May-2010

Family fun

The kids have really enjoyed playing super Mario with Jason in the evenings on our Nintendo Wii.  (Jason and I have been known to play against each other too when the kids go to bed) Some of the funny things said since the wii became such a hit in our house....

“I can’t go to sleep because I hear you downstairs playing Mario Bros”  Cooper (one of his better excuses for not going to bed)

 "daddy is so cool" Cooper and Karina (because he got them to a new world in Mario)...... Why don't I ever get "mommy’s so cool cause she cooked us a great Dinner And did all our laundry!"

“mommy, did you know if Mario has 5 lives and he loses one, then he has 4” -Cooper (Karina proceeded to tell me how many you would have all the way to zero. See Mario can teach math!!!)

Hair today…..Gone tomorrow

One afternoon, I walked into the kitchen and saw black hair lying all over the floor.  I asked,” why is Rocky's hair laying all in the floor?" Cooper answered (while holding a pair of scissors), "It all fell out"  Karina just looks at me…..

Fast forward 1 ½ weeks

so...tonight when Cooper was getting his haircut, the hairdresser says to me, "what happened to his hair" Huh?? I walked over to look at Cooper’s hair and immediately asked Cooper, "Who cut your hair?" His response-"Rocky". So it gets better...Karina says, "Mom, last week when you asked what happened to Rocky's hair, it was really Cooper's hair lying on the floor.  But don’t tell Cooper you know, cause we don’t wont to make him mad”.

The Lady is a Tramp

Guess the dress I wore Karina's class party wasn't the best choice since she came running up to me and said, " mommy, I loveeee your nightgown"

I’m a walking….

Middle of night house alarm said, "patio door open". I calmly (hee-hee) wake Jason up and send he and Rocky out to get that burglar! He doesn't come back and Rocky isn't barking..... I go to look for myself, the brave woman that I am, go look for myself-Cooper is on the back deck sleep walking. Beginning of a fun weekend.

April -2010

Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang

Walla walla, bing bang……

Yep…some Witch Doctor put a spell on us while Jason was in Germany was in Germany the past 10 days….….

1^st- Funk-I cut my finger while cutting flower=stitches/ tetnus shot for me while kids sat at Emerga Care patiently for 2 hrs.

2nd Funk-1 days later-  A Copper Head under my chair in the driveway while watching the kids play-which Karina said, “parker and I thought it was a string until with touched it and it “said, ssssss”

3rd Funk- 3 days later- another trip to Emerg Care because Cooper poked Karina in the eye (“by accident”) with the stake TruGreen left in our yard. (after the doctor did the whole dye test etc. to Karina-who isn’t the best patient-decided it would heal with antibiotics.

4th Funk-3 days later-Cooper won’t stop crying when I pick him up from school. Turns out it was just an Ear infection for Cooper. The 

Funny part of this visit- that the Doctor knows us by name now and offers to take my stitches out since we were already at the office. 

Thank goodness Jason returned from Germany to bring us some “good mojo”!

First Filling

It shouldn’t surprise me that the first of the kids to have a cavity is Cooper.  That boy LOVES his sugar and has been known to sneak some candy when he thinks nobody is looking.  Leading up the “Big Day”, - the dentist office sent this very official form about whether or not we wanted Cooper to have “GAS” to eliminate the pain while having the tooth filled which made me a tad nervous because I thought it would really not be a big deal. After many days of thought, we opted for him not to use gas.  Needless to say, it didn’t bother Cooper one bit and he laughed and told the dentist numerous “funnies” during the procedure. .  The ironic part of the experience…they should have asked if Karina would need Gas to watch Cooper go thru the procedure.  She almost came unglued just watchingJ

One of Cooper’s funny moments-

When they were suctioning the water out of his mouth, Cooper holds up his hands for them to stop. The Dentist, thinking something was wrong, stops and asks Cooper, “Does something hurt?” Cooper’s response, “the suction tube sucked my tongue out of my mouth and now I don’t have a tongue.”

Hoff and Polinsky Familes head for the Beach

Long holiday weekend + a great available house = Enjoyable weekend with great friends.

We Rented a great 4 bedroom with a pool house down by Rosemary Beach together with the Polinksy Family for 4 days.  Cindy and I took Karina and Cooper down a night early and stayed in a hotel room.  The plan was to get all the groceries, get the house ready and have a little extra beach time. It was still a tad cool in the pool, but it didn’t seem to phase and of the kids.  We enjoyed beach time, great meals, coffee together and some fun Wii time.  (The girls kicked my butt in “Just Dance”)  We are so fortunate to have such good friends.  Karina loved trying to be one of the teenagers like Brooke, Abby and Rachel.  She wanted to wear her bikini everyday like theirs and layed-out in the sun her towel just like them. She also seems to have her mother’s love for going on vacation and always says the days leading to departure-“I wish we didn’t have to leave”

Karina asked if daddy could buy us a house at the beach... The good mother that I am, " oh that's a good idea, go ask daddy"

When Coopers teacher asked what beach we had been too for our break, Cooper answered.” The beach that has the big house with the pool”

Spring Break_March 2010

March 2010

We're off to see the Wizard.....not really just Arizona.  We had a great spring break spending time with Grandma and Pops at the house they rented in Phoenix, AZ. The pool at the house was so cold..but that didn't stop Cooper and Karina from swimming!  We did take them to the club most days that had a heated pool (as well as mommy and daddy sippies)

We then finished our spring break at Uncle Mike's house.  Uncle Mike picked the kids and I up from the Atlanta aiport. ( Jason needed to go back and work a few days prior to his trip to Germany)  Jason was kind enough to thank Michael by aiming golf balls at him while he was fishing (see picture) The kids really enjoyed the days at Uncle Michaels!  Cooper even decided it would be better to jump in the cold pond to get his water for sand castles...notice how Karina was dipping her water while laying on the dock!    We were also able to enjoy a nice day with the Perkins family!  

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost."

I would be crazy not to blog about how great my friends and family have been the last 3 weeks....carpooling the kids to and from school, taking them to the zoo/park/library/basketball game, playing hide and seek, home cooked meals for the family, letting the kids come to their houses for the day, doing our laundry, cleaning the house, many dishwasher loads, getting the kids dressed/undressed/bathed..... That doesn't begin to touch on the emotional support each one of my friends gave our kids (and me knowing they were in safe hands)

It all started off with my "surprise" oral surgery to extract a tooth that had decayed under my bridge. It would also require rebuilding the back part of my jaw with bone graft in preparation for the two implants they will begin working on this summer. Of course, to say I was nervous is a gigantic understatement. My fear of oral surgery all began in 1990 when I had an implant done....only preformed with Novocaine (which is unheard of I am told) , dad holding my hand the whole time while I cried continuously. Anyway, when the surgeon told me I needed to get someone to help me for three days while I recovered, I thought yea...whatever, I would prove him wrong. He didn't know the drive I have to stay well and fit....I was planning on showing everyone I could run the next day like my friend. WRONG-Jason took the day off and we asked (begged) Mike to come help with the kids during my recovery. THANK GOODNESS for Mike, Jason, Skeet, Christell and Cindy. That surgery ended up teaching me a very important lesson in life-Oral Surgeons know more than the Patient. The funniest moment during my recovery/Percocet daze- Karina came and tapped my huge swollen face and asked, "Are you hiding food in there?"

I was finally feeling victorious and like my old self after that five day set back. I thought it was a tad strange when Jason had a nasty cold but neither the kids or I seemed sick. Well...that Grubby little cold came knocking on my door. But I thought, "Hey, if Jason can run the Mercedes Half Marathon with this ugly mess (and beats his time from last year), I can go play a little 1 1/2 hour tennis match. HA...Immune system said "NOPE" and I end up the next day at the doctor's office and Outpatient with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. Who would of thought I could barely get out of bed for another 6 days. Once again my great friends came to my rescue....(Christine Perkins even making the voyage over from Atlanta for two days since Jason was in Germany)...

I have always known that I am very blessed with the great husband I have, the great friendships we have cultivated and the fabulous brother (who thinks he is more of a father to me). The past few weeks have been positive in a lot of ways....it made me once more appreciate my relationships and remind me how important it is for ME to work even harder at doing things for those in need.

Valentines Day weekend

We had a very exciting weekend! Uncle Mike had worked with the kids to make hearts for the windows in the house earlier in the week, which started the excitement with Karina and Cooper. Then they started getting all their Valentine cards in the mail and school...which raised the excitement up a notch. Then the excitement hit an all time high when it snowed twice in one weekend(yes....in Alabama) The kids and I had fun decorating the yard to wish Jason luck running the Mercedes half marathon Sunday. We were very proud of him, he ran 1:44 minutes ! This beat his time from last year which was incredible since he had a very nasty cold this year!