Holly had her three month checkup today. Her doctor is a big fan of ultrasounds to monitor the health and development of the baby so, like usual, Holly came home with a new picture. Both Holly and the baby are doing well. The baby is still due to arrive in mid-January and we’re still hoping that it comes a few weeks early. December 30th works well for me.
We deiceded to tell the kids about the new arrival over the weekend. They seem to be excited, and seeing picutres of their unborn sibling only adds to that excitement. Hannah was so excited to show me the picture that instead of saying something like “It’s what’s in Mommy’s tummy.” she said “It’s what’s in the baby’s tummy.” I’m not sure if she doesn’t understand what the photo is or if her excitement just impaired her ability to convey what she was thinking. Either way, it was pretty funny.
Emma has been playing the piano for about two years. In that time, she has gotten quite good. Her piano teacher always tells me how much she enjoys teaching Emma because she has a natural ability that makes her very fun to teach.
Tonight was the spring recital where all of the students get together to show off what they’ve been working on for the past few months. Recitals aren’t usually a big deal for Emma. She enjoys playing for people and she enjoys listening to the other students play their pieces but she hates introducing herself. I don’t think that she enjoys the applause and praise from everyone either because she’s typically very eager to get away from the piano and back to her seat. It’s all worth it for her though because after everyone has performed, the teacher gives all of the students giant Symphony bars. (I think that’s her favorite part.)
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Last night President Obama laid out his healthcare reform plans for the world to see. I’ve been trying to stay away from political topics but I can’t resist this one. I promise I’ll keep it brief.
At my work we ship a lot of stuff. So much stuff that we have a UPS guy make two stops at our office every day. Note that I said UPS guy and not mailman. Our mailman is a nice guy but we’re lucky to see him once a week because of Postal Service cutbacks. This can be extremely irritating when we have to mail something. The Postal Service isn’t reliable enough for us to depend on so we chose to go with a non-government entity for our shipping needs.
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Shortly after Mother’s Day, Holly called me at work while we were playing video games at lunch. She indicated that she had something that needed discussing but didn’t want to do it over the phone while I was getting off sweet, sweet sniper shots in Halo 2. She asked if I could come home but since it was lunchtime and I still had half a days worth of work to do, that wasn’t really an option. She insisted that the conversation not take place while I was at work so I spent the rest of the day wondering what I had done that had Holly so riled up that she needed to speak with me in person.
I know I’m late in posting this but a few weeks ago Hannah turned four years old. For her birthday we went to Winger’s for lunch and then went and saw Pixar’s Up. (Up was an amazing movie that I would recommend to anybody.) As soon as we walked into Winger’s, Hannah told the hostess that it was her birthday. This worked to her advantage since she got a free asphalt pie after the meal. As you can see, she enjoyed wearing it almost as much as she enjoyed eating it.
Hannah received some pretty cool birthday presents. Chelsea gave her some clothes and shoes but the clothes were too big and the shoes were too small so Holly had to exchange them. Yesterday she had some time so she took Hannah to the store and let her choose the clothes and shoes that she wanted. Hannah found some pink glitter covered shoes with Disney princesses on the inside so she had to have them. My response to Holly when Hannah showed them to me was “Really? You really let her get these? Really?”
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Friday night marked the beginning of the Zohner family camping season. It also happened to be the annual Fathers and Sons camp out.
Unlike last year, I was able to escape the office early enough to get everything ready to go at a decent time. Unfortunately, Holly didn’t get off work until 5:30 so Alex and I had to work with Holly’s schedule to ensure that the girls weren’t left alone until she got home. In an effort to save some time, we met with Holly on our way to Morgan where we said our goodbyes and dropped of Hannah and Emma. Holly was on her way back from Ogden so it worked out really well and saved us quite a bit of time.
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In 1993 my dad gave me three copies of Superman #75. Two of these were the “black bag” variant that contained assorted goodies and a variant cover all encased in a black poly bag with a bleeding Superman logo on the front. The third copy was the widely available basic newsstand version. In addition to the individual issues, he also gave me The Death of Superman trade paperback which contained the 11 comics detailing the entire Death of Superman storyline. Growing up, I was always been a fan of comic books but I hadn’t read them with any sort of regularity since I was in grade school so I was a bit surprised by this present but I was still grateful and excited nonetheless. Little did my dad know that his seemingly simple gift would send me down the long path to becoming a comic book geek.
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Our family is huge fans of the Lego video games. It started with Lego Star Wars and we’ve played all of them including Indiana Jones, and Batman, and of course Star Wars II. I can’t even begin to count the number of hours that Alex and Emma have spent playing these games. They are excellent motivators for them keeping their rooms clean.
Given the various licenses that Lego has acquired for their toy line, I knew that it was only a matter of time before we started seeing more video games. I was right. Next year we’ll be treated to Harry Potter Years 1-4. I’m excited so I can imagine how excited Alex and Emma will be when they hear the news.
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If you have children, then you know that bedtime can often be the most challenging time of the day. At our house, after years of trying to figure out what works, we’ve finally gotten into some sort of routine. It doesn’t always work, but it works enough of the time that we keep doing it.
Emma is wonderful about going to bed. We’ll tuck her in and then she’ll read until she’s ready to sleep. Her body seems to know how much sleep it needs because we never have problems waking her up in the morning. In fact, most of the time she will wake herself up.
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This video is definitely the strangest thing that I’ve seen today. It’s a commercial for a furniture store in High Point, North Carolina. Push play and you’ll understand.
See what I mean?
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