Alexa and Santa at 'Christmas in the Village'Farmington
Grandma Diane, Alexa, Mommy and Lillian in the JAIL!
Alexa looks frightened! She was!
Mommy and Lilli in the Barber Shop
Grandma Diane and Alexa in the Barber Shop
Grandma Diane, Alexa, Mommy and Lillian in the JAIL!Alexa looks frightened! She was!
Mommy and Lilli in the Barber ShopGrandma Diane and Alexa in the Barber ShopThe weekend may not have started the greatest, but it sure ended good.
Adam and I had parent/teacher conferences with Ms. Keiya, Lillian's teacher right after school. We reviewed Lillian's report card, which was very impressive for her age and talked about how Lillian needs to work more on using her words at school. The teacher's know she has them, but she chooses not to use them with her friends and teachers. At home however, she is a little gabber box. We'll start focusing on potty training Lillian at the beginning of the new year if Ms. Keiya notices a change in her communicating to them. She has to be able to tell the teachers she has to go potty. Hopefully there will be some progress in the next few weeks, so we can start training right away in January.
My parents and Tiny were on their way and had eaten supper, so we ran to target for a quick bite to eat. While waiting for our food, Alexa's face turned pale white and she started complaining of a stomach ache. She thought at first that she was just hungry and of course her chicken strips were taking forever to be made. She ran to the bathroom and tried pooping, but nothing. So, we went back out to the cafe. She got her chicken nuggets and kept whining, so we decided to pack up and head home. As I turned around to grab Lillian, Alexa leaned forward and vomited all over the floor. I ran her to the bathroom where she could finish, thinking 'how could this be happening? My family is going to be at our house any minute for the whole weekend.'
We got home and Alexa went straight to her bed. She was weak and exhausted. She continued to vomit every half hour until 3 in the morning. She was so sad to feel so sick when Grandpa, Grandma and Tiny were there. I would help her in the bathroom and she could barely hold her head up. My poor baby. I hadn't been feeling the greatest all day either, kinda feverish and achy, but I hurt even worse seeing my baby so sick. I would have given anything to take her place. I slept with her in her room just to comfort her.
Luckily, from 3:18am on, she was able to get some good sleep and woke up happy as can be. It took her awhile to get her boost of energy, a piece of toast and a glass of water later, she was feeling like her normal self again. Thank Goodness. I wasn't as sick as her, but I was exhausted from not feeling well myself and not sleeping at all the night before.
We had our traditional cinnamon rolls and juice for breakfast before opening our gifts. The girls were spoiled with lots of wonderful things. A doctor kit, a princess coloring book for Alexa and a baby dolly for Lilli. Tiny and his girlfriend, Courtney, made them the most adorable fleece blankets. Purple for Lilli and Pink for Alexa. Benski gave them a fun karaoke machine and Grandpa and Grandma got them a nice wooden table for coloring and tea parties.
We kept pretty lazy the rest of the day and I even snuck in a nap in the afternoon. The girls played with their new toys and sang songs and watched movies. Adam made tacos for supper and the girls went to bed fairly early. We stayed up and played Battle of the Sexes and talked about ghosts.
Sunday was much better. We were all feeling better and well rested. We made Christmas cut out cookies while the guys watched football. We did a water balloon project (that we haven't finished yet), Lillian had a nap and then we all went to the Dakota County fairgrounds for 'Christmas in the Village'. I had read about it in the newspaper and thought it would be fun for us. Another Christmas activity that would get us more in the spirit. I had never been there and didn't know what to expect, but it turned out to be so much fun. It was a village of a church, general store, house, post office, barber shop, jail, fire station, black smith shop, printing press, drug store, library, school house from the early 1900's or older. In most buildings was an activity for the children to participate in. In the church we all sang Christmas carols. We sang the 12 Days of Christmas. Lillian was the partridge in a pair tree, Adam and Tiny were the 2 turtle doves and my mom and dad were the 3 French hens. We all had actions to do and Lillian and I danced by the Christmas tree. It made us laugh and got us in the Christmas mood. FUN! Alexa on the other hand took a little bit longer to 'get into it all'. She was tired and the ladies directing the Christmas carols were a bit dramatic and scared her a little, I think. But, as we moved along, Alexa wanted to participate in every activity.
We went to the school house next and she was able to write what Christmas meant to her, sitting in a little wooden desk. There was a girl and boy sitting in the front acting as teachers and dressed in the old fashioned attire. The boy spoke of the school, where it was located and what it was like going to school back then having to be in class with most of your siblings ages ranging from 1st graders to 21 year olds.
We visited a general store where we saw fabric in which they were able to buy to make their clothes, food, ect. We saw the blacksmith shop where they made shoes for the horses, a jail (Alexa was quite frightened of that), a fire station where they literally used 'buckets' to put fires out, the barber shop housed the ONLY bath tub in the town which cost $.15. It was $.35 for a dirty towel and $0.40 for a clean one. Alexa's eyes went crossed when I told her that people didn't have tubbies in their houses and they had to go potty outside. Alexa and Lillian wrote letters to Santa at the post office and mailed them off to the North Pole, they made Christmas cards for the servicemen and women in the printing press. Activities were going on the library, there was a gift shop. We saw Santa Claus and even took a horse drawn trolley ride through the village. We about froze to death, but it was so fun. We all enjoyed it so much and were happy that we decided to go.
We went out to Pilot Knob Pizzeria afterwards, our favorite pizza place and enjoyed some dinner. The girls took baths when we got home, put their jammies on, Tiny helped Lillian brush her teeth and hair and off to bed.
The weekend started off a little rocky, but ended well. My family left this morning, hit rush hour traffic and some snow, which made their commute MUCH LONGER than they had anticipated. But, they are home safe and that's all that matters.
Thanks again for such a great weekend Mom and Dad. You too, Tiny and Benski! :)
Adam and I had parent/teacher conferences with Ms. Keiya, Lillian's teacher right after school. We reviewed Lillian's report card, which was very impressive for her age and talked about how Lillian needs to work more on using her words at school. The teacher's know she has them, but she chooses not to use them with her friends and teachers. At home however, she is a little gabber box. We'll start focusing on potty training Lillian at the beginning of the new year if Ms. Keiya notices a change in her communicating to them. She has to be able to tell the teachers she has to go potty. Hopefully there will be some progress in the next few weeks, so we can start training right away in January.
My parents and Tiny were on their way and had eaten supper, so we ran to target for a quick bite to eat. While waiting for our food, Alexa's face turned pale white and she started complaining of a stomach ache. She thought at first that she was just hungry and of course her chicken strips were taking forever to be made. She ran to the bathroom and tried pooping, but nothing. So, we went back out to the cafe. She got her chicken nuggets and kept whining, so we decided to pack up and head home. As I turned around to grab Lillian, Alexa leaned forward and vomited all over the floor. I ran her to the bathroom where she could finish, thinking 'how could this be happening? My family is going to be at our house any minute for the whole weekend.'
We got home and Alexa went straight to her bed. She was weak and exhausted. She continued to vomit every half hour until 3 in the morning. She was so sad to feel so sick when Grandpa, Grandma and Tiny were there. I would help her in the bathroom and she could barely hold her head up. My poor baby. I hadn't been feeling the greatest all day either, kinda feverish and achy, but I hurt even worse seeing my baby so sick. I would have given anything to take her place. I slept with her in her room just to comfort her.
Luckily, from 3:18am on, she was able to get some good sleep and woke up happy as can be. It took her awhile to get her boost of energy, a piece of toast and a glass of water later, she was feeling like her normal self again. Thank Goodness. I wasn't as sick as her, but I was exhausted from not feeling well myself and not sleeping at all the night before.
We had our traditional cinnamon rolls and juice for breakfast before opening our gifts. The girls were spoiled with lots of wonderful things. A doctor kit, a princess coloring book for Alexa and a baby dolly for Lilli. Tiny and his girlfriend, Courtney, made them the most adorable fleece blankets. Purple for Lilli and Pink for Alexa. Benski gave them a fun karaoke machine and Grandpa and Grandma got them a nice wooden table for coloring and tea parties.
We kept pretty lazy the rest of the day and I even snuck in a nap in the afternoon. The girls played with their new toys and sang songs and watched movies. Adam made tacos for supper and the girls went to bed fairly early. We stayed up and played Battle of the Sexes and talked about ghosts.
Sunday was much better. We were all feeling better and well rested. We made Christmas cut out cookies while the guys watched football. We did a water balloon project (that we haven't finished yet), Lillian had a nap and then we all went to the Dakota County fairgrounds for 'Christmas in the Village'. I had read about it in the newspaper and thought it would be fun for us. Another Christmas activity that would get us more in the spirit. I had never been there and didn't know what to expect, but it turned out to be so much fun. It was a village of a church, general store, house, post office, barber shop, jail, fire station, black smith shop, printing press, drug store, library, school house from the early 1900's or older. In most buildings was an activity for the children to participate in. In the church we all sang Christmas carols. We sang the 12 Days of Christmas. Lillian was the partridge in a pair tree, Adam and Tiny were the 2 turtle doves and my mom and dad were the 3 French hens. We all had actions to do and Lillian and I danced by the Christmas tree. It made us laugh and got us in the Christmas mood. FUN! Alexa on the other hand took a little bit longer to 'get into it all'. She was tired and the ladies directing the Christmas carols were a bit dramatic and scared her a little, I think. But, as we moved along, Alexa wanted to participate in every activity.
We went to the school house next and she was able to write what Christmas meant to her, sitting in a little wooden desk. There was a girl and boy sitting in the front acting as teachers and dressed in the old fashioned attire. The boy spoke of the school, where it was located and what it was like going to school back then having to be in class with most of your siblings ages ranging from 1st graders to 21 year olds.
We visited a general store where we saw fabric in which they were able to buy to make their clothes, food, ect. We saw the blacksmith shop where they made shoes for the horses, a jail (Alexa was quite frightened of that), a fire station where they literally used 'buckets' to put fires out, the barber shop housed the ONLY bath tub in the town which cost $.15. It was $.35 for a dirty towel and $0.40 for a clean one. Alexa's eyes went crossed when I told her that people didn't have tubbies in their houses and they had to go potty outside. Alexa and Lillian wrote letters to Santa at the post office and mailed them off to the North Pole, they made Christmas cards for the servicemen and women in the printing press. Activities were going on the library, there was a gift shop. We saw Santa Claus and even took a horse drawn trolley ride through the village. We about froze to death, but it was so fun. We all enjoyed it so much and were happy that we decided to go.
We went out to Pilot Knob Pizzeria afterwards, our favorite pizza place and enjoyed some dinner. The girls took baths when we got home, put their jammies on, Tiny helped Lillian brush her teeth and hair and off to bed.
The weekend started off a little rocky, but ended well. My family left this morning, hit rush hour traffic and some snow, which made their commute MUCH LONGER than they had anticipated. But, they are home safe and that's all that matters.
Thanks again for such a great weekend Mom and Dad. You too, Tiny and Benski! :)
