My boys love music, good thing I have apparently been blessed with a tolerance for hearing a lot of musical creations throughout the day. Here’s a video including kazoos, piano, and a little singing.
MVI 8101 from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
Garage Sale Finds
On my way to work in the community garden this morning I saw someone setting up a garage sale. They had a little slide that I thought would be perfect for this summer (inside). But I passed because I was on my bike and on my way to work in the garden. 2.5 hours later it was still there, so I told the lady I would be back with the car. Best $10 I spent this summer. The boys love it. Now they have something to climb on besides the furniture! It will be so nice to have since it is already unbearable hot out after 10 am every day.
Photo Friday – 06.25.2010
Wordless Wednesday – 06.23.2010
Health Scare
The boys recently had a little health scare. Basically they had super high alkaline phosphatase levels (and some other numbers but that was the main one worrying the doctor) and have had on every test we’ve run since we have been home. The doctor wanted to run a few test to rule out things like leukemia (momma never wants to hear that one again!), heavy metal contamination, and some bone diseases. He made us do blood draws, urine testing, and x-rays. (It was a ton of fun!) Two toddlers getting tortured really. Luckily SuperDad was available to do all of the holding. It was a long couple of weeks, but in the end everything turned out normal. The doctor said he was happy with all of the results and in his opinion the high levels could be do to the fact that they could be making up for lost nutrition in Ethiopia and are growing like crazy now. He also told us that Africans have stronger bones than caucasians and that could also contribute to some of the numbers we’ve seen. It was not fun going through all the testing, but I am glad we did it and now know everything is okay. Had they not had previously high numbers I might have waited on all the test to see what a future test said.
I just wanted to put this out there for any parents who have seen high levels in their kids. Don’t worry it could be totally normal!
Eee I eee I oh
Here’s a short video of Ez being silly then singing the two songs he sort of knows. Old McDonald and If You’re Happy and You Know it (happy, happy, happy in Ez terms). Also a brief appearance by his brother who was feeling left out.
MVI 8068 from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
Photo Friday – 06.18.2010
Wordless Wednesday – 06.16.2010
Corn!
I love sweet corn, love, love it! It is one of my favorite things about summer. I had the opportunity on Friday to go pick organic, sweet corn for a ridiculously low price. I was allowed to pick three dozen so I did. I read up on how to freeze it here, and learned a terrific way to cut it of the cob here.
I spent a little time yesterday afternoon preserving some of it.
Then de-cobbed. Â Everything I read said not to freeze it on the cob. Â Cutting it off was much easier than I anticipated and the upside down bowl in a larger bowl trick was very helpful.
Ez woke up from nap right as I was starting the process, turns out the boy loves corn on the cob.
Daddy showing him proper technique.
Wouldn’t put it down to color.
Noah did not share his brother’s love for corn on the cob, but he did eat plenty that I had cut off the cob. Â I think Ezra ate three ears of corn all by himself.
Wordless Wednesday – 06.09.2010
Family Day
Today is our Family Day. Â Exactly one year ago today, we became a family. Â It has been a wonderful year, challenging, life changing, but absolutely amazing. Â I cannot believe it has already been an entire year, it flew by so quickly.
We celebrated with Ethiopian food tonight, my first try at cooking it. One dish was super spicy and the other was a little bland. We then played outside, pretty much a normal evening as a family of 4.
OKC Trip 2010
Last weekend we went to see my family in OKC. My grandparents had celebrated their 60th Anniversary and we were having a party to celebrate. Plus everyone needed to meet my little cuties!
The trip was a lot of fun but exhausting. The boys did not take to sleeping in pack and plays very well. The first plane ride wasn’t too bad, but the second one with overtired toddlers, was horrible. Funny story, as we were boarding the gate attendant says to Matt, “if they are screaming on the plane the flight attendants will come talk to you.” Matt’s response, “To do what kick us off the flight?”
Here are some of my favorite pictures. I put more here and here.
Photo Friday – 06.04.2010
My silly boys
Here’s a couple of videos of the boys just being themselves.
MVI 7687 from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.
MVI 7689 from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.