19
Aug 2010
Well, another school year is underway. Emma is now in fifth grade, Alex is in first, and Hannah has started kindergarten. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be there to send them off, but Holly walked to school with them and made sure that they found their teachers without any problems.
Yesterday when I came home from work, I made sure that I asked each one of the kids what their favorite part of the day was. Alex liked lunch. He told me that his favorite part is “always lunch.” I thought that making the transition from a half day to a full day would instill a deep love of recess in him but I apparently the kid likes to eat. I guess when you run around as much as he does, you need to eat a lot to have the energy to keep going.
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Category: Alex, Emma, Hannah, School
Tags: Alex, Emma, Hannah, Kids, kindergarten, lunch, recess, School, teachers
26
Jul 2010
A few months ago, Holly had decided that we needed to go on a camping trip over the 24th of July weekend. I had Friday the 23rd off and she didn’t work at all that weekend so she thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get away. For reasons that I can’t seem to remember at the moment, the camping trip for the 24th got moved up a few weeks leaving us with a three-day weekend full of nothing to do. Sure, there are plenty of things that need to be done around the house, but where is the fun in doing chores over a holiday weekend? After a quick call to invite my sister, Chelsea, it was decided that the Zohners would once again travel into the mountains.
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Category: Family, Vacation
Tags: Alex, awesome, camp, Camping, Chelsea, Duchesne River, Emma, Family, fishing, gun, Hades, Hannah, Holly, Jeremiah, Kids, mom, Red Ryder, shooting, trip
01
Apr 2010
I know that today is April Fool’s Day but I assure you that this is no joke. At least it better not be or somebody will pay dearly. My family loves bacon. Especially Emma. She can’t get enough of it. But then, who could really blame her? Or us? Forget Lucky Charms, it’s pigs that are magically delicious.
I’m not even sure how I found this, but the makers of Baconnaise have now brought us Bacon Baby. What’s that you ask? It’s bacon flavored baby formula. One word: AWESOME! (Note the exclamation point. Yeah, it’s that cool.) Now kids that can’t eat solid foods can enjoy the wonders of bacon. What will they think of next?
I’m sure there’s going to be some nursing mother organization out there that says that this is bad because it’s not mother’s milk. While that is a valid argument, I pose this question: does mother’s milk come in bacon flavor? I didn’t think so.
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Category: General
Tags: awesome, baby, bacon, Bacon Baby, Baconnaise, Emma, Family, formula, Kids, lucky charms, milk, obesity, Website
12
Nov 2009
Last week it looked as though we were going to have to put Oscar to sleep. He was in a lot of obvious pain and not acting like himself. This typically wouldn’t be justification for having a beloved pet put down but it wasn’t the first time that this has happened. Holly took him to the vet and we discovered that he had tweaked his back really badly. The vet gave him a shot of what I can only imagine was liquid awesome and a few prescriptions: a pain killer and a muscle relaxer. Since then, Oscar has been doing much better and has returned to his old, lovable self. We were very grateful that our vet knew what to do to get him feeling well again.
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21
Oct 2009
Well, the whole family is finally recovered from the swine flu. When all was said and done, it had run rampant through our home for nigh on two weeks leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. In addition to taking down Alex and Emma, both Hannah and Holly got hit pretty hard too. Thankfully everything is now back to normal and everyone survived.
I was fortunate in that I managed to avoid becoming ill. I’ve since been exposed to the swine flu virus again at work (allegedly) and still feel fine. Either my immune system is freaking amazing or I’m doing something right because I’ve had multiple encounters with swine flu and come out on top every single time. Since I seem to be so lucky, I thought I’d share what has worked for me so that it can hopefully help you, my faithful reader, stay healthy.
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Category: General
Tags: Alex, bacon, Baconnaise, elderberry, Emma, Family, flu, Hannah, Holly, Kids, outbreak, pork, swine, TAMIFLU, virus
05
Oct 2009
I hate being sick. Fortunately for me, I’m not. Yet. I stress the word yet because it’s bound to happen.
Over the weekend, Alex started feeling ill. It started with a cough on Saturday afternoon. By Saturday night, he was so tired that he fell asleep while watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Him falling asleep while watching movies isn’t unusual but it was still pretty early in the evening.
Yesterday he woke up with a horrible cough and no voice. Combine this with a fever of 104 and we knew he was a sick little boy. We did what we could to cool him down and make him comfortable but he was one sick kid. When bedtime rolled around, Holly decided that he probably needed to be looked at by a doctor so she took him to the after-hours clinic. They tested him and confirmed what we had suspected: swine flu was upon us. The doctor wrote out a prescription for TAMIFLU which will allegedly help shorten the duration that the microscopic pigs are running rampant
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Category: Alex, Emma
Tags: Alex, bacon, Emma, Family, fever, flu, Hannah, Holly, Kids, pork, School, sick, swine, TAMIFLU
25
Aug 2009
Well, summer has unofficially ended which means that it’s time once again to go back to school. Emma and Alex are both going to the charter school near our home this year which is new for them. Because it’s a charter school, they get to wear uniforms. Surprisingly, this hasn’t really caused any issues. Neither one of them seems to mind looking like everybody else. I expected Emma to make a stink about not being able to wear what she wants but it’s been OK so far. I think the fact that everyone has to wear a uniform makes it a bit easier for her to accept.
When we first received word that Emma had been accepted into the school and would be transferring from Buffalo Point Elementary, Holly and I were excited. Emma, not so much. In fact, she complained every time it was brought up. She was convinced that her new school would be horrible and that she’d have no friends. I’m happy to say that she appears to have changed her tune. She loved her first day and even made some new friends!
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Category: Alex, Emma, Jeremiah, School
Tags: Alex, discipline, Emma, Friends, Holly, Jeremiah, kindergarten, School, Syracuse, uniforms
06
Aug 2009
As a kid, I always dreaded this time of year; summer is almost over and that means that it’s time to go back to school. As I grew older, I actually started looking forward to going back to school but I realized that knowledge is power. How could I expect to rule the world if I didn’t have power? Logic would dictate that I must acquire knowledge.
My plans for world domination have since faded and now I’m once again dreading the start of school. Now though it’s not because I want to play baseball and Nintendo all day long with my friends, even though that wold be fun, it’s because I’m just tired of school. I used to joke that I’m on the 10 year plan to get my degree. I’ve been working on it for 9 years now so I guess I switched over to the 20 year plan at some point. If I just had the time to go full-time, I’d be done in a little over a year but with work and family, I have to limit myself. I’ll get there eventually though.
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Category: Alex, Emma, Jeremiah, School
Tags: Alex, Emma, Family, good deals, Holly, House, Jeremiah, Music, neighborhood, sale, School, Syracuse
30
Jul 2009
Yesterday Holly and I paid a visit to the doctor to find out the gender of our unborn baby. As we suspected, we’ll be having another boy. He appears to be developing very well and is still scheduled to join us in mid-January. Alex and Hannah are both very excited to get a little brother. Emma, not so much. I’m sure she’ll come around though.
Unfortunately we didn’t get any pictures of the ultrasound but I can assure you that he has one head, two brain halves, a spine, at least one arm, at least one leg, and a “boy part”. Surprisingly, that was all very clear to identify for my untrained eyes. Normally when we see the ultrasound image, it’s just a bunch of gray and black. If I’m lucky, I can sometimes see the heart but that’s only because it’s rhythmically beating. Yesterday, it was as if I had spent the last 20 years looking at ultrasound images because everything was easily identifiable and very clear. It was very cool.
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22
Jul 2009
Last week I had the pleasure of taking the kids to the dentist. This was a first for me since Holly usually takes them but we were able to get through things without any problems.
Emma and Hannah both had no cavities but the dentist found a “small one” on one of Alex’s teeth. I figured that we’d have to bring him back but the dentist just took him into a back room, had him open his mouth, and proceeded to drill out the cavity. The entire process took about three minutes. They didn’t even numb Alex’s mouth! I couldn’t believe what I had seen. Alex was in no pain and he was once again cavity free.
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Category: Alex, Emma, Hannah
Tags: Alex, cavity, dentist, Dr. Seuss, Emma, gas, Hannah, Holly, Kids, tooth fairy
Well, another school year is underway. Emma is now in fifth grade, Alex is in first, and Hannah has started kindergarten. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be there to send them off, but Holly walked to school with them and made sure that they found their teachers without any problems.
