When Lydia had her surgery, Claire went along to the hospital with her.
Claire is her American Girl doll that we found at Value Village last fall.
She injured an eye and so we sent her off to the American girl Doll Hospital. Because her eye was defective, her visit to the hospital was free. She came back with a Get Well balloon, a bracelet and a hospital gown.
Isn’t she cute? Now if only we could find her missing shoe.
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I won’t say how old she is but we got married on her 50th birthday.
Happy 14th anniversary Jeff.
Have you heard of Summer Bingo????? Helen wrote about it on her blog. I thought I would give it a try. There are too many kids in and out of our house this summer to have a formal chore chart. So far the kids are looooving it!!! And so am I. At the end of the first week, all three kids have completely filled in their cards.
Basically you make a bingo card and in each box, you put an activity for the kids. You can customize for each child. I used clipart for Lydia’s bingo.
It can be a learning activity, hygiene habits, physical activity or just plain fun. It seems to have united the kids and they are working together to get their cards filled in. The girls naturally want to get it done and Parker doesn’t want to be left behind. Here’s the link to the creator of Summer Bingo http://stacysbigpicture.typepad.com/altogether_too_happy/2009/06/quote-for-june-18.html
I’m sneaking in chores that the kids may have to do, along with playing Wii Outdoor Challenge and DDR. Games that are fit and fun but not ones the gravitate towards. Hannah made peanut butter cookies for the first time as a result of Summer Bingo. Parker is reading his library books and Lydia, seeing the older two reading, is doing the same. She’s using her Leappad too. They are also playing with toys that seldom get used. I don’t think I’ve heard the word bored yet this summer.
As far as rewards go, I’ve left it up to them to decide what would be a good reward for a completed card. This week was a DQ Blizzard.
(If you sign up for the DQ Blizzard fan club, you can get 2 for 1 coupons. http://www.dairyqueen.com/ca-en/ )
Lydia has been looking forward to her first sleepover for months. She’s been very excited about it. Yesterday she had her tonsils, adenoids and tubes done. She was such a brave girl and didn’t shed a tear the whole time. I was very impressed that this hospital waits until the kids are under before they do and IV’s. That was a big plus. She had been trying out her dad’s cpap machine so she was ready for the anesthetic mask.
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–posted by Ashly on May 18, 2009
Last spring I was walking in a park. A short distance ahead of me was a Mom and her three-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding onto a string that was attached to a helium balloon.
All of a sudden, a sharp gust of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I braced myself for some screaming and crying.
But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon go skyward, she gleefully shouted out, “Wow!”
I didn’t realize it at that moment, but that little girl taught me something.
Later that day, I received a phone call from a person with news of an unexpected problem. I felt like responding with, “Oh no, what should we do?” But, remembering that little girl, I found myself saying, “Wow, that’s interesting! How can I help you?”
One thing’s for sure - life’s always going to keep us off balance with its unexpected problems. That’s a given. What’s not preordained is our response. We can choose to be frustrated or fascinated. No matter what the situation, a fascinated Wow! will always beat a frustrated Oh, no.
So the next time you experience one of life’s unexpected gusts, remember that little girl and make it a Wow! experience. The Wow! response always works.
Have FAITH like a child.
The past few months, Hannah has mentioned cutting her hair to donate it for a wig. There are several organizations out there that take real hair and turn it into wigs for kids with cancer. Hannah’s had long hair since kindergarten and has gotten to the point that she wanted something different. I think we’re going to send her hair to www.wigsforkids.org
Here are some photos we took of the big day.
It’s been a while. A long while since I have posted anything here. I needed a break. I’ve been very busy working on a fair for www.sjkid.com The fair was today and we had roughly 5000 people come out. It was an awesome day.
Lydia ready for the fair.
Lego display. It was huge and I wish I had taken the time to get better pictures. The LEGO guys were awesome, and really friendly.
Dr Bill came and did some explosive science experiments. The kids were in awe and the stage was sticky.
Some of the crowd…oh wait those are my neices in orange.
And this is my oldest daughter. She wasn’t born like that.
An awesome performance by Zany Lane They are local performers that put on a great show.
Some of our awesome volunteers. They truly were amazing. Never have I seen a group work so well together.
And this is how we all felt by the end of the day. Amazing that a small group of moms can pull of such a big event on their first try.
Woohoo.
My right shoulder has been messed up for a couple of weeks causing pinched nerves and lots of throbbing. Today at playgroup I turned to reach something and I feel liek I have a kink under my left shoulder blade. Tonight is my yoga class and I need to figure out if yoga will help it or agravate it. Honestly, I don’t think I have the energy for it. I stayed up way too late last night watching City (comedy) council on our local cable station.
Maybe Lydia and I can do some yoga today.
I love you.
