tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33021544041777456652024-02-19T01:01:36.005-07:00The Thornock FamilyRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-7124739665487124922014-02-12T12:50:00.000-07:002015-03-27T13:15:52.984-06:00Old house, New House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the last 2 weeks, we closed on two real estate deals. We sold our first home in New York. It was bitter sweet leaving that home and passing it along. I loved that house. I worked hard on that house. That house was "done." But, I know that our friends who bought it will love that house too. Plus I'll get to occasionally see pictures of it. :)<br />
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A few days later, we closed on our new house here in Texas. And after all the issues we had with that closing, I seriously never want to have to close a real estate deal ever again. Or at least never use our terrible lender ever again...<br />
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Our new house in Texas is big, and beautiful, and we love it. Which is good, because it needs some love. Although the house is 8 years old, the original owners seem to have never, not once, purchased a can of paint or picked up a paint roller. Everything is brown or beige. Brown floor tiles, medium brown oak cabinetry, brick fireplace and hearth, brown granite, brown tiled backsplash (it matches the floor... no bueno) and super-flat, beige cheap paint on every single wall. Including the ceilings. Suffice it to say, I see paint in our future. Lots and lots of paint.<br />
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The day after we closed, Brian left town to attend his father's funeral. Which left me in charge of getting our family moved out of our furnished rental and 2 storage units that weekend. Luckily, our ward is big and helpful and we have a really big turn out to help get everything into the new house in less than 5 hours.<br />
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Once the help was gone, I found some of the kids toy boxes and got to work making an even bigger mess than I already had on my hands... because that's how moving in works. <br />
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Long story short, it was a long weekend. But we bought a new house, we had help, we got moved in, we broke the sabbath (kids gotta eat!) and then went to church anyway. Daddy came home. We survived... barely. And we keep wading through the boxes, trying to reassemble our lives here in Texas. It'll happen. Sometime...Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-91335987325424224152014-01-21T20:05:00.000-07:002015-02-11T20:09:23.655-07:00First Day of School, Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, a week later than expected due to real estate uncertainty,
Allison started school again. We are now, officially, a Rowe Lane Rocket
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Allison was super brave and super excited (97% sure that I was more nervous than her). I hope she has a great new start here. :)Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-18654298018954774602014-01-15T20:02:00.000-07:002015-02-11T20:04:59.919-07:00The Great Frigid FiascoOtherwise known as: Moving Day in a Polar Vortex.<br />
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Oh yes, my friends, you read that right. Polar Vortex. Capable of turning nearly any and all plans involving being in the North East into a nice big mess.<br />
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You see, our move was scheduled for January 6-8th. Two days to pack, one to load and then we could be on our way to Texas early on January 9th. Plenty of time to get it all done with little stress. Ha... <br />
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What went wrong? Well, for starters, our assigned moving crew found themselves on January 6th in Atlanta with all flights cancelled. For ice. What? Ice in Atlanta? Seriously? So, they rented a car and drove all day and night long to Pennsylvania to pick up the moving truck which they would then drive to Syracuse and be to us and packing no later than noon on the 7th. Except when they got to the truck, the temperatures were so cold that the diesel fuel had frozen to a slush in the truck's gas tank. I didn't even know that was possible!<br />
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That being the case, it was no impossible for our crew to move us, so we got an emergency assignment to a new crew that had just finished a job in Boston. They hopped on the road and got to us about 6 pm on January 7th. Fully 33 hours after our move was supposed to start. They now needed to cram our 3 day pack and load into a day and a half.<br />
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Our crew was kind of awesome. They started working immediately and packed late into the night. The packed and loaded with high temperatures of 8* and negative windchills. I've never been more glad to hire movers. Ever.<br />
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By 4 pm on January 8th, nearly everything we owned was boxed (with varying degrees of care) and loaded onto a 53" moving truck. Surprisingly, we took up a LOT of the truck... about 2/3rd. Who knew he had so much stuff?<br />
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And then this happened. Best thing ever. :)<br />
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This Christmas was a little crazy. We spent many hours looking at MLS listings, trying to find a home to buy in Austin, on the phone arranging moving details and generally cramming too much into a short period of time. Sounds like life, right?<br />
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This little Beanie Boo was special to Allison. She saw it at Michael's just a few days before Christmas and fell. In. LOVE. She had to have it, but we talked to her about how Santa had probably finished his shopping and was working on wrapping and packing the sleigh. But, he's pretty magic, so he managed to slip it in her stocking. She was so excited to find it there.<br />
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... Princess figures galore! Santa must know this little girl pretty well... ;)</div>
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I LOVE the look on Carter's face here. Legos: best thing ever. Happiness (and hours of occupied time that does not require screen or batteries) in a box! </div>
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I love this picture. I think is sums up and awesome Christmas morning from a kids point of view: watching a movie, in a sugar coma, surrounded by new toys. </div>
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Skaneateles is an adorable town in the Fingers Lakes region and they do a beautiful Dickens Festival every year at Christmas time. Knowing we were leaving NY, we decided that we could NOT miss the Dickens Festival this year. Can you imagine how jolly, festive and Christmas-y it would be to wander around the cute little village in the upstate New York snow with actors in period Dickens dress around?<br />
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In spite of the rain, we did enjoy ourselves. The kids saw Father Christmas (Lindsey was not so sure she wanted to see him), met Scrooge at the library during story time, wandered the town for sweets and found hot chocolate (and an adorable photo op) at the Mirbeau Spa. <br />
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A few days later, we upheld our family tradition of making Gingerbread Houses for <strike>display</strike> slowly eating. Each year the kids stage and personality show through when we do these. (PS: look at those pretty, pretty white cabinets! I painted those!)</div>
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Allison was very planned and meticulous in her house. She even drew a sketch of what she wanted it to look like. <br />
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This little girl. Who let her turn 2? Where did my baby go? Seriously, I need answers!<br />
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Pizza for dinner. Birthday crown courtesy of Allison. Because you can't have a birthday without a birthday crown! </div>
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She makes the best facial expressions. The series of photos I have from singing happy birthday to her is hilarious. She LOVE to be the center of attention and LOVED having "Happy Birthday" sung to her. <br />
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Happy birthday, sweet girl! Now please stop growing up! Love, Mommy<br />
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<br />Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-16893307276778337642013-12-09T07:53:00.000-07:002013-12-09T07:53:29.536-07:00What a difference a year can make... For some reason, I found myself skimming old blog posts a few weeks ago. I think it was so I could get a "before" photo of my kitchen. While skimming, I happened upon last year's "holiday decorating" post and I was struck with how different my home now looks one year later. I knew how much work had been done, because I did most of it all by myself (2 hours of preschool/nap every day has been so productive!). But when you work on a project that evolves slowly, you tend to forget where you started and how far you've come.<br />
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So here's my house, pieces of it anyway, before and after. <br />
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Huge differences, right? I took a minute to think about all the things I've done to this house JUST this year. Its huge! In 2013 alone: *painted all the trim white *replaced 6 closet doors *painted 14 interior doors white *painted exterior front door teal *painted interior of all exterior doors charcoal *painted master bedroom *painted both halls and stairwell grey *painted brick fireplace & mantle white *painted the stained concrete hearth grey *painted the chevron-ed half wall over the fireplace *removed all door hinges and knobs and painted them oild-rubbed bronze *painted kids' and half bath *painted the kitchen and back laundry hall *refinished kitchen cabinets to white *Re-painted Lindsey's room (cause the color I picked in 2012 was ugly) *made new window treatments for kitchen, half bath and master bedroom *purchased new window treatments for living, dining, Lindsey's and Allison's rooms *new over-the-sink light fixture *new front porch light fixture</div>
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I think that's it for "permanent" changes. Quite a year, huh? And on that note: anyone want to buy a beautifully updated home? Move-in ready! 'Cause we're moving to Texas in 4 weeks... :)</div>
Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-29098411322333616772013-10-28T07:44:00.001-06:002013-10-28T07:44:22.258-06:00Where've I been?Busy. Going crazy. Losing my mind, and generally engrossed in this journey called motherhood. Trying really hard to like it, but not succeeding very well...<br />
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But while I've been struggling with that, here's what's happening with my cute kiddos (who I love, and even usually like... even when motherhood in general isn't busy being my favorite thing).<br />
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1) They started school. About 8 weeks ago, just like the rest of the world. Their mother is, shockingly, not on the ball enough to blog about it in a timely manner. Actually, I blame Facebook. Facebook (and Instagram) makes me less likely to blog, since all my cute photos get shared there first. Speaking of cute photos: <br />
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Favorite Color: Pink - Favorite Food: French Fries - Favorite Book: I-Spy - Favorite Movie: Barbie Mermadia - Favorite Activity: Drawing - Favorite Animal: Unicorn - When I grow up I want to be: An Artist<br />
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Allison loves school. She loves it so much that she doesn't even realize she's bored. She pre-tested at the beginning of the school year, which showed her to have a mid to late 3rd grade reading ability and to be "above average" in math. Allison spends a lot of time at school reading and coloring on the back of her worksheets. But she loves her teacher and has made a new "best friend" in class that I hear a lot about. :) She is currently working really hard to earn and save money for the American Girl Doll of the Year, Saige. She's almost there (almost $80 in her piggy bank!). </div>
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Big thumbs up for 5 days a week at the district's UPK program! </div>
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Favorite Color: Blue - Favorite Food: Sandwiches - Favorite Book: Lego Ninjago Encyclopedia - Favorite Movie: Power Rangers - Favorite Activity: Legos - Favorite Animal: Ducks - When I grow up I want to be: the Blue Power Ranger<br />
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Carter is really loving pre-K. I was worried that he'd hate 5 days a week, but he likes his class a lot. It helps that they have Legos to use as manipulatives in class, I think. :) He is making friends and learning names in his class. His teachers are very brave: Carter's class is 18 little kiddos, 14 are boys. Can you imagine trying to run a class with 14 four-year-old boys in it?</div>
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Sadly, the only two photos I got of Carter's list is blurry, AND the dates are wrong on both lists (I used last year's file and edited it, but forgot to change the year on Allison's and date on Carter... *sigh*). <br />
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2) Allison participated in a little local pageant. Don't judge me. Its not a Toddlers and Tiaras type pageant, its a local, natural pageant focused on building confidence. They are also now doing the local Miss America prelims. :) Allison "won" a princess title in her age category, which is the title they give to all the girls who don't win a Queen title (1 Overall Queen {with the highest score of the day} and 1 Division Queen in each age group). She was thrilled with her title, since it came with the tiara that had the biggest red jewels.<br />
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Allison is also going to have her picture featured in a local magazine because of her participation. It hasn't come out yet, but I think it'll be out soon. :) <br />
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Cute girl waiting for crowning. :) </div>
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Princess! :)<br />
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Beyond that, we're just trying to survive life as usual around here. Excited for Halloween this week. Maybe I can get those pictures up before Christmas. Maybe... </div>
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They loved it. Brian and I decided that it probably wasn't worth the 4-hour one-way drive JUST for Lego Land, but as a part of a larger trip to the city it would be totally worth it.<br />
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The Discovery Center is like a Lego-themed children's museum. Lots of interactive exhibits. Lots of big Lego builds. Lots of building stations. A few rides, a "4-D" interactive movie... lots of fun for kids Carter and Allison's age. If we lived closer, it'd totally be worth an annual pass, I think.<br />
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Allison turned 6 last month. I keep wondering where the time has gone. We threw her a fun art-themed party with her friends. Allison loves art and crafts and is so talented (you should see her drawings! She draws better than I do!), so this theme was perfect for her. </div>
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The cake. An artist's palette seemed perfect and simple for an art party. :) And since we still had leftovers of this on her actual birthday a few days later (and she took cupcakes to ballet camp the morning of her birthday)...</div>
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I totally talked her into a simple angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream on her actual birthday. </div>
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My grown-up girl wasn't' much into toys this year. We did give her a horse for her 18" doll, which she's loved. And Carter gave her a Lego Friends set (which he's gotten to play with ever since) but she didn't ask for toys for her birthday this year.<br />
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What did she want instead? A watch... perfume (we compromised on vanilla body spray)... jewerly. This one's 6 going on 16 I tell ya.<br />
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Happy birthday, Allison! Don't grow up too fast!<br />
<br />Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-9188795162325618512013-08-06T18:13:00.001-06:002013-08-06T18:13:42.380-06:00Legos: Best Toy Ever or Worst Toy Ever?Let's discuss...<br />
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On the pro-lego side we've got the fact that they entertain the boy for HOURS. HOURS. He'll sit and build, and rebuild. Then build a city to go with his build, and heros and bad guys to be in the city. Plus they're a great imaginative & problem solving toy. Build doesn't work? Find the problem and fix it. Not to mention fine motor skills.<br />
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On the con-lego side... They get strewn about the house. Legos are everywhere, in spite of the
fact that we have a Lego table for building and a big bin for storing
them. Plus they get lost, and if the special tiny piece that he's
looking for it lost, its a tragedy. Massive, pre-school level tragedy.
And have you ever stepped on a Lego? 'Nuff said!<br />
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But here's the real kicker: EVERY single tantrum the boy throws is about Legos. My build isn't working. My build broke. I can't find my build. I want 10 more minutes to build. Allison looked at my build. Lindsey broke my build. I don't want to go anywhere because I'll be bored without my Legos. I don't want to go to bed because I'm not done building. I want that Lego set, and mean mommy won't buy it for me (which is a whole other con: they're EXPENSIVE!).<br />
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So... what do you think? The tantrums have me about ready to get rid of all our legos... because they're the worst toy ever. Except for the fact that they're the best toy ever... <br />
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<br />Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-60160987805671216652013-07-28T17:16:00.002-06:002013-07-28T17:16:27.377-06:004th of JulyOur kid are finally old enough to know when they're missing out on stuff. Like the 4th of July. They may no understand why its supposed to be a fun day (although I think Allison's could probably tell you its America's Birthday), but they know that when the calendar says July 4th fireworks happen and they do NOT want to miss out.<br />
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Last year was our first foray into large-crowd, after-bedtime activities. We watched fireworks at the lake with lots of friends, but we decided then that this year we'd be going to the baseball game to get our fireworks fix (they post-game fireworks started 45 minutes earlier than the big show across the lake!). <br />
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As luck would have it, there was a carnival going on at the ball park too! Talk about kid heaven. We even let them go on rides for the first time ever (our kids are totally deprived). They had a blast. Carter was in LOVE with the "Wild Hogs" motorcycle ride. Big surprise... <br />
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The game and fireworks were fun too, but by that time we were 3 hours past our normal bedtime, and Carter decided that the fireworks were scary. In his defense, they shoot them off right behind the outfield wall, so they are very close and very loud. And in my defense, I was totally prepared with ear plugs for the kids. Carter just decided that they were still too loud, so he sat on my lap, crying, with me covering his ears through the whole fireworks show. The joys of tired kids... :) <br />
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<br />Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-75821113110872610392013-07-08T19:35:00.001-06:002013-07-08T19:35:25.254-06:00Swim LessonsAllison and Carter have been in swimming lessons consistently for over a year. Its 8 weeks on, 1 or 2 weeks off year-round. In my mind, learning to swim is not a choice. My kid WILL learn to swim well enough to be able to survive a normal water situation. That means, bare minimum, being able to dog paddle to an edge/shore and knowing how to tread water. With Allison, we are finally making progress!<br />
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This was about a month ago, in the deep end, actually really truly swimming on her own! She needs to get more efficient, so that she can swim farther, faster and longer, but she's swimming!<br />
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<br />Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-16929148717946043382013-06-08T16:43:00.001-06:002013-06-09T19:34:02.641-06:00"Follow the North Star" RecitalAllison has once again spent the year in ballet lessons. Her recital was last night and it was wonderful. I can't being to say how much I think of the women how run Light of the World Ballet School and company. They are amazing and inspired and really do bring the Light of Christ to the people and places they visit.<br />
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Last night's recital was a story ballet based on Harriet's Tubman's operation of the Underground Railroad. Allison's Ballet 1 class portrayed water and danced to "Wade in the Water." I got about half of their dance on video before the camera battery died... I feel lucky that the dying battery didn't corrupt the file! Allison is the one on the far left of the video that runs on last just as it starts. She's also the littlest. :)<br />
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AND, I got lots of photos too. I tried to balance getting photos with actually watching her dance with my own eyes, not the camera lens. :)<br />
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coloring in the dressing room. She was excited for this... :)</div>
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I was so proud of Allison last night. For the first time, she was
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Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-24179178860659924122013-05-25T17:53:00.001-06:002013-05-25T17:53:03.680-06:00Carter's Preschool ProgramThree kids seems to have me far too busy to blog. But since use the blog to justify being terrible at journal keeping, I must blog.<br />
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Carter has finished his first year of preschool. He mostly loved it, except for the couple of days this spring when I literally had to carry him in kicking and screaming (I wish I were exaggerating!). He learned a lot: he knows his colors and shapes, and can count all the way to 39, as long at you don't care about 15 (he misses 15 every single time!). His speech is also coming along. I think he can properly say and "L" every time without thinking about it now. If only his "th" would come. :) He knows his letters and most of his letter sounds and is interested in starting to sound out words. I suppose it time to start helping him learn to read... how did we do that with Allison again?<br />
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At the beginning of May, Carter's class put on a short program of their favorite songs from the school year. This happened to be one of the days that he was determined not to go to school, telling me that he hated school and programs and he didn't want to be up on stage and see all those people smiling at him. And he didn't want any of his classmates smiling at him either (apparently being smiled at is something Carter takes major offense to). I pulled out my big parenting guns and told him that if he got happy and did the program happily so that I could take great pictures, we'd go to Target and get a small Lego set for him. Bribery makes the world go round... <br />
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The BEST part was when the kids came out for the ending wearing star sunglasses and sporting poster-board guitars. They sang along to parts of the story "Pete the Cat: I Like My White Shoes" on CD. It was awesome, and I'm buying Pete the Cat books on Allison's next book order! :) So adorable. </div>
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Our favorite little boy turned 4 a few weeks ago.</div>
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Yes, my house it messy. Yes, my kids are wearing their pajamas (and I'm in yoga pants). Yes, that terrible cough is Allison (she has the flu, hence the messy house and kids in pjs). And yes, that funny little fast stomping action is Lindsey's interpretation of "dance."<br />
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I really love this video. :)Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-69677670980626919282013-03-16T12:34:00.001-06:002013-03-16T12:34:36.803-06:00RochesterOut here, Rochester is kind of the place to be. Better restaurants, awesome kids museums, close to the temple... all sorts of good things!<br />
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Over Christmas break (yes, I'm still trying to catch up!) we took the kids for a little 2 day trip to Rochester. We hit up the Science Museum and the Museum of Play. It was two kid-focused days and helped break up the winter break. But next time, I'd like to take after my friend Estelle and run away to a craft/home dec store while Brian does the museum with the kids... we'll see how that goes over.<br />
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Allison got to be a special helper in an electricity demonstration, because she was wearing light-up shoes. She thought that was pretty fun... :) </div>
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Daddy explaining how the solar cars worked</div>
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Carter digging up dino bones. I LOVE this picture. </div>
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T-rex! Run!!!</div>
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Roar!</div>
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Racing at the Museum of Play</div>
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Making constellations at the Dora Exhibit</div>
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Lindsey like "planting flowers"</div>
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Carter planted flowers too.</div>
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First sliding experience. She loved it!</div>
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Cutest taxi driver ever. </div>
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And otherwise, I promise we're not dead over here. Just busy. I swear I've barely had a minute to stop and think for the last few months. And its all my own doing... just call me queen of self-inflicted over-commitment.Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-85421885563653456072013-01-10T07:53:00.001-07:002013-01-10T07:54:33.847-07:00Somtimes...<div style="text-align: center;">
Sometimes I'm certain that we are raising the next Gene Simmons... </div>
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We had a really lovely Christmas at our house. Here's a recap in pictures and captions. :)</div>
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Theres just something wonderful about the late night hours of Christmas Eve, when all the wrapping is done and the tree is ready for the morning. I love to take a few minute to enjoy the peace and the anticipation of the joy the next morning will bring. </div>
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The stockings were carefully stuffed and placed<strike> by the chimney</strike> on the couch with care (my mantle is way back in the playroom... I'm not braving that mess for Christmas morning!) </div>
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On to the Presents! We got...</div>
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Ski clothes from Grandma and Grandpa McKee for our family ski trip.</div>
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A baby more interested in the wrappings...</div>
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Santa came through with Hot Wheels Play Sets... </div>
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And a hand-made tower crane...</div>
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And then we pretty much stayed in our PJs, built legos, assembled toys, did crafts and talked to family all day. Hope your Christmas was as lovely as our was.<br />
<br />Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-34966407663429632792013-01-01T11:00:00.002-07:002013-01-01T11:00:50.104-07:00First SnowWe got super lucky this year and didn't see any real snow until the 21st of December. Don't worry... we're paying for it now: tucked in under about 3 feet 10 days later. :)<br />
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Since the snow was new and novel, the kids were dying to go out and play in it. I saw a cute idea on Pinterest for snow "coloring" using colored water in squirt bottles. The kids really liked that, plus it helped fill up those LONG Christmas Eve hours.<br />
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Sadly, a week later, now that the snow isn't novel, we're facing WEEKS of been cooped up all the time. Is it spring yet?Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-42026865601844984232012-12-29T10:16:00.000-07:002012-12-29T10:16:31.162-07:00Holiday decorating and then some... In spite of the still pink hallway (I have major color-choice paralysis), I've been busily trying to make our house more homey and put our stamp on it. I really enjoyed decorating for the holidays this year. But it did give me a sizable clearance-stuff-for-next-year wishlist. :)<br />
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Entry way. This is the first year I've done up my entry. I don't have a mantle, except for in the playroom, so this is kind of my "mantle" decor. I love the Holy Family figure we have there. Its actually my only "adult" navitivy... must fix that. My in-laws brought it back from the Domincan Republic for us. It stays out year-round... but not on this table year-round. Behind the nativity I have 3 hurricane vases (the dollar store hand-made kind!) filled with gold & silver beads, candles, gold and silver mini-ornaments and gold & silver winter berry decor picks. I tied fishing line to some ball ornaments and taped them to the back of my mirror, the filled a glittery leaf bowl (a wedding gift that I love and have decided will no longer live in a box in the basement) with more ornaments. The tree and the little season's greetings sign were Target clearance scores. The "print" is a free printable found here. I printed it at home and stuck it in a frame and mat that we already had... without even removing the regular picture that lives in that frame. :) Next year I might use some garland & lights on here... we'll see.<br />
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Stair case. Please ignore the mess on the floor... I was still mid-decorating when this picture got taken. I wrapped & swagged the garland around the banister, strung it with lights (half of which burned out before Christmas... grr) and hung our stockings. Yes, there are only 4 there. Yes, Lindsey does have a stocking that matches, but her doesn't have a ribbon to hang it by and I never managed to go that 5 minute task this season. And I can't have any more kids, because I only have 5 of these stockings and I love them. After the stockings were hung I decorated the with pine cone decor picks, white star ornaments and more ball ornaments in 3 sizes (I might have bought a LOT of those last year or the year before on clearance... I think they were something like 25 cents per tube and I intended to make topiaries for my porch with them. Oops... at least they're getting used now!). I really like how this turned out. </div>
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On a non-holiday decorating note: we had family picture taken in late September and a few days before Christmas I FINALLY got our portrait gallery up. The clock in the center Brian got me for Christmas two years ago. I've always loved it, but didn't know where to put it. <br />
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I like it, but I kind of think it needs something in the low corners... what do you think? Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-66097543285201338922012-12-26T14:00:00.000-07:002012-12-26T14:00:26.042-07:00Lindsey's First BirthdayI spent weeks in denial that it was happening. Lindsey couldn't be turning 1. Simply not possible. She's my baby and she's staying that way, right?<br />
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Lindsey turned 1 and I have accepted it. Here's a few pictures of her big day:<br />
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She stated with some classic 1-year-old activities, like emptying the DVD cabinets...<br />
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Then moved onto drinking her real milk for a cup (for the record, she thinks cups are over-rated)...<br />
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and other general cuteness (check out those fangs!)...</div>
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After dinner came the cake. I really wanted to do a cute owl cake, but that just didn't happen. Oh well... </div>
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At first she thought we were crazy when we gave her that big ol' slice...</div>
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Then she figured she'd better taste it before we changed out minds.</div>
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Dainty finger eating was taking way too long, so she grabbed the whole slice... </div>
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And put it where it would count. :)</div>
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Mmmm... cake!</div>
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And when she was done, she let us know in the usual manner: Grab her cake... </div>
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Happy birthday, baby girl!</div>
Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-2911732243051759442012-12-21T18:41:00.000-07:002012-12-25T18:41:50.916-07:00Busy, busy...My lack of posting lately doesn't mean there's nothing to post about... just that we're too darned busy around here to sit down at the computer uninterrupted for 10 minutes. :) Here's a brief run-down of what we've been doing in the last month or two:<br />
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<li>Rosie Starting work at the YMCA super-part time. </li>
<li>Lindsey started walking...</li>
<li>and had her first birthday (this one gets its own post... soon!)</li>
<li>We finally had our first snow.</li>
<li>Brian and Rosie have been busy working on Christmas projects.</li>
<li>Rosie's been busily trying to turn her sewing room into funcational space rather than barely managed chaos. </li>
<li>Ward Christmas Party happened. </li>
<li>We decorated for Christmas...</li>
<li>and got some non-holiday decorating projects done too! </li>
<li>And now Christmas is upon us! </li>
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So... we've been a LITTLE busy. But Brian's home from work all week, so I'm hoping to get a few things posted soon. :) Stay tuned... Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302154404177745665.post-64513952055125717822012-11-19T12:35:00.002-07:002012-11-19T12:35:19.590-07:00BasketballCarter is playing basketball at our local YMCA. Coaching 3-year-old
basketball is totally an exercise in managing mass chaos. And the kids
are kind of adorable. When they play a game, the coaches really just
have the kids stand on marks on the floor (Xs for offense, Os for
defence), the pass the ball to every position and then shoot. Then run
down to the other end and stand on the marks so that the other team can
have a turn to shoot. Managed chaos. <br />
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Carter loves
basketball, except for the parts where he has to share the ball, or pass
the ball, or someone else gets the ball... we're working on the
sportsmanship part of the game. Althought I know of a few NBA players
who might fit the Carter mold... Anyway, pictures... thats why I blog,
right? As a platform to show the grandma's more pictures. :)<br />
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Now, if you know anything about Carter, you know he's pretty darn good at basketball for a little kid. Started practicing pretty religiously<a href="http://thethornocks.blogspot.com/2010/12/carters-first-love.html"> about 2 years ago</a>... :) <br />
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Dribbling during practice. He's pretty good. Usually gets 5 or 6 bounces before losing it. </div>
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Pouting... he was the first kid to get the ball at the beginning of the game and he did NOT want to pass it...</div>
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Second time on offense he got the ball last and got to shoot..</div>
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I'll save you the suspense, since my camera decided it needed to refocus just after this picture: he made it. :) He was very proud of himself. </div>
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Passing the ball. You can kinda see how this works. Coaches arrange them properly, then tell them who to pass to (or demonstrate "hands up" for defense). If the wrong team gets the ball on a pass, they give it to the right team. And no one keeps score... :)<br />
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Carter made 2 shots and 2 rebounds on Saturday. He was a pretty happy kid... once he got past the fact that its not "Carter-ball". Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352445571971199423noreply@blogger.com1