First tricycle ride

Posted on February 20, 2010 by wadmanclan

The big kids wanted to play outside today after Saedi got home from school, so we did. After a few minutes Solvei and Nels got bored in the stroller. I got them out of the stroller and decided to get the tricycle for them to play with. It was the first time I’d ever put them on it and Nels knew what to do immediately. He pushed along with his feet and steered very well. Anytime he got near the curb or the grass, I told him to stay on the sidewalk and he would. He even tried to pedal by the end of the evening (still too short to get enough strength).

Solvei, on the other hand, had no idea of what the tricycle was for. She didn’t even stay on long enough to get a picture. She was, however, very entertained by every rock and stick she saw, and very happy when she picked them up.

I couldn’t get any good pictures of Saedi, but I got a good one of Gavin. The neighbor girl across the street brought out her badminton set and the big kids played with that while the twins went up and down the sidewalk.

Here are a few more of Solvei and Nels that are just too cute to keep to myself.


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For me?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by wadmanclan

The kids opened some Valentine’s cards after dinner on the 14th and I so wish I’d had my camera ready! I set Solvei’s opened card on the table in front of her and she had a sudden look of shock and awe on her face, sort of a “This is for me?” look. So cute! But I missed the photo opportunity. So when the kids got more cards to open I had the camera this time. Not quite the same look, but pretty close.

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Mushy Holidays

Posted on February 15, 2010 by wadmanclan

Nothing says” I Love You,” on Valentine’s Day like a trip to redneck heaven to browse through guns and ammo.

We made a trip to Cabela’s today. Very romantic, don’t you think?  😉

I’ve never actually been to one before and the kids thought it was pretty neat. Its almost like a zoo and aquarium inside, except the animals don’t move around (or have to be fed) and the fish come from the river instead of the tropics. They have a shooting gallery too which the kids quite liked.

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Solvei in the Pantry

Posted on February 13, 2010 by wadmanclan

All the kids know where the pantry is, and what’s inside. Whenever we open the door to get something, Solvei and/or Nels practically come running.

This morning, I asked the kids “should we go have breakfast” and what they wanted to eat. I got dressed and then went downstairs to make breakfast only to find Solvei already down there. She had gotten into the pantry, found a cereal box, pulled out the bag, taken it to the living room closing the pantry door behind her and was eating the cereal with her hands. When she saw me she knew she’d been caught and tried to quickly put what was in her hands back into the bag.

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Pigtails and Bellybuttons

Posted on February 9, 2010 by wadmanclan

I did Solvei’s hair in pigtails again today and she is just so cute I had to take another picture. Of course while I was taking the picture she had to show me her belly too.

Because I had taken Solvei’s picture, Nels wanted his taken too. Solvei apparently thought I should keep taking her picture though, because as soon as I pushed the button to take the picture of Nels she stepped in front of the camera.

But she did let him have a turn.

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All better

Posted on February 8, 2010 by wadmanclan

Nels has recovered from his “stitches” very well. His bandage started coming off too early so I had to tape it down a few times at night. I was officially allowed to take off the bandage and steri-strips on the fifth day, so I did so Thursday night. The glue started to dry out without a bandage, so all it peeled off on Friday. Only bad things is he had a reaction to either the bandage or the iodine they put on under it so he developed a rash.

He looks just fine now, as Gavin has been sure to point out…MANY times.

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Dangers in the home…. Beware of Walls!

Posted on February 2, 2010 by wadmanclan

While the kids were playing today I noticed something and had to take a picture for documentation. As I said in an earlier post, when Nels hurt his head I think he was running away from Solvei and/or trying to get behind the chest in the corner. This is the chest in the corner.

As you can see the twins LOVE to play behind and around it.

This is the area where Nels ran into the corner of the wall and when he was playing there today I noticed the corner that he hit has a ding in it – right about forehead level. Looks like Nels put up a good fight but I think the wall still won.

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More Climbing

Posted on February 2, 2010 by wadmanclan

Solvei is getting pretty good at climbing up onto the furniture. There are still a few places that she needs help with but she has figured out how for sure. Today she was practicing climbing up on the black chair in the living room (climb up, climb down, climb up, climb down….) when Nels decided to join her.

Then they found one of the toy cups and were sharing.

I also used the opportunity to play with my new lens a bit. It’s so much fun to take close-ups because they are so cute.

Got one of Gavin too.

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You can hear me coming

Posted on February 2, 2010 by wadmanclan

I have really creaky knees. I’m not sure at what age it started but they’ve been that way for a while. I even have a story of my creaky knees from when we lived here, in Washington, before.

I worked at a company in Tacoma that was in a two story building; the bottom floor was a “store” and warehouse and the top floor was corporate offices (where I worked). We usually went up or down stairs at the employee entrance in the middle of the building. Occasionally I would have to go down to the “store” area to sort things going in the mail to other locations, and when returning to the top floor I would take the stairs leading the front corporate offices. At the top of this staircase was the corporate receptionist. She told me one day that she could tell when I was climbing up the stairs because she could hear me (my knees) coming.

Today while walking up the stairs with Gavin to put him down for a nap, he heard my creaky knees and asked, “Will I have creaky knees like you when I get big?”

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Our first ever Emergency

Posted on January 31, 2010 by wadmanclan

Not too bad to have a “first ever” on the fourth child, but I had to make a run to the ER last night.

We were hanging out in the living room after dinner, waiting for Nate to get home from work. Solvei and Nels were playing chase when Nels tried to either run away from Solvei, or just run behind the cedar chest that I have pushed towards the corner of the room, when he tripped over his own feet and fell forehead first into the corner of the wall. He got up and was dazed for a second but just rubbed his head. However, when he rubbed where he had hit, it started to bleed – a lot.

I took him to the kitchen and applied pressure with a paper towel while Saedi grabbed the first aid kit and Gavin screamed his head off. When I had successfully stopped Gavin from making the babies cry, the bleeding had mostly stopped too. I checked his eyes for sign of concussion but he seemed okay. I cleaned it and put a small band-aid on, then cleaned up the blood. Before I was done cleaning, Nels was getting up to play again -clearly not lethargic. So I looked up online to see if he might need stitches. I was still undecided when Nate walked in the door. He agreed that stitches might be warranted and since this happened at 8:30pm on a Saturday when all urgent care clinics are closed, I would be taking Nels to the ER.

I got all but Nels ready for bed before we left so Nate could eat a quick dinner. When I put Solvei to bed she was so sad. She has never gone to bed before without Nels. I think she may have thought she was in trouble. 

Nels was so good. When I told him to put his coat and shoes on he got so excited. He waited patiently at the hospital, took the medicine they gave him easily, held still while they treated him and didn’t cry pretty much the whole time even though it was waaayy past his bed time (we got done just after midnight). He was all smiles when I took his picture after the doctor first looked at him.

The doctor said it was worthy of stitches, but after examination said it could probably be treated with skin glue. They numbed it, washed it,

 

glued it, put steri-strips on to help hold it closed while it healed, and topped it all of with a band-aid so he wouldn’t try to pick at it. This is what he looks like this morning.

So now I have earned a new “mom experience badge” and am very thankful at a time like this that we have the medical coverage we do.

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