Yes, that is right. If you recall, much to our wallets chagrin, Nike's swoop sponsored all of our children's feet. Well, after two plus years without any recompensation they are slowly but surely dropping us! The nerve! And the joy!!
Our last pediatric orthopedics appointment did not get off to a great start. I was late leaving for our 1.5 hour drive (how I will NOT miss living outside the big city!) and discovered our first appointment was at 11, not 11:30. So now I was really late. I called to let them know and *possibly* drove at higher than normal speeds to get there at 11:30. To discover the dr was running an hour behind! Insert my not so happy self here.
We played in the pediatric waiting area, we watched Paw Patrol on their tv, then we finally got called to a room. Where we waited. We sang songs, played pat a cake, and read books on my phone. Note to moms, the Curious George website has free books they change out every month.
Finally! The Dr! Katie volunteered Addie to go first. She didn't want to be first, and Zach didn't want to go at all, so Addie was a great choice. As I promised, all she did was check their feet, ankles, and flexibility. After Addie, Katie was willing. Zach climbed up and offered his feet after seeing his sisters go.
Funny story, she asked each of them to walk across the room for her. Well, Zach showed her how fast he could be by running to the wall and dancing, spinning back. Gotta love him.
To end the appointment they got to walk and run up and down the hall. Both bare footed and with shoes on.
End results:
Addie, the one who started us down this path, has outgrown her pronation. Once she outgrows these orthotics she does not need anymore. She has also strengthened her lower half and is not as prone to W sitting.
Zach is improving. He too should not need orthotics after this round, although she admitted the slight heel lift they used is helping his gait. He has the strongest lower half and is not prone to W sitting at all.
Katie has improved, but still has more to go. She will most likely need at least one more set of orthotics. She also has the weakest lower half (she always has) and is most limber in regards to W sitting, which she has weirdly decided to do more of lately. She has shown improvement and getting her into a My Gym type environment will help even more. She is the only one the Dr. felt for sure should have a follow up in Alabama.
So there you have it. Nike has dropped one, is dropping the other and the third is entering the drop zone.
The takeaways:
~ the kids will look back fondly on the dr who smelled their feet and let them run in the halls
~ momma gets to buy more cute shoes soon
Wonder who we can get to sponsor us next? John has suggested the kids model for the developers of our new community...
Loves,
Steph
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Firsts are slowly fading away
It's been 3 years and 2 months. If John had his way it probably would have been 1 year and 6 months. But, I finally did it. The dreaded. The feared. The girl's haircuts. Listen!! Can you hear the sobs? Ok, ok, in all reality I don't know that these can truly be considered haircuts, more of a small trim.
We started with a bath. Silly you think? Well, I won't admit the last time we bathed our kids. Not even if you use military techniques. I will just keep repeating "we are not bad parents, we are not bad parents..." So yes, a bath.
The girls hair length when wet
Love her sass!!
Before we left we had a mini modeling session.
It was the first time John had joined the kids and I in any haircut adventures. And of course, mommy forgets to limit the number of toys the kids get to play with. *cringe*. After about 5 minutes, as one child was led outside for a calm down, mommy remembered - two cars each. Only two!
While sitting on daddy's lap, waiting, Katie proudly announced she wanted to go first. Then Mrs. Laurie came out and asked who wanted to go first. Crickets. We finally got a small smirk and whispered "me" from little miss.
She is loving the attention
While also keeping a watchful eye!
Flipping her new hair
She was a very happy camper with the two clips Mrs. Laurie put in. No, no picture. Yes, they are lost already.
Addie's turn!! Peanut was a little scared. She asked for Daddy to hold her hand.
After the first cut she was okay. She had been afraid it would hurt.
Always a little trepidacious though.
All selfies. Tongue out.
Instead of clips, she chose a braid.
What do the kids do while waiting you ask?
Spin in the chair
Take pics with the phone
And anxiously await the appearance of the treat basket!! We love Mrs. Laurie. I hope we can find someone as nice and caring in Alabama.
In other news...
We bought Katie size 4T pajamas today. Girl is getting too tall!!
Loves
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We started with a bath. Silly you think? Well, I won't admit the last time we bathed our kids. Not even if you use military techniques. I will just keep repeating "we are not bad parents, we are not bad parents..." So yes, a bath.
The girls hair length when wet
Love her sass!!
Before we left we had a mini modeling session.
It was the first time John had joined the kids and I in any haircut adventures. And of course, mommy forgets to limit the number of toys the kids get to play with. *cringe*. After about 5 minutes, as one child was led outside for a calm down, mommy remembered - two cars each. Only two!
While sitting on daddy's lap, waiting, Katie proudly announced she wanted to go first. Then Mrs. Laurie came out and asked who wanted to go first. Crickets. We finally got a small smirk and whispered "me" from little miss.
She is loving the attention
While also keeping a watchful eye!
Flipping her new hair
She was a very happy camper with the two clips Mrs. Laurie put in. No, no picture. Yes, they are lost already.
Addie's turn!! Peanut was a little scared. She asked for Daddy to hold her hand.
After the first cut she was okay. She had been afraid it would hurt.
Always a little trepidacious though.
All selfies. Tongue out.
Instead of clips, she chose a braid.
What do the kids do while waiting you ask?
Spin in the chair
Take pics with the phone
And anxiously await the appearance of the treat basket!! We love Mrs. Laurie. I hope we can find someone as nice and caring in Alabama.
In other news...
We bought Katie size 4T pajamas today. Girl is getting too tall!!
Loves
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Monday, April 21, 2014
East Coast Easter
We started our celebrations Friday night. Silly Auntie Kim thought we weren't going to dye eggs, so she sent us a kit of plastic eggs to decorate. Note to triplet mommas, it was perfect for a trio! There were 3 sets of four eggs to create. A dog, mouse, chick, and a cat (or bunny maybe...it's been 3 days, I can't remember). This was a perfect activity for transitioning from walking/playing outside and getting ready for bed. The kids loved it!
Here's my eggs!
See?
(Addie's chick)
Oh the smile!
His mouse
And his dog
Katie showing her chick and smiling...just not looking up.
Carrying 4 eggs is kinda tough, ya know.
The kids did awesome with this activity. And no, we did not direct sticker placement at all. The eggs had eyes on them already, so I think that gave the kids a reference point and they went with it.
As for community celebrations, I never would have thought non-religious Easter celebrations here could be so different than in AK.
Last year a local church had an all-invited Easter egg hunt/celebration. We went bundled up in our snowsuits, hats, mittens, boots, etc.
Don't think this is just about the snow. It's not. That celebration above, was held a day or two before the holiday. Here, I started looking for Easter activities about a week and a half before the holiday. Silly me!! When I started looking, I found we had already missed many of the local Easter egg hunts!! Seriously. I found one that had been held March 31! Luckily, I found one at our local fairgrounds the 19th at 1pm. Perfect place, perfect time (except we were late, another story).
Since we were late, they didn't get to hunt eggs. They did take their baskets to the bunny for some candy. Katie was brave enough to wave and say thank you, even! Then we went to play on the slide. well, it WAS at the playground, how could we resist?. As we were playing, one of the volunteers started coming around putting eggs out again. Ok! So my kids started 'finding' them and putting them in their coat pockets. Of course, a few minutes later the announcement "kindergarten and first graders are now welcome to go find some eggs!" was made. Oops!! Hahahaha.
After that we came home so I could cook our eggs. We did dye them, and oh what an adventure that was. Of course Addie spilled a cup of the dye water who else would it be? No, they did not control too much of it. They picked the color, John or I attempted to guess the corresponding cup (come on Paas, is it really so hard to tell us which color tablet is which?!), put the egg in and would them show them the color as it dyed. They could tell us if they wanted it darker or if it was done. It was fun even though stress inducing. Note, we chose to ignore the glitter and shrink wrap cover options. Didn't even let the kids know they existed.
But, they did know about the stickers. Waiting is not a strong suit for toddlers, so I chose to get the heck out of dodge. Yep, I abandoned Daddy and went shopping on my own Hellooooo Target! leaving him to do the stickers. Did you note in the FB pics that he put 2 eggs in a ramekin, giving each kid two ramekins? Brilliant! No egg rolling to be had.
The kids baskets were an advertisement for Targets $1 section. And no, that is not what I was shopping for the night before. I actually have had all the items for a while now.
Yep, I forgot to get a pic before they dug in.
Note, the skinny white item in the front is a marshmallow bunny, the only big candy item they received.
Yes, you probably also noticed the Frozen DVD and thought dang! Her Target $1 section rocks!! Ha, I wish. But, I did get a smokin deal on it and had grabbed another movie I hear raves about... And a play guitar on sale as the kids LOVE when daddy gets out the guitar. Were they trulyEaster presents? No, they would have received them regardless so I went ahead and gave them in the baskets.
And here is whereI quasi-apologize. I don't have a pic of my kids all together. I don't have pics of them hunting for loads of eggs both in the house and out. I don't have pics beyond what you see. I was enjoying the day with the kids. okay, okay, and my phone wasn't charged :)
I hope your Easter was as enjoyable as ours was.
Loves!!
The Frozen deal...Target had the basic DVD on sale for $13, but the blue ray was $27.99! BUT they will price match. It was $19.96 on Amazon, and Target offered a 25% cartwheel coupon and I used my redcard. I spent $14 for the blue ray version. Yeah me!!
Here's my eggs!
See?
(Addie's chick)
Oh the smile!
His mouse
And his dog
Katie showing her chick and smiling...just not looking up.
Carrying 4 eggs is kinda tough, ya know.
The kids did awesome with this activity. And no, we did not direct sticker placement at all. The eggs had eyes on them already, so I think that gave the kids a reference point and they went with it.
As for community celebrations, I never would have thought non-religious Easter celebrations here could be so different than in AK.
Last year a local church had an all-invited Easter egg hunt/celebration. We went bundled up in our snowsuits, hats, mittens, boots, etc.
Don't think this is just about the snow. It's not. That celebration above, was held a day or two before the holiday. Here, I started looking for Easter activities about a week and a half before the holiday. Silly me!! When I started looking, I found we had already missed many of the local Easter egg hunts!! Seriously. I found one that had been held March 31! Luckily, I found one at our local fairgrounds the 19th at 1pm. Perfect place, perfect time (except we were late, another story).
Since we were late, they didn't get to hunt eggs. They did take their baskets to the bunny for some candy. Katie was brave enough to wave and say thank you, even! Then we went to play on the slide. well, it WAS at the playground, how could we resist?. As we were playing, one of the volunteers started coming around putting eggs out again. Ok! So my kids started 'finding' them and putting them in their coat pockets. Of course, a few minutes later the announcement "kindergarten and first graders are now welcome to go find some eggs!" was made. Oops!! Hahahaha.
After that we came home so I could cook our eggs. We did dye them, and oh what an adventure that was. Of course Addie spilled a cup of the dye water who else would it be? No, they did not control too much of it. They picked the color, John or I attempted to guess the corresponding cup (come on Paas, is it really so hard to tell us which color tablet is which?!), put the egg in and would them show them the color as it dyed. They could tell us if they wanted it darker or if it was done. It was fun even though stress inducing. Note, we chose to ignore the glitter and shrink wrap cover options. Didn't even let the kids know they existed.
But, they did know about the stickers. Waiting is not a strong suit for toddlers, so I chose to get the heck out of dodge. Yep, I abandoned Daddy and went shopping on my own Hellooooo Target! leaving him to do the stickers. Did you note in the FB pics that he put 2 eggs in a ramekin, giving each kid two ramekins? Brilliant! No egg rolling to be had.
The kids baskets were an advertisement for Targets $1 section. And no, that is not what I was shopping for the night before. I actually have had all the items for a while now.
Yep, I forgot to get a pic before they dug in.
Note, the skinny white item in the front is a marshmallow bunny, the only big candy item they received.
Yes, you probably also noticed the Frozen DVD and thought dang! Her Target $1 section rocks!! Ha, I wish. But, I did get a smokin deal on it and had grabbed another movie I hear raves about... And a play guitar on sale as the kids LOVE when daddy gets out the guitar. Were they trulyEaster presents? No, they would have received them regardless so I went ahead and gave them in the baskets.
And here is whereI quasi-apologize. I don't have a pic of my kids all together. I don't have pics of them hunting for loads of eggs both in the house and out. I don't have pics beyond what you see. I was enjoying the day with the kids. okay, okay, and my phone wasn't charged :)
I hope your Easter was as enjoyable as ours was.
Loves!!
The Frozen deal...Target had the basic DVD on sale for $13, but the blue ray was $27.99! BUT they will price match. It was $19.96 on Amazon, and Target offered a 25% cartwheel coupon and I used my redcard. I spent $14 for the blue ray version. Yeah me!!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ballerinas
It's been way too long!! As we quickly approach spring (66 degrees tomorrow!) I've been bolstering the kids summer clothes supply.
Auntie Kim started us off by sending some super cute Naartjie clothes. Then she clued me in on a sale, so I bought some more. Kim, buys size 3. I, buy size 2. When her clothes got here I had Addie try them on.
Honest, she was saying "cheese".
Size 3 on peanut a little big, but good. Now of course I question my size 2 purchases. When those come in I have Katie try them on.
Get it? Smallest girl tries the big clothes, bigger girl tries the smaller clothes? I can still be clever!
Katie's version of "cheese".
They make her look like a ballerina!
The universal 'ballerina' pose.
Addie pulls out a tutu to get in on the ballet action.
So Katie does as well.
Which leads to everyone getting in on the fun.
Katie doesn't quite believe in simply trying on clothes. She wore them the rest of the afternoon. By pure chance we went to meet John at Panera for dinner. I could only convince her to change back to more weather appropriate clothes by allowing her to wear her ballerina shirt over her long sleeve pink shirt. Hence, turning her into a princess. Sorry no photographic evidence.
My shameless plug for Naartjie...
they have the nicest packaging! The clothes come all nicely bundled in tissue paper. Personally packaged, not just grabbed off a shelf and thrown in a box. I used to by Ann Taylor (well, ok, Loft) and Banana Republic online. No tissue paper there!
Loves!
PS..they had a good sale on clearance too, so they also have some size 4 coming as well. 😊
Auntie Kim started us off by sending some super cute Naartjie clothes. Then she clued me in on a sale, so I bought some more. Kim, buys size 3. I, buy size 2. When her clothes got here I had Addie try them on.
Honest, she was saying "cheese".
Size 3 on peanut a little big, but good. Now of course I question my size 2 purchases. When those come in I have Katie try them on.
Get it? Smallest girl tries the big clothes, bigger girl tries the smaller clothes? I can still be clever!
Katie's version of "cheese".
They make her look like a ballerina!
The universal 'ballerina' pose.
Addie pulls out a tutu to get in on the ballet action.
So Katie does as well.
Which leads to everyone getting in on the fun.
Katie doesn't quite believe in simply trying on clothes. She wore them the rest of the afternoon. By pure chance we went to meet John at Panera for dinner. I could only convince her to change back to more weather appropriate clothes by allowing her to wear her ballerina shirt over her long sleeve pink shirt. Hence, turning her into a princess. Sorry no photographic evidence.
My shameless plug for Naartjie...
they have the nicest packaging! The clothes come all nicely bundled in tissue paper. Personally packaged, not just grabbed off a shelf and thrown in a box. I used to by Ann Taylor (well, ok, Loft) and Banana Republic online. No tissue paper there!
Loves!
PS..they had a good sale on clearance too, so they also have some size 4 coming as well. 😊
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