Recently, I"ve been putting the cute stuff about my kids on Facebook, but this story needs it's own longer post. Rob has taken to "scaring" Matthew recently, just little things like popping out of a doorway when Matt runs past and stuff like that, but last night we. got. him. good.
I have started something with the kids called "Movie Night with Mom" and last night was Matthew's turn. I put the other two to bed (and they know they have to go willingly or they don't get their special night), made popcorn, then settled down with Matt to watch the fourth Harry Potter movie. (Too scary for the younger two and the last one Matt gets to watch until he's older.)
Matt was so funny to watch and fun to talk to, because he has read the first four books, so he was catching all of the differences and enjoying the cinemetography. Partway through I realized that he was sitting very close to the window and his daddy was very close to coming home. (insert maniacal laughter here).
So I texted Rob and told him to come in the front way, but to pound on the window first. And to text ME before he did it so I didn't freak out too. He came up to the window and texted me and here's what happened:
Me: Matt, I think there's something at the window!
Matt: I'm not looking!
Rob: (Pounding furiously on the window)
Matt: (completely panicked): What was that?? What was that?? (then cowers under the blankets)
Me: I don't know! Look out the window and check!
Matt: I'm not looking! (continues to hide under the blanket)
Me: There's nothing. I'll check out the front. (I go to the front door to let Rob inside).
Matt: (After a long pause) DAAAAAAD!!!! You scared me!!!
And of course, Rob and I are still chuckling about it this morning. Oh, and did I mention Matt and I were watching the part of the movie where Harry is wandering around the maze? Hee hee hee..... :)
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wow, it's been awhile!!
It has been quite a long time since I have updated my blog! I think the longer it goes, the less I want to update because the more I have to say!!
We haven't been doing anything too terribly exciting around here. We stayed in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving but went down for an extended trip to Illinois for Christmas. All five of us are currently crazy for Legos. I have been having flare-ups with weather changes but on the whole am doing better than I was at this time last year. Rob has fully recovered from the back injury physically, but we're still trying to catch up financially. The kids are just over halfway through their school year and are doing well. We added a handwriting program and while I was nervous about having Matthew start one this late in his school career, he has adapted well and will start cursive this week. The other two love it! We also broke down and got a science book because we simply weren't diligent enough to make sure they are getting enough science. I let the boys pick what they want to study (land animals) and they are soaking up every bit of it.
Today's is Rob's birthday and we treated him to lunch out, apple crisp for dessert, and showered him with cheese balls and chocolate from the new Lindt store at the outlet mall. Very curious to see how he likes Wasabi flavored chocolate :) He also redeemed a free coffee he had coming from Berres Brothers, but the caffiene did not deter him from a nice nap. I had bought him a Wii game a few weeks ago but he accidentally found it and has been enjoying it already.
I will try to update more often....if there is anyone out there still checking on us!
We haven't been doing anything too terribly exciting around here. We stayed in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving but went down for an extended trip to Illinois for Christmas. All five of us are currently crazy for Legos. I have been having flare-ups with weather changes but on the whole am doing better than I was at this time last year. Rob has fully recovered from the back injury physically, but we're still trying to catch up financially. The kids are just over halfway through their school year and are doing well. We added a handwriting program and while I was nervous about having Matthew start one this late in his school career, he has adapted well and will start cursive this week. The other two love it! We also broke down and got a science book because we simply weren't diligent enough to make sure they are getting enough science. I let the boys pick what they want to study (land animals) and they are soaking up every bit of it.
Today's is Rob's birthday and we treated him to lunch out, apple crisp for dessert, and showered him with cheese balls and chocolate from the new Lindt store at the outlet mall. Very curious to see how he likes Wasabi flavored chocolate :) He also redeemed a free coffee he had coming from Berres Brothers, but the caffiene did not deter him from a nice nap. I had bought him a Wii game a few weeks ago but he accidentally found it and has been enjoying it already.
I will try to update more often....if there is anyone out there still checking on us!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Matthew Meets Jeff
We got to the bookstore just as they were letting people come in and wait inside. We had to pick up our copy of the book and then wait. Eight-year-olds do NOT wait very well when they are excited, let me tell you! He was so cute! The author's staff was VERY efficient and when he arrived, they went through the line and got the name's of the kids on post-it's, then another staff member put the post it right where the author would be signing. When we got to the author, the book was all ready to go. He signed the book and then drew a quick picture of the main character's head. Matthew was so shy but did manage to say "hi" before I took his picture.
It was so fun and so special to share this neat experience with Matthew and I hope he never forgets it. And now that I think about it, this is the second celebrity Matthew has met and has a picture with. We net Alton Brown when Matt was only 2 months old. I should probably start a scrapbook for him....
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Health Update
I thought that I might update on the health issues in our household since my posting has been very minimal. I have taken more to shorter updates on Facebook rather than lengthy ones here on the blog, so sorry for that.
Anna: Arm is all healed! She's perfectly fine.
Rob: Went back to work with no problems. He's normal-sore as opposed to super sore. We finally got the insurance check a couple of weeks ago and while we are by no means out of the wood financially, we're a lot better off than we were for the last two months.
Me: All of the stress from the injuries and finances has really taken a toll on my body. I have been regressing to the point that I wasn't even sure all of that therapy was even worth it. I did finish my sensory therapy a couple of weeks ago and there are really no changes. What I have learned is that when I am hurting, even minimally, I can't handle Sunday church. Wed is a give and take. I have finished the evening in the van waiting for the children's programs to be done at least once. The acoustics of the building are just rough on me. We are going to tighten up my diet where I have let a few things loose, so hopefully that will help. And as Rob continues to work and our finances straighten out hopefully the stress will vanish and my body can get back to normal. It's just been a really hard couple of months.
Anna: Arm is all healed! She's perfectly fine.
Rob: Went back to work with no problems. He's normal-sore as opposed to super sore. We finally got the insurance check a couple of weeks ago and while we are by no means out of the wood financially, we're a lot better off than we were for the last two months.
Me: All of the stress from the injuries and finances has really taken a toll on my body. I have been regressing to the point that I wasn't even sure all of that therapy was even worth it. I did finish my sensory therapy a couple of weeks ago and there are really no changes. What I have learned is that when I am hurting, even minimally, I can't handle Sunday church. Wed is a give and take. I have finished the evening in the van waiting for the children's programs to be done at least once. The acoustics of the building are just rough on me. We are going to tighten up my diet where I have let a few things loose, so hopefully that will help. And as Rob continues to work and our finances straighten out hopefully the stress will vanish and my body can get back to normal. It's just been a really hard couple of months.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Fun Times
Wow, my postings have really dwindled! Thought I would take a moment and put up a post about the fun stuff we've being doing around here recently.
Rob and I had a chance to go on a date that turned out to be completely free. Our local coffee roasters, Berres Brothers,celebrated 20 years in the business this past Saturday and Rob and I received an invite for a special tour. We contacted Emilie, the kids favorite babysitter, and she offered to sit for free if we'd let her practice her budding photography skills on the kids. No problem! We got to try some of the new coffee flavors coming out next year and won lots of freebies. I won a pound of coffee in a drawing, we both won free drinks answering questions (although Rob helped me answer mine), we played a game and Rob won a coffee scoop and I won a travel mug, we both won coffee packets, and in our last game Rob won coaster and I won a $5 gift card! And we both got coupons. We ate lunch afterwards in the cafe and I had a free lunch coming for my birthday plus 20% off Rob's lunch. We used my gift card and the lunch was free! The only thing we ended up buying was some more coffee b/c one of our coupons was only good that day. We'll use the free drinks and the other coupon on my birthday to treat all of us to a hot drink. It was really fun to do the tour and go on a free date.
Anna got to go to the annual children's class at MBBC put on by her former Sunday school teacher. The class is for children up to kindergarten age so this will be our last year going :( The students read to the kids and Anna found her new friend, Anna. The other Anna is a student from China and she and my Anna had a ball reading and talking to each other. Anna got to go in a costume and she wore a red skirt made by Grandma Litwiller and a shirt that said "Princess." She got some fun toys and snacks as we left and had a marvelous time.
The boys were able to attend a class Halloween party for the first time! The Johnson Creek library had a Halloween party for homeschool kids in grades K-4 yesterday. They went in costume and had a grand time playing games, making crafts, and eating snacks. The librarian sent me the menu ahead of time and read packages so I would know how to plan. Thankfully the only thing they had to avoid was black licorice (which they don't like anyway) and the cookies. I took some gluten free cookies for them to frost with the kids. They were both very well behaved and had a grand time. And I had a grand time reading a book in the corner of the library while I waited :)
I'll update later on all of the health issues and such, but I wanted to start with the fun stuff first!!
Rob and I had a chance to go on a date that turned out to be completely free. Our local coffee roasters, Berres Brothers,celebrated 20 years in the business this past Saturday and Rob and I received an invite for a special tour. We contacted Emilie, the kids favorite babysitter, and she offered to sit for free if we'd let her practice her budding photography skills on the kids. No problem! We got to try some of the new coffee flavors coming out next year and won lots of freebies. I won a pound of coffee in a drawing, we both won free drinks answering questions (although Rob helped me answer mine), we played a game and Rob won a coffee scoop and I won a travel mug, we both won coffee packets, and in our last game Rob won coaster and I won a $5 gift card! And we both got coupons. We ate lunch afterwards in the cafe and I had a free lunch coming for my birthday plus 20% off Rob's lunch. We used my gift card and the lunch was free! The only thing we ended up buying was some more coffee b/c one of our coupons was only good that day. We'll use the free drinks and the other coupon on my birthday to treat all of us to a hot drink. It was really fun to do the tour and go on a free date.
Anna got to go to the annual children's class at MBBC put on by her former Sunday school teacher. The class is for children up to kindergarten age so this will be our last year going :( The students read to the kids and Anna found her new friend, Anna. The other Anna is a student from China and she and my Anna had a ball reading and talking to each other. Anna got to go in a costume and she wore a red skirt made by Grandma Litwiller and a shirt that said "Princess." She got some fun toys and snacks as we left and had a marvelous time.
The boys were able to attend a class Halloween party for the first time! The Johnson Creek library had a Halloween party for homeschool kids in grades K-4 yesterday. They went in costume and had a grand time playing games, making crafts, and eating snacks. The librarian sent me the menu ahead of time and read packages so I would know how to plan. Thankfully the only thing they had to avoid was black licorice (which they don't like anyway) and the cookies. I took some gluten free cookies for them to frost with the kids. They were both very well behaved and had a grand time. And I had a grand time reading a book in the corner of the library while I waited :)
I'll update later on all of the health issues and such, but I wanted to start with the fun stuff first!!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
How to Choose a Spouse
I was teasing the boys at dinner tonight as we were discussing Halloween.
Me: Boys, when the day comes for you to propose to that special girl, the main question you need to ask her is "What is your opinion on Halloween?" If she says she doesn't like it, then walk away. I'm not letting her into my house.
Matt: No, Mom. First we ask her if she loves Jesus and then we ask her if she's willing to go gluten free.
Anna: I'm going to find a man who is not already married. If he's already married then I'll find someone else.
Me: Boys, when the day comes for you to propose to that special girl, the main question you need to ask her is "What is your opinion on Halloween?" If she says she doesn't like it, then walk away. I'm not letting her into my house.
Matt: No, Mom. First we ask her if she loves Jesus and then we ask her if she's willing to go gluten free.
Anna: I'm going to find a man who is not already married. If he's already married then I'll find someone else.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
81Things that Matthew Likes
For some reason unknown to any of us, Matthew decided to write up a list of things that he likes and he has allowed me to share this list on Facebook. He said they are in no particular order and he wants to clarify that the people he loves, the rest he just likes. I have left in the spelling errors on purpose.
1. cake
2. ice cream
3. soadapop
4. hot dogs
5. burgers
6. culvers
7. pie
8. stufing
9. mom dad ben and anna
10. grandma and grampa litwhere and fulkerson
11. gg and auant ruth
12. abbie
13. popcorn
14. bananas
15. grapes
16. beries
17. candy
18. shrimp
19. tuna fish
20. steak
21. chiken
22. pbnj
23. pizza
24. pancakes
25. wafeles
26. bacon
27. sausage
28. davis
29. tacos
30. smoothies
31. rice and shine
32. calvin and hobbes
33. thunder storms
34. harry potter
35. legos
36. mollys bakery
37. michky mouse
38. tigers
39. draculus
40. my stuffed tiger
41. joke books
42. mario strikers
43. spot it
44. luigi
45. fish
46, mummys
47. werwolfs
48. craons
49. chex
50. slopy joes
51. jamei and julleion
52. pasta
53. lions
54. cats
55. kittys
56. mushrooms
57. birds
58. flowers
59. soup
60. Jesus
61. God
62. water
63. blankets
64. juice
65. peopole
66. cristmas
67. bread
68. monsters
69. bears
70. ron weasly
71. hermione grager
72. gold
73. silver
74. bronze
75. snakes
76. broclie
77. fred weasly
78. gorge weasly
79. pumkins
80. fruit
81. pumkin pie
1. cake
2. ice cream
3. soadapop
4. hot dogs
5. burgers
6. culvers
7. pie
8. stufing
9. mom dad ben and anna
10. grandma and grampa litwhere and fulkerson
11. gg and auant ruth
12. abbie
13. popcorn
14. bananas
15. grapes
16. beries
17. candy
18. shrimp
19. tuna fish
20. steak
21. chiken
22. pbnj
23. pizza
24. pancakes
25. wafeles
26. bacon
27. sausage
28. davis
29. tacos
30. smoothies
31. rice and shine
32. calvin and hobbes
33. thunder storms
34. harry potter
35. legos
36. mollys bakery
37. michky mouse
38. tigers
39. draculus
40. my stuffed tiger
41. joke books
42. mario strikers
43. spot it
44. luigi
45. fish
46, mummys
47. werwolfs
48. craons
49. chex
50. slopy joes
51. jamei and julleion
52. pasta
53. lions
54. cats
55. kittys
56. mushrooms
57. birds
58. flowers
59. soup
60. Jesus
61. God
62. water
63. blankets
64. juice
65. peopole
66. cristmas
67. bread
68. monsters
69. bears
70. ron weasly
71. hermione grager
72. gold
73. silver
74. bronze
75. snakes
76. broclie
77. fred weasly
78. gorge weasly
79. pumkins
80. fruit
81. pumkin pie
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