Sunday, July 9, 2023

End of School Ceremonies

Since Cora isn't changing schools she didn't have any ceremonies. Ezra had his last school concert which was so cute.


Ezra got student of the month in June
Peace out, Kindergarten!

Kimball's school did a graduation ceremony for all the 5th graders moving onto middle school. He was awarded student of the month for the character trait integrity, which if I had to sum Kimball up in one word, integrity would be it. Very fitting.
Miss Wilhelm was such a great teacher for him this year, he's going to miss her.





Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Anxious for Summer

"Mom, the water touched my uvula!" - Kimball
Ezra is the most chiseled, muscular little 6 year old I ever did see.


The boys playing baseball in their underwear.





This is why you're not allowed to eat corn on the cob with braces.

Dinner around the fire tonight, yum.

 

Celebrating 18 years

For our anniversary we went to see Riverdance which was uh-ma-zing!!! I mean talk about a super fantastic show, wow! Then we had dinner at a Brazilian grill while it down poured outside. After dinner we still had an hour before we needed to get the babysitter home so I suggested we go back to the car to take a nap. That's exactly what we did and it was marvelous. Aaaaaaand that is the difference between 2 years of marriage and 18 years of marriage, lol.


 

Random Photos

Now this picture may not look like much but it was worth celebrating! The past month or so I've been on a mission to figure out why Cora is sick all the time. I mean, since January to present day, these last six months she has been sick with chronic respiratory and cold-like symptoms. In April she was on antibiotics for an ear infection and the antibiotics helped, but the cold like symptoms came back four days later. ANYWAY, I took her to the allergist who did a blood draw to see where her white blood cell count is at and I believe she was going to look into autoimmune deficiencies/diseases. (Still waiting for those test results).

I didn't tell Cora she had to get her blood drawn and I didn't want to have to wait another year+ to piggyback it onto a sedation. So we walked right into the lab, Cora sat in the chair, and completely cooperated! No yelling, no crying, no fits, no apprehension whatsoever!!! This has not happened in 9.5 years without sedation!!!!!!! I think the key was that I didn't tell her what to expect. If she heard the word blood or if I explained what was going to happen I knew she was freak out, so I didn't say anything. Wow. I'm still in shock she did it and of course we had to get a treat on the way home to celebrate!

Get it, girl! Nothing like strong arm muscles trying to stir rice krispies.

Ezra's first lost tooth!! He was so excited and wanted to keep his tooth so he could put it under his pillow again for more money. He certainly tried but it didn't work.
For Memorial Day we went to a field to play baseball as a family and fly kites. Ezra and Cora found a spigot and sure had fun splashing around. Then we had dinner with our neighbors.






Baseball Season

Kimball had a great baseball season and was especially looking forward to it after playing catch and getting a special mitt from Grandpa Goofy. His team never did win a game but they improved so much over the season. They really had a great time and he got along really well with all of his teammates. I especially loved his coach - he made it all about having fun and improving skills.



His favorite position is still pitcher.
His got a sportsmanship pin because as he was going in for a catch, the ball bounced off his chest and got him right in the chin.
Spring and baseball season also means we can drive the Kharmen Ghia now that we finally have it back after.....7-8 years? Lance is in LOVE with that car!



 

Ezra Turned 6!

A very happy birthday to this sweetest caboose!!! Ezra asked for a dragon cake and the bakery at Safeway did not disappoint! Ezra is still all things movement and energy. He loves any kind of motion and activity but his favorite is running. He still likes cuddling with his Mama, loves Kindergarten, and Wasi. He's pretty chill but when he gets around his best friends, the wild in him comes out and it can be difficult to keep him reined in. He keeps himself entertained and has a great imagination. He's still in speech working on R, S, and Z sounds and isn't reading fluently yet but loves to put the letters together on his own. Man, I sure love this little squirt of mine!








On his birthday I surprised him at school with donuts for the class and got to eat lunch with him.