Sick
March 30, 2008
So two weeks ago, the boys came down with pink eye. We’ve all been coughing a bit as well, but last week Andy came down with a touch of pneumonia. We took him into the doctor on Tuesday–doctor said it was a viral infection. On Wednesday, the doctor ordered a chest X-ray and decided it was turning into pneumonia. Andy has now finished his antibiotics and is doing well.
I ended up staying home on Tuesday and working from home the rest of the week.
This week, Andy learned the sign for “I love you”. (Put up your hand, palm facing away from you, then put up your thumb, index
finger, and pinky).
The boys helped me take apart an old CD player. We weren’t interested so much in the parts (although I did show the boys what various components were) as we were in the CD that was stuck inside. We successfully recovered the CD.
The boys are starting to learn letters. They definitely have “A” and “O” down. They also know “D” and “M” (for daddy and mommy). Owen actually wrote an “M” the other day. He said, “I wrote an M and a W.” I asked Andy which letters he recognized, and he said, “All of them!” What’s really neat is that they spontaneously point out letters.
This week’s pictures are all off my iPhone.
Pictures
Andy at Chuck E. Cheese’s
Andy and mommy at dinner
Andy playing
Boys playing on a bridge
Boys playing at Gymboree
Boys painting
Owen playing with bubbles
Owen at Chuck E. Cheese’s
Owen and daddy at dinner
Easter egg hunt
March 22, 2008
The boys have gotten to do two Easter egg hunts this year: one at church and one at Gymboree. The Gymboree one was indoors, of course.
The boys had a great time–although Owen wanted to eat all of his candy as he opened up the eggs.
The boys have said a couple of cute things. If you ask Andy, “What do you think?” He says, “I think pretty well.” We’ve been working on saying grace before we eat. Nancy took the boys to Al’s Garden Center. Owen said grace, but changed it to, “Let us thank him for Al’s”. The boys also like to say “I can’t remember / I can’t remember her name” rather than “I don’t know”.
Owen was playing with my phone yesterday. I said, “Owen, what are you doing?” He said, “Checking email” and he was!
The boys saw a school bus while we were in the car and had a nice discussion about it. Andy said something like, “We’re going to ride the school bus.” Owen said, “No, Andy, not until we’re older.” Andy said, “Annie (his doll) will ride with me when she’s older.”
We’re still going to the Home Depot children’s workshop, although it’s only once a month now. It used to be twice a month.
The boys are helping with cooking and cleaning. We’ve made brownies twice now, and the boys helped with both batches.
Pictures
Owen climbing out of a barrel at Gymboree
Owen with his Easter eggs
Owen supervising at Gymboree
Boys hunting Easter eggs
Boys working on the aftermath of the Easter egg hunt
Look how tall the boys are
Andy pulling a wagon at Al’s Garden Center
Andy redecorating at Gymboree
Andy playing with a train
Birthday
March 16, 2008
The boys had a great birthday! We went to Chuck E Cheese’s again. The boys played games–Owen collected all the tickets. At the end, the boys put the tickets into a counting machine. That seemed like almost as much fun as collecting the tickets in the first place. Owen had a lot of tickets, so he picked out two pieces of plastic jewelry. Andy picked out some candy with his tickets.
The boys had a pirate ship cake for their birthday.
Owen has an interesting bowling technique. He couldn’t roll the balls hard enough, so he started throwing them overhand. This led to a lot of dodging when the balls came flying back. He finally figured out that he could run up the alley and drop them in.
At lunch the next day, Andy sat next to Grandpa Larry. Andy got a new train, and he and Grandpa Larry discussed trains for a while.
Yesterday, Owen took my iPhone and:
- Turned it on
- Unlocked it
- Turned on the music
- Flipped through the photos
- Turned off the music when it hit a song he didn’t like
- Turned off the phone and handed it back to me
We went to a bunco night last night at the once per two weeks preschool that the boys go to. We found out that there is a drop-off babysitting place next to Washington Square. I think we’re going to take advantage of it while my parents are back in Texas.
The boys had their three-year checkup on Monday. Fortunately, this is the one that doesn’t have any shots.
Andy is: 41 3/4 inches tall and 42 pounds (97th percentile on both)
Owen is: 39 3/4 inches and 36 pounds (94th and 86th percentile)
The doctor asked them to jump….then he had to ask them to stop. We were talking about calcium, so I asked Andy: “Does milk have calcium?” “Uh-huh”. “Do bananas have calcium?” “No, they have potassium.” The doctor was impressed.
The boys have been mostly sleeping through the night this week *knock on wood*.
Pictures
Andy and Bart at the zoo
Andy eating cake at Chuck E Cheese’s
Andy and Grandpa Larry looking at Andy’s train
Boys with Bart, Heather, and Angie (Bart’s sister)
Boys with the pirate ship cake
Boys at Hayden’s with a Curious George cake
Owen wearing a crown
Owen smiling at Gymboree
Owen and Heather at the zoo
