We took Erin and Sarah for their regular eye exams. Erin is still farsighted but not enough to need glasses so we'll just continue to have her tested yearly. Sarah's vision is the same but the crossing is getting worse even with the glasses so we've been instructed to patch her eye 2 hours a day when she's playing but not running around. In case you don't know, trying to patch a two year olds eye is like trying to bathe a cat. Not so much fun. However, we're hoping it works since the next step is surgery.
Sloane and Sarah have had another language explosion and the phrases that come out of their mouth astound us. And sometimes make us shake our heads. Sarah's new favorite "No, you go to time out Mommy". Sloane's "I no go to bed, I watch TV downstairs. Because that's why".
Cole has discovered toys and loves to play on his mat or in his exersaucer and talks animatedly to them. Have to wonder what he's saying?
Erin is doing well - she's beginning to write and doing a lot of pre-reading. One of her gifts was the tag reading system so we're hoping this will help her in her quest to learn to read (along with help from mom and dad).
Facebook addiction has kept us from updating the blog. Who knew all those people you left behind after high school are actually still out there - and they grew up too!
It's been beyond normal chaos in our house of late. We've decided to finish off the last few items on our home improvement list in order to consider everything "done". Yes, we do know we're never really done and that there is always a new project.
We had a sump pump installed two weeks ago that has been working beautifully but left one very small area that needed to be addressed from when the driveway was re-done a few years ago and it affected the water flow. So the mason came back to dri-lock the basement. We asked the foreman about the odor and were told that it would dissipate by that afternoon. It's now 4 days later and we're finally moving back in. We're planning on doing a small renovation of the downstairs bathroom. You know, adding a floor again where the tiles were removed during the renovation and replacing the subfloor since there are literally drilled holes from when we had radiator/steam heat. Since we're pulling out the fixtures anyway we're replacing the vanity with a smaller version and putting in a new toilet. I think we're going to try to plan this one for when we actually want to be out of the house for the week :)
Seriously, my mom and dad were incredibly gracious hosts given that we showed up on their doorsteps with 2 adults, 4 kids, 1 neurotic dog and 1 incredibly lazy dog, not knowing when we could go back home. It was like sleep away camp for the girls with the bonus of us being right down the hall should they need us. Hopefully my parents will get some sleep tonight since they won't be overrun with our family.
The kids are all doing well. We took Erin and Sarah for their regular eye exams. Erin is still farsighted but not enough to need glasses so we'll just continue to have her tested yearly. Sarah's vision is the same but the crossing is getting worse even with the glasses so we've been instructed to patch her eye 2 hours a day when she's playing but not running around. In case you don't know, trying to patch a two year olds eye is like trying to bathe a cat. Not so much fun. However, we're hoping it works since the next step is surgery.
Sloane and Sarah have had another language explosion and the phrases that come out of their mouth astound us. And sometimes make us shake our heads. Sarah's new favorite "No, you go to time out Mommy". Sloane's "I no go to bed, I watch TV downstairs. Because that's why".
Cole has discovered toys and loves to play on his mat or in his exersaucer and talks animatedly to them. Have to wonder what he's saying?
Erin is doing well - she's beginning to write and doing a lot of pre-reading. One of her gifts was the tag reading system so we're hoping this will help her in her quest to learn to read (along with help from mom and dad).
Facebook addiction has kept us from updating the blog. Who knew all those people you left behind after high school are actually still out there - and they grew up too!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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