Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Spring Piano Recital 2012
Moose and BiggiE did a great job at their Spring piano recital. Moose played a peppy little song called "Porcupine" and then the boys played their first duet "Lightly Row". BiggiE stepped up to the plate and learned the song with his left hand in only two weeks.
One Armed Bandit
Well, it happened... Our first trip to the ER.
Friday night we were all outside while the kids rode their bikes. BiggiE is a fairly new rider, but was having a great time. Then, CRASH. Os and I glanced over and did a double take. BiggiE's arm was completely misshapen.
I ran to BiggiE; Os shouted at Moose and Jelly Bean to get in the car and ran to get ice. BiggiE was so brave. By the time I had carried him to the van he had stopped crying. Actually, Moose and Jelly Bean were sitting in the van crying because they were so worried for BiggiE and they were the ones who needed the pep talk that everything was going to be okay.
The drive to the ER felt 10x longer than it was, but we were seen immediately and here's one of the best parts -- The ER doctor walked right up to Os and said, "Os T." Os had sat next to Dr. Mark when they graduated from Colorado State! What a small world!
BiggiE really was a trooper. He didn't cry the entire time at the hospital. Though they did have to give him three different doses of sedative because he was just hanging out and chatting, not groggy at all. While Dr. Mark reduced the fracture, pulling and squeezing, BiggiE just groaned and grimaced, "Oooh, that hurts."
One perk of a broken arm is instant celebrity status in Kindergarten. With only a few weeks of school left we weren't worried about school work, but BiggiE writes surprisingly well with his left hand. Oh, I almost forgot another great thing: the cast is waterproof. I didn't even know they had those, but, boy, does that make all the difference with summer right around the corner.
Showing his Redbird pride!
Do you think it's broken, Doc? Hmm, hard to say...
Friday night we were all outside while the kids rode their bikes. BiggiE is a fairly new rider, but was having a great time. Then, CRASH. Os and I glanced over and did a double take. BiggiE's arm was completely misshapen.
I ran to BiggiE; Os shouted at Moose and Jelly Bean to get in the car and ran to get ice. BiggiE was so brave. By the time I had carried him to the van he had stopped crying. Actually, Moose and Jelly Bean were sitting in the van crying because they were so worried for BiggiE and they were the ones who needed the pep talk that everything was going to be okay.
The drive to the ER felt 10x longer than it was, but we were seen immediately and here's one of the best parts -- The ER doctor walked right up to Os and said, "Os T." Os had sat next to Dr. Mark when they graduated from Colorado State! What a small world!
BiggiE really was a trooper. He didn't cry the entire time at the hospital. Though they did have to give him three different doses of sedative because he was just hanging out and chatting, not groggy at all. While Dr. Mark reduced the fracture, pulling and squeezing, BiggiE just groaned and grimaced, "Oooh, that hurts."
One perk of a broken arm is instant celebrity status in Kindergarten. With only a few weeks of school left we weren't worried about school work, but BiggiE writes surprisingly well with his left hand. Oh, I almost forgot another great thing: the cast is waterproof. I didn't even know they had those, but, boy, does that make all the difference with summer right around the corner.
Showing his Redbird pride!
Do you think it's broken, Doc? Hmm, hard to say...
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Christmas Morn
We had such a lovely Christmas morn. We did a little advent, opened presents, ate delicious food and just played and hung out all day. It was so relaxing and such an enjoyable way to celebrate.
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| Christmas Jammies |
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| Lego building with Uncle Drew |
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| One of the completed Lego creations |
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| Jelly Bean and her new doll house |
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Christmas Finery
So much for a classic, serious Christmas picture with these three.
Jelly Belly loved her fancy dress and her pink sparkly shoes. It was so hard for me to buy sparkly shoes, especially pink ones, but a fellow shopper said to me, "She'll only be this age once."
Headed to the Christmas Eve service.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Snow!
How do you make it snow in wine country? The boys took matters into their own hands and added a little white to the Christmas season.
I came outside to check on the kids and this is what I found. Let me tell you -- it was not a quick clean up.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Christmas Greetings!
Greetings!
I seem to have seasonal
writer’s block so I decided to let the kids give you a few snapshots of our
past year:
Micah quotes:
“Noelle,
you may be cute, but that doesn’t mean you’re in charge.”
“I cheer
for the Giants… when they’re playing the Cubs.” It was a great year for Cardinal fans! World Champs!
Elias quotes:
“Utah is a
great place for a kids like me!”
Re: skiing in Park City.
“I’m
sitting on my rumpus. Wait…Mom,
isn’t a rumpus a shape? Hmm… Oh!
That’s a rhombus.” We have a Kindergartner & Second
Grader.
Noelle quotes:
Tasting
Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, “Yum!
This ice cream is as sweet as me!”
“I am a
princess ninja!”
Have a blessed holiday
season and a rich 2012!
God’s
love, joy and peace,
Tyler, Byranie,
Micah (7), Elias (5) and
Noelle (3)
Favorites of 2011
Music: Deerhunter, The Age of Adz Sufjan Stevens, Gungor
Books: One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp, Birds Without
Wings by Louis de
Bernieres, The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (Youth Novel)
“I have never quit loving you and never will. With unfailing love I have drawn you to
myself.” - Jeremiah 31:3
Saturday, December 10, 2011
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