Samantha had her 3 year well child check up today!
She is in the 96% for height at 40.5 inches and 60% for weight at 32.5 lbs. She is very very tall. She has 20/10 vision in both her eyes. She also was able to answer all of the questions, with no trouble at all on the developmental questionnaire for 2-4 year olds.
So she is smart, healthy, tall, and has good vision. All things that this proud mama already knew but it's nice when the medical community confirms it.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
plants how they do grow
So my wonderful girls and i, a little while ago went to the store and bought ourselves a jiffy pot green house. We got the large 72 pellet size because the 25 just seemed so small. The girls haggled for quite some time over which seeds to buy. Eventually we left the store with three seed packets. They were short & sweet carrots, super sweet cherry tomatoes, and a kaleidoscope mix of sweet peppers. They had a blast watching the pellets grow and planting the seeds. I felt confident that we would end up with at least 6 viable plants, hopefully two of each. The girls watched and waited and watered when needed and were rewarded with sprouts.
Our jiffy pot green house worked wonders and we had to thin out our plants in all 72 pellets. We even had to re-pot all the tomato and some pepper plants because they were simply too big for the green house. My girls helped pour the soil, dig the holes, place the plants, and water afterwards with the re-potting. All that preschooler help and the little plants look happier than ever. Looking at the 2o pots of tomatoes and peppers, I think we may end up with a few more than 6 plants.
My little science/math lesson is not near so little as i was planning. Good thing we like vegetables.
Our jiffy pot green house worked wonders and we had to thin out our plants in all 72 pellets. We even had to re-pot all the tomato and some pepper plants because they were simply too big for the green house. My girls helped pour the soil, dig the holes, place the plants, and water afterwards with the re-potting. All that preschooler help and the little plants look happier than ever. Looking at the 2o pots of tomatoes and peppers, I think we may end up with a few more than 6 plants.
My little science/math lesson is not near so little as i was planning. Good thing we like vegetables.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
movies soon to come
Getting excited about the upcoming summer theater season.
Eric has been researching patterns and designs for a new screen. The queen size sheet we have used the last two years is due to be replaced. I am happy that so far his patterns are all things that i can sew. His fabric choices are not too worry-some as long as he does not go with an all spandex screen design. I know any day now, that he will be coming home with a bag full of fabric and be expecting a screen to come from it. I hope i am up to the challenge.
There is something infinitely fun about watching a movie outside. Grass between your toes, hot coco in your cup, popcorn in a bowl, and kids free to run and play or snuggle and watch. I love our backyard summer theater.
We are hoping to have a Harry Potter Movie Marathon leading up to the new Harry Potter movie due out this summer. Eric is thinking one movie a weekend, while i am leaning more towards one movie a night. We will just have to wait and see, July 15th is still a long way off yet.
Eric has been researching patterns and designs for a new screen. The queen size sheet we have used the last two years is due to be replaced. I am happy that so far his patterns are all things that i can sew. His fabric choices are not too worry-some as long as he does not go with an all spandex screen design. I know any day now, that he will be coming home with a bag full of fabric and be expecting a screen to come from it. I hope i am up to the challenge.
There is something infinitely fun about watching a movie outside. Grass between your toes, hot coco in your cup, popcorn in a bowl, and kids free to run and play or snuggle and watch. I love our backyard summer theater.
We are hoping to have a Harry Potter Movie Marathon leading up to the new Harry Potter movie due out this summer. Eric is thinking one movie a weekend, while i am leaning more towards one movie a night. We will just have to wait and see, July 15th is still a long way off yet.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Kaitlyn's big dentist appointment!
We are home and Kaitlyn is relaxing with a Scooby movie and Popsicles.
She did wonderfully. All of the nurses and doctors said she was just an angel.
As far as her teeth go, her back ones were a little worse than we thought and her front ones were better than we thought. She ended up needing three baby root canals instead of the one. Only 5 of her 8 molars needed crowns, the other three received small fillings instead of all 8 getting crowns. So good and bad news there. Her front teeth we thought were either going to have such big cavities that they would end up with crowns as well or be ground down to be noticeably smaller teeth. She actually ended up with small fillings on the tongue side of all eight front teeth. Wonderful news there.
She is suppose to be slightly uncoordinated the rest of the day and drink lots of fluids. She hasn't had anything to eat yet today. I have a jello & pudding dinner planned for her. We will be relaxing and and eating Popsicles the rest of today and maybe tomorrow too. We will see.
She did wonderfully. All of the nurses and doctors said she was just an angel.
As far as her teeth go, her back ones were a little worse than we thought and her front ones were better than we thought. She ended up needing three baby root canals instead of the one. Only 5 of her 8 molars needed crowns, the other three received small fillings instead of all 8 getting crowns. So good and bad news there. Her front teeth we thought were either going to have such big cavities that they would end up with crowns as well or be ground down to be noticeably smaller teeth. She actually ended up with small fillings on the tongue side of all eight front teeth. Wonderful news there.
She is suppose to be slightly uncoordinated the rest of the day and drink lots of fluids. She hasn't had anything to eat yet today. I have a jello & pudding dinner planned for her. We will be relaxing and and eating Popsicles the rest of today and maybe tomorrow too. We will see.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
tommorrow is the big day
OK folks, tomorrow is the big day. Kaitlyn has her big dentist appointment tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 6:30 am we will be arriving at the hospital. We will get all checked in, Kaitlyn will change into her special pajamas, they will take her temp & blood pressure, the anesthesiologist will talk to us, the dentist will talk to us, then Kaitlyn will go into the OR. Once inside Kaitlyn will pick out the flavor of her gas that she will breath through a mask until she is asleep. Once asleep she will get an IV and they will do the dental work. An hour to an hour and 1/2 later she will be done and taken to the OR recovery room. As soon as she starts to wake up the nurse will come and get me and i will gladly be reunited with my baby. Once fully awake she will be moved to a general room. She will stay there for 20 mins to an hour and then we will get to go home.
I have fully stocked our house with pudding, jello, ice cream, popsicles, mashed potatoes, stuffing, bananas, yogurt, applesauce, pop tarts, every noodle soup on the shelf and juice. Hopefully i didn't forget anything soft that my baby may want.
I will tweet our progress while at the hospital.
Wish us luck and keep us in your thoughts.
Tomorrow at 6:30 am we will be arriving at the hospital. We will get all checked in, Kaitlyn will change into her special pajamas, they will take her temp & blood pressure, the anesthesiologist will talk to us, the dentist will talk to us, then Kaitlyn will go into the OR. Once inside Kaitlyn will pick out the flavor of her gas that she will breath through a mask until she is asleep. Once asleep she will get an IV and they will do the dental work. An hour to an hour and 1/2 later she will be done and taken to the OR recovery room. As soon as she starts to wake up the nurse will come and get me and i will gladly be reunited with my baby. Once fully awake she will be moved to a general room. She will stay there for 20 mins to an hour and then we will get to go home.
I have fully stocked our house with pudding, jello, ice cream, popsicles, mashed potatoes, stuffing, bananas, yogurt, applesauce, pop tarts, every noodle soup on the shelf and juice. Hopefully i didn't forget anything soft that my baby may want.
I will tweet our progress while at the hospital.
Wish us luck and keep us in your thoughts.
Top of the mountain
Our four girls,
Ava, Mya, Samantha, and Kaitlyn at the very tippy top of the giant mountain we climbed.
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