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Friday, April 25, 2014

A Little of This, A Little of That

I've gotten into a bad habit of not carrying our camera around, thinking that I'll take pictures with my phone.  Unfortunately, I don't take as many and I never think to download them!  So, this post is a mish-mash of lots of different days and fun things we've been up to.

We started taking swimming lessons again and this time Owen was back with his buddies, Sully and Liam.  Here they are at just over a year old and at their first class.
Here they are at 4 years old
 Owen and our friend Nick looking handsome celebrating Nick's sister's 1st Communion
 Proud of his cake that we made for dinner at Nana and Papa's
 Meet Baby M!  We had our 20 week ultrasound this week and everything looked great.  The baby had its hands back behind its head, which is how both Paul and Owen sleep.  It was pretty cute!
 One night this week, Paul had to work late, so after dinner, Owen and I checked out a new playground.  It is right next to a fire station.  A few of the fire fighters pulled out a ladder truck and were doing some training exercises.  We spent a lot of time watching!  Owen was in heaven.
 
 From there, we stopped to get some ice cream.  MMMMM, Superman - his favorite flavor!
 Tonight we went to Chuck E. Cheese with my friend Lisa and her son, Nick.  The boys had a great time!








Saturday, April 12, 2014

Sky Zone and an Egg Hunt

Last weekend, we didn't have any plans for Sunday, so we asked Owen what he wanted to do...go to the zoo, the park, etc.  He chose to go to Sky Zone to jump on the trampolines. 

We discovered an area where you can jump into a pit of foam blocks and O had a blast!




Last night we met up with our Friends the Lavines at a park to enjoy pizza and an Easter egg hunt.  We ran into Owen's buddy from daycare, Kaden.

Piper, Lucy and Owen ready to hunt for eggs
 Meeting the Easter Bunny

Playing at the playground while waiting for the hunt to begin
 Best buddies!
 Working as a team to find those eggs!
 Checking their loot
 Having fun on Kayden's 4-wheeler

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Owen's 4 Year Well Child Check

Today was Owen's 4 year well child check up.  I was shocked how far out the appointments were when I called to make the appointment!  He is 42" tall (82nd percentile), 39 pounds (80th percentile) and has a BMI of 15.9. 

The doctor asked him about what kinds of foods he likes to eat and he responded with "broccoli."  She asked him to spell his name and count to 10, hop on one foot, walk on his tip toes and walk on his heels with his toes pointing up.  He did all of those things and said, "easy!" 

We talked a lot about his asthma plan and adjusted it down to just using his inhalers when needed instead of twice a day.  His pediatrician was very happy with how he had grown, how smart he is and just his overall personality.  He had to get one shot at the very end and he said, "Ouch!" but didn't shed a tear or make a fuss.  I was very proud of him for a great check up.

In our everyday lives, four has been tough so far.  O tests every limit, and we struggle most with him having responses to every consequence.  For example, if we tell him that how he is acting isn't okay and if he chooses to keep doing it, we'll take away XXX or we won't go to XXX.  He comes back with, "Well I will just go downstairs and get it" or "I'll just walk there by myself if you won't take me."  It's so hard to not get engaged in little arguments with him.  The other thing right now is not listening.  We have to tell him to do everything 12 times and then threaten to take away XXX or not go to XXXX.  It's exhausting some days.

We deal with this many times a day, but we do also have some really great moments too and he can be pretty funny at times.  The other day, he told me that if the baby is a girl, he thinks her name should be Sparkles.  But then he told me that if it is a girl, that we have to either throw her away of give her back to God because her bow tie (hair bow) will get wet in the tub.  Tonight I asked him to do something and he replied, "Easy peasy, lemon squeezy mom!"  I had to chuckle at that one!  Not sure where it came from, but it was cute. 

He is dead set on wearing only pants with pockets because then he is "like a police."  He has three shirts that have patches sewed on them and he insists on wearing a "badge" shirt every day for the same reason.  Every day he dresses up in a fireman costume and he chases Paul around the house because Paul is the robber and he is the police.

Love this little man, even on the days that he tried us the most. :)