Lil Bit did not have a good night last night. Mom was out of town too, so it was on me to take care of her, while balancing the others as well. I'm home with her right now, just in case. She probably could have gone in today, but I wasn't sure, and didn't see the point in taking her in just to turn around and have to pick her up again if my concerns were true.
If Iask her how she's feeling, she's good - unless she senses I'm up to something. Then she'll screw her face up and say "I feewing bad again" and hold her tummy.
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Little Man tickled me a while back. He was working on homework (he had to find different shapes in the paper and magazines) and was having trouble finding one shape. He eventually called me in and announced in an excited voice that he had found the shape he needed. He then held up an ad with a very curvy underwear model to show me that he had indeed found a triangle. He never did figure out why his mom said he couldn't use that one.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Happy Mardi Gras!
Hope you're having a good day, even if it is just Tuesday here. Sweet Pea wore a Mardi Gras shirt to school and Little Man wore a NOLA shirt in honor of the day. Lil Bit is just playing with some beads and stuffed animals she got from last week's parades.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
(tap tap) Is this thing on?
I'm just starting to recover from our trip to New Orleans last weekend for the first weekend of Mardi Gras and the Saints' first Super Bowl game. I've always said that, if the Saints ever made it, I'd spend Super Bowl weekend back at home.
We made it down in time for back-to-back parades Saturday morning, the second of which normally runs on Sunday (they decided to move up a day for some reason, can't imagine why). Things were a bit more subdued than normal; everyone was in a Black & Gold stupor, even the people on the floats. My favorite part of the first one was when a float went by with an empty spot where a rider should be. A sign saying "Gone to Miami!" was hanging at that spot. Steven Seagal was in the second parade, and there was a camera there. Sweet Pea and I may end up on his TV show (my wife said the camera zoomed in on us while we were at the float).
Sweet Pea wasn't feeling good that night, so mom took her and Lil Bit to the hotel. We tried to convince them to come out, but they wouldn't. They should have; a friend invited us to a prime spot and we cleaned up.
My old church decided there was no point in having service Sunday night, so they held a Super Bowl party instead. Large screen, large crowd (some of which I grew up with), lots of food and inflatables for the kids. Everybody was in the mood for the game; Sweet Pea and Little Man had been listening to and singing Saints songs for weeks, and even Lil Bit was saying "Who Dat say gonna beat them Saints - not Santa Claus!"
Needless to say, there was lots of celebrating going on when the game ended. Someone popped in a CD of Saints songs and we all began second-lining around the church. I'll never forget the look on my kids' faces - they didn't know what was going on, but they thought it was cool.
One of the local sporting goods places opened after the game to sell championship apparel. We went, and so did thousands of others. It turned into a huge victory parade and party, with singing, dancing, hugging and hollering. It took me 2 1/2 hours to get into the store, but it was well worth it for the atmosphere.
Here's a picture my wife took near the end (but not at the end) of the line. If you look, you can see the back of the store in the distance.
Who Dat.
We made it down in time for back-to-back parades Saturday morning, the second of which normally runs on Sunday (they decided to move up a day for some reason, can't imagine why). Things were a bit more subdued than normal; everyone was in a Black & Gold stupor, even the people on the floats. My favorite part of the first one was when a float went by with an empty spot where a rider should be. A sign saying "Gone to Miami!" was hanging at that spot. Steven Seagal was in the second parade, and there was a camera there. Sweet Pea and I may end up on his TV show (my wife said the camera zoomed in on us while we were at the float).
Sweet Pea wasn't feeling good that night, so mom took her and Lil Bit to the hotel. We tried to convince them to come out, but they wouldn't. They should have; a friend invited us to a prime spot and we cleaned up.
My old church decided there was no point in having service Sunday night, so they held a Super Bowl party instead. Large screen, large crowd (some of which I grew up with), lots of food and inflatables for the kids. Everybody was in the mood for the game; Sweet Pea and Little Man had been listening to and singing Saints songs for weeks, and even Lil Bit was saying "Who Dat say gonna beat them Saints - not Santa Claus!"
Needless to say, there was lots of celebrating going on when the game ended. Someone popped in a CD of Saints songs and we all began second-lining around the church. I'll never forget the look on my kids' faces - they didn't know what was going on, but they thought it was cool.
One of the local sporting goods places opened after the game to sell championship apparel. We went, and so did thousands of others. It turned into a huge victory parade and party, with singing, dancing, hugging and hollering. It took me 2 1/2 hours to get into the store, but it was well worth it for the atmosphere.
Here's a picture my wife took near the end (but not at the end) of the line. If you look, you can see the back of the store in the distance.
Who Dat.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Past the holidays
Hope everyone had a good holiday season. To me though, it makes January even more blah than it is; after several weeks of excitement, anticipation and days off, we now have ... nothing. Just cold and bills. And for me, the crud.
It was an interesting holiday time around the Doghouse. Of course, we didn't get to do everything we planned to do, but that's par for the course. Both Sweet Pea and Little Man are loving Upward, and we get back started with it this week. Sweet Pea has been the quiet, non-involved child for most of her life; it's interesting to see her not only cheering but being the loudest one out there. It's showing up in other areas too, as she's loosening up around home as well (not so worried about what we might think). She even grabbed her guitar and lip-synched to "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" during the break (and, naturally, when I grabbed the camcorder, it was out of tape).
Little Man, still eaten up with sports, has loved bowl season and is still in full Who Dat mode going into the playoffs.
Lil Bit still comes up with stuff. Got a note Monday from her teacher saying she wasn't following directions in line; when asked about it, she looked at me and said "But I was the leader today" as if that answered everything.
We went to New Orleans over the holidays for Celebration in the Oaks, etc. Don't know what she was dreaming about one night while we were there, but she woke up screaming in the middle of the night. When we got to her and asked about it, she said "Baby Jesus tickled my booty!"
It was an interesting holiday time around the Doghouse. Of course, we didn't get to do everything we planned to do, but that's par for the course. Both Sweet Pea and Little Man are loving Upward, and we get back started with it this week. Sweet Pea has been the quiet, non-involved child for most of her life; it's interesting to see her not only cheering but being the loudest one out there. It's showing up in other areas too, as she's loosening up around home as well (not so worried about what we might think). She even grabbed her guitar and lip-synched to "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" during the break (and, naturally, when I grabbed the camcorder, it was out of tape).
Little Man, still eaten up with sports, has loved bowl season and is still in full Who Dat mode going into the playoffs.
Lil Bit still comes up with stuff. Got a note Monday from her teacher saying she wasn't following directions in line; when asked about it, she looked at me and said "But I was the leader today" as if that answered everything.
We went to New Orleans over the holidays for Celebration in the Oaks, etc. Don't know what she was dreaming about one night while we were there, but she woke up screaming in the middle of the night. When we got to her and asked about it, she said "Baby Jesus tickled my booty!"
Friday, December 25, 2009
Already?
The two oldest kids have been up for 30 minutes. It's been fun listening to their excited whispers. At one point I heard Little Man say "Let's wake the rest of the family up." Sweet Pea said L
"We can't; I promised I wouldn't this year."
"Well I didn't!" was his reply.
They just came and asked if they could use my Bible so they could read the Christmas story to each other. Of course I said yes.
"We can't; I promised I wouldn't this year."
"Well I didn't!" was his reply.
They just came and asked if they could use my Bible so they could read the Christmas story to each other. Of course I said yes.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Still here
I hope each of you had a great Thanksgiving. We loaded up the van and headed for St. Louis to visit some of my family. The trip went surprisingly well, considering we're talking nine-plus hours in the van each way. The kids had fun playing with their cousins, and we all enjoyed catching up with people. We also took the kids to the Magic House, the St. Louis children's museum. If you ever get the chance to go, do it - but plan on it taking all day (but it's worth it).
It's always interesting reconnecting with family. For me, it ties you back in and separates you all at the same time. Still, I'm glad we went.
So, Thankgiving is over, but I'm still not back at work. I caught a bug somewhere along the way and have been laid up ever since. But the Christmas tree is up and Lil Bit is loving it, just like she did the lights we saw on our trip. It's cool seeing things new again through her eyes.
It's always interesting reconnecting with family. For me, it ties you back in and separates you all at the same time. Still, I'm glad we went.
So, Thankgiving is over, but I'm still not back at work. I caught a bug somewhere along the way and have been laid up ever since. But the Christmas tree is up and Lil Bit is loving it, just like she did the lights we saw on our trip. It's cool seeing things new again through her eyes.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sigh
Ever had one of THOSE weeks? I'm in the middle of one. In addition to a bunch of crazy stuff going on (as well as the normal crazy stuff going on), I was in a particularly bad mood over the weekend. It hit me why Sunday morning; it's my mom's birthday. For some reason, that hit me harder than usual this year. Circumstances around our lives lately only seemed to heighten the feelings.
In addition, Lil Bit had her very first school performance today, and all indications were I was going to have to miss it - actually, both mom and I were going to have to miss it. Just added on to the feelings.
Fortunately, we worked it out where we could both go. Granted, we got there late; we only saw the last couple of songs in the program (par for the course this week), but we were there. She was in the front row with her construction paper turkey hat on, a special shirt each child was wearing and a drum made out of an oatmeal box. She performed better than my other kids did at that age (in other words, she didn't just stand there), but she did seem to be just going through the motions. Then, all of a sudden, she spotted me in the crowd; the grin grew quickly and just about split her face, and her attitude changed dramatically. Soon after that, she spotted mom, and she got even more animated.
It was a pain working around our schedules to get there, but that grin and that inner glow when she saw us made it all worthwhile.
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I know several of you are facing issues in your lives lately. I've hit your blogs as often as I could and have seen that, even if I haven't been able to post. Know that I haven't forgotten you and I am praying for you (and Susan; congratulations!).
In addition, Lil Bit had her very first school performance today, and all indications were I was going to have to miss it - actually, both mom and I were going to have to miss it. Just added on to the feelings.
Fortunately, we worked it out where we could both go. Granted, we got there late; we only saw the last couple of songs in the program (par for the course this week), but we were there. She was in the front row with her construction paper turkey hat on, a special shirt each child was wearing and a drum made out of an oatmeal box. She performed better than my other kids did at that age (in other words, she didn't just stand there), but she did seem to be just going through the motions. Then, all of a sudden, she spotted me in the crowd; the grin grew quickly and just about split her face, and her attitude changed dramatically. Soon after that, she spotted mom, and she got even more animated.
It was a pain working around our schedules to get there, but that grin and that inner glow when she saw us made it all worthwhile.
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I know several of you are facing issues in your lives lately. I've hit your blogs as often as I could and have seen that, even if I haven't been able to post. Know that I haven't forgotten you and I am praying for you (and Susan; congratulations!).
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