we endured an eventful week last week - something rare in our humdrum lives.
as promised, i took warren wed. morning to the health dept. for his vaccinations. he was truly excited until i told him i had found out he was due four shots! after he bloodied some poor kid's nose earlier in the week at school, i had little sympathy. he sat on the chair brave and strong until that first needle went in his arm. he looked at the nurse and stated, "i don't think i really need anymore". :) we assured him that indeed he did and after she finished with the second injection he decided she probably didn't need to worry about his other arm :) four band-aids later as we were walking out with his dairy queen and mcdonald's gift certificates he said he was certain he didn't need to get anymore shots - EVER! i was pretty proud of him. he didn't tear up or whine and once we arrived at school he had to show everyone his arms.
later that afternoon, we picked him up early for his 'parents as teachers' appointment. our 'teacher' is a retired daycare provider with grown children and grandchildren. how in the world she has the energy to visit stranger's homes everyday to play games with kids baffles me. warren has one more session with her before his graduation since he begins kindergarten this fall.
that in itself is a shocker to me. i'm astounded my son will be starting school. i know it's cliché - but time certainly passed quickly. not only am i having to calm myself with that fact; we also have two amazing schools in our town and have no idea where we'll send him. we live in a predominant catholic community and having attended catholic school for 8 years, i'm obviously pushing towards that option. yet ryan was a brilliant student and excelled in the public school system. either way we know warren will not care which institution he is sent to as long as he gets to ride the bus. :) ryan and i are planning on attending both kindergarten open houses next month and HAVE to make a decision by march. (he keeps reminding me one school is free...)
and yes, we did eat mcdonald's for dinner that night.
thursday evening starts the 4th season of 'lost' on abc. this has to be one of the few programs ryan and i actually enjoy together. of course with two children at home we seldom view anything in its entirety. 'lost' is a show where you HAVE to pay attention and if you miss one episode, forget it - you'll never catch up. therefore we wait until the entire season is released on DVD and watch it. yep, last week we watched 16 episodes! was amazing and mentally exhausting. just when you think you may have figured out the twist, something else throws you off. the writers strike has caused producers to only air 8 episodes this year, but at least we'll get our fix if the kids will let us :)
barry, brittany and grace came down over the weekend to visit family. warren and i went to mom & dad's sun. morning for brunch to meet our new family member (ellie wasn't feeling well so ryan stayed home with her - didn't want to risk anything harming that newborn). grace is the cutest thing i've ever seen (no offense to my kids). she has the most hair on a baby! plus it's very light brown - almost blonde. i've never seen blonde eyelashes and could barely let go of her. ellie would have been extremely jealous, so it was a good thing she stayed home. :) we had a wonderful visit and the food was fantastic.
while we were there grandma and grandpa let warren have his birthday present early. they gave him a batman laptop 'computer' that plays various games and challenges. it took him a few minutes but before we knew it he was able to key in the 'bat codes' and enjoy memory games, fake 'frogger' and make music. he loved it and played with it until it was time to go.
my parents have flagstone steps and sidewalk in front of their house. upon leaving warren took off running - i yelled not to run - and he fell hard. yep, the laptop went flying. he had hurt his knee but was more concerned over the game. i opened it once we were in the truck and it was broken. the case was gouged from the rocks and the screen had a yellow haze across it. i felt so bad. he even asked if his dad could fix it and i told him 'no', it was too hard to fix. when we returned to town i stopped at our only retail store in town, alco (similar to pamida). sure enough we found something by vtec but quite expensive. nonetheless, i HAD to buy it. we got home and he told his dad all about his new batman game he couldn't play anymore. ryan opened the new laptop and set it up so warren could play with it. ryan went into his office and within a few minutes i heard "enter your bat code!" i jumped up asking him what happened and he told me there was a reset button on the bottom of the case. yeah, i'm that much of a dork. at least warren won't run out of games to play :)
tomorrow he turns 5 and we're heading north to chuck e. cheese for lunch. say a prayer for me :0)
happy birthday son!
warren waiting for his pizza
ellie waiting for her pizza
warren trying for the high score in skee ball
ellie's death grip on her dad :)
the parents' glorious ride home from chuck e. cheese!
