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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Owenism of the day
"Owen, I packed snacks for you to take to Tyson's today!" Owen: "What is it?" Mom: "Oreo cookies!" Owen: "Awwww....", with a sad face. "I wanted Boo-berries!" (blueberries) Mom: (with a big smile on my face) "I would be happy to pack you blueberries to take as well!"
Time has come....
So Grace turns 10 tomorrow!! I can't believe we are entering the double digits! Earlier this week we gained a child. Grace's bff Allie Brown that has lived in the Minneapolis area for the last year has come to stay with us for the week. Her parents are busy getting into a new house next week and selling their house here in Janesville. It has been sad seeing Grace and Allie so far apart. There are times she talks about missing her and you can tell they will certainly be friends for life, they just have that connection. They remind me a little of me and my friend Teresa. Very different personalities, interests, etc. but just fit so well together and just have a connection. They get along without any great drama and when there is a small tiff it doesn't last long and their back at it again. Even though Teresa and I have gone down separate roads we have always kept in touch and come together like it was just yesterday that we were around one another. I can see Allie and Grace being this way too.
Anyway, what I was getting to today was that I let the leash go just a little bit today. We had our neighbor boy, Sam, coming to hang with us for the day while his mom went to work. Sam is going into 2nd grade and a really great responsible kid. They had all asked if they could ride their bikes down to the school that is just a block away and take my phone to keep in touch. I said that was ok if it was just for about a 1/2 hour because it was so hot today. Allie road my bike, Sam had brought his and Owen was up to speed on his two wheel bike enough to keep up with them now. I told the girls they were in charge but not to be bossy about it and they took off. I watched them to the corner and went inside. It was a little weird. I kind of wondered to myself if that was ok and tried to think back to being that age and where I was allowed to go on my bike and mind you it was usually by myself. I remember days of riding down to the Port Pool, Teresa's house in the country and even into Rapids to the mall which took almost 35min. or maybe longer! However, I couldn't remember what age any of that was at! I guess 10 is the age that you can really start staying home on your own for short periods of time. My friend Kim has been doing that with her daughter Becca who just turned 11 now and even started babysitting! Don't think Grace is quite ready for that. Anyhow, I knew that the group of them would be good together and being that they were in a group that is better as well. Grace had my phone and called when they got there and when they were on their way back. Later that afternoon they went over again. About a half hour later I the phone rang and I figured they were on their way back. But it was Grace calling to say that Owen fell. I asked how he fell and how badly hurt he was as I could hear him crying. All I got was "Well, he is bleeding". Yikes! I told her I would hop in the car and come to get him. When I got there Allie was waving me down and Grace was sitting beside Owen comforting him which was SO sweet to see! Owen was just fine, Allie said he just tripped and his knee was just barely scraped! Of course I was relieved and very happy at how the kids handled the situation. Needless to say I gave Grace a big pat on the back and took my baby home to clean him up, get a bandaid and kiss his boo boo. At least I have that with him for another couple years!
Side note: So, after I got Owen home and bandaged up his knee Grace and Allie came in the door asking how he was doing. He was laying on the couch with his feet up and says to Grace "Fine, but my knee still burns", he says this in a little whinny voice and Grace gives him a little hug. He limps around the house for a bit saying "oouch" while all the kids swoon over him bringing him water and catering to him. Talk about milking it for all its worth!
Anyway, what I was getting to today was that I let the leash go just a little bit today. We had our neighbor boy, Sam, coming to hang with us for the day while his mom went to work. Sam is going into 2nd grade and a really great responsible kid. They had all asked if they could ride their bikes down to the school that is just a block away and take my phone to keep in touch. I said that was ok if it was just for about a 1/2 hour because it was so hot today. Allie road my bike, Sam had brought his and Owen was up to speed on his two wheel bike enough to keep up with them now. I told the girls they were in charge but not to be bossy about it and they took off. I watched them to the corner and went inside. It was a little weird. I kind of wondered to myself if that was ok and tried to think back to being that age and where I was allowed to go on my bike and mind you it was usually by myself. I remember days of riding down to the Port Pool, Teresa's house in the country and even into Rapids to the mall which took almost 35min. or maybe longer! However, I couldn't remember what age any of that was at! I guess 10 is the age that you can really start staying home on your own for short periods of time. My friend Kim has been doing that with her daughter Becca who just turned 11 now and even started babysitting! Don't think Grace is quite ready for that. Anyhow, I knew that the group of them would be good together and being that they were in a group that is better as well. Grace had my phone and called when they got there and when they were on their way back. Later that afternoon they went over again. About a half hour later I the phone rang and I figured they were on their way back. But it was Grace calling to say that Owen fell. I asked how he fell and how badly hurt he was as I could hear him crying. All I got was "Well, he is bleeding". Yikes! I told her I would hop in the car and come to get him. When I got there Allie was waving me down and Grace was sitting beside Owen comforting him which was SO sweet to see! Owen was just fine, Allie said he just tripped and his knee was just barely scraped! Of course I was relieved and very happy at how the kids handled the situation. Needless to say I gave Grace a big pat on the back and took my baby home to clean him up, get a bandaid and kiss his boo boo. At least I have that with him for another couple years!
Side note: So, after I got Owen home and bandaged up his knee Grace and Allie came in the door asking how he was doing. He was laying on the couch with his feet up and says to Grace "Fine, but my knee still burns", he says this in a little whinny voice and Grace gives him a little hug. He limps around the house for a bit saying "oouch" while all the kids swoon over him bringing him water and catering to him. Talk about milking it for all its worth!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Summer so far...
The King family summer so far has been quite fun! We started out the season with camping on Memorial weekend in Steven's Point WI. Really nice grounds with a pool, jumping pillow, peddle bikes and lots of kids activities. We had a visit on Sunday from my Dad and Holly.
The next weekend Aaron and I headed to N.C. for Jeremy and Maria's wedding. It was a blast seeing all of their friends from the past, ha! It was really nice to see a lot of people we hadn't seen in almost 10 years. It was so much fun to see how everyone just hung together so well. Favorite part of the weekend would be sitting on the big wrap around porch in the rocking chairs hearing all the MI guys tell goofy stories about the past! The wedding of course was beautiful and a lot of fun, we are so happy for the newlyweds!
The weekend after was Grace's dance nationals in WI Dells. We camped there with Joe and Heather. Grace's dance groups did a outstanding job and took High Gold awards in both dances! We ventured into the dells and rode the ducks and go carts and went to Chula Vista one day to try out the waterpark.
4th of July weekend started off with a visit with Adam and Amy and kids at Kay and Mike's house in IL. It was so great to see them and get to catch up after close to a year! Sure do miss those guys and crossing our fingers they decide to move back to the midwest after their Penn State time has expired ;) That evening we took off after dinner to head north! Weekend was spent in Winchester WI with the Ghiloni Family. The weather there was absolutley gorgeous which can be a rare thing this time of year in the northwoods! We got plenty of time at the "private" beach at the house! Mark took us out on the boat to take the kids fishing where they were once again reeling them in faster than we could get them off the hook. Funny thing is later on the evening and again on Sunday the adults went out and could barely get a bite! We enjoyed some of the other activities in the area with the Winchester boat parade on our lake. Bobber races, volleyball tournament and pie eating contest at the Winchester park. We closed the evening with tailgating and fireworks in Ironwood MI with the whole family and friends. Aaron had to leave on Monday for work that week but the kids and i ended up staying till Friday. We had some quality time with Grandma MiMi in Minocqua on Wednesday where we visited Pecks wildlife. What a great place! They had SO many animals and I thought it was better than any zoo I had ever been to. You got to feed and pet goats, giant turtles, bunnies, a skunk, deer and even feed a bear some special bear soda, that was behind a cage of course! They had a big cage where you could go in with the birds and hold them. They had parrots that talked back and said "hello". There were wolves, white tiger, beavers, eagles, camels, zebra, kangaroos, every bird you could imagine and all the animals were in close view! Owen said the camel was "adorable"! He was amazed by the peacocks. Grace fell in love with the baby bunnies. It really was a great experience! That afternoon we enjoyed lunch downtown and hit the shops. I was surprised the kids lasted and without any whining! It was a fantastic day! Thursday morning we headed over to the Manotowish Waters Flee Market which always proves to be an interesting affair! Lots of interesting odds and ends but some treasures to be found as well. Us girls found some nice jewelry! On Friday we headed out after watching the last space shuttle launch. We stopped in Plover to visit my dad and holly for a short while but ended up staying the afternoon and didn't head out till 5:30pm. However, it was a beautiful day and ended up spending a couple hours out on the boat with them which was a great time!
So, now we have been home for the last couple weekends and it has been really great to get caught up. I did manage to trim back a bunch of bushes and plants and catch up on some much needed cleaning. Aaron was able to get some items fixed on the camper. After all that I did find myself kind of twiddling my thumbs this last week. After racking my brain trying to figure out where to go next I made the executive decision to procrastinate, go figure, and just relax and enjoy some time with the kids AT HOME!!! But, there is always more awaiting our attention. When I take a look at my list of "household" projects I start to get a little jealous of my brother and sister inlaw and their condo life with no fixing and pruning and repairing, etc.... and for a minute I think it might not be such a bad way to go! So, Amy if your reading this remember that when you guys are looking to move on, ha!! Well, after a morning at the Edgerton Tabacco Days Parade and some afternoon computer work I am going to move on from this chair now and enjoy the rest of the late afternoon with some good friends and dinner they are cooking for us tonight! Adios for now! I will post some pictures, later!
The next weekend Aaron and I headed to N.C. for Jeremy and Maria's wedding. It was a blast seeing all of their friends from the past, ha! It was really nice to see a lot of people we hadn't seen in almost 10 years. It was so much fun to see how everyone just hung together so well. Favorite part of the weekend would be sitting on the big wrap around porch in the rocking chairs hearing all the MI guys tell goofy stories about the past! The wedding of course was beautiful and a lot of fun, we are so happy for the newlyweds!
The weekend after was Grace's dance nationals in WI Dells. We camped there with Joe and Heather. Grace's dance groups did a outstanding job and took High Gold awards in both dances! We ventured into the dells and rode the ducks and go carts and went to Chula Vista one day to try out the waterpark.
4th of July weekend started off with a visit with Adam and Amy and kids at Kay and Mike's house in IL. It was so great to see them and get to catch up after close to a year! Sure do miss those guys and crossing our fingers they decide to move back to the midwest after their Penn State time has expired ;) That evening we took off after dinner to head north! Weekend was spent in Winchester WI with the Ghiloni Family. The weather there was absolutley gorgeous which can be a rare thing this time of year in the northwoods! We got plenty of time at the "private" beach at the house! Mark took us out on the boat to take the kids fishing where they were once again reeling them in faster than we could get them off the hook. Funny thing is later on the evening and again on Sunday the adults went out and could barely get a bite! We enjoyed some of the other activities in the area with the Winchester boat parade on our lake. Bobber races, volleyball tournament and pie eating contest at the Winchester park. We closed the evening with tailgating and fireworks in Ironwood MI with the whole family and friends. Aaron had to leave on Monday for work that week but the kids and i ended up staying till Friday. We had some quality time with Grandma MiMi in Minocqua on Wednesday where we visited Pecks wildlife. What a great place! They had SO many animals and I thought it was better than any zoo I had ever been to. You got to feed and pet goats, giant turtles, bunnies, a skunk, deer and even feed a bear some special bear soda, that was behind a cage of course! They had a big cage where you could go in with the birds and hold them. They had parrots that talked back and said "hello". There were wolves, white tiger, beavers, eagles, camels, zebra, kangaroos, every bird you could imagine and all the animals were in close view! Owen said the camel was "adorable"! He was amazed by the peacocks. Grace fell in love with the baby bunnies. It really was a great experience! That afternoon we enjoyed lunch downtown and hit the shops. I was surprised the kids lasted and without any whining! It was a fantastic day! Thursday morning we headed over to the Manotowish Waters Flee Market which always proves to be an interesting affair! Lots of interesting odds and ends but some treasures to be found as well. Us girls found some nice jewelry! On Friday we headed out after watching the last space shuttle launch. We stopped in Plover to visit my dad and holly for a short while but ended up staying the afternoon and didn't head out till 5:30pm. However, it was a beautiful day and ended up spending a couple hours out on the boat with them which was a great time!
So, now we have been home for the last couple weekends and it has been really great to get caught up. I did manage to trim back a bunch of bushes and plants and catch up on some much needed cleaning. Aaron was able to get some items fixed on the camper. After all that I did find myself kind of twiddling my thumbs this last week. After racking my brain trying to figure out where to go next I made the executive decision to procrastinate, go figure, and just relax and enjoy some time with the kids AT HOME!!! But, there is always more awaiting our attention. When I take a look at my list of "household" projects I start to get a little jealous of my brother and sister inlaw and their condo life with no fixing and pruning and repairing, etc.... and for a minute I think it might not be such a bad way to go! So, Amy if your reading this remember that when you guys are looking to move on, ha!! Well, after a morning at the Edgerton Tabacco Days Parade and some afternoon computer work I am going to move on from this chair now and enjoy the rest of the late afternoon with some good friends and dinner they are cooking for us tonight! Adios for now! I will post some pictures, later!
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