Tid Bits

I always think of little things I want to remember...and need to put them somewhere.

Callie calls her bib her "bit". She eats double fisted with her mouth too full at all times. But will finish anything for desert. Oh, and she is healthy again. : )

William, when asked many questions, instead of saying "nothing" which would be the normal response, he says, "anything". For example. "What is in your mouth?", "anything". "What were you doing in your room?", "anything". He also ocassionally will sing, "What do you do with a curvey pirate" because his friend Jack sings, "What do you do with a scurvey pirate"...not sure where that song came from originally but that's the version we get.

William's driving games

When we drive William likes to hear stories or play games. He likes for us to tell him "Chipmunk Stories". These are any story about chipmunks. Mine usually pertain to what we are doing that day or have done recently. They also often have a Dora-esk feel as we spot land marks on our way to our destination. If I'm particularly at a loss, I will alter a Bible story. Recently the chipmunk was being stubborn and refusing to go to town to set up for a celebration for a particular chipmunk he did not like. He found himself in a dark damp cave for three days until he crawled out and finally obeyed his boss and followed the instructions. Any guesses? There was also one based on the Good Samaritan a while back. Jon's are usually much more environmentally educational, and often include identifying trees to gather the correct nuts, and hiking.

Today on the way to Bible study we played "I spy". I am still trying to get him to understand that you actually have to choose an object that you can actually see before you choose a color. He will just say a color and when I guess an object that seems fun to him he agrees that that was what he spied. Even if the object was not in view when he began. I can also get him to agree by acting very excited about my guess as if I know I'm right, and he'll agree that I'm right.

On the way home we played a new game. He kept telling me to be the "guy who asks the questions". It took me a while to figure out that on this drive we would be playing Cash Cab!! We had points and strikes and he even pretended he was kicked out for having three strikes and then pretended he was new people getting into the cab. It was awesome. He's so much fun.

Sick little girl

Callie is sick. She woke up Friday night saying her mouth hurt. Sure enough, she was getting a molar. I gave her motrin and some oragel. The oragel did not go over well! She didn't like that at all. Since then Jon has given it to her and she's done fine with it. Sunday she was acting fine, a little runny nose. But at church she developed a fever. She felt really warm. We took her into service with us and she slept through the sermon. Since then she has continued to have a fever off and on, though I think it's gone today, hopefully not to return. She also started complaining about her ear Sunday evening and Monday it started draining. So, she must have an ear infection, but since it's been draining it hasn't been hurting her so much. But the drainage is yucky. She keeps touching it too. Yuck.

But through all of her sickness, William has had a runny nose off and on....but no breathing problems!!! A very exciting accomplishment.

Friday is now Family Day

Now that Jon is layed off and needing to have time to do his school work, and I am working random hours, we have chosen that Fridays are Family day. We just do something as a family, I will not work and he will not do school work...unless he has to "catch up". We hope to use these days to do some tourist things around here and make some trips to DC, Philly and possibly further to tour. So, today was the first Family Day. Jon did have to do some reading today so we took a short trip. We went to Jim's Market, a local farmers market/flea market/bakery/ deli/pretzel making/etc, etc,etc shop. It is very eclectic but a must at least once around here. Jon had not been there and I had just been introduced recently. We picked up sandwiches and pretzels and headed to Wilson College for a picnic. After we ate the kids and Jon washed their hands, and faces, in the river and we went hiking. First we stopped by the equestrian center and the kids weren't interested in the horses. They just wanted to climb on the obstacles (not sure if these things are used for horse jumping or not). Then we went on the nature trail. It's along the river and through the "jungle" as William calls it. It's very nice. It's right in Chambersburg but you wouldn't know you were right in town. We also visited the sustainable farm and saw chickens, pigs, sheep, cows and got an apple from the nice lady. : ) William did great hiking. He kept pretending he was a farmer showing us around his fields. He would point out things to us like red leaves. Callie on the other hand pretty much did her own thing the whole time. At first she was 10 yards behind us walking near where we had walked but not the same place. She wanted to stop at every river bank to throw things in the water. She insisted on walking on the edge of the road (not a busy road, more like a drive way) not in the grass where we told her to walk. On the nature trail she was being cute though. Jon was ahead of us showing William the plants and telling him what some of them were so Callie was showing me plants. She would touch one and say, "see?" and I would say, "yes" and she would go to the next stick or leaf and do it again. To make her speed up I told her to run up and show Dad, so she ran up to Jon and started showing him the branches and tall grasses. It was a fun time overall. And now they are sleeping soundly and I am heading that way.

The trouble with "playing" doctor

Callie seemed to be feeling kinda under the weather yesterday. Tiny fever, snuggly. As I took her temperature, William got out the doctor kits. He then began to take her blood pressure. I asked her if it hurt anywhere and she said yes. I asked her where. She said her hand (where he was checking her), then when he stopped I asked again, trying to get a real answer. Her foot, her arm and her mouth were mentioned. I had no idea if she even hurt at all! Last night she woke with a cough that told me that her throat must be sore and when asked she did point to her throat. A straight answer, thank you.

AND it must be mentioned that Callie is now sleeping in her big girl bed! Since Sunday. She has done AMAZING with it!! We weren't sure if we should try before our next trip or rely on the pac-n-play for one more time. She has done so well, I'm glad we tried. She has barely even gotten out, three times at the most!! (per night) Way better than the boy. The crib will be gone ASAP! I will then have NO CRIB in my house!!!!!! (But the pac-n-play will be in relatively easy reach for any baby visitors who might need it.)