is it ‘can’t hardly wait?’ or ‘can hardly wait?’ Sheesh I guess my Stanton education hasn’t helped my grammar hehe. That is why we homeschool our kids! 
Oh Valentine’s Day can’t come fast enough! Every year, since very early in our marriage, we’ve always spent Hearts Day at home. I hate, err we hate, waiting in a crowded restaurant. Sooooo each Valentine’s Day is our Seafood Feast! ohohoh you don’t know how much I’m looking forward to my seafood goodness!
I guess this year we’ll have to figure out how to have our feast without putting Ethan into anaphylactic shock. haha ok it’s not really funny BUT for the past couple of years everytime we cook or eat any kind of shellfish around Ethan (esp when he eats it), his asthma flares, lips swell, neck swells, and throat feels lumpy/tight. Last year, after several failed rounds of steroids and 50+ pricks on his back, we found out why we were having these crazy episodes. And since he would prefer not to be jabbed with an EpiPen, I guess we have to plan dinner better!
Besides, I would PREFER not have to use that thing…you should have seen me and Ethan trying to practice with the trainer pen. You have to jab it to the side of your leg and quickly push the top so that it clicks…but ummm yeah took us both forever to use a trainer pen (it clicks and you feel it snap both for the recipient of the EpiPen and the administrator). Can you imagine us with the real thing???
Oh Ethan! Poor kid has to miss out on the seafood goodness he once looked forward to! Don’t worry Ethan, I’ll eat your share ok? and I promise not to talk or breath on you until AFTER I’ve disinfected my mouth. =D
*Note to self:
CRAB-LEG BREATH + ETHAN = ANOTHER STIMULUS FOR THE MEDICAL ECONOMY
“My best friend is Aiden. He is nice to me. I like to play wieth him. We by toys for each othr.”
- Lizzie, 7 (Feb 2010)
thankful for best friends. they like you for you, even when no one else does.
We can learn so much from kids and how accepting they are of each other. While so many other kids shy away from Lizzie because of her trach and what her ‘voice’ sounds like, there are a few diamonds in the rough that see beyond her trach. He even sticks up for her when she needs it (but that’s another blog for another day).
Last Sunday at church, Lizzie was so lost and obviously bummed that she didn’t have her friend to sit with. So she scooted over next to a few kids who just smiled but didn’t talk to her. The look on her face was so sad that she didn’t have her buddy to dance and sit with during Rooftop. I just watched and didn’t do anything even though I felt bad for her. Sometimes I have to sit back and just let things play out for her even if it means not having someone to sit with.
Well her buddy was running a little late for church. Boy did she perk up when he came in! Her head popped up and eyes lit up. The sigh of relief on her face and body movement was an even bigger sigh of relief for me! It’s hard sometimes to sit back and not come to her rescue.
Too bad we don’t have smell-o-vision! Oh it was so tasty and perfect, esp the pumpkin loaf. It had just the right combination of a toasty crust and a moist, yet fluffy middle…great job Ethan!
Move over Bobby Flay and Emeril, Ethan’s in the house!
or the Cake Boss…except he doesn’t like Buddy Valastro very much, Ethan thinks he is mean. Besides I think he prefers cooking main dishes to desserts.
The last couple of months Ethan has really taken a liking to cooking. Nothing specific, just anything we’d allow him to cook without us. I love this age where he’s old enough to move around the kitchen with minimal supervision. He HATES when I pull the ‘helicopter-mom‘ on him so I really do try to stay out of his hair.
We have quite a few boxed mixes in our pantry so we asked him if he’d like to bake us a goodie. Of course he jumped on that opportunity!
He’s baking brownies and pumpkin bread as I type. (I have to keep busy so I’ll stay out of his way, although he doesn’t seem to mind having his dad in the kitchen! hmmm) He said next time he’ll mix a bit of the brownie batter with the pumpkin to make a chocolaty (is that how you spell it? because that looks funny) pumpkin loaf. mmmmm!
Thanks Kuya for baking us treats!
Nice! Check out this case/cover for the MacBook by twelvesouth.
Perfect for all the book nerds like me! Too bad they don’t have one for my 17″. Oooh maybe they should make one for the Kindle…ohohoh I wonder if there already is one similar to this for the Kindle?
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Dear Mr. BookBook maker,
I know you say you are ‘not just Mac friendly’ but ‘Mac only’. Could you please make one for my 17″ or at least for my Kindle? Actually, would you please make it more affordable too because your current price is out of my budget.
From one of your bummed fans
Good morning sunshine! or is it? We shall see! Today is the last part of Enzo’s reevaluations for Occupational Therapy. He’s grown in every way and has worked hard to accomplish his goals. He’s been discharged from Speech and Physical Therapy for a little while now, so this is the last leg for him. After today, he could be therapy-free!
He’s been all ‘therapied’ out for a long time now (not sure who’s more ‘therapied’ out, me or him). He loves his therapists though, esp his OT (so do I, so I’m not sure if I’m ready to discharge her). But since a month after coming home, that’s all he’s known…week in and week out. So this is long over due.
Although last week when we were talking about his reevaluation and graduating from OT, he was really bummed and said he wasn’t going to work hard next time. I’m hoping he forgets today =)
So…will we be marching to ‘Pomp and Circumstance‘?
…to be continued…
thankful for cousins. they can claim your BFF status even before you are old enough to know what it means.
One of their Language/Writing assignments this week was to pick a person (proper nouns) and write a thank you note (handwriting). Before I could even give them ideas for people to write to, they already had their mind set on Baby Gracie and Jordy Bordy.
Enzo has claimed Jordan to be his ‘bestest friend ever in the whole world.’ Lizzie can’t get enough of Baby Gracie and wants us to take her home. I think she’s still a bit confused as to why we can’t just bring Baby Gracie home and make her an ‘Ormeo forever’. After all we’ve done that twice. Try explaining that to her.
thankful for her joyful noise. what sounds like ‘quacking’ to others, is a joyful noise to her audience of One.
She loves to sing. It doesn’t matter where she’s at or what she’s doing. she especially likes to rock out to praise and worship cd’s in the car and on her iPod. When all three kids are making all kinds of ruckus, yes I admit..I get so irritated at all the noise esp while I’m driving. But once in a while when I just tune in to her noise, her ‘quacking’…she’s rockin’ out!
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD. – Psalm 100:1
