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Sunday, January 4, 2009

Happy (and healthy, I hope) New Year

I feel like my recent blogs are more journal-esque and probably not very amusing, clever or thoughtproving. Nevertheless, as this blog is mostly for my children to read at some point down the road as well as a creative outlet for me, I guess I'm bound to document the happenings around here as uninteresting as they may seem...

Last weekend we all got the stomach flu (big groan). First Rob and Hewitt during the middle of the night on Friday (why is it that kids always throw up in the middle of the night and all over their bedding?), followed by Burke on Saturday, Tosh on Sunday and me on Monday. Being in bed all day Monday and not being able to keep anything down until about 9:00pm was a horrible flashback to my two months in bed this fall. I was feeling so paranoid that the vomiting and sickness would last, but Rob kept assuring me that it was only a 24 hour thing, and thank heaven it was. The real bummer of it all was that my brothers and their families all arrived in town that Saturday so we had to miss all the family events until mid-week when we were all healthy and I had had a chance to sterilize and re-sterilize my house to the best of my ability.

We had a lot of fun being together with my family. My favorite activities were an adult trip to the Mt. Timp temple to do sealings for some family names, a family talent show (that my bro. Todd's family rocked), a sweet game of sardines, and a visit to Temple Square. The cousins had such a great time together and are always so kind to each other. My cute 5 year-old-niece was crying when saying goodbye to all of her cousins (so sweet) and it made me sad that we all live in different states and aren't able to gather as much as I'd like to. Although, maybe the distance makes our get-togethers that much more special.

Here is our clan at Temple Square with many of us sporting our matching "D" hats (a flashback of when we went to Disneyland when I was 5 and we all wore "D" shirts my mom had made. The "D" was not for Disneyland, but for my maiden name starts with a D...). I'm on the far right (if you can't tell)-- popping out of my jacket...

On a very random note, I want to document that Tosh (who has been able to say "Burke" for several weeks) is now saying "Hewitt" but it sounds more like "Wee-wee." It is awfully cute.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I'm so sorry you all ended up getting sick. I think I talked to you in the middle, after Rob & Hewitt and before Burke. At least when you all get it you don't spend the next several days waiting to see if that last unaffected person gets it. Does that make sense?

Cindy Lou had her first vomiting experience today during choir practice. She was acting completely normal before and after, and when she pooped in the tub this afternoon (hooray) it was solid, and then she ate a huge dinner, so I'm hoping it was just because she gagged on some phlegm (she's had a terrible cold since waking up with it on Christmas morning). Hope I'm not getting up and running loads of laundry in the middle of the night tonight.; January 4, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Perschon Family said...: The HORROR! Seriously...I swear there is nothing quite as awful as when the flu starts passing around through a family! I'm so sorry you all ended up getting it! Glad you're doing better now and glad you were able to spend some time with your family! Love the D hat thing! And I agree with the part about family get-to-gethers being a little extra special when they don't get to happen as often...that is how it is when my boys go to either grandparent's house since they don't live close by...it is sad that we don't see them more...but all the more exciting when we finally do see them! HOpe you have a good week! (After we all got over the flu, Luke got 5ths disease this week and is finally getting better from that.His rash was AWFUL! Max hasn't gotten it yet but who knows...); January 5, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Brett and Tiffany said...: Temple Square is so fun. Brett's parents are there serving a mission.; January 5, 2009 at 12:39 PM
SP said...: Tamsen:

You look great! What a fun time you are all having! I love reading the "Pete Said" portion of your blog...my sides ache from laughing. Your kids couldn't be any cutier.

Love,
Sherry; January 8, 2009 at 7:16 PM

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Hewitt was just telling me about a new game he created where you can't touch the ball with your hands or feet. He said, "You can only hit the ball with your leg or foot-wrist." And so I clarified, "You mean your ankle?"
(10/8/09)

Me to Hewitt: Whatcha doin?
Hewitt: Arting. It's making art.
(10/2/09; Hewitt's 5th b-day)

Two jokes by Burke:
What does a storm wear?
Thunderwear!

What do you call King Kong's feet?
Big Foot!
(9/26/09)

I had the following conversation with Tosh:
Me: Are you a boy or a girl?
T: Boy
Me: Is Livvy a boy or a girl?
T: Baby
Me: Yes, but is Baby Liv a boy or a girl?
T: Girl
Me: Is Daddy a boy or a girl?
T: Big boy
Me: Is Mommy a boy or a girl?
T: Mommy a babe!
(Not prompted, I promise! 9/3/09)

Hewitt had set up a bunch of toy figures and Tosh was trying to play with them... Hewitt was telling Tosh not to touch them and I asked him to share the toys or to go and get some more figures for Tosh to play with. Hewitt said, "These are not toys! They are art!" (9/3/09)

We were driving along a road near our house (a rather quiet highway, really) and Hewitt suddenly exclaimed, "Mom! I just found the road to our old house! Keep driving straight!" I looked up and realized there were some big mountains in the FAR distance. Hewitt clearly thought he was staring at Utah. (8/28/09)

Hewitt brought home a little "Groundhog's Day" craft that he had made at preschool and kept calling the groundhog a bear. When I tried to tell him it was really a groundhog he looked at me like I was very silly and said, "It's a BEAR Mom, not a CORNDOG!" (2/2/09)

I explained to Burke about the recent airplane crash into the Hudson River and knowing that he would be very concerned, I quickly told him that all of the passengers were just fine. He looked at me with a worried look and said, "What about the birds? Are they okay?" (1/15/09)

I have a trunk full of old performing costumes from when I was a kid. Hewitt saw the trunk in the basement and told Rob that he wanted to open up the "treasure chest." Rob asked him if he knew what was in the trunk/chest and Hewitt replied that it was full of clothes. When Rob told Hewitt that he didn't want him to make a big mess Hewitt said, "I won't make a mess, I will just get out one clo." I guess that "clo" would be the singular form of clothes... (1/13/09)

Burke is always mentioning how he wants us to have lots more babies because he wants "hundreds" of brothers and sisters. I was explaining to him this morning about how it gets harder and more dangerous to have babies as a woman gets older...he looked at me and said, "Well, you look young Mom, like 19!" Then he leaned in closer and said, "Well, I do see some indents in your skin around your eyes (those would be wrinkles--thanks for noticing)." (12/26/08)

Hewitt blew his nose and must have accidentally gotten some snot or tissue in his mouth because he said, "Yuck! That tastes like cow dung!" (12/24/08)

Tosh got to Hewitt's cup of water at the table today and dumped it all over Hewitt's lap and onto the floor. Rob asked Hewitt, "Are you a little wet?" and he said, "I'm a BIG wet!" (12/24/08)

Rob was playing "Memory" with the boys and when Burke got a few matches in a row Hewitt said, "Wow Burkie, you're on fire!" (11/08)

We just bought some sod for our park strip and while Burke and I were looking at the pallet, I mentioned that some of the pieces looked like crabgrass and that we needed to find the best pieces of grass to buy. Burke looked at the sod for a little while and said, "None of it looks like crap grass to me!"

While I was flossing Burke's teeth he said, "Wait--I need to tell you something." I paused flossing and he said, "You sure know how to be a good mom!" (now there's a treasured compliment!)

Hewitt watched Rob kill a fly in our kitchen and then asked, "Did he cry? Did he want his mommy fly?"

I told Hewitt that I was going to get Tosh a snack and asked if he would like one. He paused and then said, "I'll take a milkshake." What am I, a drive-up window?

Hewitt was asking for toast today and when I pulled out the bread he said, "No, the 'letter O' toast!" I finally figured out that he wanted a toasted english muffin.

Burke came down for breakfast and said, "Mom, it might not look like my bed is made and you might not like it, but it's really stripes that I did as a design on my bed."

Hewitt has really liked eating plain tortillas lately. When I asked him if he wanted one he said, "Oh. Sure. I'll have a mamma mia."

Hewitt understands things very literally. When Rob told him that he "needed to fly" this morning (go to work), Hewitt asked, "Where is the fly? In the house?" When Rob asked him if he had a runny nose he said, "No. It's just boogers."

When Rob was leaving for work he hugged the boys and told them to "be good for Mommy and do exactly what she says." Burke said, "OK bye Dad, you be good at work and do exactly what your boss says."

We were discussing prophets in the scriptures for Family Home Evening and when Rob asked Burke which prophet(s) wrote the Book of Mormon Burke said, "Nephi, Jacob, Enos..." and continued to name the books in order. Rob and I were pretty surprised and couldn't help laughing.

I was just eavesdropping on Hewitt while he was playing with his toys and heard him say, "Ladies and jumpingmen..."

Burke was heading off to a neighbor's house to play and stuck his head back in the door and called, "I'll be traveling by bike."

When the garage door opens for us to drive in, Hewitt will pretend to be scared and say, "Oh no, it's the garage mouth! He's going to eat us!"

Hewitt got distracted and starting playing with his toys during lunch and when I reminded him to please keep eating he said, "But Mommy, I'm working."

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