I called a nurse at Micah's allergist last week about his face turning red after he eats green apples and brown pears. After consulting with his doctor, she called me back yesterday and told me it is post peri-oral dermatitis. Pretty much his face will turn red when he eats those foods. She said to not stop giving him those fruit and he will eventually "grow out of it." I told her he just started this two weeks ago! She told me to look it up, and then I will know more about it and can compare pictures.
Well, I looked it up, but it is not what Micah's face looks like!!! The pictures show welts and bumps. Micah's face is smooth. HMMMMM.
Yesterday at lunch, I ran a test on him. I gave him little pieces of green apple (raw, not cooked) to see what he would do. His chin turned a little red, he rubbed his eyes, he got super cranky, and he had two hives on his arm. His bumps on his arm also flared up. And I am supposed to continue to give him these foods??
Luckily I have an appointment with his allergist made for the 17th, and I am going to discuss things with him. I have pictures of his face and the hives yesterday.
I would really like to go to a natural doctor with him. He has some additional symptoms going on that I would like to get to the bottom of!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
Not Listening again?
You know your 7 year old child is not listening when his five year old cousin tells his mommy, "He's not listening very well, is he?" Yes, thank you for making me aware of that!!! At least his mom handled it very well, and I reassured the cousin that we work on his listening skills every. single. day!!!!
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Writing Sentences takes how long??
We have resorted to writing sentences around here instead of going to "time out" for Christian. We didn't feel that "time-outs" were doing any good anymore, and his behavior was not improving. Little did we know that this would takes MUCH longer than the seven minutes he would sit in the corner.
Yesterday he earned 20 sentences. Every time he hit his brother, he earned five sentences. He did this twice, so he had to write, "Micah is my brother and I will not hurt him in any way" ten times.
He also took 50 minutes yesterday to go to the bathroom and get dressed!!! Seriously!! For being this late to school, he wrote "I will get dressed when I am told" ten times also. Apparently he was playing cars in his room while he was supposed to be getting dressed.
He started these twenty sentences at 1 pm this afternoon. I said he had to write ten before I would let him get up. I don't think he got up until at least 4 pm. I let him get a drink and a snack and then it was back to the last thirteen. He had earned an additional three because he kept turning around and watching Courtney play Minecraft while he was supposed to be writing.
He finished all 24 sentences (he earned another one for raising his voice at me tonight) at 8:30 PM!!!!!!
This child spent 7 1/2 hours today writing 24 sentences. WOW!!!
Yesterday he earned 20 sentences. Every time he hit his brother, he earned five sentences. He did this twice, so he had to write, "Micah is my brother and I will not hurt him in any way" ten times.
He also took 50 minutes yesterday to go to the bathroom and get dressed!!! Seriously!! For being this late to school, he wrote "I will get dressed when I am told" ten times also. Apparently he was playing cars in his room while he was supposed to be getting dressed.
He started these twenty sentences at 1 pm this afternoon. I said he had to write ten before I would let him get up. I don't think he got up until at least 4 pm. I let him get a drink and a snack and then it was back to the last thirteen. He had earned an additional three because he kept turning around and watching Courtney play Minecraft while he was supposed to be writing.
He finished all 24 sentences (he earned another one for raising his voice at me tonight) at 8:30 PM!!!!!!
This child spent 7 1/2 hours today writing 24 sentences. WOW!!!
Friday, October 27, 2017
New Allergy Concerns
Oh Micah! I wish he would have a normal immune system and not react to everything!!
Last week, I made apple crisp for breakfast, and when he was done eating, I noticed some red blotches around his mouth. I didn't call anyone, and just let it be. It went away within an hour.
This week, I made apple crisp again, and it happened again! More red blotches around his mouth.
Last night, I fed him a pear and AGAIN, the whole area around his mouth turned red. He looked like a clown! Poor thing! Matt was home, and he suggested to give him Benadryl, so I did. I am not sure if it helped any.
Because this has happened three times now, I called his allergist this morning and made an appointment.
I do have a theory on this all though. I think he has "oral allergy syndrome." This means that when he eats certain fruits or vegetables, he will turn red around his mouth, his mouth will itch, and all the other fun allergy stuff can happen. It can even turn anaphylaxis. (Good thing I have an epi-pen!)
This all stems from the fact that the protein in the fruit he is eating resembles the protein in pollen. Micah has now had trouble with apples, pears, kiwi, and almonds (these are his other known allergies), and these are all related to birch pollen. I am wondering if he is not allergic to birch pollen! Then his body is mistaking the proteins in these foods as birch pollen and is fighting against them.
I am waiting on a call back from his allergist today, and I am going to ask her if we can get him tested for birch pollen. I don't think there is much we can do about a birch pollen allergy; we have a birch tree in our front yard!!
Here is a good article that explains it all.
http://acaai.org/allergies/types/food-allergies/types-food-allergy/oral-allergy-syndrome
(It is weird though because in the article it says if you cook the fruit, there won't be a reaction. I cooked the apples in apple crisp and he reacted. He also eats pears and apples all the time; why is he reacting now? Is the pollen count just really high?? He can also eat red apples fine, but I use green apples in apple crisp. Can he have red apples and not green?? I know I have given him pears lately too, but last night, I fed him brown pears. Are those worse than green or red pears? Hmmmm.)
Last week, I made apple crisp for breakfast, and when he was done eating, I noticed some red blotches around his mouth. I didn't call anyone, and just let it be. It went away within an hour.
This week, I made apple crisp again, and it happened again! More red blotches around his mouth.
Last night, I fed him a pear and AGAIN, the whole area around his mouth turned red. He looked like a clown! Poor thing! Matt was home, and he suggested to give him Benadryl, so I did. I am not sure if it helped any.
Because this has happened three times now, I called his allergist this morning and made an appointment.
I do have a theory on this all though. I think he has "oral allergy syndrome." This means that when he eats certain fruits or vegetables, he will turn red around his mouth, his mouth will itch, and all the other fun allergy stuff can happen. It can even turn anaphylaxis. (Good thing I have an epi-pen!)
This all stems from the fact that the protein in the fruit he is eating resembles the protein in pollen. Micah has now had trouble with apples, pears, kiwi, and almonds (these are his other known allergies), and these are all related to birch pollen. I am wondering if he is not allergic to birch pollen! Then his body is mistaking the proteins in these foods as birch pollen and is fighting against them.
I am waiting on a call back from his allergist today, and I am going to ask her if we can get him tested for birch pollen. I don't think there is much we can do about a birch pollen allergy; we have a birch tree in our front yard!!
Here is a good article that explains it all.
http://acaai.org/allergies/types/food-allergies/types-food-allergy/oral-allergy-syndrome
(It is weird though because in the article it says if you cook the fruit, there won't be a reaction. I cooked the apples in apple crisp and he reacted. He also eats pears and apples all the time; why is he reacting now? Is the pollen count just really high?? He can also eat red apples fine, but I use green apples in apple crisp. Can he have red apples and not green?? I know I have given him pears lately too, but last night, I fed him brown pears. Are those worse than green or red pears? Hmmmm.)
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Late nights!
Usually after the kids go to bed, I come back downstairs and sit on the computer for awhile. I check Facebook. I respond to emails. I blog. I just sit and enjoy the silence.
Lately, I have spent this time grading papers. It is not my favorite thing to do at 10 pm, but I get the job done, and we are getting through school sooo much faster during the day. I think part of it is because I grade everything the night before, but also because Micas is entertaining himself! I feel like we are almost back to where we were before he was born!
Last night, I came back downstairs about 10 pm and started grading papers. I finished about 10:30 and finally headed to bed. I was a little frustrated because I can't grade papers until I get Micah to bed. The later he goes to bed, the later I am up. :( I tried to grade papers tonight BEFORE everybody went to bed, but that was mad chaos. I had one girl who needed help on homework, but was playing Minecraft (Courtney), one boy who was working on his homework and still had more to do(Christian), and a one year old who was getting fussy and needed mom all the while I was trying to grade Megan's science journal, and trying to figure out what she was meaning on some of the answers! And where was Matt? In the basement doing his own thing. He told me tonight that the kids have too much homework and if it takes them longer than an hour at night, then it is too much. I responded that if they were in public school, they would have 3-4 hours work a night! My kids just didn't have time this afternoon to get it done like they usually do.
Tomorrow will be better. We will have about 1 1/2 hours of school in the morning and then we head off to the learning center for their classes. We get home about 1:15 and after lunch, we usually get back to school about 2. We work then from about 2-3:30 or 4. Wednesdays are out shorter days, but it is a good break in the middle of the week. Megan also has youth group tomorrow night, and Courtney now has basketball practice on Wednesday evenings.
We are still adjusting to everything, but we will get there. Even if it means less sleep for mom.
Lately, I have spent this time grading papers. It is not my favorite thing to do at 10 pm, but I get the job done, and we are getting through school sooo much faster during the day. I think part of it is because I grade everything the night before, but also because Micas is entertaining himself! I feel like we are almost back to where we were before he was born!
Last night, I came back downstairs about 10 pm and started grading papers. I finished about 10:30 and finally headed to bed. I was a little frustrated because I can't grade papers until I get Micah to bed. The later he goes to bed, the later I am up. :( I tried to grade papers tonight BEFORE everybody went to bed, but that was mad chaos. I had one girl who needed help on homework, but was playing Minecraft (Courtney), one boy who was working on his homework and still had more to do(Christian), and a one year old who was getting fussy and needed mom all the while I was trying to grade Megan's science journal, and trying to figure out what she was meaning on some of the answers! And where was Matt? In the basement doing his own thing. He told me tonight that the kids have too much homework and if it takes them longer than an hour at night, then it is too much. I responded that if they were in public school, they would have 3-4 hours work a night! My kids just didn't have time this afternoon to get it done like they usually do.
Tomorrow will be better. We will have about 1 1/2 hours of school in the morning and then we head off to the learning center for their classes. We get home about 1:15 and after lunch, we usually get back to school about 2. We work then from about 2-3:30 or 4. Wednesdays are out shorter days, but it is a good break in the middle of the week. Megan also has youth group tomorrow night, and Courtney now has basketball practice on Wednesday evenings.
We are still adjusting to everything, but we will get there. Even if it means less sleep for mom.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Sickness already. :(
After last spring and everybody being sick back to back for 4-5 months and then throw in Courtney's parasite and sprained wrist, I was really hoping we would have a better start to the cold and flu season than we are! Courtney came into my room at midnight last Saturday and said, "Mom, I don't feel good." I asked her what hurt and she responded with, "my stomach." I asked her if she felt like she was going to throw up and she said yes. She looked so pale! This poor girl threw up FIVE times last spring after never throwing up in her life, so unfortunately, she knows the feeling. Matt took her downstairs and they camped out on the couch and watched a movie for awhile. About 3 am, I heard a bunch of rustling downstairs and she threw up! Poor girl!! Since she had so much practice last spring, she made it to the bathroom and did not make a mess! She was feeling much better in the morning, but still stayed home from church just to be safe. I am not sure if it was something she ate or not because after she threw up, it was all over.
Now that Courtney is better, I am dealing with a certain one year old with a cold and probably on the edge of bronchitis. Again, we have been through this many times with Christian and once we started hearing him breathe pretty heavily, we pulled out the albuterol and gave him a treatment. We don't even take our kids to the doctor for this anymore!! He sounded pretty bad today because of all the drainage in his throat, but he never had a fever and never crashed for a few hours like my kids usually do with this. It may still be coming. I have ibuprofen on hand if he needs some.
This poor kid is also dealing with flare-ups of eczema again, so I am not quite sure what I should do with him. He has a spot on his hip, spots on his back and behind his head, and there are bumps up and down his arms. His pediatrician will just tell us to put steroids on it, which we have tried, but it comes back. If I take him to a dermatologist, they will just say, "moisturize, moisturize, moisturize," which we do, but I want to get to the root cause. I know it is getting colder and dryer out, and that is causing it to flare up, but why can't his body get it under control? Our chiropractor says that he is fighting too many things at once and his body just can't keep up. But what is he fighting?? That is the million dollar question! Now that we have hit our deductible for insurance, I have been seeking some natural-minded doctors and seeing what tests they have available and how much they cost (and if they are covered by insurance).
Megan is also dealing with her own issues of eczema again. Her hands have been soo dry and crack so bad that they bleed. I tell her to continually keep lotion on them, which she tries, but they still dry out and crack. Again, I am not sure if I should pursue this or not. Her eczema is also back on her shins. This was all gone at one point!!
As for Christian, I think he is perfectly fine. :)
Now that Courtney is better, I am dealing with a certain one year old with a cold and probably on the edge of bronchitis. Again, we have been through this many times with Christian and once we started hearing him breathe pretty heavily, we pulled out the albuterol and gave him a treatment. We don't even take our kids to the doctor for this anymore!! He sounded pretty bad today because of all the drainage in his throat, but he never had a fever and never crashed for a few hours like my kids usually do with this. It may still be coming. I have ibuprofen on hand if he needs some.
This poor kid is also dealing with flare-ups of eczema again, so I am not quite sure what I should do with him. He has a spot on his hip, spots on his back and behind his head, and there are bumps up and down his arms. His pediatrician will just tell us to put steroids on it, which we have tried, but it comes back. If I take him to a dermatologist, they will just say, "moisturize, moisturize, moisturize," which we do, but I want to get to the root cause. I know it is getting colder and dryer out, and that is causing it to flare up, but why can't his body get it under control? Our chiropractor says that he is fighting too many things at once and his body just can't keep up. But what is he fighting?? That is the million dollar question! Now that we have hit our deductible for insurance, I have been seeking some natural-minded doctors and seeing what tests they have available and how much they cost (and if they are covered by insurance).
Megan is also dealing with her own issues of eczema again. Her hands have been soo dry and crack so bad that they bleed. I tell her to continually keep lotion on them, which she tries, but they still dry out and crack. Again, I am not sure if I should pursue this or not. Her eczema is also back on her shins. This was all gone at one point!!
As for Christian, I think he is perfectly fine. :)
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Megan's favorite day!
Megan is so excited for tomorrow. It is their first day of "Homeschool Teen Serve," and she has been waiting for it to start back up this school year! I think it is her favorite homeschool activity!
She made some great friends last year while she was participating, and she is anxious to see them tomorrow. I am sure it will be like the first day of school. :)
I volunteered to help check kids in, but when I volunteered, I didn't know I had to be there earlier. (I should have assumed!) I got a text message today saying I was on to help, and I needed to be there about 15 minutes earlier than I would otherwise! I sure hope my kids go to sleep tonight because I am getting them up about an hour earlier than usual!
Micah should be ready! He fell asleep on Megan's lap tonight around 6:15 pm. She laid him on the floor while we all ate supper, and he didn't budge. I woke him up a little around 8 to change his diaper and to keep him up for awhile. I didn't want to be up until midnight with him! (It is not unusual for him to fall asleep around 6 for awhile because he doesn't nap at all during the day, but usually he wakes up after about an hour.) Once he was awake a little, he just fussed and fussed, so I rocked him back to sleep. I put him in bed about 8:30 pm, so hopefully he will sleep all night! He didn't have supper at all. At least he has a fresh diaper and pajamas on!
Megan and Christian are in this little habit of reading books until I go to bed and turn my light off. Sometimes I am up planning school until 10:30 pm or so, and when I go upstairs, their lights are still on and they are still reading books. I am going to shut the light off at 10 pm tonight. I need them to go to bed!
After teen serve is over tomorrow, the girls are going to help their grandma cater tomorrow night. Tomorrow is a day of serving; sharing the love of Jesus with others!!!
She made some great friends last year while she was participating, and she is anxious to see them tomorrow. I am sure it will be like the first day of school. :)
I volunteered to help check kids in, but when I volunteered, I didn't know I had to be there earlier. (I should have assumed!) I got a text message today saying I was on to help, and I needed to be there about 15 minutes earlier than I would otherwise! I sure hope my kids go to sleep tonight because I am getting them up about an hour earlier than usual!
Micah should be ready! He fell asleep on Megan's lap tonight around 6:15 pm. She laid him on the floor while we all ate supper, and he didn't budge. I woke him up a little around 8 to change his diaper and to keep him up for awhile. I didn't want to be up until midnight with him! (It is not unusual for him to fall asleep around 6 for awhile because he doesn't nap at all during the day, but usually he wakes up after about an hour.) Once he was awake a little, he just fussed and fussed, so I rocked him back to sleep. I put him in bed about 8:30 pm, so hopefully he will sleep all night! He didn't have supper at all. At least he has a fresh diaper and pajamas on!
Megan and Christian are in this little habit of reading books until I go to bed and turn my light off. Sometimes I am up planning school until 10:30 pm or so, and when I go upstairs, their lights are still on and they are still reading books. I am going to shut the light off at 10 pm tonight. I need them to go to bed!
After teen serve is over tomorrow, the girls are going to help their grandma cater tomorrow night. Tomorrow is a day of serving; sharing the love of Jesus with others!!!
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Is it worth it?
Is it worth it? I have been asking myself this every time I want to eat something lately.
Now that I have my bottom braces, I feel that I need to brush my teeth after every time that I eat AND put new wax on some wires that are too long on my bottom braces.
This takes time and energy. I feel like I spend half my day brushing my teeth!
(I know it takes awhile to get used to braces and I am still in that "new" period." Hopefully things will get better soon!)
Now that I have my bottom braces, I feel that I need to brush my teeth after every time that I eat AND put new wax on some wires that are too long on my bottom braces.
This takes time and energy. I feel like I spend half my day brushing my teeth!
(I know it takes awhile to get used to braces and I am still in that "new" period." Hopefully things will get better soon!)
Monday, October 9, 2017
Up late grading papers!
What do you do when your husband is still recovering from surgery, all the children are working on homework, your one year old is being fussy, and you have every assignment from the day to grade?? You stay up late after all the children are in bed and get it done. Or not so done. Or maybe just grade what needs to be done and then finish it tomorrow during school. Oh, and the geography assignment that I need to plan that I was supposed to teach two days ago. Well, I think that can wait another day too.
I am really hoping Matt starts to feel better soon. I could really use an extra set of hands around here in the evening.
End of rant.
I am really hoping Matt starts to feel better soon. I could really use an extra set of hands around here in the evening.
End of rant.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
A Matching Set!
I have had my top braces for five months now. Today, I made it a matching set. My orthodontist added my bottom brackets. :) Here goes sore teeth and cut up cheeks for the next few days!
I will say though I am anxious to move my bottom teeth. My two middle ones are turned inward and the next two are crowded also. I don't know how he got brackets on those today; the hygienist had a really hard time getting rubber bands around them. Hopefully those will be the first to move. They are the ones that hurt the most tonight!
Here is to nice, straight, upward-standing teeth! (Yes, I have a few that are really slanted inward!)
I will say though I am anxious to move my bottom teeth. My two middle ones are turned inward and the next two are crowded also. I don't know how he got brackets on those today; the hygienist had a really hard time getting rubber bands around them. Hopefully those will be the first to move. They are the ones that hurt the most tonight!
Here is to nice, straight, upward-standing teeth! (Yes, I have a few that are really slanted inward!)
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Micah's Own Language!
I have been wanting to write down Micah's own language for awhile now. He just cracks me up how he assigns words to items, and then he starts calling them by that new word. Luckily, we can usually figure it all out.
Here are a few of his examples:
Megan = Dee Dee
Courtney= Ock or Ocky
Christian= Tristian
He can say mama and dada quite clear!
He also named two of ours friends this summer. Ana became "Baba" and Miki became "KeeKee." He still talks about them, and if he mentions one, he always mentions the other.
To color= Ock
Courtney has actually made up a song about "Micah ocking with Ocky" or "Micah coloring with Courtney."
fork or a spoon= ish
I have no idea where he got this from.
Drink= ink
Blanket= et
He seems to sometimes just say the last syllable of a word.
grape= bleh
Strawberry sounds very much like "bleh" too.
Whenever he sees my blender, he says "bleh" because one day we made strawberry smoothies, and he connected strawberries and the blender.
Ice cream has turned into "My meam", thanks to Megan. :)
water= yah yah. He doesn't drink milk, so if he wants something to drink, it is "yah yah." If it is raining out or he sees water anywhere else, he also refers to that as "yah yah."
ketchup= "chechuh"
He also has learned all his sounds that animals make. He has learned moo, quack, hee-haw (or he just says "haw"), baa, loodle loodle loo (rooster), mow (meow), ruf for a dog. He calls dogs "pup pups" and our neighbor's dog is named CoCo. He calls her "Toto."
While we were on our trip, we were feeding bread to the ducks. Now every time he sees any bread or hears us say bread, he says, "quack, quack." Maybe we should eat bread around here more often!!
Today he saw the tortillas in the fridge and said, "Pizzaballs!" We have made pizzas on those a few times. He will also say "Peachaballs" which means peaches. I am not sure why he has added the word "balls" to these words.
He also tells me when he is going #2; he says "iaper change" because he needs a diaper change! He also refers to his pants as "britches." His pajamas are "pjs."
"Splash, splash" is a bath and he will run right into the bathroom. He also knows where mama's "splash splash" is.
"Blow" means something is too hot and this can even be bath water. One night I had the water too warm, and he said, "blow, blow."
He says "eh" when he means "no" and he will shake his head to mean "yes."
Whenever he falls or hits himself, he says " ah bonkee." He also learned "knee," so sometimes he "bonkee knee."
We have been hearing him say a lot of new words lately. We went on a walk last night and we were looking at the moon. He said, "moon, vow" which meant, "Moon, wow!" Megan has also taught him to say, "chocolate" and it comes out as "cha cha." He loves beans and those come out as "beas." Almost daily, he brings me a can of beans and a bowl!
Micah loves to sing, especially "Backseat Driver" by Toby Mac which has turned into "Bass," so we play this quite often. He also knows "Happy Birthday" on the piano and that is "Bappy buday."
He loves to go for walks, so he says "valk." He will go get his shoes or "esh" and his "jaja" or jacket. He will often bring "Dee Dee" her shoes and jacket too.
Anything with wheels is a "tractuh cah." It almost sounds like "tractor car." He can say "car" by itself and he knows the difference. Everything has just become a "tractuh cah" lately.
"Buckle, buckle, buckle" is either a pretzel or buckle in his carseat.
He loves it when Megan takes his picture; he now refers to her camera as a "cheese." :)
"Das" has become a slide to go down. He loves to "das." There is a slide in his room in the nursery at church and he loves to "das" there!
I'm sure there are more!
Here are a few of his examples:
Megan = Dee Dee
Courtney= Ock or Ocky
Christian= Tristian
He can say mama and dada quite clear!
He also named two of ours friends this summer. Ana became "Baba" and Miki became "KeeKee." He still talks about them, and if he mentions one, he always mentions the other.
To color= Ock
Courtney has actually made up a song about "Micah ocking with Ocky" or "Micah coloring with Courtney."
fork or a spoon= ish
I have no idea where he got this from.
Drink= ink
Blanket= et
He seems to sometimes just say the last syllable of a word.
grape= bleh
Strawberry sounds very much like "bleh" too.
Whenever he sees my blender, he says "bleh" because one day we made strawberry smoothies, and he connected strawberries and the blender.
Ice cream has turned into "My meam", thanks to Megan. :)
water= yah yah. He doesn't drink milk, so if he wants something to drink, it is "yah yah." If it is raining out or he sees water anywhere else, he also refers to that as "yah yah."
ketchup= "chechuh"
He also has learned all his sounds that animals make. He has learned moo, quack, hee-haw (or he just says "haw"), baa, loodle loodle loo (rooster), mow (meow), ruf for a dog. He calls dogs "pup pups" and our neighbor's dog is named CoCo. He calls her "Toto."
While we were on our trip, we were feeding bread to the ducks. Now every time he sees any bread or hears us say bread, he says, "quack, quack." Maybe we should eat bread around here more often!!
Today he saw the tortillas in the fridge and said, "Pizzaballs!" We have made pizzas on those a few times. He will also say "Peachaballs" which means peaches. I am not sure why he has added the word "balls" to these words.
He also tells me when he is going #2; he says "iaper change" because he needs a diaper change! He also refers to his pants as "britches." His pajamas are "pjs."
"Splash, splash" is a bath and he will run right into the bathroom. He also knows where mama's "splash splash" is.
"Blow" means something is too hot and this can even be bath water. One night I had the water too warm, and he said, "blow, blow."
He says "eh" when he means "no" and he will shake his head to mean "yes."
Whenever he falls or hits himself, he says " ah bonkee." He also learned "knee," so sometimes he "bonkee knee."
We have been hearing him say a lot of new words lately. We went on a walk last night and we were looking at the moon. He said, "moon, vow" which meant, "Moon, wow!" Megan has also taught him to say, "chocolate" and it comes out as "cha cha." He loves beans and those come out as "beas." Almost daily, he brings me a can of beans and a bowl!
Micah loves to sing, especially "Backseat Driver" by Toby Mac which has turned into "Bass," so we play this quite often. He also knows "Happy Birthday" on the piano and that is "Bappy buday."
He loves to go for walks, so he says "valk." He will go get his shoes or "esh" and his "jaja" or jacket. He will often bring "Dee Dee" her shoes and jacket too.
Anything with wheels is a "tractuh cah." It almost sounds like "tractor car." He can say "car" by itself and he knows the difference. Everything has just become a "tractuh cah" lately.
"Buckle, buckle, buckle" is either a pretzel or buckle in his carseat.
He loves it when Megan takes his picture; he now refers to her camera as a "cheese." :)
"Das" has become a slide to go down. He loves to "das." There is a slide in his room in the nursery at church and he loves to "das" there!
I'm sure there are more!
Monday, October 2, 2017
Finally got the computer!
Our computer is quite popular these days. I have not had a chance to blog because my children are always on the computer. Megan has been on it quite a bit. She has either been working on a 20 page shutterfly photo book of our trip or she is doing schoolwork or even playing Minecraft. Courtney is either editing videos, watching her previous YouTube videos, or playing Minecraft. She also does the occasional school work here and there! It's hard to claim it to myself! I also don't have little children watching over my shoulder at 10 pm!
Last week was kind of crazy! My last post was about how I didn't want anything crazy done for my 40th birthday. Well, against my wishes, my family put together a surprise birthday party, and I had no idea! They conned my mom into taking me out for the afternoon while they decorated and had all the guests come over. When I arrived home, they all jumped out of their hiding spots and scared me to death! I screamed pretty hard (and we have four different angles of video, thanks to Matt!) I was impressed that Matt pulled it off!!! I think Courtney had a lot to do with it too! It was great!
The next day Matt had surgery for his hernia. This went well, and he is on the road to recovery. No more stepping crooked out of trucks that are high off of the ground. This is how he got it. :(
Everybody has been laying low and watching a lot of movies since surgery. Matt stayed home from church and a birthday party yesterday to continue to recover. He was up and around more today; it was nice to see him moving around and interacting more with the kids. I think his goal is to get back to work on Thursday. He is still taking his medicine every four hours, so he really shouldn't drive, so hopefully he will be off that by then. Now that our deductible is blown, what else can we get done this year??
Even though Matt is home, we were back at school today. I have been checking papers in the evening, and it has helped a TON! (Even though I didn't get to them tonight.) It has also helped that Micah can completely occupy himself! He only really complains when he is hungry. He usually needs a snack around 10-11 am, and then he is good to go again until lunch. After lunch, he continues to play until snack time around 3. He doesn't seem to get tired after lunch, so I don't put him down for a nap. Usually about 4-5 pm, he is starting to break down. Usually I am done with school by then and I can either rock him, or if we go somewhere during the day, he falls asleep in the car. He just needs a short nap sometime during the day. Sometimes he has even skipped a nap and then he is in bed by 8 pm. If we get a nap, we are usually up until at least 9-9:30 pm. This kid has no schedule whatsoever!! It kind of helps though; I have the freedom to go places anytime of the day.
Tomorrow I am going to start sometime new for school. Along with grading papers in the evening, I have also been giving the kids grades. Starting tomorrow, I am going to start to record them and give them a grade for the quarter. Matt says our middle two need a little motivation, and his plan is to give them money for their grades. I am hoping this will help too!
Off to pre-read some history for tomorrow- gotta love studying the Romans!!
Last week was kind of crazy! My last post was about how I didn't want anything crazy done for my 40th birthday. Well, against my wishes, my family put together a surprise birthday party, and I had no idea! They conned my mom into taking me out for the afternoon while they decorated and had all the guests come over. When I arrived home, they all jumped out of their hiding spots and scared me to death! I screamed pretty hard (and we have four different angles of video, thanks to Matt!) I was impressed that Matt pulled it off!!! I think Courtney had a lot to do with it too! It was great!
The next day Matt had surgery for his hernia. This went well, and he is on the road to recovery. No more stepping crooked out of trucks that are high off of the ground. This is how he got it. :(
Everybody has been laying low and watching a lot of movies since surgery. Matt stayed home from church and a birthday party yesterday to continue to recover. He was up and around more today; it was nice to see him moving around and interacting more with the kids. I think his goal is to get back to work on Thursday. He is still taking his medicine every four hours, so he really shouldn't drive, so hopefully he will be off that by then. Now that our deductible is blown, what else can we get done this year??
Even though Matt is home, we were back at school today. I have been checking papers in the evening, and it has helped a TON! (Even though I didn't get to them tonight.) It has also helped that Micah can completely occupy himself! He only really complains when he is hungry. He usually needs a snack around 10-11 am, and then he is good to go again until lunch. After lunch, he continues to play until snack time around 3. He doesn't seem to get tired after lunch, so I don't put him down for a nap. Usually about 4-5 pm, he is starting to break down. Usually I am done with school by then and I can either rock him, or if we go somewhere during the day, he falls asleep in the car. He just needs a short nap sometime during the day. Sometimes he has even skipped a nap and then he is in bed by 8 pm. If we get a nap, we are usually up until at least 9-9:30 pm. This kid has no schedule whatsoever!! It kind of helps though; I have the freedom to go places anytime of the day.
Tomorrow I am going to start sometime new for school. Along with grading papers in the evening, I have also been giving the kids grades. Starting tomorrow, I am going to start to record them and give them a grade for the quarter. Matt says our middle two need a little motivation, and his plan is to give them money for their grades. I am hoping this will help too!
Off to pre-read some history for tomorrow- gotta love studying the Romans!!
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