Alright, so we don't like bugs much around here (except for the baby toy ones)...afterall who does, especially if you are a girl? Alexis probably likes bugs even less than most people seeing as she had a pretty bad experience with Fire Ants back in September. Well now we can add grasshoppers to the list of bad bugs. yep, grasshoppers. She got sick recently with an ear infection and her tearful description as she walked in to tell me "There's something hurting my ear and I really think it's a grasshopper!" Followed by intense wailing and sobbing questions that sounded something like her asking how we could get it out or how we could make it stop hurting her. I really couldn't understand her while she was hysterical about it. I finally got her calmed down after promising her that I was calling the doctor as soon as they would answer the phone at the office. So a dose of ibuprofin later and she was not wailing. At the doc's office, he prescribed antibiotics for her ear infection and removed the hard wax that he thought was probably touching her ear drum when she laid down and she excitedly thanked him for "getting the grasshopper out of my ear." She was quick to start bouncing off the walls again.
Friday morning, Andrew had a very mild cough, but seemed happy as could be. Last time I took him to the doc for a mild cough I was told he was perfectly fine, so I carried on thinking nothing was wrong and took him to daycare, but called the doc just to let him know. They said that from what we described, he should be fine and to just let them know if anything else came up or if he got worse. His wonderful daycare lady called that afternoon and said "he's just not quite right" he had been sleeping a lot and was really only content if she was rocking him and he just didn't seem happy. So I picked him up and called the doc. While there, the doc chuckled while checking Andrew's ears (I don't know that I've ever seen our pediatrician chuckle...he's not one of the goofy pedi's but he's very good at keeping kid's calm) he told me that Alexis had been so excited about the grasshopper coming out of her ear. Andrew tested neg for Flu but positive for RSV. NO BUENO. I felt bad for having exposed the other kids at the daycare at the same time felt that after my call to the doc that I had no reason to think I had made the wrong decision in sending him. He now had his very first fever...not really a first that I was looking forward to. Even semi-grumpy he's still been great about eating and sleeping and keeping me on my toes. He can pull himself up using ANYTHING...and he's getting much much braver.
February 21, 2011
Definitely her mother's daughter
The inspiration for this post: While getting ready to really start the day, Alexis says "Can we have cake for breakfast?" Oh how I wanted to answer "yes" but I was not yet ready to handle the sugar high.
Other things that make me smile knowing that she's my girl:
Purple is her favorite too
She really likes chocolate and can't help but smile when she says the word.
She makes up songs to tunes she already knows and walks around singing them.
I think she could nearly live on bread and cheese too.
She's competitive
She gets bummed when something doesn't work out and she thinks that she could have done better
She's easily distracted but once you've got her focused, it's hard to get her attention even when you really need to.
She likes back rubs especially when it's time to go to bed.
I have to remind myself of these things sometimes because she's also very feisty and not a big fan of ice cream...we'll have to work on that one.
Other things that make me smile knowing that she's my girl:
Purple is her favorite too
She really likes chocolate and can't help but smile when she says the word.
She makes up songs to tunes she already knows and walks around singing them.
I think she could nearly live on bread and cheese too.
She's competitive
She gets bummed when something doesn't work out and she thinks that she could have done better
She's easily distracted but once you've got her focused, it's hard to get her attention even when you really need to.
She likes back rubs especially when it's time to go to bed.
I have to remind myself of these things sometimes because she's also very feisty and not a big fan of ice cream...we'll have to work on that one.
February 19, 2011
The Truth...
So, we can't always get information out of Alexis but when she answers/responds with any comment especially quickly it's a truth that no one could make up. Some of these are truths that get her into trouble and some are truths that are just plain funny. Here are examples of each:
She got in trouble for telling the truth and couldn't play in block center at school one day. Why because 3 times she was asked what she was making and 3 times she truthfully answered "A shooter gun". Now to give this some context, she wasn't making one with the intent to hurt anyone or even to pretend to, but the boys had shown off their cool ones and she was playing with the boys and wanted to make one too. The kids are not allowed to pretend play with guns, swords, basically weaponry of any kind. The boys are adept at lying so they tell the teacher they are making rocket ships and Alexis told the teacher the truth that she was making a shooter gun (she forgot to add "like the other kids").
And then there's this morning. We gave Alexis a Valentine's present in the morning. And then we got rushed to finish getting ready to get out the door. So while we were driving, I called Grant and he put Alexis on. She told me "Happy Valentine's Day" and I said "Happy Valentine's Day, I love you and I hope you have a great day." And she said "I love you and I hope you give me another present!" At least she said she loved me.
She got in trouble for telling the truth and couldn't play in block center at school one day. Why because 3 times she was asked what she was making and 3 times she truthfully answered "A shooter gun". Now to give this some context, she wasn't making one with the intent to hurt anyone or even to pretend to, but the boys had shown off their cool ones and she was playing with the boys and wanted to make one too. The kids are not allowed to pretend play with guns, swords, basically weaponry of any kind. The boys are adept at lying so they tell the teacher they are making rocket ships and Alexis told the teacher the truth that she was making a shooter gun (she forgot to add "like the other kids").
And then there's this morning. We gave Alexis a Valentine's present in the morning. And then we got rushed to finish getting ready to get out the door. So while we were driving, I called Grant and he put Alexis on. She told me "Happy Valentine's Day" and I said "Happy Valentine's Day, I love you and I hope you have a great day." And she said "I love you and I hope you give me another present!" At least she said she loved me.
February 10, 2011
Acting Out
So lately we have been dealing with some back talk and basic verbal acting out from Alexis. She's testing her limits and seeing what things are really bad and what things are funny. She is picking up a lot of things from kids that are in her class that have older siblings.
The other night; however, instead of telling us directly what she thought or grunting at us, she picked up her play phone and fake called the police on us. This was after we told her "no" in regards to requests for marshmallows for dinner and later for cookies for dinner. She told the police to come pick us up because we were saying mean things to her. She then turns to us and says that she called the police on us. When we explained that if the police come get mommy and daddy that she wouldn't have a place to live and wouldn't get to see us anymore, she decided to call one of the grandmas to get mommy and daddy back from the police because we weren't really being mean and she could just have cookies or marshmallows after she ate all of her dinner.
She's too smart for her own good and we have our work cut out for us. Sheesh!
The other night; however, instead of telling us directly what she thought or grunting at us, she picked up her play phone and fake called the police on us. This was after we told her "no" in regards to requests for marshmallows for dinner and later for cookies for dinner. She told the police to come pick us up because we were saying mean things to her. She then turns to us and says that she called the police on us. When we explained that if the police come get mommy and daddy that she wouldn't have a place to live and wouldn't get to see us anymore, she decided to call one of the grandmas to get mommy and daddy back from the police because we weren't really being mean and she could just have cookies or marshmallows after she ate all of her dinner.
She's too smart for her own good and we have our work cut out for us. Sheesh!
February 9, 2011
Superheroes, Super Bowl, Super Weekend
Sometimes, Daddy gets the lightsabers out to make sure there are no monsters in Alexis' room...on Friday night he got them both and Alexis, says "no Daddy, you're a boy Jedi. Only Ahsoka has 2 lightsabers." Definitely, her Daddy's girl. :-)
Saturday, Grant had to make up for lost time at the school, so the kiddos and I hung out for a good part of the day while Daddy took Sadie up to school. Andrew decided that he was going to be difficult and not go down for a morning nap, but luckily I was able to get him to be still long enough after lunch by strapping him down in the swing to get him to sleep.
| Andrew playing in his highchair so I can work in the kitchen without him getting into everything. |
Alexis was great all day long, so we decided to try our plan from Thursday that hadn't worked out so well to go to Rainforest Cafe. The good behavior must have been 90% used up earlier in the day. Oh well we made it through dinner and even got a butterfly balloon hat.Sunday Alexis is excited to go to church (as she asks to go to see her friends there every day). She and I only went to Sunday School though. Grant took my place in the nursery while I took Alexis to Jace's Superhero Birthday Party.
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| Alexis and Beckham playing with Trains at the party. |
February 8, 2011
Ice and Snow part 2
Thursday - Day 3
Office is open, school is closed. Preschool is open though. Alexis asked multiple times in the morning to go to school, so to preschool she went. Grant drove us all since we figured his tires could handle getting out of the driveway better than my car. When he picked us up in the evening, we decided to stop somewhere for dinner on the way home...our first 3 ideas were busted because all of them were closed due to the inclement weather. 1st choice was Rainforest Cafe. We've never been there and thought it would be fun treat, but Grapevine Mills closed at 5. So we decided to check the surrounding restaurants. Stop #2 was Cozymel's, closed. Drove on over to Chucky Cheese becase we really did want to find a place that Alexis would have fun, but it was closed too, so we decided to go closer to home. Bari's was open and due to the last minute nature of the decision and how much later we were eating than if we had been able to go to one of the 1st few places, got our booth, then Grant left when I ordered to run across the street to Kroger to grab some babyfood for our scooting bottomless pit.
Friday - Day 4
Schools are closed again because the parking lots and streets to get there provide a cheap alternative to paying for the skating rink in the Galleria. We actually woke up to pretty snow that was falling and covering the ice, but it was still pretty treacherous. Today I broke out some of the crafty stuff and we made a bead and pipe cleaner flower.
Alexis finally had some good play time in the snow while Andrew watched from the pack'n'play through the window.
He hates being confined when he is awake but he was pretty captivated the majority of the time that they were out there. I joined in and threw snow balls, they made snow angels (after forcing Alexis to lay down in the snow), I got out her sand toys so that she could build a snow tower and use the wagon to cart around snow. 
When they came in, she got to have her first Hot Chocolate ever...she was actually more interested in the marshmallows. Later we met friends ar McDonald's for some playtime and time out of the house. Overall it was definitely the best of the days off. 
Office is open, school is closed. Preschool is open though. Alexis asked multiple times in the morning to go to school, so to preschool she went. Grant drove us all since we figured his tires could handle getting out of the driveway better than my car. When he picked us up in the evening, we decided to stop somewhere for dinner on the way home...our first 3 ideas were busted because all of them were closed due to the inclement weather. 1st choice was Rainforest Cafe. We've never been there and thought it would be fun treat, but Grapevine Mills closed at 5. So we decided to check the surrounding restaurants. Stop #2 was Cozymel's, closed. Drove on over to Chucky Cheese becase we really did want to find a place that Alexis would have fun, but it was closed too, so we decided to go closer to home. Bari's was open and due to the last minute nature of the decision and how much later we were eating than if we had been able to go to one of the 1st few places, got our booth, then Grant left when I ordered to run across the street to Kroger to grab some babyfood for our scooting bottomless pit.
Friday - Day 4
Schools are closed again because the parking lots and streets to get there provide a cheap alternative to paying for the skating rink in the Galleria. We actually woke up to pretty snow that was falling and covering the ice, but it was still pretty treacherous. Today I broke out some of the crafty stuff and we made a bead and pipe cleaner flower.
Alexis finally had some good play time in the snow while Andrew watched from the pack'n'play through the window.
He hates being confined when he is awake but he was pretty captivated the majority of the time that they were out there. I joined in and threw snow balls, they made snow angels (after forcing Alexis to lay down in the snow), I got out her sand toys so that she could build a snow tower and use the wagon to cart around snow. February 7, 2011
ice days part 1 and doggie firsts
The great ice storm of 2011 has descended upon North Texas and while it's really not so bad compared to things that I remember growing up in IL, ice is ice and when you have a 3 inch+ sheet of it on the roads in a place that doesn't have the salt trucks to handle it, you're stuck.
Tuesday - Day 1
We heard ice pelting the windows (along with thunder) for a few hours. The office is closed, so I get in my comfy's to work from home and pop some orange sweet rolls in the oven so that Alexis can have breakfast when she wakes up. She comes down stairs and looks out the window and is soooo excited to see the snow. We actually had a little bit of snow on top of the ice at our place unlike some of those near us. As excited as she gets about the white stuff...she really is not a snow bunny in the least. She begged to go outside, but we weren't rushing to go out in the cold so we told her that it was pajama day instead and that we would play in the house all morning and then go out in the afternoon. So fast forward to the afternoon. She was excited about putting on her layers of "winter clothes" which for us included a leotard and baby legs that we used as leg warmers. Stopped at the neighbors and went sledding with them for a little bit...Alexis said she enjoyed it, but not enough to get on it again to go to see if I could get a better picture. We sledded in a couple driveways.
Andrew even got one run with daddy. I think we were outside for about the same amount of time as it took us to get ready to go out in the first place...IT WAS COLD! That night, we were surprised to find Sadie in a place that she does not go regularly...Alexis' room. Now she goes in the room when we're in there just to inspect or run around, but this time, she was asleep in the middle of Alexis' bed. Alexis thought this was the coolest thing and she moved her pillow from the end of the bed to the middle and curled in a ball next to Sadie. We monitored and made sure that we took Sadie out a time or two but Sadie went right back up to Alexis' room and snuggled with her.
Day 2
Andrew heard that Alexis had some one on one time with Sadie and was apparently jealous and decided to climb in Sadie's bed in hopes he might get to curl up with Sadie too.
He knew Sadie wouldn't be able to get in the crib, so this was the better bet. The rest of day 2 was pretty uneventful, though we did make sprinkle cupcakes. It was pretty clear that Alexis missed her routine of bouncing off the walls with other little people all day long.
Tuesday - Day 1
We heard ice pelting the windows (along with thunder) for a few hours. The office is closed, so I get in my comfy's to work from home and pop some orange sweet rolls in the oven so that Alexis can have breakfast when she wakes up. She comes down stairs and looks out the window and is soooo excited to see the snow. We actually had a little bit of snow on top of the ice at our place unlike some of those near us. As excited as she gets about the white stuff...she really is not a snow bunny in the least. She begged to go outside, but we weren't rushing to go out in the cold so we told her that it was pajama day instead and that we would play in the house all morning and then go out in the afternoon. So fast forward to the afternoon. She was excited about putting on her layers of "winter clothes" which for us included a leotard and baby legs that we used as leg warmers. Stopped at the neighbors and went sledding with them for a little bit...Alexis said she enjoyed it, but not enough to get on it again to go to see if I could get a better picture. We sledded in a couple driveways.
Andrew even got one run with daddy. I think we were outside for about the same amount of time as it took us to get ready to go out in the first place...IT WAS COLD! That night, we were surprised to find Sadie in a place that she does not go regularly...Alexis' room. Now she goes in the room when we're in there just to inspect or run around, but this time, she was asleep in the middle of Alexis' bed. Alexis thought this was the coolest thing and she moved her pillow from the end of the bed to the middle and curled in a ball next to Sadie. We monitored and made sure that we took Sadie out a time or two but Sadie went right back up to Alexis' room and snuggled with her.
Day 2
Andrew heard that Alexis had some one on one time with Sadie and was apparently jealous and decided to climb in Sadie's bed in hopes he might get to curl up with Sadie too.
He knew Sadie wouldn't be able to get in the crib, so this was the better bet. The rest of day 2 was pretty uneventful, though we did make sprinkle cupcakes. It was pretty clear that Alexis missed her routine of bouncing off the walls with other little people all day long.
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