These are my kids and all my nieces and nephews!
Coloring Eggs
And the infamous "Easter Bunny" adventure!Saturday, March 29, 2008
Easter Pictures!
These are my kids and all my nieces and nephews!
Coloring Eggs
And the infamous "Easter Bunny" adventure!
Where have we been???
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been meaning to, but simply cannot find the time or the energy! I'll go back to Easter...I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! We spent most of the weekend lying around. We passed a fever/chest cold around and didn't have much traditional Easter. My niece, Molly, said it the best, "It doesn't even feel like Easter." True. Being sick definitely makes the holidays not as fun. Also, the weekend before Easter, we took the kids to Brian's work for an Easter Egg Hunt. Joy. Ever try explaining the Easter Bunny to a child who has not a clue why there is a life sized bunny sitting in the hallway waving at them??? Again, funny :-)
In the past week, we've just tried to play catch up. Kp started in the Homeschoolers Friday classes. She had a great time! She also went to her first non-family birthday party. Kb is still hanging around mommy and not quite ready to venture out on his own yet.
We got the first round of blood work back on the kids and it all looks good so far. I am now in the middle of "collections." And for those have a great laugh at that, I am on 6 of 14 collected! So feel free to keep laughing at me!
Funny thing:
I was in the other room and I hear Kd telling Kb, "You are not allowed to say 'leave me," when I hit you, you have to say, 'Kd please don't do that.' " I hope you can hear the humor in Kd telling Kb, when I beat you up, you must reply kindly to me and obey mommy by not saying leave me! Oh, the mind of a 3 year old!
Lingo that we are keeping:
Chunk it - means to throw it
I'm gonna beat you! - I know we shouldn't but Kb is too funny saying it!
Fish biscuits - Goldfish crackers
Ok - Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I am going to try to keep up with the blogging!
In the past week, we've just tried to play catch up. Kp started in the Homeschoolers Friday classes. She had a great time! She also went to her first non-family birthday party. Kb is still hanging around mommy and not quite ready to venture out on his own yet.
We got the first round of blood work back on the kids and it all looks good so far. I am now in the middle of "collections." And for those have a great laugh at that, I am on 6 of 14 collected! So feel free to keep laughing at me!
Funny thing:
I was in the other room and I hear Kd telling Kb, "You are not allowed to say 'leave me," when I hit you, you have to say, 'Kd please don't do that.' " I hope you can hear the humor in Kd telling Kb, when I beat you up, you must reply kindly to me and obey mommy by not saying leave me! Oh, the mind of a 3 year old!
Lingo that we are keeping:
Chunk it - means to throw it
I'm gonna beat you! - I know we shouldn't but Kb is too funny saying it!
Fish biscuits - Goldfish crackers
Ok - Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I am going to try to keep up with the blogging!
Friday, March 14, 2008
How much can you do in 24 hours?
In the past 24 hours, I have done a tremendous amount...so much so that it feels as though yesterday morning was days away!
Breakfast was thrown up by one, were they sick or just not ready to be forced to eat upon immediately waking up?
Gotta get to Pittsburgh to have a test read, so in the car we all are at 9:30 (with Grandma for support)...everyone was cleaned (including a shower for the one who threw up), hair fixed and remotely matching clothes.
Other side of Shelocta, round #2 came up, so back home we went. How was I going to get this time sensitive test read with a sick child? Hummmm? While that was going through my head, I hear, "Is that my vomit, Mommy? Mommy, is that my vomit?" Nice. In my head, I am thinking, "how many times can he say "vomit?" I love "vomit!" Mental note: gotta teach them Mommy calls it "throw up" so that mommy doesn't join in!
After numerous calls to several doctors offices, yes, she can have the test read here...then off with the 3 to the pediatrician...Grandma stayed with the one sick one that was sleeping.
Pediatrician's office with all 3 monkeys was entertaining...all of whom had the silly bug!
Then to the hospital for follow-ups, all with the 3 monkeys with the silly bug! This is the point at which I realized Kd had his shirt and his shoes on backwards and I mentioned this while registering. Once mentioned, Kd had to change them to the right way, so off went the shirt to try to fix it! Right in the middle of everything!
Then to the grocery store to get saltines, bananas and gatorade...
Then home, all before the sick one woke up...but, being no longer sick, demanded food...and a lot of it...however, cautious mommy, only gives small amounts as not to allow "vomiting" to occur again...all is well and child was fine and ate more than ever...who know what caused it???
Early this am, I had a Dr. McCoy appointment...not fun...but very funny and due to the nature of the site, I will spare the details and unfortunately the humor.
While getting ready this morning I realized I did, in fact, bring home more than the kids from Africa, so on the phone I go again!
Meanwhile, the phone rings and it is the Department of Health or something like that because one of our kids tested positive for Giardia, and apparently that is a reportable thing? So as she is going down her LONG list of questions, not listening to the fact that they just got here from Africa, and brought it with them...she is trying to figure out where they got it from. I wanted to say from poo, but refrained, let her ask the questions, politely go off and went about my day...only to have her call back with more questions cause she didn't hear me say where they came from, and apparently needed the inital information that I gave her!
Yep, did bring something home...off to the pharmacy, again, just need that secret password so that the kids can say "hi" to their uncle Jim as we fly by...(Danielle - you will appreciate that it IS one of the two things you didn't want to come home with!)
On our way to the mall for pjs for the girls becuase we don't seem to have enough and to the "market" to get food for the week all the while trying not to forget to pick up Kaiya and the sherf boys from classes - with 3 in tow...
Made it to all the places, only forgot a few things, so backtracking was involved...didn't know the password, so couldn't see Uncle Jim...but made it home and dinner is on the stove :-)
All the while, in the past 24 hours, playing super hero and solving all the world's child's problems :-)
Funny thing:
We call Kd "Boo shakes" sometimes...it evolved from when he was a baby and would shake his bum around...well say boo shakes 3 times fast and that is what our new ones thought we were saying, and since they've heard those words freely where they're from, they repeated what they thought we were saying over and over and over! Try to correct that one without laughing! That is when, as the parent, you excuse yourself to the bathroom first! If you are totally lost, just forget it...this one I cannot spell out any more!
Too cute:
Kb's prayer for lunch today...(it is hard to get the true sence of how cute this is without hearing his voice, but here it goes...)
"Father God,
bless Kp
bless Kp
bless Ky
bless...when I say lee (leave) me, Kd will lee (leave) me and when...
bless Kd
bless Mommy
bless Daddy
bless Grandma
Bless all the people
bless Mimi
bless Pa
bless G-no (Janelle)
bless Gabby
bless Pappy
bless Kristin (by the way the only one who calls her that)
Jesus Name"
and we all say Amen!
Breakfast was thrown up by one, were they sick or just not ready to be forced to eat upon immediately waking up?
Gotta get to Pittsburgh to have a test read, so in the car we all are at 9:30 (with Grandma for support)...everyone was cleaned (including a shower for the one who threw up), hair fixed and remotely matching clothes.
Other side of Shelocta, round #2 came up, so back home we went. How was I going to get this time sensitive test read with a sick child? Hummmm? While that was going through my head, I hear, "Is that my vomit, Mommy? Mommy, is that my vomit?" Nice. In my head, I am thinking, "how many times can he say "vomit?" I love "vomit!" Mental note: gotta teach them Mommy calls it "throw up" so that mommy doesn't join in!
After numerous calls to several doctors offices, yes, she can have the test read here...then off with the 3 to the pediatrician...Grandma stayed with the one sick one that was sleeping.
Pediatrician's office with all 3 monkeys was entertaining...all of whom had the silly bug!
Then to the hospital for follow-ups, all with the 3 monkeys with the silly bug! This is the point at which I realized Kd had his shirt and his shoes on backwards and I mentioned this while registering. Once mentioned, Kd had to change them to the right way, so off went the shirt to try to fix it! Right in the middle of everything!
Then to the grocery store to get saltines, bananas and gatorade...
Then home, all before the sick one woke up...but, being no longer sick, demanded food...and a lot of it...however, cautious mommy, only gives small amounts as not to allow "vomiting" to occur again...all is well and child was fine and ate more than ever...who know what caused it???
Early this am, I had a Dr. McCoy appointment...not fun...but very funny and due to the nature of the site, I will spare the details and unfortunately the humor.
While getting ready this morning I realized I did, in fact, bring home more than the kids from Africa, so on the phone I go again!
Meanwhile, the phone rings and it is the Department of Health or something like that because one of our kids tested positive for Giardia, and apparently that is a reportable thing? So as she is going down her LONG list of questions, not listening to the fact that they just got here from Africa, and brought it with them...she is trying to figure out where they got it from. I wanted to say from poo, but refrained, let her ask the questions, politely go off and went about my day...only to have her call back with more questions cause she didn't hear me say where they came from, and apparently needed the inital information that I gave her!
Yep, did bring something home...off to the pharmacy, again, just need that secret password so that the kids can say "hi" to their uncle Jim as we fly by...(Danielle - you will appreciate that it IS one of the two things you didn't want to come home with!)
On our way to the mall for pjs for the girls becuase we don't seem to have enough and to the "market" to get food for the week all the while trying not to forget to pick up Kaiya and the sherf boys from classes - with 3 in tow...
Made it to all the places, only forgot a few things, so backtracking was involved...didn't know the password, so couldn't see Uncle Jim...but made it home and dinner is on the stove :-)
All the while, in the past 24 hours, playing super hero and solving all the world's child's problems :-)
Funny thing:
We call Kd "Boo shakes" sometimes...it evolved from when he was a baby and would shake his bum around...well say boo shakes 3 times fast and that is what our new ones thought we were saying, and since they've heard those words freely where they're from, they repeated what they thought we were saying over and over and over! Try to correct that one without laughing! That is when, as the parent, you excuse yourself to the bathroom first! If you are totally lost, just forget it...this one I cannot spell out any more!
Too cute:
Kb's prayer for lunch today...(it is hard to get the true sence of how cute this is without hearing his voice, but here it goes...)
"Father God,
bless Kp
bless Kp
bless Ky
bless...when I say lee (leave) me, Kd will lee (leave) me and when...
bless Kd
bless Mommy
bless Daddy
bless Grandma
Bless all the people
bless Mimi
bless Pa
bless G-no (Janelle)
bless Gabby
bless Pappy
bless Kristin (by the way the only one who calls her that)
Jesus Name"
and we all say Amen!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Big news...
The Parks finally have high speed internet access...no longer will you hear the PeoplePC people come on the line to say that we are on the internet! I know this is big news to all of you who try to get through and cannot because we are on-line, or I accidentally left the computer on and walked away! Yeah!!!
Also we had Kp and Kb's doctors appointment down in Pittsburgh today. Everything went so well. They really are as healthy as can be expected and are emotionally and physically doing exceptionally well. They are starting again with all vaccines because we don't know what they have and have not had...this was a very trying time for Kp who is a little, shall we say, DRAMATIC? However, she still is nothing compared to her older sister that still holds the crown. In order to dethrone that queen...Kp would need to pass out...not likely! Anyway, they each got rounds of injections (not fun) and their TB test (not fun) and their blood drawn (really not fun). A few weeks ago my nephew cracked his head open and needed staples, when we asked, "did he scream?" My sister in law replied that he had "an appropriate amount" of screaming. Well, I am going to steal her answer, in that the kids, with all they went through today, there was an appropriate amount of screaming??? I admit that I take the low road. I explain that the vaccines are for their own good, and that it will only hurt for a minute, then I blame it all on the bad nurses who did it...I didn't do it (sorry to all those nurses out there!) Real mature, right?
Anyway, I truly feel blessed that the kids are in really good physical health considering where they came from. They are in really good emotional health...they are able to express all emotion with us that they have...the happy, sad, angry and love...which I take as a good sign that they feel comfortable with us to do that. I don't know what all is going on in their little brains and in their little hearts, but all in good time they will come to share that with us...when they are ready...
Also we had Kp and Kb's doctors appointment down in Pittsburgh today. Everything went so well. They really are as healthy as can be expected and are emotionally and physically doing exceptionally well. They are starting again with all vaccines because we don't know what they have and have not had...this was a very trying time for Kp who is a little, shall we say, DRAMATIC? However, she still is nothing compared to her older sister that still holds the crown. In order to dethrone that queen...Kp would need to pass out...not likely! Anyway, they each got rounds of injections (not fun) and their TB test (not fun) and their blood drawn (really not fun). A few weeks ago my nephew cracked his head open and needed staples, when we asked, "did he scream?" My sister in law replied that he had "an appropriate amount" of screaming. Well, I am going to steal her answer, in that the kids, with all they went through today, there was an appropriate amount of screaming??? I admit that I take the low road. I explain that the vaccines are for their own good, and that it will only hurt for a minute, then I blame it all on the bad nurses who did it...I didn't do it (sorry to all those nurses out there!) Real mature, right?
Anyway, I truly feel blessed that the kids are in really good physical health considering where they came from. They are in really good emotional health...they are able to express all emotion with us that they have...the happy, sad, angry and love...which I take as a good sign that they feel comfortable with us to do that. I don't know what all is going on in their little brains and in their little hearts, but all in good time they will come to share that with us...when they are ready...
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Playing in the Snow!
All the kids had so much fun playing in the snow! The pictures are not the best because the snow was really coming down! Kb couldn't or wouldn't keep hit gloves on, but really didn't seem to mind the coldness of the snow. At one point, he was brave enough to ride down the hill on his own. With not enough weight, he went flying down the path - over the piles of snow - onto the driveway, and down the driveway he went. Daddy heroically ran down the drive to rescue the sled. Kb really didn't seem to notice, he laughed the entire way! Kp also really liked to ride the sled! Kd was his typical goofball on the sled, and Ky usually took Kb with her. There were many tears when it was time to come in, but it was a great day to play in the snow!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Sunday Best!
This was at the end of a long photo session and no one was happy with mom forcing everyone to smile...again and again and again :-)
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