Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Hello!


Good to see Mimi putting her education to use!
It has a Dr. Suess-like element to it.


She's become quite the reader and enjoys reading to Moe.


In other news, we are all healthy now! We had a serious health scare, but it has passed and we are all better now.

I have lots of things I am working on, and hopefully later I will get around to taking pictures! I will share them when I do! :)
~Karen

Monday, September 20, 2010

Funny Kid!


Miles: Daddy, I don't know where my toy is
Kevin: Here it is.
Miles: Thanks Dad. You're a genius.
Kevin: What is a genius?
Miles: I don't know. It is what the man in the yellow hat told Mr. Weisman today on Curious George. (PAUSE) Daddy, what is a genius?

Holiday World!!


We went to Holiday World this weekend! We met up with some friends. It was so much fun! And it was great how nice everyone was. It is a clean safe place for family fun. The staff was helpful and kind. Now is the time to buy season passes too!!!! I have a feeling we will be there all next season. It was great fun.

Some time after taking this shot he decided it was time to get out, and the staff person had to help him. He almost jumped into the water!!!




This last ride was the kids' favorite. When I was a kid it was known as the octopus ride. Now it has another name, but to me it will always be known as the octopus ride!!! I rode this ride with my brothers and my dad 30 yrs ago!!!!! Now my kids and their dad are making those memories!

Have a fun week!
~Karen

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Nooooo. Say it isn't so???!!!!



Conversation with Grandma:
Grandma: Isn't she a sweet cat? Wish we could take her in but we can't. You can have her.
Kids: MOM!!! CAN WE???????
ME: Sure, why not? We already hoard animals.

I am leaving now to go collect my Mother of the Year award. I hear it is a weekend spa getaway.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Sewing, Politics & Coloring

We had a fun and productive weekend. We went to a party and had a great time! And we rented Toy Story 2, made popcorn, and had a blast! I am pretty sure we have to go see the third one now. Miles is obsessed with anything from Toy Story. It is a shame they don't sell any of the characters at the stores....hehehe. Also, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the writers came up with the names of the characters. Seriously, they HAD to have known what they were doing when they named them "Woody" and "Buzz."
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I also had a chance to get some sewing done:
Place mats for my sweet friend Angel! I hope she likes them and I hope she doesn't mind their egg like appearance....They are mostly oval if you squint your eyes and look at them through the corner of your eye....
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We got this in the mail the other day:
We are supposed to put it on a window in the house. I feel slightly uneasy about this. I don't know that anything would happen, but lately some of the sentiments from the far right have been frightening. Yes, I will vote for Democrats in November, and I do proudly have an Obama magnet on my car, but I don't know about a window on the house. Thoughts?
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The other day Miles was coloring and working hard at it. I was getting dishes put away and doing some general cleaning. Finally he finished and it was better than any other picture he has ever colored. I wonder if it had to do with the image:
Can you believe this was in a Spiderman coloring book? Too funny.
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Speaking of coloring....Amelia colored this at school:
She told me she couldn't resist leaving a pee puddle under the unicorn. Too funny!!

Have a great week!
Karen

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Hug Me: I'm Vaccinated!



Rusty metals & whooping cough you are no match for the shot I got today! For now I am protected against tetanus and pertussis.

I come from a long line of nurses and I can tell you many a horror story about illnesses that can and do kill. Some are preventable, and I cannot ever in a million years fathom not protecting my family and the community I live in from these preventable disease.

For those of you who are unsure about vaccines because of quack doctor Andrew Wakefield, know that his license has been revoked and his "research" (made up of intentionally changed data) has been disproven....There is no known link between vaccines and autism.

Go get your vaccinations. Protect the people you love and your community.
Karen

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Just Do It!



Tomorrow I am going for my boosters. Please do it too! Whooping cough is now considered an epidemic with over 3,000 cases in California alone. Protect the ones you love.

Live long & Prosper!
Karen