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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Pumpkin Carving
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Early October Camping Trip - Ray Roberts, Isle Du Bois Unit
We took our first camping trip of the fall in early October. It was a 4 day weekend for the boys, and Todd had a 3 day weekend. The weather was supposed to be mild. There was rain in the forecast, but it was supposed to go above us and into OK. Now we know where this post is going!
Oh, and I'm going to post some pics of some burns on my arm. I don't think they're that gross, but you should know that if you're squeamish.
The boys had a 4 day wknd, so we headed up to the park on Friday morning. We stopped at DQ for an early lunch on the way. A big treat for the boys!
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This campground seems to be totally sold out on every weekend with halfway decent weather, so I have learned that we must get there early on Fri to get a good spot that will fit our tent, gear, etc. I set up the tent by myself this time! Woot! I bought a little tent for the boys, and Leo was ReALLY proud to mostly put it up by himself. He has to have some helps bending the poles and getting them in the pockets....but *I* have to have him helping me to get it done, and I've told him he is basically doing it himself as much as he can. He has said several times that he wants Todd to be impressed....a little living example of all those things I learned in child dev classes.
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The tent that I put up. This was its swan song. Or maybe the weekend the tent turned on us.
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OK, so for the first part of the trip, we had a FABULOUS time. Now that Henry is really independent on his bike, he and Leo could ride on the little trails near our site by themselves. SO NICE for ALL of us! We did have to go in to Denton on Sat morning and buy Leo a new bike at WM....his had been having tons of problems, and it finally bit the dust on the trails. But they were mostly just active and playing and exploring....and I got to sit!!!
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Everyone notices how often these pictures involve boys wielding sticks, right?
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The boys ended up sleeping in the little tent that we had bought for them to play in, and this was a big camping discovery. We are NOT cosleepers (kids and parents in the same room/bed) at our house...and it turns out that everyone sleeps better in separate tents while camping! The first night, I slept beautifully!
So this is my last pic...
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Saturday was wonderful. The first round of rain came in that night, and we gathered everything up and put it under the canopy or in the tent. That rain went to OK just like it was supposed to, so we went on about our business. THEN...The next round broke through the dry line and hit us. In the chaos of getting everything BACK under the canopy, my arm touched the metal rungs on the propane lantern. It hurt, but I didn't think it was that big of a deal.
The dangerous lantern:
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So we get the boys tucked into their tent, and Todd and I go to get in our tent. When Todd tries to close the zipper, it breaks. There is no repairing it. The teeth are all messed up. I had no sewing kit. I even tried band-aids to hold it closed. Nothing. It was a BIG storm with lots of wind and rain and lightning...and there we were in a tent with a BIG door open. It was pretty miserable. The next morning we vacated in a big hurry, and the tent went in the dumpster!!!
My arm was really hurting by Sunday, and by Tuesday I really couldn't focus on anything else. I outlined it with a sharpie like the pediatrician's office told me to do on mosquito bites that the boys scratch. With the outline, I can tell if it is spreading or getting better. Sure enough, it was spreading quickly. Within thirty minutes, the redness was outside the black outline. Off to the Dr. I went! I ended up with three prescriptions and a bunch of hassle of doctoring it and babying it to keep it happy. BUT it was so much better by even the next morning, thank goodness.
This was on my way to the doctor's office.
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A week later. The red square around it is my skin reacting to the bandage adhesive.
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And here it is at three weeks. Much better! Camping battle scars! I'm hardcore, baby!!! hahaha.
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Oh, and I'm going to post some pics of some burns on my arm. I don't think they're that gross, but you should know that if you're squeamish.
The boys had a 4 day wknd, so we headed up to the park on Friday morning. We stopped at DQ for an early lunch on the way. A big treat for the boys!
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This campground seems to be totally sold out on every weekend with halfway decent weather, so I have learned that we must get there early on Fri to get a good spot that will fit our tent, gear, etc. I set up the tent by myself this time! Woot! I bought a little tent for the boys, and Leo was ReALLY proud to mostly put it up by himself. He has to have some helps bending the poles and getting them in the pockets....but *I* have to have him helping me to get it done, and I've told him he is basically doing it himself as much as he can. He has said several times that he wants Todd to be impressed....a little living example of all those things I learned in child dev classes.
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The tent that I put up. This was its swan song. Or maybe the weekend the tent turned on us.
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OK, so for the first part of the trip, we had a FABULOUS time. Now that Henry is really independent on his bike, he and Leo could ride on the little trails near our site by themselves. SO NICE for ALL of us! We did have to go in to Denton on Sat morning and buy Leo a new bike at WM....his had been having tons of problems, and it finally bit the dust on the trails. But they were mostly just active and playing and exploring....and I got to sit!!!
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Everyone notices how often these pictures involve boys wielding sticks, right?
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing
The boys ended up sleeping in the little tent that we had bought for them to play in, and this was a big camping discovery. We are NOT cosleepers (kids and parents in the same room/bed) at our house...and it turns out that everyone sleeps better in separate tents while camping! The first night, I slept beautifully!
So this is my last pic...
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Saturday was wonderful. The first round of rain came in that night, and we gathered everything up and put it under the canopy or in the tent. That rain went to OK just like it was supposed to, so we went on about our business. THEN...The next round broke through the dry line and hit us. In the chaos of getting everything BACK under the canopy, my arm touched the metal rungs on the propane lantern. It hurt, but I didn't think it was that big of a deal.
The dangerous lantern:
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So we get the boys tucked into their tent, and Todd and I go to get in our tent. When Todd tries to close the zipper, it breaks. There is no repairing it. The teeth are all messed up. I had no sewing kit. I even tried band-aids to hold it closed. Nothing. It was a BIG storm with lots of wind and rain and lightning...and there we were in a tent with a BIG door open. It was pretty miserable. The next morning we vacated in a big hurry, and the tent went in the dumpster!!!
My arm was really hurting by Sunday, and by Tuesday I really couldn't focus on anything else. I outlined it with a sharpie like the pediatrician's office told me to do on mosquito bites that the boys scratch. With the outline, I can tell if it is spreading or getting better. Sure enough, it was spreading quickly. Within thirty minutes, the redness was outside the black outline. Off to the Dr. I went! I ended up with three prescriptions and a bunch of hassle of doctoring it and babying it to keep it happy. BUT it was so much better by even the next morning, thank goodness.
This was on my way to the doctor's office.
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A week later. The red square around it is my skin reacting to the bandage adhesive.
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And here it is at three weeks. Much better! Camping battle scars! I'm hardcore, baby!!! hahaha.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Obsession
I do not remember Leo having obsessions with things like Henry does. Perhaps he did and I have forgotten.
Henry's current obsession is The Wizard of Oz. This then breaks out into an obsession with tornadoes and bicycles (remember....Elmira Gulch the Witch rides the bike???). And Henry is obsessed with riding his bike, so those fit together. Also, we had to get in the closet in the spring b/c of the tornadoes, so that fits together as well. This all started when he watched The Wizard of Oz at the beach at the end of Aug.
We talk about it constantly. Why don't the animals have names? What is courage? Why can a tornado blow away a house made of bricks (he's seen this on tv) but not Dorothy's wooden house? (He means the house blows....but doesn't fall apart) Why is Kansas black and white? and on and on and on. All very legitimate questions. He asks the same ones over and over and over and over.
He has found Wizard of Oz music boxes online at San Francisco Music Box company and wants to watch them OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Which would be fine, but he needs constant help with the music b/c it downloads and then pops up in Windows Media Player.
We have watched The Making of The Wizard of Oz and casting tapes and everything else about it available on YouTube. We have watched clips of Wicked, and he wants to see that play. We have watched some high school productions on YouTube.
We have watched The Muppets Wizard of Oz and Veggie Tales Wizard of Ha's. He has recently learned about Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz. I found it at the library, but we are third in line for it. He worries me constantly about when it will be ready....and when it IS ready for us, someone might steal it before we get there. He has driven me so nuts about it this afternoon that I started desperately searching for alternatives. Available at The Mighty Netflix by DVD.....BUT we only have streaming. Stupid Netflix.....doubled their prices. But, ONCE AGAIN, Family Video has saved my skin. They currently have it on hold for me at the front. And THE MINUTE Leo walks through the door after school chorale practice, we are leaving to go get it. Henry is standing right here by my chair...worrying me to death that someone will go to the video store and say they are "Holly" and get it before we get there.
HEAVEN HELP ME!!!!!!!! Or maybe I should put on my Ruby slippers and click three times!
Henry's current obsession is The Wizard of Oz. This then breaks out into an obsession with tornadoes and bicycles (remember....Elmira Gulch the Witch rides the bike???). And Henry is obsessed with riding his bike, so those fit together. Also, we had to get in the closet in the spring b/c of the tornadoes, so that fits together as well. This all started when he watched The Wizard of Oz at the beach at the end of Aug.
We talk about it constantly. Why don't the animals have names? What is courage? Why can a tornado blow away a house made of bricks (he's seen this on tv) but not Dorothy's wooden house? (He means the house blows....but doesn't fall apart) Why is Kansas black and white? and on and on and on. All very legitimate questions. He asks the same ones over and over and over and over.
He has found Wizard of Oz music boxes online at San Francisco Music Box company and wants to watch them OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Which would be fine, but he needs constant help with the music b/c it downloads and then pops up in Windows Media Player.
We have watched The Making of The Wizard of Oz and casting tapes and everything else about it available on YouTube. We have watched clips of Wicked, and he wants to see that play. We have watched some high school productions on YouTube.
We have watched The Muppets Wizard of Oz and Veggie Tales Wizard of Ha's. He has recently learned about Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz. I found it at the library, but we are third in line for it. He worries me constantly about when it will be ready....and when it IS ready for us, someone might steal it before we get there. He has driven me so nuts about it this afternoon that I started desperately searching for alternatives. Available at The Mighty Netflix by DVD.....BUT we only have streaming. Stupid Netflix.....doubled their prices. But, ONCE AGAIN, Family Video has saved my skin. They currently have it on hold for me at the front. And THE MINUTE Leo walks through the door after school chorale practice, we are leaving to go get it. Henry is standing right here by my chair...worrying me to death that someone will go to the video store and say they are "Holly" and get it before we get there.
HEAVEN HELP ME!!!!!!!! Or maybe I should put on my Ruby slippers and click three times!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
It's in his genes
Henry: What are we doing tomorrow?
Me: School
Henry: What about the day after tomorrow?
Me: We are going to a play.
Henry: OH! Oh! Is it WICKED?!?!??!?!?!
Me: No, it's "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie."
Henry: oh.
Me: School
Henry: What about the day after tomorrow?
Me: We are going to a play.
Henry: OH! Oh! Is it WICKED?!?!??!?!?!
Me: No, it's "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie."
Henry: oh.
Crystal Beach - Saturday
The Treasure Isle Tour guy told us on Friday that the Saturday morning tour usually has enough people, so we made the trek over again on Sat morning.
Waiting for the tour to start.
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There were enough people! Getting on the train!
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This was a fascinating tour, and I fell in love with the history of Galveston with all the hurricanes, old houses, etc. If you know me at all, you know I am a sucker for historic houses. There were about 500 on this tour. Such a neat city. I really did not appreciate it when I visited the first time. Maybe that was because I was too busy fighting for food at the trough at Golden Corral. But that's a story for another time!
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The Daughters of the Republic of Texas started here.
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A lot of the old trees were killed by the salt water from Hurricane Ike, but they turned them into sculptures.
Alligator.
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When the kids are older, I'm going to tour all the old mansions.
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Goddess of the Sea, or something like that.
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Catholic church.
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Gorgeous.
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Tree sculpture.
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Tin Man and Toto sculpture. Kind of fun b/c Henry B fell in love with The Wizard of Oz while on this trip. Turns out that the man who directed the Kansas scenes in the movie lived in this house.
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Hurricane Ike water line.
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This is an old hospital that is still being repaired from Ike.
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When we got back to the house, Leo had a little "moment," and I made him make a list of all the fun things we had done on this trip.
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Buying ice cream on the beach.
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Choco Taco
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Sponge Bob
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More kites. We had the pengowl (Penguin/Owl....couldn't decide) and then we had "Crazy Little Girl." She flew great.
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Me
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Playing on the sand dunes
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Stickers
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We went out to dinner at the same place. Saturday night...no wait. Amazing.
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Love the ships.
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Me and my monkeys. GREAT beach trip. Great memories.
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Waiting for the tour to start.
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There were enough people! Getting on the train!
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This was a fascinating tour, and I fell in love with the history of Galveston with all the hurricanes, old houses, etc. If you know me at all, you know I am a sucker for historic houses. There were about 500 on this tour. Such a neat city. I really did not appreciate it when I visited the first time. Maybe that was because I was too busy fighting for food at the trough at Golden Corral. But that's a story for another time!
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]
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas started here.
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A lot of the old trees were killed by the salt water from Hurricane Ike, but they turned them into sculptures.
Alligator.
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When the kids are older, I'm going to tour all the old mansions.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing
Goddess of the Sea, or something like that.
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing
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Catholic church.
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Gorgeous.
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing
Tree sculpture.
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing
Tin Man and Toto sculpture. Kind of fun b/c Henry B fell in love with The Wizard of Oz while on this trip. Turns out that the man who directed the Kansas scenes in the movie lived in this house.
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Hurricane Ike water line.
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This is an old hospital that is still being repaired from Ike.
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When we got back to the house, Leo had a little "moment," and I made him make a list of all the fun things we had done on this trip.
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Buying ice cream on the beach.
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Choco Taco
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Sponge Bob
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More kites. We had the pengowl (Penguin/Owl....couldn't decide) and then we had "Crazy Little Girl." She flew great.
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Me
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Playing on the sand dunes
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Stickers
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We went out to dinner at the same place. Saturday night...no wait. Amazing.
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Love the ships.
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Me and my monkeys. GREAT beach trip. Great memories.
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