Mallory: “OOOOOH YEAH WE’RE WINNING”
Year: 2011
Football Observations from a 5 yr old
Mallory: “Does (sic) all of the other bad teams want to do something bad to Denard?”
Me: “Yes”
Mallory: “But then our guys want to save him?”
And who says it’s not fun to watch football with your kids?
Carson’s Car Accident
Today was a day that I was going to get Mallory off the bus, run a ton of errands with just one kid, and then pick Carson up at 5:55p. But instead, I got a call from daycare at 3.32p that Carson fell on the playground and “split his eyelid open”. I said I’d be right there (without asking any questions).
Then I called my sister (who was shopping with NO KIDS) and asked what I should do.
Emily the clinician fired back: “Is it cut all the way through? Tell them to keep pressure on it.”
Sam the panicked mom responded: “I …
Busy
So, we’ve been busy. Thus the lack of real posts lately.
Here’s a summary of what’s been going on.
Mallory had a ruptured eardrum and RAGING ear infection a few weeks ago. (I’ll probably blog about this some day because it wasn’t one of my favorite parenting moments).
We went to the football game at MSU and we lost. (I probably won’t blog about that).
Mallory’s two bottom teeth continue to get wigglier and wigglier. She still believes that she isn’t allowed to lose these until 1st grade. (The pediatrician even noticed that Mallory had loose teeth because they are getting …
Birthday Girl – 2011
Mallory on her 5th birthday. And then Carson had to invade.
Wise beyond her years.
Michigan is at Iowa this weekend. The game starts in 25 minutes.
Mallory just asked if the game started yet…I told her no.
She said “Oh. So everyone is still tailgating?”
The stars are aligned…
Thursdays of away game weeks aren’t my favorite nights. I’m tired, the kids are tired, and Mallory has rock climbing until 7p on Thursdays (and the kids are usually close to getting in their pajamas around 7p, so to not even be home at 7p is already a strike against us).
Then add in getting home, getting diapers changed, getting in pajamas, getting teeth brushed, getting kids to take their various asthma and coughing medicines, plus getting kids in bed and to sleep as quickly as possible because with Rick gone, I have to get kids to their various destinations early …
Halloween 2011
When we started talking about Halloween this year, I wasn’t sure what Mallory would say she would want to be. I thought it would be some sort of princess/fairy hybrid thing.
So color me tickled when she said she wanted to wear Bryce’s old Michigan football uniform for Halloween this year. There was still lots of time for her to change her mind so color me even more tickled when she consistently and unwaveringly told us and everyone that she still wanted to be a Michigan football player for Halloween.
I really got excited when I found out Mallory got to wear …
2011-12 School Pictures
Carson & Mallory’s school pictures (or “peeksures” if you are speaking in Carsonese).
Carson 2.5 yrs old, Preschool.
Mallory, almost 5, KINDERGARTEN!!!!!
Me.
Rick & I get lots of questions about where Mallory & Carson get their blond hair from. Rick & I both had blond-ish hair when we were little but nothing like how white-blond Carson’s hair gets in the summer.
Me, about 2 years old. I hope I’m wearing pants.
We also get the standard “who do you think they (the kids) look like?” questions. Lots of people say that both of the kids look like my dad – which is interesting, since people also say the kids like a lot like Rick (and I don’t think my dad & Rick look …