May
25
2008
Last Thursday was Nicholas’ last orchestra concert for his 6th grade year. Grandma and Grandpa Price came into town for it and we all picked up Grandma McKean on the way. Nicholas chose to wear his new dress shirt, tie and sport jacket that Aunt Anne bought him. He looked SO handsome. They did a wonderful job and have really progressed a lot in only 2 years! We also got to hear the middle school orchestra. Nicholas is really excited for next year!
May
20
2008
Our iris have bloomed to their peak right on schedule. They are extraordinarily beautiful this year.
Ally and Bryan took a short walk on Saturday. .I couldn’t resist chasing after them to capture a couple awesome shots. (I can picture a future scrapbook page now. . .one of these photos next to a photo of him walking her down the aisle. . how cute would THAT be?? **sniff** )
Nicholas and Ally played ball, did sidewalk chalk etc. too. It is really neat to see their relationship develop. . .Ally is really attached to her big brother 🙂
Ally’s toddler imagination has really been blossoming and keeping us highly entertained. She loves to pretend with her little kitchen, her dolls and her stuffed animals. Her vocabulary is slowly growing as well. She surprises us every couple of days with a new word or two. She loves to talk to her dolls . . . we have NO clue what she’s saying most of the time but we are able to occasionally pick out a word here and there. Her body language is what cracks us up more than anything. She’s very expressive and uses her face, hands, stance, and even voice inflection to communicate ‘whatever-it-is’ with her dolls etc. She was playing mini-mommy with one of her favorite dolls on her swing-set. She encouraged, cheered, loved, patted, shared her drink, said ‘sorry’ when the baby fell off the swing, insisted that the baby nap UNDER the swing (not sure why) and even scolded her baby (not sure what the baby did-LOL!) She even helped her baby take a trip (shove) down the slide.
May
05
2008
Ally has been struggling with another respiratory infection which warranted us buying our own nebulizer to keep here at home. (Insurance covered it 100% – YAY!)
This past weekend, when Ally knew that it was time for another breathing treatment, she’d go over to the machine, grab the mask and turn it on. She’s done a number of treatments almost by herself. She even knows that once it starts making the funny sound when it’s almost done, that it’s time to shake the canister a little to get all of it (we do that and apparently she’s noticed) . . .we looked over towards the end and she shook it gently a couple of times and put it back on her face for a few seconds. . .then turned the machine off and said “ALL DONE!”
Oh. . there IS one prerequisite no matter who is in charge of the treatment. . .Blue’s Clues must be turned on. . .no matter what time of the day or night. . . Blue MUST be there to keep her company-LOL!