I'm posting only 1 blog entry for the month of September. This month has been fraught with illness and exhaustion, so I decided that the blog entries were something that I could skip. Of course, I then carried around procrastination guilt for the past month! Hmm, trade-offs! The month started with Elin and I both having a persistent cough. That cough hung on all month and has finally, in just the past few days, released its hold on us girls. Kent caught the cold a few weeks after Elin & I, but it still has a pretty good grip on him - he actually spent the past weekend under the influence of a fever. Erik has also succumbed to the cold, which earned him a whole week off of school the last week of September. There were nights when all 4 of us were lined up to use the nebulizer to get our breathing treatments!!
In order to get caught up (and to keep you from going cross-eyed reading a super long entry), I'm going to save most of the detailed kiddo update for next week's blog entry (ooh, did I just build some suspense there?!!) and instead show you lots of pictures!
Erik's class at school performed as Shabbat Stars on Friday, Sept 5. Kent was able to attend the mini concert; Erik is always so pleased & proud when Kent comes to see him at school!
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| Erik with some of his classmates - Renner, Lars, Erik & Vance |
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| Our main man |
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| Cuties Pies in the audience - Kent & Elin |
Elin loves to wrestle! Whenever I lay down on the floor, she will immediately come over and climb onto my belly or back and sit there like a conquering hero! She laughs and will then bounce up & down - which does wonder for my poor bladder!! Elin will also try to "tackle" Erik if he lays on the floor:
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| I know it looks like hugging, but it's really wrestling! |
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| Getting Dada |
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| Who's winning?! |
Erik has started to give Elin rides on the plasma car. It is super cute and a great way to share a toy that is much in demand!
Erik & Elin sitting in the "treatment" chair, waiting for their turn on the nebulizer. They get to watch Baby Einstein or Beginner Bible videos on YouTube while taking the treatment. The socks on their feet are because they have Baby Vicks on the soles of the feet to help fight the cough.
Elin & I went to a birthday party for our Sabbath School friend, Kennedi, early in the month of September before getting super sick.
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| Elin, Victoria & Addison |
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| Birthday Girl Kennedi |
A visit to a local playground with more friends from Sabbath School. We had a wonderful & delicious pancake breakfast. One of the little girls, Nora, just loves Elin and is a great little playmate & babysitter!
We visited a new indoor playground for kids called Lucky Monkey with the Zbaraschuks and the Cochran's. It was raining outside and our power had just gone out before we left the house. It was a great time to leave the house since the A/C was off and it was almost immediately evident!
Pictures of how Elin "helps" me in the kitchen:
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| Yep, that's a box of granola dumped all over the floor |
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| Elin loves to take things out of one cabinet, carry them around and hide them in another cabinet (I've got to keep a close eye on where she goes with stuff!) |
I've been taking the kids on lots of walks lately as the cooler fall weather has arrived. Ha, ha, I have to laugh as I type that! Cooler weather means low 90's and slight breezes; it's really the storm fronts that have come through and not fall!! Erik has a silver BMW pedal car and Elin rides in the red sportscar. Erik is getting really good with steering in the past few weeks; I only have to tell him to get back to the side of the road a few times rather than constantly. We live on a street with a slight hill down to the lake and Erik "helps" to pull Elin up the hill - check it out!
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| Red Sportscar |
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| Uh oh, the Beemer ran off the road! |
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| Erik pulling Elin up the hill |
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| What it really looks like!! |
One of Elin's Sabbath School teachers brought a rabbit to class this past Sabbath; we are doing a Noah's Ark theme right now. The rabbit is GIANT and pure white; when it was purchased, the pet store told them it was a Norwegian Miniature rabbit! Ha, ha. The store went out of business about 2-3 days after they bought the rabbit!
Random shots:
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| Cutie |
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| Obligatory Hair shot - Nothing much on top, but lots of curl in the back! |
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| A very common |
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| Elin is more interested in potty training than Erik! |
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| Elin loves to lean on furniture and then look at toys or books!! |
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| Erik wanted to hold Elin "like a baby". She wasn't too keen on the idea. |
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| Erik learning the American Crawl |
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| Elin outside |
A few more shots from our trip to the lake that Gramma Johnson sent me.
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| Erik & Kent jumping into lake |
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| Erik jumping by himself |
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| Elin "swimming" |
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| Erik & Kent on the paddle board |
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