SMW alums – did you guys see the SNL LeBron James/Jason Sudeikis skit where he talks about playing basketball at West? We were laughing so hard. This Peyton Manning one was hilarious too.
Sudeikis, Paul Rudd and Jason Wiles were all West grads – and no, I didn’t know any of them (they were all older).
Kenny had his 100th day of school today. The kids had to bring something made out of 100 things. We chose to use Legos to make this:
All the numbers are made out of 10 Legos. We almost weren’t able to do it because of the 80 (it needed 11 Legos) but then we found a weird shaped one that made it work.
I still can’t believe he’s been in elementary school 100 days. It seems like he just had his first day a month or two ago.
Cari did a post on her likes and dislikes that I liked and had to steal.
Like: I purchased a new power cord for our computer today, which means we have access to the internet again.
Dislike: We’ve spent a ton of money on this computer in the past month.
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Like: Eric and I beat the new Wii Super Mario Bros. game for the 2nd time, including every coin in every level, level 9 and Bowser twice (there are 2 different endings per game). We even did it without continuing the 2nd time.
Dislike: That means we played the Wii way too much.
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Like: We came in 7th out of 26 teams at our church’s annual trivia night. I can’t wait for next year! What could be better than family, friends, a mexican buffet, drinks (beer and margaritas) and trivia for only $15/person?
Dislike: The category on Jimmy Buffett and House. We got 0/10 questions right on the Jimmy Buffett one and only 5 right on the House one.
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Like: KU beat K-State on Saturday night and (if that wasn’t good enough) is ranked #1 again.
Dislike: Absolutely nothing. Everything is right in the world in terms of college basketball.
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Like: Luke’s still doing good in the potty training department (except for dislike listed below).
Dislike: He’s still only going #2 in his diaper in the morning before we get up or during nap time.
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Like: Eric’s work is having a promotional process for a new Sergeant. I’ll be crossing every finger possible until the process is over.
Dislike: This process will be going on during March and April, which is when Eric was hoping to go to Spain to see his sister. That won’t be happening now.
Luke has been making a lot of progress in terms of potty training lately. Sorry, I know it’s not the most exciting thing to hear about but that’s what’s going on here. He’s had 2 full days without any accidents and even told us he had to go in the middle of his Gymboree class this morning. He’s still wearing a diaper at naptime and bedtime and has only gone #2 in the potty once but he’s getting there.
I hate potty training. I mean it, I really hate potty training.
Kenny had his second basketball game yesterday. He didn’t score a basket during the game but he’s trying hard. Once again, we’ve promised him his favorite Dirt ‘N Worms from Sheridan’s if he does.
Wasn’t this a great basketball weekend? I think it made my year to see K-State lose to Oklahoma State and then to have KU win their game. KU should move up from the #3 spot to #2. It’s not as good as #1 spot we held earlier this year but we’ll hopefully make it back up there. Go KU!
Kenny’s class did a unit on Japan. They learned where Japan is, different aspects of the culture, how to count to five, say hello, good-bye and thank you and how to write their name in Japanese. I sent some of the yen that I brought back from one of my trips over there so they could see how it looks different from our currency. The class then ended the unit with a Japanese tea party. They all brought robes to wear and pillows to sit on. Do your kids have robes? Mine don’t so Kenny had to wear one of mine. It was huge on him but worked.
Luke’s furniture arrived and his room is now done. I ended up buying Luke’s bed and dresser at PB Kids. I bought Kenny’s furniture there too but at that time I was working at PB and able to use my discount (you have no idea how much I miss that discount). Their sets are from different collections but in the same color. I’m so glad I did that because we ended up switching furniture around. Kenny got the desk that was up in our closet and the new dresser. Luke got the new bed and Kenny’s locker, bedside table and dresser. I like how they both turned out and I really like the fact that everything is put away and where it’s supposed to be.
Luke’s doing pretty well in his bed. I know he’s gotten out of bed a few times. Once, I looked over and even saw his light on. That’s one example of how Kenny and Luke are so different. Kenny never would have dreamed of doing that. He still doesn’t leave his room in the morning until we’re up (unless he has to go to the bathroom. We’re being pretty strict with Luke to try to train him to be the same way. I think he’ll be fine in the long run.
HAPPY BDAY MOM!
It would be an understatement to say that Luke was thrilled to sleep in his Spiderman sheets for the first time tonight. We took his crib apart this morning so he’ll be sleeping on his mattress, which is laying on the floor, until his bed gets here in a few days. I think it’s safe to say that he doesn’t mind.
I know, I know, I’m just a little late on posting about Christmas.
Since that lovely bug went through our house around Christmas, we didn’t celebrate with Eric’s family until the 28th and with mine until the 30th. By that time, my brother Mike had already gone back to New York, so we were only able to see a glimpse of him when my family brought some presents over on the 24th.
Pictures from Eric’s mom’s house:
Pictures from my parents’ house:
We had a lot of fun and received a lot of goodies. Kenny’s favorite gifts were his DSI, Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom Lego set and his Dragon World Fortress. Luke’s favorites were his Batman Bat Cave and Space Shuttle and Tower. Imaginext toys were a big hit with our kids. We also received a ton of movies and games, which really came in handy during the past 2 weeks when it was so cold out. Plus, our movie selection wasn’t that extensive. I like Toy Story but if I don’t see if for another 3 months, I’ll be happy:)
Speaking of Toy Story, Luke loves Toy Story 2. He was going around saying what we thought was, “not today sir” but turned out to really be, “not today Zurg.” So, so stinkin’ cute.
We are now big fans of *Skype. Last night we talked to my MIL (who just lives 15 minutes away) and then to my brother Mike in New York (and we even got tour of his apartment). Today, we even talked to my SIL in Spain. The boys spent most of the time pretending to either poke the person we were talking to in the eye or pick their nose. They thought it was hilarious. We’re going to have a lot of fun with this one.
Annie – you and your parents need to get this for when the baby gets here so they can see her daily.
*In case your not familiar with Skype, it’s basically like a phone call (or video phone call) over the internet. When you log on to your computer, it tells you who in your contact list is on too and then you can call them. Skype is free but if your computer doesn’t have a built-in microphone or webcam, you do have to buy one. We were just going to buy a microphone but ended up getting a webcam when Eric saw that they were only $5 more. He paid $30 so they’re not expensive. The video quality and sound are great, although I think a lot of that depends on your actual computer.
In a week or so, we’ll be packing away Luke’s crib. His big boy bed has been ordered and we’re just waiting for it to be delivered. I even let him pick out his own sheets. Kenny’s completely jealous and now wants Batman sheets for his birthday. With the new bed will also come potty training. We’ve been giving him lots of reminders that boys in beds don’t use diapers (except at night, of course). I’ll go out some time this week and let him pick out some toys that he’ll get when he’s successful. We did this for Kenny (after trying absolutely everything else) and it worked out really well. Kenny was into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so we stocked up on those. With Luke, it will probably be Batman or Spiderman stuff. Wish us luck!
Besides a big bed, we also signed Luke up for preschool today. We LOVED our preschool and can’t wait to be back there in the fall. It just seems weird that Luke will be 3 in a few months and able to go.
My SIL Amanda is officially on her way to Spain. She left KC today and, after three different flights, should get to Madrid around 9:00 tomorrow morning.
Eric went out and bought a webcam and we signed up for Skype so we can keep in touch. Plus, she’ll be updating her blog all the time. Right, Amanda?:)
Mike – can you sign up for Skype too so we can see you in NY?
Here is Kenny’s basketball game schedule. Text or email me for the location.
Sat., Jan. 9th noon – cancelled due to weather
Sat., Jan. 16th 3:00
Sat., Jan 23rd 2:00
Sat., Jan 30th noon
Sat., Feb. 6th 1:00
Sat., Feb. 13th noon
Sat., Feb. 20th 2:00 (I won’t be at this one)
Sat., Feb. 27th noon
Sat., March 6th - will find out time at a later date
Our yard is pretty flat so we took the boys to my parents’ house to go sledding. Kenny loved sledding. Poor Luke liked it but the first time he went down the hill, he flew off his sled and into the embankment. He went inside pretty much right after that and warmed up with some hot chocolate while Eric and Kenny stayed outside and made a huge snowman. It was so big, Eric could hardly lift the middle section.
Kenny celebrated his half birthday at school on December 15th. Mrs. B sent home a poster for him to fill out about himself. We decided to tape on a picture from each birthday and then list some of his favorite things – or some of his favorites on that particular day (baseball, Marble Run, Lincoln Logs and, of course, Legos).
I’m trying out a slideshow for the first time. I hope I’ll like it because it seems like it will be easier in terms of adding pictures.
We just got our computer back today. It’s amazing how much you need it when you don’t have it. The Geek S quad recovered all our pictures and files (why didn’t we backup before?) and then said our hard drive was dead. Eric talked to a guy at his work that used to fix computers and he thought it sounded more like we needed to refigure our computer (?defrag it or something to that effect?) so Eric brought it home and tried that before we went to go buy a new one. Low and behold, it works now. And we are now the proud owners of an external hard drive.
I’m catching up on computer stuff today. I had 60+ posts in my Google Reader alone, not to mention emails and FB. When I’m done with all that, I’ll have to do posts on our Christmas celebrations with our families that we were finally able to have once everyone stopped puking, some fun in the snow, a bed order for Luke and New Year’s.
