Month: January 2013

At our last visit with Teague’s eye doctor he recommended we continue the eye patching. I do pretty well remembering to patch Teague’s eye every day. We are supposed to alternate which eye we patch so that I note on my calendar. The patch is supposed to stay on an hour and I have found it easiest to set the kitchen timer.
Tonight I was cooking dinner and when Alex heard the timer he yelled, “Time to take off Teague’s eye patch.” Obviously I don’t use the kitchen timer very often in my normal cooking routines.

We played at Riley’s house this morning and came home with a “schoolbook.” (Riley had a duplicate book and gave Alex the extra copy.) Alex was so excited for his nap to be over so he could do his homework. This was a whole new world for Alex and he really enjoyed trying out writing his numbers and letters. We’ll see if the enthusiasm lasts till he starts K4 in the fall.

If you read the boys’ blog you have already seen one of these pictures. Here are a few more.

We have a lot of birthdays in our house in January and February so boxes have been arriving like crazy. I finally wrapped some gifts last night and had the boxes and an extra wrappign paper tube stacked up. Alex immediately set up the ship and asked me to make Moose into a sail. (Somebody is still very much into “Jake and the Neverland Pirates”)

As much as it warms my heart to see how much Alex loves to read (and that Teague will immediately go get a book and join Alex), the mess he can make with his books while I am getting ready is getting old. Today we learned how to put all the books back on the bookshelves (or get them out one at a time).

I recently realized some big news in my life was never officially made public. I began my maternity leave last August. I doubted I would return to work, but I wasn’t quite ready to shut that door permanently. Because my work is project based and we are only paid for the work we do, vacation and leave are unlimited. I scheduled maternity leave till the beginning of January. Around Thanksgiving I received a call from the office asking if I had any thoughts about when I would return to work. I’m not sure if this was because they were understaffed or just curious. I decided it was as good a time as any to turn in my official notice. I haven’t regretted it once!

The love of Madison is still going strong.

I have noticed in quite a few of my bath pictures that Tabit likes to monitor bath time. She is often in the background peeking over the edge of the tub. I’m waiting for the day she accidentally falls in or gets a cup of water over the head…

I feel that we have entered the season of birthday parties. The majority of Alex’s best friends have birthdays within three months of each other – two of his friends have parties this weekend. Tristan’s party was today and both boys were invited to the gym. They loved it!

Shortly after bringing Teague home we noticed some bumps that would randomly appear and disappear on his skin. I asked the doctor and he told me they were most likely an allergic reaction to something. He also informed me that 90 percent of the time we never know what causes the reaction. He said the most common food allergy in children is eggs and recommended that we remove eggs from Teague’s diet for 2 weeks. I didn’t notice any change in the frequency of the bumps so the eggs came back (which is good because Teague loves eggs). At this point I was trying to be very aware of what I fed Teague and when the bumps would appear. We were at Yo Mama when he suddenly got them on his face (which was rare). I thought – maybe strawberries. That weekend he had a strawberry nutrigrain bar and his lip was extremely swollen for over 24 hours. I thought I might have figured it out. How easy life would be if his allergy was strawberries!
Teague hasn’t had a hint of strawberry in almost a month. I put three slices on his ice cream tonight and he didn’t have a single bump. There goes that theory….

Wade took these the other night while I was out with a meeting. Alex subconsciously sticking his tongue out (as opposed to doing it on purpose) is happening more and more.

Teague normally chooses Mom given a choice. However, in the last few days he has figured out that Daddy and Alex often disappear down the stairs into the shop and leave him behind. He sits at the top and just quietly waits for their return.

Wade’s Dad has recently taken up wood turning. We’ve seen a few finished products, but the boys’ favorites were the snowmen that arrived in the mail this holiday season!