name those babies pumpkins

can you guess who we are?
aren't we cute?

want a closer look?

don't you think our hats are awesome??
whoever made them is the best!!

totally charming

this picture pretty much sums up olivia's morning. {taken pre-procedure}

this morning olivia had tubes put in her ears. it went really well, in fact they said she was "totally charming" in the or. ha ha. i knew the shirt would help :)

they gave her some "sleepy juice" before the procedure which totally chilled her out so it wasn't an issue when they wheeled her away. the procedure was super quick so she never even changed out of her street clothes. she was kind of crazy when she was coming out of the anesthetic. a few nurses had to come help calm her down. one nurse brought her a red slurpie which she knocked out of the nurses hand and all over the floor.

half coherent kid + red slurpie--not a good idea!
{but how cool for or recovery to have a slurpie machine!!}

well i'm off to enjoy a quite afternoon while she sleeps it off.

a little catching up

i've been slacking on posting pictures up on my blog this month. so here's me catching up...

when nana & papa came to visit from minnesota, we went to chuck e cheese to celebrate the kids' birthdays along with cousin matilyn. it was pretty much the worst pizza i've ever eaten, but the kids had fun and i got skee ball out of my system for the time being.

a few hours later we went bowling with garrett's preschool class/church. lots of fun :) unfortunately we thought we lost our camera at cec, so i couldn't take any pictures - but seriously bowling pictures are always of butts, i don't feel too bad. thankfully we found the camera in the back of the car the next day :)

perhaps next year we'll do the hsm party the kids actually wanted. oh well...they had fun at eating pizza, collecting tickets and getting lots of attention from their nana & papa :)

a little attitude

apparently with turning 4 comes lots of wisdom, or should i say attitude.

lately when i ask garrett not to do something (like running around the house yelling when josie is napping) his response is "mom, that's just life." in a very matter of fact, i'm so smart kind of way.

and here i thought only girls give attitude. yeish.

i have to admit...

that i went to meijer today for the sole purpose of buying hair product for ryan.

but when we left the hair salon yesterday, he looked so darn cute with his spikey hair.
don't ya think?

i wonder if this hair product phase will mess up our we're-too-busy-to-take-a-bath-every-night routine.
i certainly hope not.
mmm... i wonder if ryan owns any hats?

2 things

this picture is not the greatest, but it really shows 2 things:

1. why the last 2 hats i've almost finished are already too small

AND

2. why we have to send in search parties when we want to see her neck

my little student

while cuddling in bed with garrett the other night...

mom, did you know that watermelon is compound word?

can you hear spiders?

olivia is not a fan of pain. the moment she gets a scrape she runs frantically runs inside looking for a barbie bandaid. when she got her 5 yr old shots, she screamed until our car pulled out of the parking lot. when she gets knocked over in soccer, it's a traumatic experience.

so today she got some crushing news.

after failing numerous hearing tests and having her ears checked and rechecked at an ent, she is having tubes put in on 10/28. {funny thing is, in our opinion she hears everything! it's impossible to have an adult conversation in the car. even with the radio blasting and her sitting in the "way back" she can hear everything.}

once the doctor started explaining the procedure (hospital, put to sleep, etc.) she got all hot & bothered. she looked right at the doctor and said "i can hear just fine! i hear the spiders crawling around in my basement!!" {see freaking hearing skills!}

after a tear-filled ride home and me promising her a toy at meijer after the procedure is over, she calmed down. it helped that once we got home her grandparents from minnesota (who are out visiting) gave the kids their birthday presents. hooray for distractions!

so we'll have to see if she can still hear the spiders once she has her tubes in :)

but on a parental note... it's not fun thinking about her getting put to sleep. it's a super common & fast procedure, so i'm not going to spend too much time worrying (in theory, of course). she's not having it done at children's like garrett did so the nurse today didn't think i'd be able to carry her to the or and hold her until she's out like i did with garrett :( well they'll be sorry about that. when she's upset & hysterical she is one fiesty little kid! i have no doubt that she'll give them a run for their money.

wordless wednesday

7 things...

i've been tagged...

1. i saw new kids on the block in concert {the first time they were cool}

2. i own 6 pairs of olawahu tevas

3. i was once an awesome sas programmer {missy & jill, don't laugh too hard}

4. i have biked 700 miles across southern australia

5. i took german lessons as a child {not sure why}

6. i hate getting into an unmade bed

7. as a child, my brother & i made a "house" in a thorn bush {compete with hallways and rooms}

i guess i'm supposed to tag a 7 people
but i'm just going to tag 1... my "new to blogging" friend kristi