Wednesday, November 28, 2007
craft projects
Last Wednesday I thought it would be fun to try a craft project with Braeden. Since the next day was Thanksgiving I thought that we could make turkeys with our hand prints. I went out and bought paints, glue and feathers to make "turkey hands." Braeden was VERY excited. He loves to color so I thought that painting would go over pretty well. He loved painting but didn't want to make "turkey hands" the way I wanted him to. He would rather paint his hand and then paint the paper with the paintbrush. Things went well until I put the paints away before he was finished painting. We did have a little bit of a meltdown but after a short timeout we got the feathers on the turkey and a finished project. It may be a while before we break the paints out again but we ultimately had a good time with our little craft. Here is a short video and pictures of our exciting time.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Fun stuff
This week has been fun with just a pinch of crazy sprinkled on top. The week started off pretty slow with just work and sleep until we got to Thursday. Now let the fun begin! Braeden's daycare center was having a Thanksgiving FEAST that the parents were invited to attend. How dang cute is that! It was a pretty good time eating in tiny chairs, playing with tiny toys and watching the kids fight over each tiny toy. Here are a couple of pictures of my daycare adventure.
Hannah kept trying to hold Braeden's hand but he was having no part of it! His girlfriend wasn't there for the party. :(
Braeden's teacher Mrs. Keisha thought he may need a little help looking out the window since he is so little.
Braeden and Mrs. Nikki (another teacher) eating some yummy food.
Braeden showing me the shaking eggs.
Who doesn't like a game of Ring Around the Rosie.
After daycare on Thursday I had made an appointment to take Braeden up to the mall and meet Rachel and Gavin to have pictures taken. Last year we had the boys picture taken together and we want to try and get them done every year. Last year the boys really were not into getting their pictures taken. If it wasn't Braeden crying then it was Gavin.
This year was not much different. Gavin was REALLY good for the pictures. I can not say the same for Braeden. He FREAKED OUT! I have no idea what his deal was but he kept crying like he was afraid to stand on the fabric that they pull down as the backdrop. Rachel and Gavin got their pictures taken together first to see if Braeden would calm down. He was still not feeling it when they were finished so we decided to give him a little time and then try again. About an hour and half later we tried again. We did actually get some pictures taken but it was a serious workout. All I have to say is if I have another kid I am skipping the 2 year pictures! Here are a couple of the pictures that were done.
Friday was yet another exciting day this week. It started like any other day of the week when I have to work. Braeden wakes me up and demands a pop-tart, milk and cartoons. As we wre watching The Many Adventures Of Pooh he turned to me and said, "Mommy ear itching." I asked if it was itching or if it was hurting he said hurt but then turned back to pooh so I thought it may just be an itch. About 5 minutes he said it again and started to rub it and whine. GREAT! I called our doc.'s office and they were booked but told me to call in the morning and they have call-ins only on Saturday. By this point Braeden is crying and rubbing at that ear. I decided that I would take him into the urgent care rather than waiting until Saturday to have him checked. I got to Children's at 11:30am and Urgent care doesn't open until 5:00pm so I had to go and sit in the ER. We were in the ER for about 2.5 hours before we saw a doc. By the time the doctor got to the room that we were chillin in Braeden had just passed out. She checked him out and said that yes he had another ear infection. She didn't say it like that it went a little more like this..."His eardrum is bulging with puss." She then made this face where her cheeks were puffed out. GROSS! Once again we are on an antibiotic and go in to see Dr. Thomas in 2 weeks. We are sure to see a EENT shortly thereafter.
The ending of the week was awesome! Why? Well I will tell you just in case you were trapped under a rock this weekend. OSU beat the crap out of Michigan! Heck yeah, GO BUCKS!
Hannah kept trying to hold Braeden's hand but he was having no part of it! His girlfriend wasn't there for the party. :(
Braeden's teacher Mrs. Keisha thought he may need a little help looking out the window since he is so little.
Braeden and Mrs. Nikki (another teacher) eating some yummy food.
Braeden showing me the shaking eggs.
Who doesn't like a game of Ring Around the Rosie.
After daycare on Thursday I had made an appointment to take Braeden up to the mall and meet Rachel and Gavin to have pictures taken. Last year we had the boys picture taken together and we want to try and get them done every year. Last year the boys really were not into getting their pictures taken. If it wasn't Braeden crying then it was Gavin.
This year was not much different. Gavin was REALLY good for the pictures. I can not say the same for Braeden. He FREAKED OUT! I have no idea what his deal was but he kept crying like he was afraid to stand on the fabric that they pull down as the backdrop. Rachel and Gavin got their pictures taken together first to see if Braeden would calm down. He was still not feeling it when they were finished so we decided to give him a little time and then try again. About an hour and half later we tried again. We did actually get some pictures taken but it was a serious workout. All I have to say is if I have another kid I am skipping the 2 year pictures! Here are a couple of the pictures that were done.
Friday was yet another exciting day this week. It started like any other day of the week when I have to work. Braeden wakes me up and demands a pop-tart, milk and cartoons. As we wre watching The Many Adventures Of Pooh he turned to me and said, "Mommy ear itching." I asked if it was itching or if it was hurting he said hurt but then turned back to pooh so I thought it may just be an itch. About 5 minutes he said it again and started to rub it and whine. GREAT! I called our doc.'s office and they were booked but told me to call in the morning and they have call-ins only on Saturday. By this point Braeden is crying and rubbing at that ear. I decided that I would take him into the urgent care rather than waiting until Saturday to have him checked. I got to Children's at 11:30am and Urgent care doesn't open until 5:00pm so I had to go and sit in the ER. We were in the ER for about 2.5 hours before we saw a doc. By the time the doctor got to the room that we were chillin in Braeden had just passed out. She checked him out and said that yes he had another ear infection. She didn't say it like that it went a little more like this..."His eardrum is bulging with puss." She then made this face where her cheeks were puffed out. GROSS! Once again we are on an antibiotic and go in to see Dr. Thomas in 2 weeks. We are sure to see a EENT shortly thereafter.
The ending of the week was awesome! Why? Well I will tell you just in case you were trapped under a rock this weekend. OSU beat the crap out of Michigan! Heck yeah, GO BUCKS!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Happy Halloween!
I know I am late but the saying goes "Better late than never." Right? This week has been a little bit crazy because I am a procrastinator and I had nothing ready for Halloween. We finally got everything together by Sunday. Braeden had been with Grandma Taylor on Saturday since I had to work and they wanted to have a little birthday party for him. Trick or treat was also on Saturday so I sent over Braeden's costume so that they could take him out. Well when they tried to put his costume on he started crying so they took him to a couple of houses in his regular clothes before it started raining. On Sunday I wanted to carve pumpkins so after I picked up Braeden we got to it. At first Braeden was not so excited about carving the pumpkin but that passed quickly once we gave him the scooper to get those "guts" out. It didn't take long before he was following Travis and just putting his hand down in there to grab out the guts.
We didn't carve the faces of the pumpkins until after Braeden went to bed that night. The first one I carved quickly because I really didn't have any idea what I wanted it to look like. It did turn out better than I thought it would.
While carving the first pumpkin Travis had the idea to make the next one look like we had cut the top of its head off. What a great idea! We decided to try and make this pumpkin look a little like Frankenstein. I had the task of drawing the face onto the pumpkin while Travis cleaned, carved and perfected the look. I think it turned out pretty sweet.
Here are the two pumpkins on cute little stands that Travis's mom bought for us.
On Tuesday Travis and I took Braeden out trick or treating in Centerville. I was excited because the costume I had bought for Braeden was super cute and could not wait to see him in it. Let me tell ya Braeden did NOT like that costume at all. He SCREAMED his head off as soon as I put it on him. It wasn't just a cry but a scream like someone was hurting him and it went on for about 10 minutes until I finally got him settled down with candy and Wiggles. After that outburst we didn't have any issues with the costume. We went out to Centerville and met Travis's boss and his family to go door to door with our buckets. We were out for about an hour and a half and got a TON of candy. Braeden had a great time and now we are trying our hardest to regulate the candy intake. Here are a couple of pics from our trick or treating adventure.
We didn't carve the faces of the pumpkins until after Braeden went to bed that night. The first one I carved quickly because I really didn't have any idea what I wanted it to look like. It did turn out better than I thought it would.
While carving the first pumpkin Travis had the idea to make the next one look like we had cut the top of its head off. What a great idea! We decided to try and make this pumpkin look a little like Frankenstein. I had the task of drawing the face onto the pumpkin while Travis cleaned, carved and perfected the look. I think it turned out pretty sweet.
Here are the two pumpkins on cute little stands that Travis's mom bought for us.
On Tuesday Travis and I took Braeden out trick or treating in Centerville. I was excited because the costume I had bought for Braeden was super cute and could not wait to see him in it. Let me tell ya Braeden did NOT like that costume at all. He SCREAMED his head off as soon as I put it on him. It wasn't just a cry but a scream like someone was hurting him and it went on for about 10 minutes until I finally got him settled down with candy and Wiggles. After that outburst we didn't have any issues with the costume. We went out to Centerville and met Travis's boss and his family to go door to door with our buckets. We were out for about an hour and a half and got a TON of candy. Braeden had a great time and now we are trying our hardest to regulate the candy intake. Here are a couple of pics from our trick or treating adventure.
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