Saturday, January 31, 2009

Sick of being sick

Ruthie is a pro at temperature taking!
Tate can practically do it himself now!
A few of our recent favorite things

We are dealing with yet another sick spell! A couple of weeks ago Ruthie and Tate both had the stomach flu on and off for several days, Tate has 4 new molars that popped through last week, and now he has pneumonia and a double ear infection again! It has only been 4 weeks since the last bout with pneumonia. Poor kids.
I am trying out a new motivator for Ruthie. I made her a reward chart on a magnet board and she and I are loving it! Her reward of choice when she gets to 10 is watching a movie. I am surprised that threatening to move her back actually gets her to do things. She really loves movies, and I am willing to do whatever works at this stage.
Other than that we are just starting a few major construction projects. We are painting our kitchen cabinets first. You'll get to see pictures when there is more to show than my missing cabinet doors!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Our 13 Month Old Monkey



Tate is a crazy climber! This kid will attempt to climb absolutely anything. He usually celebrates his arrival to the top of the island with a dance. Tate was just excited that I didn't even try to stop him this time.

(Yeah for my new camera. I can finally post video!)

Friday, January 9, 2009

Catching up: Christmas, New Years and Reunion

We had a very fun and busy past few weeks! These are some of the highlights:
-A very Merry Christmas with a bilzzard, and no power on Christmas morning for an hour
-Ruthie got a new kitchen and a hundred other great gifts
-Tate got a workbench and lots more fun toys
-Ryan got a new putter and glasses
- Sarah got a new point and shoot camera and a trip to Chicago (in May)
-The trip is to see our cutest new niece Emery Kate who was born on Christmas Eve
-We had the Bevan family here for a week for New Years and a reunion
-The kids loved playing with cousins and Nana and Papa
-We had played some good card games
-Ryan and Sarah went skiing and snowboarding
-We had a hilarious variety show that everyone participated in (costumes and dancing)

A few low lights:
-Tate got an ear infection and pneumonia
-Ruthie got a virus and had a high fever for 4 days
-Ryan spent 2 hours under the cabin fixing the broken main water line and a plugged sewer line (Yuck!)