tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70721077767310681292024-03-18T20:33:34.540-07:00The Gerke FamilySerenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081566282850150160noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072107776731068129.post-55555599696941927832013-03-18T10:00:00.000-07:002013-03-18T10:35:22.172-07:00StoriesLast month during breakfast Emeree said, "Mom, I'm going to tell you a story." So I said, "Okay." Then she told me the cutest story, so I kept repeating it in my head until I found a piece of paper and a pen to write it all down. Here it is...word for word.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>"Once upon a time there was a king keeping a dragon. The princess got stuck on a rope. The end"</strong></span><br />
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And then since he heard Emeree tell me a story, Ethan decided it was his turn. Here is his cute story.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>"Once upon a time, there was a king finding dinosaur bones. And milk poured on the dinosaur bones. They are wet now. Then end."</strong></span><br />
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We had Ethan's birthday party the Saturday before his birthday, but I wanted to do a few fun things for him on his actual birthday. <br />
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First, we tried a "balloon avalanche" where we strapped balloons against his bedroom door with streamers. So when he opened his door, the balloons would fall in on him as a fun surprise. I wish I had thought to take a video of his reaction. Not at all like I had thought it would go.<br />
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The grumpy, confused look on his face was priceless. And then he started crying and saying that he didn't want to be trapped in his room - I guess without all the balloons there, the streamers looked like we trapped him in. So Emeree had to break them away to show him he wasn't trapped. But it took about an hour to get him in a good mood. Either he's just not a morning person, or he was too young to try this on. Maybe if we do it for Emeree's next birthday and let him help us put it up on her door, he will understand the idea a little more and be more excited if we try it on him next year.<br />
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I made him a "5" cake - which is the 4th cake I have made in a week and a half - I am cake'd out! I made it by cooking the cake in a 9x13 and then splitting it in half, stacking the 2 halves with frosting in between and cutting out a "5" using a paper stencil I made. I was worried about the cake looking all mangled with that much cutting, but it cut super smooth and easy. It was fun to make a number cake - that may just become a tradition to do on their birthday day.<br />
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Ethan has been into Legos for about a year, but super into them since Christmas. He will sit for over an hour, sometimes a few hours and put together, take apart, and put together again the kits he has.<br />
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I made a test run Lego head cake with fondant, but that turned out horrible, so I opted to make buttercream frosting and just smooth it out. Way less frustrating. And it still turned out cute. I love how the lego sugar cookies turned out! I spray painted a red vine container so he could use it to store his Legos in after the party. <br />
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He received awesome birthday presents; here are a couple great shots of his enthusiasm. I knew the magnifying glass would elicit some sort of reaction because we bought one for Grandpa Otto for Christmas that had an antler handle, and Ethan was not happy about giving that one away.<br />
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For some reason, Emeree only wanted to eat the blue lego cookies. And her mouth was a very pretty blue. When I tried to take a picture of her, she gave me the cutest scowl.<br />
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They even sat for a picture together that is adorable.<br />
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We had our Ward Christmas Party and the kids got their picture taken with Santa! I love this picture of Emeree so focused on coloring.<br />
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She had a great time and I actually had fun making all the decorations (except the tissue paper flowers - those took too long to make)<br />
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Becky made Emeree a Hello Kitty hat - my favorite hat ever! She looks adorable in it and it fit perfectly with the theme. My favorite decoration was "pin the bow on Hello Kitty" It was fun to make, even though it didn't get played with much - probably because I had it in the hallway since there was no where else to put it.</div>
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One Green Plastic Army Man<br />
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and One Pretty Peacock<br />
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Emeree kept strutting around sticking out her chest and clasping her hands together. And of course, Nathan had to point out that technically, she was dressed as a male peacock.<br />
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Michael made the bazooka out of wood and pvc pipes. It turned out cool, but Ethan didn't want to carry it around so it stayed in the car when we trick-or-treated. We had 3 different events the week of Halloween - trunk-or-treat, a carnival, and Halloween. So we tried 3 options for Ethan's face...a green mask, face paint, and then finally...nothing. My vision was to have his face and hands green like the clothes so that he was all one uniform color to look like a plastic toy.<br />
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It was really calm and there weren't a lot of people there that day. It was supposed to rain, but ended up getting really sunny about 5 minutes after getting out of the car. So that was nice to not have a lot of people around in the background of all the pictures.<br />
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Ethan found a really warty-bumpy pumpkin.<br />
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Emeree seemed like she was having a conversation with the chickens.<br />
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Water duckie races - Ethan had fun with that.<br />
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The kids all packed in a wagon pulled by a tractor - which was most of their favorite parts. Or as Ethan kept telling me, it was his "favorite adventure" of the trip. Falling in the mud was "not his favorite adventure".<br />
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He got to pick 2 Apples, dig out 2 red carrots, and 2 potatoes. He wasn't too happy about pulling the carrots and potatoes out of the ground since that meant his hands were going to get muddy...yep, Ethan hates being dirty, but Emeree would play in the mud all day if I let her. He also got to pick out a pumpkin to bring home with his other fruits and veggies.<br />
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He got to feed some bread to the chickens - there were a ton of chickens!<br />
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Each kid has a job at school that rotates every 2 weeks. His current job is the abacus. He gets to take attendance, record the weather and count how many days they've been in school so far on a giant abacus. The parents can stay for the beginning of school while they do this part and show and tell. So it's been fun being able to watch him do his job. <br />
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I asked him to show me his backpack - and he just tilted to the side a little. :)<br />
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Just like when he went to nursery the first time at church, he never looked back - no separation problems there. But I think I had a little trouble letting him go. It's a co-op, so the parents are trained and take turns working in the classroom. I just happened to be assigned the first day of school as one of my work days, so that helped me get through the first day of school. Day 2 was my first day leaving him there. So Emeree and I went shopping - and guess what? She is an awesome shopper if it's just her and me. She doesn't throw any tantrums or try to jump out of the cart head first (even if she's buckled in). So we are getting to enjoy our "girl days."<br />
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Here's a pic of Ethan with his teacher...he was so busy looking at everything I couldn't get him to look at the camera.<br />
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And of course, my kids were the worst to get a smile out of (mostly Emeree). Here are 3 pictures as proof that she won't smile (let alone look normal) for the camera.<br />
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And we built a picnic table this weekend...it's so nice to go outside and play puzzles or eat lunch/dinner outside. A fun change with the nice weather we've been having.<br />
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Anyway, here are a couple pictures of our cute birthday girl turning 2. Love that dimple!<br />
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And since I had to turn on the hose every 10 minutes for Michael, I technically helped with the cement too. :) We lost our nozzle, so we can't leave it on. He told me to turn it on for 13 seconds. So, I counted and only got to like 8 before he told me to turn it off. Here's the rest of the conversation...<br />
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<strong>Me:</strong> But I only got to 8; I was supposed to count to 13. <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Yes, I do talk in semi-colon sentences - I'm just cool like that)</em></span><br />
<strong>Michael:</strong> That was 13 <br />
<strong>Me:</strong> Nu-uh - how did you count<br />
<strong>Michael:</strong> 1, 2, 3...<br />
<strong>Me:</strong> "mississippi-lessly"?<br />
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**Bonus points to who can guess where that quote came from. I was proud that I thought of it on the fly. And it made Michael smile and laugh at me since he knew exactly where I got the quote.<br />
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Anyway, back to the pics...<br />
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Buddah belly baby is happy that daddy gave her a tootsie roll pop - mom wasn't so happy. It stained her jacket :(<br />
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She's speaking a lot more than Ethan was at this age, and I think it has to do with being the 2nd child...she copies him and us a lot. She'll copy almost any word we try to get her to say, but I'm only listing the words that she says on her own.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><u>People</u></span></strong><br />
<strong>Mom</strong><br />
<strong>Dad</strong><br />
<strong>Dampa</strong> - that's for Grandma and Grandpa (Ethan says it that way so she copied the weird word from him)<br />
<strong>Lorelai</strong><br />
<strong>Zach</strong> - Ethan's buddy from nursery and play dates<br />
We've gotten her to say Emma and Ethan a couple times but she doesn't say them much on her own<br />
<strong>Ehmo</strong> - Elmo<br />
<strong>George - </strong>when she wants to watch <em>Curious George</em><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><u>Food</u></strong></span><br />
<strong>Mik</strong> - for "milk" although I have a hard time between that and her word <em>oak</em> for "coat" they sound a lot the same sometimes and she gets mad if I give her the wrong one when she's asking for the other.<br />
<strong>hot dog</strong><br />
<strong>chip</strong><br />
<strong>juice</strong><br />
<strong>ter</strong> - water<br />
<strong>cheese</strong><br />
<strong>ceal</strong> - cereal<br />
<strong>a-nah -</strong> banana<br />
<strong>apple</strong><br />
<strong>ret - </strong>carrot<br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Animals</span></u></strong><br />
<strong>dog</strong><br />
<strong>woof</strong> - she usually just makes barking noises when she sees a dog instead of saying "dog"<br />
<strong>meow</strong> - when she sees a cat<br />
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<strong><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Body/clothes</span></u></strong><br />
<strong>head</strong> - usually pats her head and says the word over and over after she bonks it on the table since she refuses to accept that she is taller than the table and should be ducking when she walks under it<br />
<strong>teef</strong> - when she wants to brush her teeth<br />
<strong>hat</strong><br />
<strong>eye</strong><br />
<strong>nosh</strong> - her version of "nose"<br />
<strong>ear</strong><br />
<strong>shoe</strong><br />
<strong>awk</strong> - sock<br />
<strong>shirt</strong><br />
<strong>chin</strong> - I know, kindof a weird one for her age<br />
<strong>boot</strong><br />
<strong>I-per - </strong>diaper<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><u>Random</u></strong></span><br />
<strong>heyo-o</strong> - this is "hello" when she carries around one of my old cell phones pressed to her ear<br />
<strong>shovel</strong><br />
<strong>banka</strong> - "blanket"<br />
<strong>right dere</strong> - saying "right there" and pointing when I ask where her pacifier went<br />
<strong>book</strong><br />
<strong>a-yar</strong> - pacifier<br />
<strong>star</strong> - i use a star cookie cutter to cut shapes out of her bread for breakfast. she won't eat toast and won't eat bread good if I don't use a cookie cutter<br />
<strong>raw</strong> - straw<br />
<strong>no</strong><br />
<strong>mine</strong><br />
<strong>hep</strong> - help<br />
<strong>boo</strong> - likes to hide and scare daddy<br />
<strong>up</strong> - when she wants out of her high chair<br />
<strong>done</strong> - when she doesn't want her milk anymore and throws it on the floor at the same time with no warning - so she will be on sippy cups for a while to come<br />
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I know she says a few more, but I can't think of them right now.<br />
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One at Edgemont Park - that one is crazy. They section off the areas of the park for different ages and then throw plastic eggs all over the ground. It's a free for all and lasts a couple minutes since the kids swoop them up as fast as possible. We didn't score too many since there were a lot of kids and mine are young and not really into the "race" concept yet.<br />
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After all the youth made it through this game, we strapped it on Ethan and let him try it. He kept it on and tried for about 30 minutes. After the first few minutes of not getting any out, he settled for running around and picking up the ones from other games and collecting them in the box.<br />
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And of course that means that the kids crawl all over us while trying to exercise. We mostly try to do these when it's nap time or bed time. It's a little easier that way :)<br />
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We don't use the "ab roller" thing normally, but it's impossible to do a sit up with a 2 year old on your chest, so we got this out of the garage so Ethan could participate.<br />
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I woke up at 3:30 that morning with the realization that I hadn't made her a special birthday shirt yet!!! I know, the horror! So of course I had to whip one up instead of sleep. Here's her special shirt. Oh, and she started walking last week on her own! Exciting!<br />
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I love being your mother and am lucky to be a stay at home mom. But . . . <br />
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Must we poop just <em><strong>minutes</strong></em> after getting a diaper change? Contrary to what you might think, I do not enjoy changing your diapers. And is there some rotation game this week that I'm not aware of? Is it a race to see who can do it fastest? You two seem to take turns so that I end up changing 4 diapers in less than an hour. Diapers don't grow on trees and the garbage man told us on Tuesday we have been over the garbage weight limit the last couple weeks - due to your many diapers. <br />
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Ethan, your little sister is not a nail. The toy hammers are not meant to hammer the baby's head. And when the toy hammers go in toy time out, we don't use the funnel as a hammer either.<br />
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Emeree, the measuring cups, teaspoons, and tablespoons are not pacifiers. And if you're going to empty out all the drawers in the kitchen, can you at least give me a timeline of when you'll be able to put them away too?<br />
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Despite the dirty diapers, time outs and days with no naps, I still love you.<br />
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P.S. you have my permission (and your dad's too) to scratch up, chew on, and destroy the <em>Alvin and The Chipmunks</em> DVD.<br />
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We had fun at the Trunk-or-Treat at the Ward Party and Ethan was fabulous at saying "Thank you" to everyone. I had to prompt him for it the first set of cars, but he did it on his own after that. And he really got into it this year.<br />
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And Mom made the costumes! Thank you, Mom!<br />
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Neither of them were smiling or looking at the camera at the same time, so I don't have a great "group" shot of them. And in this one, Ethan had just finished eating a blue sucker, so his teeth are blue :)<br />
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This used to be Ethan's felt pumpkin candy basket - now it's a squished basket, but it is well protected from Emeree.<br />
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