Keys

Asher is by far my busiest and naughtiest child.  We have lots of his drawings on carpet, chairs, walls, pretty much anywhere there shouldn't be a drawing.  He is constantly trying to remove the child proof plugs from the outlets and stick things in them, he's even been shocked before and it still doesn't stop him.  He can figure out how to get to anything he wants by moving chairs and stools around.  He's such a little stinker.  We had a little incident almost two weeks ago.  I had been in the basement working out and the boys were down there with me.  Grey was playing on the computer and Asher was bouncing back and forth from watching Greydon to playing with toys.  I finished my workout, did a few things in the basement and then headed upstairs to fold clothes.  About 5 minutes later Asher came upstairs screaming and had his hand in his mouth.  When I got him to calm down enough to tell me what was wrong this is what he said, "it went all the way down, the key went all the way down."  I'm so confused, I asked Greydon what he was playing with and he didn't know.  He kept insisting something went down and was pointing to his throat.  I figured he swallowed something but wasn't sure what.  I called Paul and he first wanted to make sure it wasn't a battery or magnet which I knew for sure it wasn't because I'm very careful with those because I know how dangerous they are.  He thought I should take him in for an x-ray but for some reason I was a little hesitant.  I was mostly hesitant because I didn't know if he really swallowed something and I really dislike going to the doctors office for no reason.  I decided to show Asher some objects and have him tell me what they are.  I showed him a key and he said he didn't know, but I also had a screw in my hand and he grabbed that and said, "a key, this go all the way down".   So off to the doctors we go for an x-ray and sure enough there it was in his stomach.

The doctor said since it was less then 3 inches long we could just wait for it to pass.  Thankfully he is not potty trained yet and it passed 4 days later and I only had to "sift" through 2 diapers.  He is such a little stinker and the very next day we were at gymnastics and he found a dime on the floor and immediately stuck it in his mouth.  I seriously don't know what we are going to do with him.

 

Blank Park Zoo

A couple of weeks ago we had a glorious 60 degree day.  It was beautiful and sunny and so we decided to take advantage of the day and go to the zoo.  The zoo was empty so the boys just ran all over the place, I ended up pushing an empty stroller the entire time.  The warmth and sunshine made me so happy, it was good to be outdoors and really lifted my spirits.

Stuff in February

1.  We were pretty excited for the Olympics at our house.  We watched a lot of the coverage, even the kids enjoyed watching.  I think our TV was constantly tuned to NBC.  We had a little opening ceremonies celebration at our house.  It included Cheetos torches, Oreo gold medals and Olympic ring cupcakes plus a bunch of snack food.  The kids liked the food the best and then were bored with the actual opening ceremonies so they headed up to our bedroom to watch a movie.

2.  I know I've talked about this before but this winter has been awful.   Soooo cold!  Its sad when my kids think temperatures in the teens are warm and coats are optional.  Spring can't come soon enough!

We had a couple days where we were actually in the 40's, the kids got to play in the snow and play outside with some of the neighbor kids who we haven't seen in months because we are all hiding indoors.  

3.  The kids all had nasty colds recently, were talking they were coughing so hard they vomited nasty colds.  Leila missed two days of school and was pretty miserable.  All the sickness meant I had to reschedule parent teacher conferences and cancel visiting teaching.  Now every one's healthy again and thankfully I never got the cold.  

4.  Speaking of parent teacher conferences, both Leila and Greydon are doing great.  I was surprised to hear that Greydon has turned into a little chatter box, he's not being disruptive but he always has something to say.  At the last parent teacher conference his teacher said he was pretty quiet but I guess in the last couple of months he has come out of his shell.  

5.  The boys went to the dentist recently, they were literally counting down the days until their appointment.  They love the dentist and think it is so fun.   Asher's teeth are great,  Greydon on the other hand has a couple of cavities that need to be fixed.  

6.  Paul's schedule really hasn't been bad lately.  He was on Trauma last month and by some miracle it was incredibly easy.  I guess with the frigid temperatures nobody goes anywhere which in turn means nobody is out doing stupid things that land them in the hospital.  And again by some miracle Paul has the first three weekends of March off.  It's been nice to have him around so much especially when he can help pick Leila up from gymnastics.  

7.  Gymnastics.....I love that Leila is doing something active, she is working on goals and puts in so much focus and hard work.  She truly loves doing it!  We are so proud of her and all her accomplishments.  But gymnastics is also very time consuming, lots of hours, lots of work, lots of driving, and lots of money.  You can tell I have mixed feelings about it but in the end its a good thing.  We have to make a lot of sacrifices for her to participate but we feel like it is important and we really want to give her a chance to develop this skill and talent.  

8.  We have survived the cold with lots of playdates.  Last Saturday we headed to West Des Moines with the Spjuts.  We did some shopping, playing in the indoor playground and eating lunch.  It was a fun afternoon  although by the end the boys were done with any kind of shopping.  Leila's fun now because she actually enjoys shopping and looking at shoes and clothes.  

9.  We also fill our time with crafts.  This time it was painting with pudding.  Asher mostly ate or globbed pudding onto his paper.  

So that pretty much sums up our February!