Last night Jadon had swimming again. We are not sure what level he is in. He was signed up for level 2 (the same level he has been doing for 3 sessions now). On tuesday evening, we thought they moved him back to level 1, but we are not so sure now.
In order to move up to level 3, he has to be able to: <children must be able to float unassisted on their front and their back for 5 seconds; they must also be able to float with assistance on each side for 5 seconds> Jadon doesnt do any of that... he will barely stick his face in the water.
However, his new class is 2 older kids.... probably 7 year olds.... and they are doing more advanced things. Jadon is supposed to do those things too, but the teacher assisted him to his "level" of confidence. This teacher seems really nice and encouraging (I guess I should mention that every 5 weeks he gets a new teacher, which is terribly unfortunate since just as he is beginning to feel confortable with one, they change it on him again.) Last night they worked in the deep end of the kiddy pool (which is 4.5 feet deep, and too deep for Jadon to touch the bottom.) We were very encouraged by this new teacher, as she gentley made him do the things he was supposed to do (like dunking his head!) He had to float on his tummy by himself on a pool noodle, and the teacher only held his hand, although he was panicking a little. When he does his back floats, he typically will start panicking when the teachers try to let go of him. This teacher somehow managed to let go of him for a second, and even though he panicked, it was progress. He had to jump in the pool onto a noodle, unassisted by the teacher, and he did it!!! He even fell in the pool after losing his balance standing on the side, but he didnt freak out, although we could see on his face that he was bewildered and had we said anything to him he would have burst into tears. Instead we sat there smiling big at him. She seems to be pushing him more, which is exactly what he needs!!!!!!!!!!!
I really hope he doesnt have to change teachers again this session (last session they switched the teacher halfway through the session, and this session he started out with a boy teacher then moved him.) If he continues at this pace with this teacher, he may actually get somewhere instead of digressing.
Avery... well, shes just a fish! She had swimming this morning, and I feel like i'm just a big pain to her. She doesnt want me to hold her, she just wants to go on her own! She was full of energy and so happy in the pool! She participated 100% in the class, had a blast jumping into the pool, and followed directions very well!
I cant help but feel guilty for Jadon's fear of swimming. I feel like if I had continued waterbabies and waterkids with him, he would also have been like Avery- loving the water and swimming, and not afraid.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
An end and a beginning
We are concluding a very busy last few months, and it feels good! Since April things have been really busy here.... as Derek said yesterday- its too busy and doesnt fit his lifestyle! :)
On Sunday we had the honor of watching Derek's baby sister get married....it was a beautiful wedding at Postlewaits Country Weddings. The setting could not have been any more gorgeous! Everything was carefully landscaped, complete with a waterfall and bridge, sunflowers dancing in the background, and a view of snow covered Mt. Hood in the distance. It was breathtaking!
The bride herself was also breathtaking!
Derek and I had back stage passes for the event.... Derek was a groomsman, and I was Maid of Honor, which truly was an honor for me! And it was probably the first and last wedding that i'll be in where wasnt a candle lighter!
Jadon got to sit in the front row aisle seat, and after the ceremony when the bride and groom were announced and walking back down the aisle to the song "Another one bites the dust," Jadon jumped up and started dancing! This was just the beginning of his wild night! (Pictures to follow soon!)
During the reception, he was tearin' up the dance floor! He had alot of fun dancing the night away.... he was even dancing with the ladies!
There were lots of little kids for him to play with, and he easily makes friends now with EVERYone. One thing that I love about him! He doesnt care who someone is or what they look like, he'll befriend them immediately! I hope this is a character quality that he keeps through his life.
We just started a new session of swimming lessons last night for Jadon..... it didnt go well. They dropped him back into level 1. Why? Because he wont do his dunks. He says it scares him to put his face in the water because he thinks he's going to sink. But, when he was in level 1 several months ago, he did his dunks just fine. But since he's been in level 2, they havent pushed him to complete his dunks, so he realized he can get away with barely sticking his face in and they count it. Last night that finally backfired on him though.
Its frustrating to Derek and I since we are paying for it, and we mentioned to each other last night that he might do better in a private lesson. Something i might have to look into. I think its important for him to learn how to swim. I took swimming lessons off and on as a kid, and I know how to keep myself alive in the water if I needed to, but one thing that has always bothered me is that I have to plug my nose to go under water. I hope that with consistent lessons both he and Avery will learn to swim for safety reasons, and so they will have more fun in the water.
On Sunday we had the honor of watching Derek's baby sister get married....it was a beautiful wedding at Postlewaits Country Weddings. The setting could not have been any more gorgeous! Everything was carefully landscaped, complete with a waterfall and bridge, sunflowers dancing in the background, and a view of snow covered Mt. Hood in the distance. It was breathtaking!
The bride herself was also breathtaking!
Derek and I had back stage passes for the event.... Derek was a groomsman, and I was Maid of Honor, which truly was an honor for me! And it was probably the first and last wedding that i'll be in where wasnt a candle lighter!
Jadon got to sit in the front row aisle seat, and after the ceremony when the bride and groom were announced and walking back down the aisle to the song "Another one bites the dust," Jadon jumped up and started dancing! This was just the beginning of his wild night! (Pictures to follow soon!)
During the reception, he was tearin' up the dance floor! He had alot of fun dancing the night away.... he was even dancing with the ladies!
There were lots of little kids for him to play with, and he easily makes friends now with EVERYone. One thing that I love about him! He doesnt care who someone is or what they look like, he'll befriend them immediately! I hope this is a character quality that he keeps through his life.
We just started a new session of swimming lessons last night for Jadon..... it didnt go well. They dropped him back into level 1. Why? Because he wont do his dunks. He says it scares him to put his face in the water because he thinks he's going to sink. But, when he was in level 1 several months ago, he did his dunks just fine. But since he's been in level 2, they havent pushed him to complete his dunks, so he realized he can get away with barely sticking his face in and they count it. Last night that finally backfired on him though.
Its frustrating to Derek and I since we are paying for it, and we mentioned to each other last night that he might do better in a private lesson. Something i might have to look into. I think its important for him to learn how to swim. I took swimming lessons off and on as a kid, and I know how to keep myself alive in the water if I needed to, but one thing that has always bothered me is that I have to plug my nose to go under water. I hope that with consistent lessons both he and Avery will learn to swim for safety reasons, and so they will have more fun in the water.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Fashionless
Yup, thats me! Fashionless! Usually the fact that 90% of my shirts are t-shirts and tank tops doesnt bother me. Every once in awhile it bothers me for a few minutes, then I get over it. But this time i'm REALLY bothered by it.
Lots of people do cute things on their blog posts, like "Wordless Wednesday", or "Thankful Thursday", or they do 365 day challenges where they take a picture every day and post about it every day. Lots of things like that, where the posts are centered around that theme for that day.
Anywho, I read a blog (yes, one of the many that I read weekly), of a mom who has two adopted kids... one is 2 I believe and the newest addition to their family is a newborn that they just adopted.
So anyways, once you become a mom (particularly stay-at-home-moms), especially when the kids are younger, its so easy to get into a rut of not getting dressed and presentable every day.... sweat pants, not doing your hair, and no makeup become your daily attire. Why? because its easy, fast, and when you're just chasing kids around all day, you dont want to be stuck in uncomfortable clothes that dont let you move, and everything gets stained from dirty little fingers touching you, or when the toddler starts flinging food all over!
So on her blog, this girl started doing "What I Wore Wednesday." And what she does is take a picture of her outfit that she's wearing each day of the week, and then on the following Wednesday she posts those pictures of her in her outfit on her blog. The point of this is to try to encourage her to look more presentable every day, instead of the sweatpants/t-shirt/no makeup/hair not done.
So where am I going with this? Well, her outfits are so dang cute! She is so much more stylish than me... in fact, it feels weird to even put "me" in the sentence with the word "stylish." I have no fashion sense whatsoever. Its sad.
Typically the new styles that come out each year do not appeal to me until either a year or so down the road, or after seeing someone else where it. I cannot imagine an outfit in my head when i'm shopping. (Thats why mannequins are good for the fashionally challenged people like me ;) )
Another reason i'm fashionally challenged is because I cant fathom spending more than $10 on any one item. However, these days the only thing you can find for that cheap are- you guessed it!- t-shirts and tank tops!
My hair also presents quite a challenge for me in a fashion sense. Curly, thin, frizzy, flat... those are words that describe my hair. I cant think of anything positive about it. Whenever i get my hair cut, the hairdressers always try to put some height on top by having me hang my head upside down while they dry. It doesnt work for my hair. When they do this (or i've even tried doing it at home), the first 2 inches of hair from my scalp always create like a flat table topish nonsense, but then the rest poofs out in an unruly, frizzy mess. And different cuts and layers do not help this... .so i'm doomed to having flat hair forever!
Also, the front of my hair, where bangs are when i have them, always hangs right into my face, hangs in my eyeballs, drives me nuts.... so i do what i've done pretty much every day for the last 4 years... pin the bangs back. I'm soooooo sick of looking at this though! Bangs arent an option for me.... its just too time consuming, and my bangs tend to have a mind of their own.
So, as you can see, I need help! I would love to hear input from anyone about what styles they think would look good on me- hair and clothes! Send links too if you want to help! Visuals are always good! -TIA!!
Lots of people do cute things on their blog posts, like "Wordless Wednesday", or "Thankful Thursday", or they do 365 day challenges where they take a picture every day and post about it every day. Lots of things like that, where the posts are centered around that theme for that day.
Anywho, I read a blog (yes, one of the many that I read weekly), of a mom who has two adopted kids... one is 2 I believe and the newest addition to their family is a newborn that they just adopted.
So anyways, once you become a mom (particularly stay-at-home-moms), especially when the kids are younger, its so easy to get into a rut of not getting dressed and presentable every day.... sweat pants, not doing your hair, and no makeup become your daily attire. Why? because its easy, fast, and when you're just chasing kids around all day, you dont want to be stuck in uncomfortable clothes that dont let you move, and everything gets stained from dirty little fingers touching you, or when the toddler starts flinging food all over!
So on her blog, this girl started doing "What I Wore Wednesday." And what she does is take a picture of her outfit that she's wearing each day of the week, and then on the following Wednesday she posts those pictures of her in her outfit on her blog. The point of this is to try to encourage her to look more presentable every day, instead of the sweatpants/t-shirt/no makeup/hair not done.
So where am I going with this? Well, her outfits are so dang cute! She is so much more stylish than me... in fact, it feels weird to even put "me" in the sentence with the word "stylish." I have no fashion sense whatsoever. Its sad.
Typically the new styles that come out each year do not appeal to me until either a year or so down the road, or after seeing someone else where it. I cannot imagine an outfit in my head when i'm shopping. (Thats why mannequins are good for the fashionally challenged people like me ;) )
Another reason i'm fashionally challenged is because I cant fathom spending more than $10 on any one item. However, these days the only thing you can find for that cheap are- you guessed it!- t-shirts and tank tops!
My hair also presents quite a challenge for me in a fashion sense. Curly, thin, frizzy, flat... those are words that describe my hair. I cant think of anything positive about it. Whenever i get my hair cut, the hairdressers always try to put some height on top by having me hang my head upside down while they dry. It doesnt work for my hair. When they do this (or i've even tried doing it at home), the first 2 inches of hair from my scalp always create like a flat table topish nonsense, but then the rest poofs out in an unruly, frizzy mess. And different cuts and layers do not help this... .so i'm doomed to having flat hair forever!
Also, the front of my hair, where bangs are when i have them, always hangs right into my face, hangs in my eyeballs, drives me nuts.... so i do what i've done pretty much every day for the last 4 years... pin the bangs back. I'm soooooo sick of looking at this though! Bangs arent an option for me.... its just too time consuming, and my bangs tend to have a mind of their own.
So, as you can see, I need help! I would love to hear input from anyone about what styles they think would look good on me- hair and clothes! Send links too if you want to help! Visuals are always good! -TIA!!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Summer??? What's summer?
Summer apparently does not exist in the great northwest this year. We had a whole week a week ago where it was nice and sunny, and in the 70's and low 80's... that was our summer. We are back to clouds, rain, colder, and even fog! And yes, I am complaining and whining! You'd complain and whine too if the only 3 months out of the year that you get to see sunshine was instead filled with more clouds and rain!
Yesterday evening we were driving home and Jadon said "what's that smoke over there?" Someone was using their fireplace. IN JULY FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! I mean seriously, it can't get much worse than this in July! The weathermen have seriously screwed with us too. Last week they predicted it to be partly to mostly sunny and 70's for temps. They were completely wrong, and it has since changed to rain. Of course. Yesterday they were predicting that today, Monday, would be our nice day for the week- a lonely sunny 80+degree day smashed between 2 days of rain. Last night when I went to bed, the weather widget on my computer was still saying that today was going to be sunny and 80 degrees.....woke up this morning to clouds, and the weather is now supposed to be thunderstorms.
I read a blog of a girl who lives in Vancouver, WA, and they are having the same weather as us, and this is what she said (she puts it into words much better than I do!):
I wonder how much longer we are all going to be able to take this. It's getting pretty darn rough. Earlier this week we were told that the weather was going to be sunny and mid 70's today. It was a lie. I think it's just a conspiracy now to keep people from jumping off bridges and moving away. Luckily we knew that we could look forward to tomorrow's sunny 80 degree forecast. Wait. They've changed that too. More rain. Hopefully next weekend will be better... I mean really, it can't get much worse than pouring rain, roaring wind and pea soup thick fog. In July. And yes, I *did* just knock on wood after typing that!
I especially like the part where she said that the weathermen are just teasing us with promises of sunshine to keep people from moving away and jumping off bridges. SO TRUE!
Its also pretty sad that I can write an entire post based only on the crappy "summer" weather that we are having! I feel like we are running out of time for summer! Everyone in Oregon knows that once September hits, the rain starts coming back again... July and August are typically our most reliable summer months.
If I sound like i'm starting to go a little nuts, its probably because I am! I was hoping to put my jeans and sweaters away for a couple months and give them a break.
Dont get me wrong, i'm extremely glad its not in the 100's here like elsewhere in the country.... i'd even be happy with just 70 and sunny... but the raaaaaaain is really getting OLD!!!
Any guesses what the forecast for wednesday, thursday and friday is???? Sunny and 70's. Anyone wanna bet that it will change???? OH! And the funny thing is that the weather seems to be mocking me now! As if on cue, it just started raining!
Yesterday evening we were driving home and Jadon said "what's that smoke over there?" Someone was using their fireplace. IN JULY FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! I mean seriously, it can't get much worse than this in July! The weathermen have seriously screwed with us too. Last week they predicted it to be partly to mostly sunny and 70's for temps. They were completely wrong, and it has since changed to rain. Of course. Yesterday they were predicting that today, Monday, would be our nice day for the week- a lonely sunny 80+degree day smashed between 2 days of rain. Last night when I went to bed, the weather widget on my computer was still saying that today was going to be sunny and 80 degrees.....woke up this morning to clouds, and the weather is now supposed to be thunderstorms.
I read a blog of a girl who lives in Vancouver, WA, and they are having the same weather as us, and this is what she said (she puts it into words much better than I do!):
I wonder how much longer we are all going to be able to take this. It's getting pretty darn rough. Earlier this week we were told that the weather was going to be sunny and mid 70's today. It was a lie. I think it's just a conspiracy now to keep people from jumping off bridges and moving away. Luckily we knew that we could look forward to tomorrow's sunny 80 degree forecast. Wait. They've changed that too. More rain. Hopefully next weekend will be better... I mean really, it can't get much worse than pouring rain, roaring wind and pea soup thick fog. In July. And yes, I *did* just knock on wood after typing that!
I especially like the part where she said that the weathermen are just teasing us with promises of sunshine to keep people from moving away and jumping off bridges. SO TRUE!
Its also pretty sad that I can write an entire post based only on the crappy "summer" weather that we are having! I feel like we are running out of time for summer! Everyone in Oregon knows that once September hits, the rain starts coming back again... July and August are typically our most reliable summer months.
If I sound like i'm starting to go a little nuts, its probably because I am! I was hoping to put my jeans and sweaters away for a couple months and give them a break.
Dont get me wrong, i'm extremely glad its not in the 100's here like elsewhere in the country.... i'd even be happy with just 70 and sunny... but the raaaaaaain is really getting OLD!!!
Any guesses what the forecast for wednesday, thursday and friday is???? Sunny and 70's. Anyone wanna bet that it will change???? OH! And the funny thing is that the weather seems to be mocking me now! As if on cue, it just started raining!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Randoms
I still havent decided yet whether to keep Blogger or Wordpress. Supposedly with Wordpress I have quite a bit more space for storing pictures than I do with Blogger, however, after looking at the space i've used already with each, i'm quite confused.
After 3.5 years on Blogger, i've only used 14% of the space.... with Wordpress i've already used more than 5% in just a month! I'm trying to figure out why i've already used that much space up in Wordpress, and if I cant figure it out, then i'll be sticking with Blogger for sure, since a good point of me blogging is for the pictures anyways!
On a different subject, one of my friends on Facebook had mentioned this website that she was just loving, so I went and checked it out, and oh my goodness, I LOVE it! Its called Pinterest, and bascially people just submit pictures of things that they find on the internet that they like that they share with the rest of the Pinterest users. Sounds lame, but its sooo not! I've found so many ideas for gifts, kids projects, and home decorating ideas, etc. Things that I never would have found otherwise! Its great!
Take a peak! Go to www.pinterest.com and browse the categories they have. I started by looking under the "kids" category, and it brings up everything from picture ideas, to craft ideas, to room ideas, (all kid related) etc.
If you sign up for the website, you will have to first request an invite, and then you'll likely have to wait a few days or so to get accepted. Or, i can send you an invite, just let me know! I dont know if getting an invite from me would speed the process up or not?
On another different subject, another friend on Facebook was talking about how her stepdaughter had just lost a tooth, and how at the daughters biological mom's house, the daughter gets $20 from the tooth fairy everytime she looses a tooth, which I thought was completely RIDICULOUS!!!! I think I remember getting like a quarter... and I dont know if that was even for every tooth, or just for the first few teeth. I dont remember getting anything for losing teeth once I got a little older. So I was curious, what do you think is an acceptable $$$ amount for losing a tooth??
My poor kids will certainly NOT be getting a $20 for each tooth!
After 3.5 years on Blogger, i've only used 14% of the space.... with Wordpress i've already used more than 5% in just a month! I'm trying to figure out why i've already used that much space up in Wordpress, and if I cant figure it out, then i'll be sticking with Blogger for sure, since a good point of me blogging is for the pictures anyways!
On a different subject, one of my friends on Facebook had mentioned this website that she was just loving, so I went and checked it out, and oh my goodness, I LOVE it! Its called Pinterest, and bascially people just submit pictures of things that they find on the internet that they like that they share with the rest of the Pinterest users. Sounds lame, but its sooo not! I've found so many ideas for gifts, kids projects, and home decorating ideas, etc. Things that I never would have found otherwise! Its great!
Take a peak! Go to www.pinterest.com and browse the categories they have. I started by looking under the "kids" category, and it brings up everything from picture ideas, to craft ideas, to room ideas, (all kid related) etc.
If you sign up for the website, you will have to first request an invite, and then you'll likely have to wait a few days or so to get accepted. Or, i can send you an invite, just let me know! I dont know if getting an invite from me would speed the process up or not?
On another different subject, another friend on Facebook was talking about how her stepdaughter had just lost a tooth, and how at the daughters biological mom's house, the daughter gets $20 from the tooth fairy everytime she looses a tooth, which I thought was completely RIDICULOUS!!!! I think I remember getting like a quarter... and I dont know if that was even for every tooth, or just for the first few teeth. I dont remember getting anything for losing teeth once I got a little older. So I was curious, what do you think is an acceptable $$$ amount for losing a tooth??
My poor kids will certainly NOT be getting a $20 for each tooth!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Beach day
We had a really fun day at the beach with our friends and their son on Sunday! We had a picnic lunch on the beach and stayed there for about 4 hours, then went to the Hatfield Marine Science Center, then to dinner and we really enjoyed the day!
Jadon and Joshua were so good, we barely heard a peep from them the whole time! They are very similar in personalities... very laidback, easy going, timid in trying new things... so they just get along great! They are like two peas in a pod!
Avery had a really good time "playing" frisbie... as did Derek and I! It was nice relaxing in the sun too! :) We couldnt have asked for better weather, it was perfect!
We didnt get home until about 8pm, and both kids had passed out on the way home, they were EXHAUSTED. Lucky for us, they got into bed about 9:30pm after we'd given them showers and did their usual bedtime routine, and they had no problems going to sleep! Phew!
The only glitch to the day was that Avery only got about a 15 minute nap after we left the beach, so she was not real pleasant at the restaurant. (not like she usually is anyways, but it was worse this time.)
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Jadon and Joshua were so good, we barely heard a peep from them the whole time! They are very similar in personalities... very laidback, easy going, timid in trying new things... so they just get along great! They are like two peas in a pod!
Avery had a really good time "playing" frisbie... as did Derek and I! It was nice relaxing in the sun too! :) We couldnt have asked for better weather, it was perfect!
We didnt get home until about 8pm, and both kids had passed out on the way home, they were EXHAUSTED. Lucky for us, they got into bed about 9:30pm after we'd given them showers and did their usual bedtime routine, and they had no problems going to sleep! Phew!
The only glitch to the day was that Avery only got about a 15 minute nap after we left the beach, so she was not real pleasant at the restaurant. (not like she usually is anyways, but it was worse this time.)
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Poll results
Here are the results of the poll I posted a couple weeks back:
The one that says "Other answer..." was from Derek, and it said: "i like the one that you like best"- typical answer from him!
I havent yet decided which one i'm going to stick with yet.... on one hand, i hate to give up the old one because i've been blogging on it since before Jadon's first birthday. But on the other hand, I like the change and have not been quite as annoyed with Wordpress so far as I get with Blogger.
Blogger is extremely simple to use, whereas i'm still trying to figure Wordpress out.... i'm having to go through alot of the tutorials on Wordpress, something I didnt need to do on Blogger because it was so easy.
One of the reasons I wanted to get away from Blogger was because its a pain to put pictures into the posts. Wordpress has made that much easier! However, i cant upload my videos into either, so thats annoying. Not sure why my videos wont upload.
It seems that each has its pro's and con's, and i just have to decide which pro's are better, and which con's are more annoying!
| Give me some more time | 2 | 33.33% |
I'm indifferent | 2 | 33.33% |
The new one, hands down! | 1 | 16.67% |
Other answer... | 1 | 16.67% |
The old one | 0 | 0% |
Undecided | 0 | 0% |
The one that says "Other answer..." was from Derek, and it said: "i like the one that you like best"- typical answer from him!
I havent yet decided which one i'm going to stick with yet.... on one hand, i hate to give up the old one because i've been blogging on it since before Jadon's first birthday. But on the other hand, I like the change and have not been quite as annoyed with Wordpress so far as I get with Blogger.
Blogger is extremely simple to use, whereas i'm still trying to figure Wordpress out.... i'm having to go through alot of the tutorials on Wordpress, something I didnt need to do on Blogger because it was so easy.
One of the reasons I wanted to get away from Blogger was because its a pain to put pictures into the posts. Wordpress has made that much easier! However, i cant upload my videos into either, so thats annoying. Not sure why my videos wont upload.
It seems that each has its pro's and con's, and i just have to decide which pro's are better, and which con's are more annoying!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Neighbors
Yesterday was quite a day. We spent the morning out in the front yard, the kids played and I was doing some yard work/getting sunburned. I didnt wear sunscreen because I was trying to get rid of the t-shirt suntan that I had gotten 2 days earlier. I dont want any silly tan lines for my sister-in-laws wedding in 2.5 weeks! However I ended up with a new tan line instead and sunburned shoulders instead.
So the kids were kindof being pains yesterday... they had gone to bed late late late the night before since they stayed up watching fireworks, so they were both a little out of sorts and testing my patience. After lunch I set up the sprinkler in the front yard for them to play in, got myself settled in a lawn chair with my ice water and a crossword book... I was prepared to relax while the kids played in the sprinkler. Neither one wanted to go in it though. I dont know why Avery didn't want to go in, and Jadon didnt want to go in because Avery wasn't going in. So, 10 minutes later we were heading back inside. At that point, I called it a day and put Avery down for nap earlier and Jadon in quiet time, and I was completely exhausted so I also went and took a little 30 minute snooze.
Around 3:30pm, Jadon and I went back out in the front yard to play and clean up my mess from earlier. Our neighbor a couple houses down came home and was hitching his boat to his truck, and I heard him make a noise that sounded like he'd hurt himself, looked up, and he was keeled over grabbing his hand. He yelled over to me that he needed help, he had just gotten a really bad injury. So I ran over, and sure enough, he's sliced his palm up BADLY. He was dripping blood all over his driveway, but luckily he had applied pressure right away and the bleeding did stop. I called 911 and asked them to send an ambulance for him, and grabbed a towel for him to wrap his hand in. He said he didnt want to look at his hand because he was afraid he'd go into shock after looking at it.... I got a glimpse of it when he removed his hand to put the towel on it.... it was mangled.
I had to stay there with him until the ambulance got there, while Jadon sat in our driveway watching at a distance. I told him to stay there, not come over. I didnt want him to see the hand for one thing... he's kindof a weenie when it comes to blood and injuries!
While we waited for the ambulance, the guy started saying things about how he needed to move his boat, then went over to try moving it with his good hand, to which i told him to stop because we didnt want anymore injuries. Then he said his truck was in the road and it should be moved, and I said we'd just wait until the ambulance got there, it'd be fine until then. (the paramedics did end up moving his boat and truck for him and closed up his garage.) Then he said that he could probably walk to the E.R. faster... he was not being sarcastic at this point, so I was afraid he was starting to lose it, so I said that the ambulance would be here any time now. It did get there quickly, but for us waiting there it seemed like a year. From the time I went over to assess the damage to the time the ambulance left his house couldnt have been more than 15 minutes.
I'm still curious to find out what the damage to his hand is..... if he broke any bones... he was certainly going to have to have lots of stitches, thats for sure! So that was the second time so far this year that ive had to call 911 for one of our neighbors. Do I just have really clumsy neighbors? Or have I just been in the right place at the right time???
Anyways, hoping today is a better day!
So the kids were kindof being pains yesterday... they had gone to bed late late late the night before since they stayed up watching fireworks, so they were both a little out of sorts and testing my patience. After lunch I set up the sprinkler in the front yard for them to play in, got myself settled in a lawn chair with my ice water and a crossword book... I was prepared to relax while the kids played in the sprinkler. Neither one wanted to go in it though. I dont know why Avery didn't want to go in, and Jadon didnt want to go in because Avery wasn't going in. So, 10 minutes later we were heading back inside. At that point, I called it a day and put Avery down for nap earlier and Jadon in quiet time, and I was completely exhausted so I also went and took a little 30 minute snooze.
Around 3:30pm, Jadon and I went back out in the front yard to play and clean up my mess from earlier. Our neighbor a couple houses down came home and was hitching his boat to his truck, and I heard him make a noise that sounded like he'd hurt himself, looked up, and he was keeled over grabbing his hand. He yelled over to me that he needed help, he had just gotten a really bad injury. So I ran over, and sure enough, he's sliced his palm up BADLY. He was dripping blood all over his driveway, but luckily he had applied pressure right away and the bleeding did stop. I called 911 and asked them to send an ambulance for him, and grabbed a towel for him to wrap his hand in. He said he didnt want to look at his hand because he was afraid he'd go into shock after looking at it.... I got a glimpse of it when he removed his hand to put the towel on it.... it was mangled.
I had to stay there with him until the ambulance got there, while Jadon sat in our driveway watching at a distance. I told him to stay there, not come over. I didnt want him to see the hand for one thing... he's kindof a weenie when it comes to blood and injuries!
While we waited for the ambulance, the guy started saying things about how he needed to move his boat, then went over to try moving it with his good hand, to which i told him to stop because we didnt want anymore injuries. Then he said his truck was in the road and it should be moved, and I said we'd just wait until the ambulance got there, it'd be fine until then. (the paramedics did end up moving his boat and truck for him and closed up his garage.) Then he said that he could probably walk to the E.R. faster... he was not being sarcastic at this point, so I was afraid he was starting to lose it, so I said that the ambulance would be here any time now. It did get there quickly, but for us waiting there it seemed like a year. From the time I went over to assess the damage to the time the ambulance left his house couldnt have been more than 15 minutes.
I'm still curious to find out what the damage to his hand is..... if he broke any bones... he was certainly going to have to have lots of stitches, thats for sure! So that was the second time so far this year that ive had to call 911 for one of our neighbors. Do I just have really clumsy neighbors? Or have I just been in the right place at the right time???
Anyways, hoping today is a better day!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Weekend festivities
We had a busy weekend, and it went too fast! Just like Christmas, the 4th of July comes so fast packed with excitement, then before you blink its done and everyones tiredly crawling into the bed.
Saturday I spent a good portion of the day at Sunnypatch for the artisans boutique. It was VERY slow, probably since it was a holiday weekend, so I ended up leaving early, and didnt have any luck selling anything. Pretty much all few people that came through didnt buy anything.
Sunday we had friends over for the afternoon, so Jadon and their son Joshua spent the afternoon in our little pool, coloring on the porch with chalk, and throwing "Pop-its" that we had bought from the fireworks stand.
Someone threw quite a display of illegal fireworks at our neighborhood park last night. It went on for a couple hours, and i'm not sure how they managed to not get caught. It was pretty though, i'm just glad our house was a block down, and not one of the houses right across from the park! Jadon really enjoyed the fireworks. Its nice that he is getting older and can stay up for those special occasions like that. Avery was very tired about halfway through doing our own fireworks, and by the time i took her inside to go to bed at about 10pm, she was just moaning with exhaustion. It was hard for her to go to sleep with all the loud fireworks outside though. She did manage to sleep until about 7:45 this morning, and Jadon slept until 8:45. So far today she's pretty whiny, so i think she'll be going down for her nap a little early this afternoon!
And here are some pictures from the weekend:
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Saturday I spent a good portion of the day at Sunnypatch for the artisans boutique. It was VERY slow, probably since it was a holiday weekend, so I ended up leaving early, and didnt have any luck selling anything. Pretty much all few people that came through didnt buy anything.
Sunday we had friends over for the afternoon, so Jadon and their son Joshua spent the afternoon in our little pool, coloring on the porch with chalk, and throwing "Pop-its" that we had bought from the fireworks stand.
Someone threw quite a display of illegal fireworks at our neighborhood park last night. It went on for a couple hours, and i'm not sure how they managed to not get caught. It was pretty though, i'm just glad our house was a block down, and not one of the houses right across from the park! Jadon really enjoyed the fireworks. Its nice that he is getting older and can stay up for those special occasions like that. Avery was very tired about halfway through doing our own fireworks, and by the time i took her inside to go to bed at about 10pm, she was just moaning with exhaustion. It was hard for her to go to sleep with all the loud fireworks outside though. She did manage to sleep until about 7:45 this morning, and Jadon slept until 8:45. So far today she's pretty whiny, so i think she'll be going down for her nap a little early this afternoon!
And here are some pictures from the weekend:
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Artisan Boutique
Tonight and tomorrow (friday/saturday) i'll be at Sunnypatch selling my things! I've been terribly busy trying to get things done in time, and while I have a few things, its not nearly enough as i had hoped to have done.
Here's a preview of some items... some need a little tweaking before i'll be satisfied with them, but you get the idea! Sorry, the picture of Avery is crooked but i'm too lazy to go fix it right now!
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Here's a preview of some items... some need a little tweaking before i'll be satisfied with them, but you get the idea! Sorry, the picture of Avery is crooked but i'm too lazy to go fix it right now!
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