As most of you know Alex's eighth birthday was on Tuesday, March 17. Yep, that's right she's Irish! She really does have a little Irish blood in her. Anyway, we celebrated on Saturday at our house with my family. Papa, Nana, Amma, Brian, Julie, and Avery all came for the big day. Alex requested a green ice-cream cake with gummy bears on top. So, I found a recipe and made a mint chocolate chip ice-cream cake with Oreo crust. I topped it off with Oreo and gummy bears. Yummy! Aaron grilled burgers out in the cold but at least it was not raining. Alex received many nice presents including a Polly-Pocket,Pet Shop toy and beautiful cross bracelet from the Clark's, an art set and clothes from Amma, a craft set from Noah and Piper, clothes from Grampy and Mi-Mi, and lots of cold hard cash from great-aunt Star and Aunt Sarah and her family! We also got her the Wii Fit to go along with her most favorite gift The Wii!! She was very surprised and thankful to receive this great present from Papa and Nana. We were all excited about it because it is such a family friendly gaming console! Check out Alex and Noah boxing on Wii Sport. Alex can throw a mean left hook and Noah has some serious hip-action going on! Alex wanted to Skype with Grampy and Mi-Mi on Saturday so she could open her present "with" them. This was an awesome idea and one that I think we will do again. On her actual birthday she dressed herself all in green and headed off to school where Piper and I brought homemade cupcakes with green frosting to her class at lunch. They sang a funny happy birthday song to her and then headed back to class. Alex really appreciated all the nice cards and phone calls she received on her birthday as well! Thanks to everyone who thought of her on her special day.
I am adding a few pictures from parent watch day at gymnastics so you can see what Alex is doing in her extracurricular activity. She was "upgraded" to the fast-track class at the begininning of the fall semester and really loves her coach. She is so proud of herself for getting her split and she almost has her kick-over. The bars are her favorite. I wish I could attach a video of her on the bars but I am having trouble attaching video's for some reason. Enjoy the pictures!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Nothing a Little Super Glue Can't Fix!
Piper and I began wrapping presents for Alex's birthday party on Friday afternoon with the expectation that things would go smoothly and we would have it all done before going to school for pick-up. As we all know, anytime something is expected often times the result is not what we want. Well needless to say, this was how our afternoon of pre-birthday preparation ended. After wrapping two presents I ran out of tape and left the room to get more. Piper proceeded to put a shopping bag over her head and pretended to be a ghost and "scare mommy". Next thing I knew I heard screams coming from the living room and found Miss Priss lying on the floor with the bag still on her head. Apparently she tripped (because she couldn't see where she was going) and landed, chin first, on the hearth. I removed the bag from her head and saw dripping blood from her chin and a deep gash. We quickly went to the bathroom to examine the damage where I determined we probably needed to go get stitches. I called Aaron at work and of course he said "Is it really that bad?" I informed him that if he wanted to come home and see for himself he could but otherwise I was going to FastER Care. He decided to come take a look at it. After Ibuprofen, ice, a call to Mi-Mi, and lots and lots of Skittles we decided to take care of it ourselves. After picking the other two kids up from school, I traipsed all through CVS looking for a super-glue-like adhesive for skin that Aunt Sarah keeps on hand at her house for my daredevil nephew, Ranger. Much to my dismay I found out they do not sell this over-the-counter, they only use it in the ER and Dr. office because, as the nice pharmacist informed me ,"People would be putting themselves back together all the time". So........ I ended up buying Liquid Bandage which is what Aunt Sarah had meant all along! We prepared Piper for what it was going to feel like and then Aaron held her down while I applied it. She cried just a little(to my surprise because she is a drama queen!:), and then finished off the rest of her skittles. Whew! As a family we have managed only one ER visit thus far and I hope it stays that way!
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