Pumpkin Patch, First Tooth, All Dressed Up

Sunday, October 27, 2013

This was our last weekend to clear out our WC home for our tenants. Ron had the big tasks of moving his fish tank over this weekend and of finally clearing out his “fish room” (the third car garage). Hopefully most of the little critters and corals will survive the shock of the move. It’s definitely more effort to move a fish tank than to move inanimate objects.

So I had a busy weekend with the kids, trying to keep them entertained.

Saturday, October 26:
I had some errands to run in WC so took the kids out there to visit a pumpkin patch in Concord. Most pumpkin patches these days seem to have those bouncy houses but Simon wasn’t at all interested in them so he went straight for the pumpkins.

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Iris wanted to eat the pumpkins. Here she is contemplating putting her mouth on the pumpkin and sucking on it.

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It’s difficult coordinating both kids to look at the same time with a pleasant expression.

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Simon was really happy to sit and pose for pictures in the pumpkins.

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We chose five pumpkins to bring home and decorate.

Then we went for lunch at McDonalds. After eating his Happy Meal, I gave Simon $1.10 to order a vanilla cone. He was a little shy at first but was super happy to get his cone.

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And eat it!

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He has not figured our how to keep up with the melting and can’t eat the whole thing but enjoyed it nonetheless.

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In the evening, we just hung around watching TV and Simon started making raspberries. At first we told Simon to stop because he was spitting saliva everywhere then Iris started laughing. Little sister encouraging big brother’s bad behavior!

Iris’ milestone today is her new tooth! She was really fussy during bath time which she never does. She enjoys splashing and getting water poured over her usually. But she kept on wanting to put her hands in her mouth. So I quickly washed her and wrapped her in towels and as she was still screaming with an open mouth, I saw a little something on her lower gum line. Her first tooth is making its appearance! It’s the white sliver on her lower gum line.

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I hope she has relief now that it has finally broke through. I also hope this won’t be the end of breastfeeding. I stopped BF with Simon because I couldn’t figure out how to make him not bite. After he stopped BF, I had a harder time keeping up my milk supply. I still have plenty stores in the freezer but still don’t want to have a huge drop and not have enough until she turns one years old.

Sunday, October 27:

Today we got all dressed up for our friends’ one year old birthday party. Iris is playing with her tooth constantly by making funny faces.

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She’s getting close to being able to sit up by herself but not quite there yet.

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Simon all dressed up with his big “cheese!”

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The super cute and yummy dessert table.

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We enjoyed a picnic lunch in the backyard where Iris lay down and watched the leaves in the trees.

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Simon was entertained by the balloon twisting man Mr. SHAP (Super Happenings Always Possible).

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A fun afternoon but also exhausting for all. Both kids fell asleep on the car ride home. Simon continued to sleep even after arriving home and didn’t want to wake up. Thanks for inviting us to a great party Lee family! Happy 1st birthday!

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Brotherly Love

Friday, October 25, 2013

While I was cleaning the other day, I found this blue dog that I bought for Simon when he was around 1-1/2 years old. When you drop it, it barks. He wasn’t really interested in it before so it went into storage for a while. When I took it out recently, the barking made him giggle and smile. I asked him if he would share it with Iris since she was looking intently at it. At first he didn’t want to but then after a few minutes, he let Iris have it. She was so happy! She was munching on the ear and making them crunch and holding tightly around the body. But then Simon wanted it back and Iris made a really sad face. She pleaded with Simon by cooing at him and her eyes were tracking him all over. Eventually he shared again and she was all smiles. It’s so fun to watch them bonding.

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Today Simon also had the best morning. He didn’t make a peep as he said goodbye to me this morning at school. Ron said he didn’t cry yesterday either but he tends to be less emotional with Daddy. Simon’s teacher was also really proud and rewarded him with a package of stickers. The note essentially says that Simon has grown up!

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Simon has been in such a good mood today. He didn’t even complain to me about the bump on his forehead. Apparently he was jumping and hit his head on one of the pillars so has a little bump on his forehead. The teacher told me when I was picking him up and even filled out an “incident report” for our records. They applied an ice pack and he seems fine.

Glad to be home playing with Iris.

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We went out for dinner so didn’t get home until after 8. Iris was already tired at the restaurant so was fast asleep after the car ride home. Who else wants to kiss this cheek?

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Capturing Each Day

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Everyday I take at least one picture of Simon and Iris but I almost forgot today. Iris hadn’t slept all afternoon so by the time we finished dinner at 7pm, she was ready to go to bed. She enjoyed her bath and was fast asleep by 7:30pm.

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As for Simon, he was watching TV while I was cleaning to prepare for Ron’s fish tank move and only remembered to take Simon’s photo right before bedtime. He gave me a great smile.

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I love my precious kiddos.

Recovering

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

For the last few days Simon has had an occasional cough. I think it might be partially due to his irritated throat after having tantrums but also may be due to him being a little bit sick. He seemed kind of pooped out this morning.

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So since he was tired, he couldn’t help crying this morning as I dropped him off at school. But there’s always tomorrow for him to try again.

Iris seems to be recovering from her little cold. She still doesn’t sleep well in the afternoon but at least her nose was less stuffy. It was foggy and cold today so she stayed a bit warmer with this beanie.

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She went to bed around 8pm again and so did I. My muscles are almost recovered from the marathon with only some residual pain when walking too fast or getting up from kneeling. I hope by tomorrow I’ll be back to normal.