Today I Went Shopping and Visited Great Grandma and Grandpa Kent

• I picked up Grandma Spiehs and we went shopping. I wanted to go to this store called, No Girls Allowed. I was excited that there was a store that was for boys! I imagined a store full of boy toys and boy clothes. Hip in every way. There are so many stores out there for girls.
• We drove around and could not find it. Finally we stopped in a store called, Chicks to ask. Chicks was a boutique type of store full of mostly girl things. 
• We asked if they knew where, No Girls Allowed was at? It was a vendor in their store. It was a tiny corner that had stuff for boys and girls. Go figure. 
• I was disappointed. My disappointment was somewhat relieved when I found out the stuff was 50% off. 
• I ended up getting an Automoblox set of 3 cars. They are for ages 3 and up, so I'll probably give them to Isaak for his birthday, or Christmas. I do get stuff year around for Christmas. 

• I also got a few boy wallets. 
• Isaak loves to role play. Mica needs to learn about money {like which coin is a quarter and so on.}

• We stopped to visit Great Grandma Kent in her newish home. 
• Mica kept telling us that he was going to stay in the car while we went in to see her.
• I honestly think a part of him was scared to go see Great Grandma Kent in her newish home. 
• We went to see her once before, and Mica was quiet the whole time. He was acting pretty odd. 
• We kept asking him why he felt scared, and he wouldn't tell us. 
• He did act alright once we went in. Except both boys wouldn't give Great Grandma Kent a hug when it was time to leave. 
• I wonder if it's common for kids to be scared of nursing homes and other homes similar to nursing homes?
• Always in the past Great Grandma Kent and the boy's were magnetic. 

• We then stopped in to see Great Grandpa Kent at his house. 
• The boy's were really excited to be there. So much so that they didn't want to leave.

Like My New Necklace?

• Mica made it for me at preschool yesterday. It has paper flowers with colored straws cut up and threaded between them.
• He said that I could wear it today, so I did. 
• My students kept asking me if it was Hawaiian day, but no it's Daddy and my 9 year anniversary.

• Today is a very special day.
• We're going out to dinner tonight. We're going with our kiddo's, but that's ok.

Cuddle Bugs

• Once a week we have a movie night. This night we watched Tangled. I splurge on movies some since we don't have cable.
•  Usually one kid cuddles with me, while the other cuddles with Daddy. This night they both wanted to cuddle with me.

• As you can tell I have severe allergy eyes going on. I tried rubber stamping the bags under my eyes out in Photoshop, but then I looked very fake.

Wordless Wednesday - Circus

Two of Mica's clown drawings he drew this week:

They look pretty similar. One was for Grandma and Grandpa Spiehs, and the other was for our refrigerator at home.

Then Daddy and I went out this last weekend to some gallery openings. It's something we like to do, but rarely get a chance to do. We saw some people tight rope walking in a window. Crazy!

Then Mica went to the doctor yesterday and they put him in a circus gown.

I think something/someone is trying to tell us that we need to go to the circus. My choice would be: Cirque Du Soleil over any other circus!

And the Doctor Said...

Mica has perfect vision, perfect hearing and is doing just fine.
He weighs 46 pounds 3.2 ounces. 64.85% His weight has gone up in percentile. He is still long and skinny!
He is 46.75" tall. 87.36% He'll be one of the tallest in his class I'm sure.

Only Concerns for the Doc:

• He has a mole on his back that we have to watch. Doctor says it's fine right now. If it gets bigger then a pencil eraser then we have to take him in to a dermatologist.
• Doctor Harrison thought he might have to go through speech therapy with his past history. I don't think so. No one ever has trouble understanding Mica. He's compensated really well with having a tongue that is not perfect. Mr. Mica was born with a cyst under his tongue. We've tried opting him into the school district speech therapy early; he tested out of it.

Only Concern for Mica:

• Mica was stoked that he was going to go to the doctor and not have to get a shot. I told him, "Sorry honey, you probably will have to get a few shots."
• I kept explaining how shots are good. Grandma Spiehs had Polio, and Mica gets a shot to prevent that. 
• Mica was pretty quiet at the doctor's office.
• When the nurse came in to give him his shots, Mica kept saying that he wasn't ready. 
• It ended with us having to hold him down and a few tears.

A Great Giveaway!

My Organized Chaos is has a great giveaway going on right now!

Fashionably Late - The Ultimate Blog Party 2011 {With Giveaway} is the post where she is giving away a $100 Amazon giftcard!

Summer Fun!

We have a super big yard for the city. I'd love a few more toys for the boy's in it.

Two of a Kind Working on a Full House is hosting a great $300 prize by Step2! They are giving away a roller coaster for kids!

I Almost Had to Call Poison Control Today!

• We came home from Costco, and of course there was a lot of stuff to unload. I knew we were low on dishwasher soap bubbles. I brought some up, and asked Mica to refill our tin that's under the sink. I got the tin out, and showed him where the wrapped soap bubbles were to fill up the tin. Then I shut the cupboard under the sink.
• I was in the same room unloading groceries. 
• I noticed something was in Isaak's mouth. 
• It was the center part of a soap bubble!
• He spit it out into my hand. 
• I'm so glad Isaak did not swallow this! I would have been so fearful, and would have had to call poison control! 

• Isaak got a lecture. 
• This kid hasn't tried to put anything foreign in his mouth since he was crawling! 
• He's Mr. Curious lately. Getting into the toilet, he bit a hole into a foam bowling pin that Mica has {didn't swallow any of it}, and now this dishwasher soap bubble thing!
• I feel like we watch our kid's really well, I'm hardly in a different room from our boy's. Obviously I need to keep a major watch on him!

Lucky Penny Man

• Mica found a penny in the parking lot of Costco today. He was so excited! 
• I said, "Mica it's your lucky day!"
• Mica said, "Ya! I'd like to thank the penny man!" 
• I said, "Who?" 
• Mica said, "You know the penny man. He's the one that spends all day dropping pennies for people like me to pick up."
• I said, "Oh! That sounds like an important job that the penny man has!"
• I wonder if someone told him this story, or if he made it up himself?