Thursday, December 25, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Merry Christmas from all the Tepen's
I guess it was time to update the blog. There has been lots of requests, begging, pleading and even the occasional threat. I ignored them all. Having to listen to Diane complain about me having to do it made me decide that it was time. She offered to help and said she would tell me what to type. I said if you are going to tell me what to type, why dont you just update it. Her answer, 'You are funnier than me at writing the blog.' Dont quite understand the answer, but thought I would make her happy and write a little something. After all, lots has happened since the last update.
Everyone has been asking, are they walking yet.....I bet I get that question at least once a day. And finally the answer is yes and no, or is that a maybe, possibly, could be, or only if the house is on fire . Actually I'm not telling. If you want to know, come visit us.
We had a birthday/Turkey Day party back in November. Wesley and Mia turned one year old. Time has just flown by in the past year and cant believe we made it this far....only 17 more years til Diane kicks them out of the house. They ate turkey with all the fixin's, except oyster stuffing. I was refused on my request for oyster stuffing. Hopefully I will be able to get some with the Christmas ham next week. Diane made each of them mini pumpkin pies for their birthday dessert with whip cream on top. They both loved it and asked for a bigger one next time.
Two weeks later, we had my bridge group Christmas party here at the house. We ended up with around 20 people enjoying the evening. This year we decided to donate gifts to Toys for Tots instead of buying white elephant gifts for everyone. We still did the white elephant gift exchange, except you had to come up with something from around the house. The presents ranged from a bag full of used books, a bunch of kids christmas socks, a foot massager and we made a t-shirt that said 'I went to a christmas party and all I got was this stupid shirt'.
The kids are doing great. Had a little event with our daycare a week ago on Tuesday. We had gotten six inches of snow the night before. Which actually has nothing to do with the story. But, I was able to break out the snowblower for the first time this year. It started on the first pull after I put gas in it. Where was I, went on a little gondira-tangent there, oh yeah, daycare incident. Pulled into the parking lot and loaded the kids up for the treck to the front door. Always fun trying to get two kids that cant walk into a building with one person while trying to carry a bag of bottles and sometimes another bag with sheets, blankets and other times I even have a third bag with diapers and wipes. Then I have to open the first door, type in a code, use the finger print scanner, give a blood sample and eye scan before the second door will allow me to open it. Dang it, another tangent, need to quit hanging out with her so much. But this day, there was a letter posted on the first door. So, I stood in the snow and read the letter. It was a long letter and by time I was finished reading it, I was completely white. It is never a good sign when the first sentence of a letter starts out, 'It is with a sad heart that I have to close the daycare center', or something along those lines. Then later on in the letter they let us know that the last day is on Friday....yup, three days to find a new daycare for two 1 year olds. I drop the kids off, and head into work. Did I mention there was 6" of snow, so it took me 45 minutes to get to the interstate, which normally only takes a little over 5 minutes. I gave up and turned around and went back home which thankfully only took 15 more minutes. I called Diane on the way back. We decided to go look for a new daycare that day. Diane met me at a daycare around 11:30. We looked at 3 of them. Surprisingly, all three of them had openings. I was wondering why when one of them said that a lot of people were taking their kids out of daycare to save money or because one of the parents got laid off. Guess that is a big reason our daycare shut down. They started this past Monday and seem to like it a lot. It is nicer than our old one, but also $200 more every four weeks.
Both Wes and Mia love the Christmas tree. They like to grab the decorations on it and yank them off. So far, they have only broken one, but we have lost the hook for a couple more of them. Mia's favorite is a pair of knit red mittens. Wes used to like a cluster of little red balls but has moved on to a red bell. They had pretty much ignored the presents under it until today. Diane put my presents under there, so I must have been good all year to get presents, and Mia has been infatuated with taking it out from under the tree and try to unwrap it. They both now know the word no, but like most kids and some adults, they care to ignore it whenever it is directed at them.
Mia has developed a scary face. She puckers her lips out, squints her eyes and breathes heavily out her nose and mouth at the same time. It is simply adorable, too bad she didnt have that in her arsenal for Halloween. She could have been a really scary pumpkin. Mia also likes to play open the closet door of her room in the mornings. Then she will turn her head back and smile while she waits for me to close it so she can open it back up.
Both kids are eating pretty much on their own now. We put the food on the table of their highchair and they grab it and put it in thier mouths. It is a messy endevour, but definately progress. They are also using sippy cups and will sit there on the floor and drink it. Guess the next step is figuring out how to get them to use a spoon.
mmmm....smells like sloppy joes...guess what we are having for dinner this evening? Winner gets a dog biscuit. Wes is walking about 30% of the time and improving every hour. He can walk from the front door all the way through the living room and to the kitchen. Mia is where Wes was about a week ago. She can do it, but it is random and only about 5 or 6 steps max.
We hope everyone, especially Mr McLovin' Snyder and his gun show, has a happy and wonderful holiday season. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Colorado Tepens out.
Everyone has been asking, are they walking yet.....I bet I get that question at least once a day. And finally the answer is yes and no, or is that a maybe, possibly, could be, or only if the house is on fire . Actually I'm not telling. If you want to know, come visit us.
We had a birthday/Turkey Day party back in November. Wesley and Mia turned one year old. Time has just flown by in the past year and cant believe we made it this far....only 17 more years til Diane kicks them out of the house. They ate turkey with all the fixin's, except oyster stuffing. I was refused on my request for oyster stuffing. Hopefully I will be able to get some with the Christmas ham next week. Diane made each of them mini pumpkin pies for their birthday dessert with whip cream on top. They both loved it and asked for a bigger one next time.
Two weeks later, we had my bridge group Christmas party here at the house. We ended up with around 20 people enjoying the evening. This year we decided to donate gifts to Toys for Tots instead of buying white elephant gifts for everyone. We still did the white elephant gift exchange, except you had to come up with something from around the house. The presents ranged from a bag full of used books, a bunch of kids christmas socks, a foot massager and we made a t-shirt that said 'I went to a christmas party and all I got was this stupid shirt'.
The kids are doing great. Had a little event with our daycare a week ago on Tuesday. We had gotten six inches of snow the night before. Which actually has nothing to do with the story. But, I was able to break out the snowblower for the first time this year. It started on the first pull after I put gas in it. Where was I, went on a little gondira-tangent there, oh yeah, daycare incident. Pulled into the parking lot and loaded the kids up for the treck to the front door. Always fun trying to get two kids that cant walk into a building with one person while trying to carry a bag of bottles and sometimes another bag with sheets, blankets and other times I even have a third bag with diapers and wipes. Then I have to open the first door, type in a code, use the finger print scanner, give a blood sample and eye scan before the second door will allow me to open it. Dang it, another tangent, need to quit hanging out with her so much. But this day, there was a letter posted on the first door. So, I stood in the snow and read the letter. It was a long letter and by time I was finished reading it, I was completely white. It is never a good sign when the first sentence of a letter starts out, 'It is with a sad heart that I have to close the daycare center', or something along those lines. Then later on in the letter they let us know that the last day is on Friday....yup, three days to find a new daycare for two 1 year olds. I drop the kids off, and head into work. Did I mention there was 6" of snow, so it took me 45 minutes to get to the interstate, which normally only takes a little over 5 minutes. I gave up and turned around and went back home which thankfully only took 15 more minutes. I called Diane on the way back. We decided to go look for a new daycare that day. Diane met me at a daycare around 11:30. We looked at 3 of them. Surprisingly, all three of them had openings. I was wondering why when one of them said that a lot of people were taking their kids out of daycare to save money or because one of the parents got laid off. Guess that is a big reason our daycare shut down. They started this past Monday and seem to like it a lot. It is nicer than our old one, but also $200 more every four weeks.
Both Wes and Mia love the Christmas tree. They like to grab the decorations on it and yank them off. So far, they have only broken one, but we have lost the hook for a couple more of them. Mia's favorite is a pair of knit red mittens. Wes used to like a cluster of little red balls but has moved on to a red bell. They had pretty much ignored the presents under it until today. Diane put my presents under there, so I must have been good all year to get presents, and Mia has been infatuated with taking it out from under the tree and try to unwrap it. They both now know the word no, but like most kids and some adults, they care to ignore it whenever it is directed at them.
Mia has developed a scary face. She puckers her lips out, squints her eyes and breathes heavily out her nose and mouth at the same time. It is simply adorable, too bad she didnt have that in her arsenal for Halloween. She could have been a really scary pumpkin. Mia also likes to play open the closet door of her room in the mornings. Then she will turn her head back and smile while she waits for me to close it so she can open it back up.
Both kids are eating pretty much on their own now. We put the food on the table of their highchair and they grab it and put it in thier mouths. It is a messy endevour, but definately progress. They are also using sippy cups and will sit there on the floor and drink it. Guess the next step is figuring out how to get them to use a spoon.
mmmm....smells like sloppy joes...guess what we are having for dinner this evening? Winner gets a dog biscuit. Wes is walking about 30% of the time and improving every hour. He can walk from the front door all the way through the living room and to the kitchen. Mia is where Wes was about a week ago. She can do it, but it is random and only about 5 or 6 steps max.
We hope everyone, especially Mr McLovin' Snyder and his gun show, has a happy and wonderful holiday season. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Colorado Tepens out.
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