We are T-minus 2 weeks to moving day! The home repairs are all finished and the sale is moving forward smoothly. Our living room is full of boxes and we have started packing (kind of). I think we have finally found a rental house in Washington (Thanks Yonkers)!
Some other things that have been going on:
HANNAH
Hannah broke her foot two weeks ago jumping off the stairs. She'd been jumping off the first step almost since she could walk, but recently she's been getting braver, trying to be like her big brothers, and jumping from the second and third steps. When she landed this time, she crumpled to the floor, grabbed her foot and sobbed. She wouldn't put weight on it, and after a short nap, was still crying and holding her foot. We took her to the ER where they took some x-rays, wrapped it, and referred us to a pediatric orthopedist.
The next morning, Bryan took her to the doc, who diagnosed the fracture and casted her. Bryan picked the cute purple color to match her outfit that day. Way to be matchy-matchy, Babe! I'm so impressed! Despite the cast, she still gets around very well. She gets so much attention everywhere she hobbles. It's sad and adorable all at the same time.
Unfortunately, I spoke too soon on the potty training. Since Hannah broke her foot, the potty situation has gone downhill, and we are back to diapers again. I've heard that life changes or extra stress can cause children to revert, so I guess this counts. We'll have to try again once we get settled in Washington.
LOGANLogan finished his preschool year recently. A few months ago, we did a unit on Dental Health and I let the boys use my loupes and mirrors to examine their teeth.
We made these cute snack smiles from apples, peanut butter, and marshmallows.
Our last field trip of the year was a ride on the RTA train from Shaker Heights to Tower City Mall in downtown Cleveland.
I had to take a few pictures of Hannah because she's just so darn cute with that cast.
Each child was allowed to buy one thing at the dollar store. Logan and Hannah chose microphones and entertained us all the way home.
Logan has also enjoyed playing soccer on Saturday mornings with a neighborhood team, the Orange Tigers. Last Saturday, he even kicked his first goal - sadly, it was the wrong goal, but we were still proud of him!
ANDREWAndrew recently finished his basketball season. He did really well and I was pretty impressed with his shooting skills!
Andrew has been dying to go to Cedar Point one last time before we leave Ohio. Bryan had an unexpected day off a couple weeks ago, so he had Andrew get ready for school in the morning, then tricked him into getting in the car with him on the pretense of running a quick errand. He took him to Cedar Point instead. What a fun surprise for Andrew!!! They both had a great time together and rode almost every ride in the park.
I got to help Andrew's class with Garden Club this year. Once a week we worked together on our little plot of dirt. We planted peas, radishes, spinach, marigolds, and petunias.
On our last day of Garden Club, we ate yummy wormy dirtcakes to celebrate.
Andrew's last day of second grade was June 10th. He's sad to leave some really good friends behind. Nikhil is Andrew's best friend in his class.
Noah has been Andrew's very best friend for four years.
Mrs. Cohen has been a good teacher for Andrew this year. Andrew's favorite thing about school this year was math.
I got a little teary-eyed while singing the school song at the flag-lowering ceremony. We'll sure miss you, Lomond!
Hmmm, what else?
Oh, for Our 10th anniversary, I surprised Bryan with tickets to see Brian Regan in Youngstown. That is one funny fan! My cheeks were killing me!
Phew! That's about it. I feel like I just spewed out one of those 30 second re-caps that they do at the beginning of some TV episodes. I've got a few more things to blog about before the big move, but I want to do them in separate posts. Hopefully I'll get to them in time.
The next morning, Bryan took her to the doc, who diagnosed the fracture and casted her. Bryan picked the cute purple color to match her outfit that day. Way to be matchy-matchy, Babe! I'm so impressed! Despite the cast, she still gets around very well. She gets so much attention everywhere she hobbles. It's sad and adorable all at the same time.
Unfortunately, I spoke too soon on the potty training. Since Hannah broke her foot, the potty situation has gone downhill, and we are back to diapers again. I've heard that life changes or extra stress can cause children to revert, so I guess this counts. We'll have to try again once we get settled in Washington.
We made these cute snack smiles from apples, peanut butter, and marshmallows.
Our last field trip of the year was a ride on the RTA train from Shaker Heights to Tower City Mall in downtown Cleveland.
I had to take a few pictures of Hannah because she's just so darn cute with that cast.
Each child was allowed to buy one thing at the dollar store. Logan and Hannah chose microphones and entertained us all the way home.
Logan has also enjoyed playing soccer on Saturday mornings with a neighborhood team, the Orange Tigers. Last Saturday, he even kicked his first goal - sadly, it was the wrong goal, but we were still proud of him!
ANDREW
Andrew has been dying to go to Cedar Point one last time before we leave Ohio. Bryan had an unexpected day off a couple weeks ago, so he had Andrew get ready for school in the morning, then tricked him into getting in the car with him on the pretense of running a quick errand. He took him to Cedar Point instead. What a fun surprise for Andrew!!! They both had a great time together and rode almost every ride in the park.
I got to help Andrew's class with Garden Club this year. Once a week we worked together on our little plot of dirt. We planted peas, radishes, spinach, marigolds, and petunias.
On our last day of Garden Club, we ate yummy wormy dirtcakes to celebrate.
Andrew's last day of second grade was June 10th. He's sad to leave some really good friends behind. Nikhil is Andrew's best friend in his class.
Noah has been Andrew's very best friend for four years.
Mrs. Cohen has been a good teacher for Andrew this year. Andrew's favorite thing about school this year was math.
I got a little teary-eyed while singing the school song at the flag-lowering ceremony. We'll sure miss you, Lomond!
Hmmm, what else?
Phew! That's about it. I feel like I just spewed out one of those 30 second re-caps that they do at the beginning of some TV episodes. I've got a few more things to blog about before the big move, but I want to do them in separate posts. Hopefully I'll get to them in time.
It was extra fun to boogie with our good friends, Chris and Lisa. Congratulations, Weights! We're almost done!
I was planning on waiting until after we moved, but Hannah was just so interested in the potty that we decided to give it a try. She LOVED putting stickers on her potty chart and got very upset whenever she had an accident. We've been at it for about a week now, and I think she's about there! Last night, we took the kids to a movie (Monday nights - 75 cents! Oh yeah!) and Hannah asked to go to the potty 5 times! She never actually "went," but she sure tried. AND she kept her diaper dry all night!
I've had a child (or two) in diapers for eight straight years now!!! I'm so excited to go to Costco and NOT buy a case of Huggies (sorry Dad!)!
Hannah has LOVED her new bed. Whenever I tell her it's bedtime, she says excitedly, "Girl bed?!" She has been so good to stay in bed and sleep all though the night!
I'm so proud of my BIG GIRL!!!
