The Three Billy Goats Gruff
(it's really long, and possibly only appreciated by a loving grandparent)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Big and Tall
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| This one is for Emily and Jared |
16.4 pounds (+3 pounds in 2 months) 78th percentile
26.5 inches (+2.5 inches in 2 months) 94th percentile
That explains so much - like the fact that he almost completely skipped the whole 3-6 month clothing stage - he is the height of an average 6 month old. He has chubby cheeks, so he looks chubby, but he isn't really all that big.
Me: (while taking an orange out of a bag) Nolan, do you know what I love?
Nolan: ME!
Me: Yep, you and oranges.
Nolan: More than me?
Before we had kids, I used to leave Doug notes around the house that said, "I love you more than oranges." That means I love him a.lot.
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| 1/14 Ethan making cookies |
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| Toothless (aka. Brenden) |
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| Cameron thought his frog was HILARIOUS until I tried to take a video. |
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| I LOVE blue eyes! |
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| Cameron supervising the playing of the Wii. |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Gray Hair
Brenden was telling Nolan what a "hint" of something was.
Brenden: Like, when you're getting old, you'll have just a hint of gray hair.
Me: I had some gray hairs!
Brenden: (looks confused) I don't see them.
Me: I had FOUR - I pulled them out. I think you (Brenden), and you (Nolan), and you (Ethan) gave them to me.
Brenden: (whispers) No, it's called being old. (not whispering) But dad's not old, he doesn't have gray hair.
Me: Neither does Grandpa Boehme.
Brenden: Neither does Grandpa Kline.
Me: Oh yes he does!
Brenden: No he doesn't he's BALD.
So then Brenden and I discussed how he will most likely be bald when he gets old. He doesn't think that's fair.
I noticed four gray hairs about 2 days after I discovered pieces of Ethan's implant missing, I am sure they have something to do with each other. My mom has reminded me that gray is better than bald, so I better stop pulling them out.
Nolan and Ethan have their evil laughter going, so I am pretty sure they are being naughty. Yep, now I hear things hitting the walls. I am glad they are finally enjoying each other (although a LOT of fighting still occurs - more than their fair share), but they sure are noisy about it. Everyday Nolan gets home from school and he and Ethan start in on their obnoxious, high pitch, evil laughter and wake Cameron up. The poor kid almost never gets to wake up on his own - he's always woken because I have to haul him somewhere (which really mean I have to take someone else somewhere and he has to come) or the other boys wake him up.
By the way: It was a good thing I had Brenden proof reading over my shoulder. I misspelled about 5 things.
Brenden: Like, when you're getting old, you'll have just a hint of gray hair.
Me: I had some gray hairs!
Brenden: (looks confused) I don't see them.
Me: I had FOUR - I pulled them out. I think you (Brenden), and you (Nolan), and you (Ethan) gave them to me.
Brenden: (whispers) No, it's called being old. (not whispering) But dad's not old, he doesn't have gray hair.
Me: Neither does Grandpa Boehme.
Brenden: Neither does Grandpa Kline.
Me: Oh yes he does!
Brenden: No he doesn't he's BALD.
So then Brenden and I discussed how he will most likely be bald when he gets old. He doesn't think that's fair.
I noticed four gray hairs about 2 days after I discovered pieces of Ethan's implant missing, I am sure they have something to do with each other. My mom has reminded me that gray is better than bald, so I better stop pulling them out.
Nolan and Ethan have their evil laughter going, so I am pretty sure they are being naughty. Yep, now I hear things hitting the walls. I am glad they are finally enjoying each other (although a LOT of fighting still occurs - more than their fair share), but they sure are noisy about it. Everyday Nolan gets home from school and he and Ethan start in on their obnoxious, high pitch, evil laughter and wake Cameron up. The poor kid almost never gets to wake up on his own - he's always woken because I have to haul him somewhere (which really mean I have to take someone else somewhere and he has to come) or the other boys wake him up.
By the way: It was a good thing I had Brenden proof reading over my shoulder. I misspelled about 5 things.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Report Cards
Brenden and Nolan got their report cards today. Each has a summary at the end.
Nolan:
Nolan has an amazingly positive attitude at school. He is continuing to work on his listening skills. (The nice way of saying he doesn't listen.) Please help him review his counting at home. In the coming months we will be working daily on writing and weekly on scissor skills. Nolan returned his folder 9 out of 9 weeks. (Ha! NOLAN returned it? More like, "Mom put his homework folder in his backpack 9 out of 9 weeks.") Nolan read 1160 out of 400 required minutes. Keep up the great reading!
At least there was no mention of his classroom behavior - good or bad. I found today's note from the teacher in the trash in the bathroom. Evidently he hid when it was time to go in from recess.
Brenden:
Brenden is such an amazing boy. You can always count on him to remember what happened in our read aloud or bring up an interesting point to discuss in small groups. His creative side always shows through in his writing. Even the most basic of assignments he adds his own personal touch and completes it with the greatest detail. Brenden has really taken on the Accelerated Reader challenge this quarter and is leading the primary wing in points earned. Keep up the good work, Brenden!
I'm so proud of my boys!
Nolan:
Nolan has an amazingly positive attitude at school. He is continuing to work on his listening skills. (The nice way of saying he doesn't listen.) Please help him review his counting at home. In the coming months we will be working daily on writing and weekly on scissor skills. Nolan returned his folder 9 out of 9 weeks. (Ha! NOLAN returned it? More like, "Mom put his homework folder in his backpack 9 out of 9 weeks.") Nolan read 1160 out of 400 required minutes. Keep up the great reading!
At least there was no mention of his classroom behavior - good or bad. I found today's note from the teacher in the trash in the bathroom. Evidently he hid when it was time to go in from recess.
Brenden:
Brenden is such an amazing boy. You can always count on him to remember what happened in our read aloud or bring up an interesting point to discuss in small groups. His creative side always shows through in his writing. Even the most basic of assignments he adds his own personal touch and completes it with the greatest detail. Brenden has really taken on the Accelerated Reader challenge this quarter and is leading the primary wing in points earned. Keep up the good work, Brenden!
I'm so proud of my boys!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
It's a new year...
... and I still haven't finished blogging about last year.
Well, after trying to figure out my new computer, I think I still prefer my Mac's iphoto software - even with its exporting issues. I guess I should try a blog just to see how I feel about this one.
As I said, most of my pictures are still a little unavailable to me, so here's what I have.
12/31/10
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While we were fishing, Brenden and Ethan's speech therapist stopped to talk with us. He tested Nolan's speech on Friday and told us all about Nolan's demonstration of his use of synonyms.
Nolan: Do you know what another name for house is? Home.
Mr. Hufford: Did you know that sometimes a car is also called an automobile?
Nolan: I know another name for poop!
Mr. Hufford: What?
Nolan: Turd. Brenden calls me that all the time.
Well, after trying to figure out my new computer, I think I still prefer my Mac's iphoto software - even with its exporting issues. I guess I should try a blog just to see how I feel about this one.
As I said, most of my pictures are still a little unavailable to me, so here's what I have.
12/31/10
My friend Tiffany's family always gets together for New Years. When the festivities were moved to Tiffany's house due to driving conditions, we decided to crash their party.
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| Most of the kids and a few adults sat on the shed to watch. |
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| Ethan didn't like the fireworks - even without his implants. |
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Doug took the boys out snow machining. I tried to take Cameron out for a while, but he was not a big fan of the outdoors.
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| Nolan was so excited to finally ride. |
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| This is all Brenden wants to do anymore. He is at least nice enough to give Ethan a ride now and then. |
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| Nolan was keeping warm with hot chocolate. |
Super baby's cape is made of footed pajamas, of course!
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| Super baby rolled over this far by himself. |
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Doug has been doing quite a bit more ice fishing lately with his new work schedule. Today we all went. We were there for 6 hours - and it was 7 degrees. Do you know how scary it is to drive onto a lake for the first time? A little terrifying, even knowing the ice is nearly two feet thick.
This is the second round of "I want to eat him!" The first one was cute, with less tears.
Spencer and Nolan danced around that flopping fish for a long time before I decided to try to capture the moment. Nolan hauled that silly fish (which was frozen stiff at 7 degrees) everywhere with him - even when he rode in the sled behind the snow machine.
A terrible video of Brenden on his snow machine:
Nolan: Do you know what another name for house is? Home.
Mr. Hufford: Did you know that sometimes a car is also called an automobile?
Nolan: I know another name for poop!
Mr. Hufford: What?
Nolan: Turd. Brenden calls me that all the time.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
New computer = no blogs.
So, here's the deal - we got a new computer, and I need to send my laptop off to get fixed. I have been trying to send all of our pictures to our external hard drive, but I have to do them day by day and create a file to send them to... blah blah blah. It's a Mac, I'm sending them to a PC, the Mac has the only copies of the pictures. Harder than it should be. It is taking forever. I am up to August 17, 2008. Yeah, only 2.5 more years worth to go. Anyway, we put our New Year's pictures on the new computer, so I'll try out some blogging from there tonight. I know, I promised you some blogs. I might have lied. So sorry. Here I am, promising again. Hopefully I'm not lying again.
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