Last week Torin woke up saying that he was having a hard time breathing. His wheezing confirmed his statement thus I made the appointment to take him. Mind you that Torin hasn't been to the doctor for being sick since Kindergarten and before that it was really only for wellness checks. Thus my doctor appointments for Torin have been more check ups then trying to figure out what sickness he might have. Seriously, he never has even had an ear infection. He's a pretty healthy kiddo.
We got into the room and the doctor started to ask HIM questions. How do you feel Torin? Where does it hurt Torin? It seemed odd at first why wasn't she asking ME those questions. I'm the Mom. Well, it's because he's almost 8 and can talk for himself. I felt so out of place almost in a surreal world. Was my baby that big that he could articulate the symptoms that he was feeling? Yep, he was. He explained in detail when it started, how it felt and where it hurt the most. It was cute and hard all at the same time.
I was proud that he could do this but also a little sad. I felt a little not needed which as a Mom does not feel good. Unfortunately, the big guy had croup. The first of any of my boys which is kind of interesting since it was my almost 8 year old that was the first to get it.
I know that these situations will be more frequent then less as the years go on but it doesn't mean that I have to love every second of them. I feel blessed that he is able to do this and will reflect on that versus the growing up-not-needing-Mom-as-much part of it :)
February 15, 2011
February 7, 2011
An Afternoon with Vaughn
Well today I took some time for Vaughn. He has asked a couple of times if I could come to his class and after a very long month of being gone evenings to help with a benefit for a friend of mine I decided that we both needed this.
When I told him that I was going to be coming to his school with him he was so excited. On the way there, he asked me if I had to go to the bathroom. Odd I thought but when I told him that I didn't. He explained to me if I did that the bathrooms were right outside his classroom. Here are the other details that he provided.
1. Mom if you have to wash your hands our sink at school comes out like a shower. You don't have to stand on the step though cause you are tall enough.
2. If you get hungry I think that there are some Craisins on the counter that you can have. (When I told the teacher about this she said that she had brought some in last week ;)
3. At circle time if I wanted to sit on his square with him I could.
This was all on the 5 minute drive to his school. I guess my little man is just trying to make sure that I have a good first day at school with him.
It was a ton of fun to see him in his element and just to get to be with him. I received many hugs and kisses throughout the couple of hours and I have to say that it was the best couple hours of my day :)
When I told him that I was going to be coming to his school with him he was so excited. On the way there, he asked me if I had to go to the bathroom. Odd I thought but when I told him that I didn't. He explained to me if I did that the bathrooms were right outside his classroom. Here are the other details that he provided.
1. Mom if you have to wash your hands our sink at school comes out like a shower. You don't have to stand on the step though cause you are tall enough.
2. If you get hungry I think that there are some Craisins on the counter that you can have. (When I told the teacher about this she said that she had brought some in last week ;)
3. At circle time if I wanted to sit on his square with him I could.
This was all on the 5 minute drive to his school. I guess my little man is just trying to make sure that I have a good first day at school with him.
It was a ton of fun to see him in his element and just to get to be with him. I received many hugs and kisses throughout the couple of hours and I have to say that it was the best couple hours of my day :)
January 28, 2011
Academic Star
Well of course as a Mother I'm expected to brag a little bit about my kids, right? Torin prior going to Kindergarten we thought was SO smart. After all he could count over 100 at 4 years old. Funny thing is, is that once they get into school you tend to realize, rather quickly, that there are a lot of kids that can do that too. Being our first though we have no other comparison except what we were doing at 4. And I know that I wasn't counting past 20 at 4 :)
Kindergarten was fine for Torin, 1st grade was more of an awakening to that he is an average kid and trust me we feel VERY blessed for having an average kid. It wasn't until this past month that Torin has broken out a little more. He's trying more and things are coming more easily to him.
We got an email from his teacher last week that stated on his achievement test that he had gone 11 points over from where they had hoped he would be at the end of the year. Now, we really don't take these tests too serious and especially myself NEVER being good at standardized test don't get too hung up on them. However, the test that he had taken at the beginning of the year projected his growth to be at a "20" by the end of the school year and mid way he is already scoring "31". His teacher was really impressed by this and said that it was the most growth out of the entire class. Then Torin came home last night and said that for the math achievement test they had wanted him to be at "100" by the end of the year and he scored "203".
So I am bragging a little bit and the reason why is that I am just SO proud of him. Reading is by far not his favorite thing to do but he knew that it was something that he had to work on. He tried hard and is now gleaming from the results of it. This is such a rewarding thing to see as a parent. Just so proud of our little bug-a-boo :)
Kindergarten was fine for Torin, 1st grade was more of an awakening to that he is an average kid and trust me we feel VERY blessed for having an average kid. It wasn't until this past month that Torin has broken out a little more. He's trying more and things are coming more easily to him.
We got an email from his teacher last week that stated on his achievement test that he had gone 11 points over from where they had hoped he would be at the end of the year. Now, we really don't take these tests too serious and especially myself NEVER being good at standardized test don't get too hung up on them. However, the test that he had taken at the beginning of the year projected his growth to be at a "20" by the end of the school year and mid way he is already scoring "31". His teacher was really impressed by this and said that it was the most growth out of the entire class. Then Torin came home last night and said that for the math achievement test they had wanted him to be at "100" by the end of the year and he scored "203".
So I am bragging a little bit and the reason why is that I am just SO proud of him. Reading is by far not his favorite thing to do but he knew that it was something that he had to work on. He tried hard and is now gleaming from the results of it. This is such a rewarding thing to see as a parent. Just so proud of our little bug-a-boo :)
January 26, 2011
Peefooo
Well our little Bercan is definitely getting older and has started a new little "trick". When he is stinky or his diaper is too full "for him" he'll touch his diaper and then wrinkle his nose and wave his other hand saying "peefoo". Then he will want to be changed. Not sure that this is a sign that he's going to be good at potty training or not but I'm not willing to take up that adventure for at least another year.
When I have a wife....
I have to blog this quick before I forget it so I apologize that I still haven't gotten California pictures up yet...They are coming I promise!!!
Monday night we dropped the kids off at Bjorn's parents to try and pick out some tile. It was an errand that needed us both focused versus one of us gathering the troops and ensuring they didn't take the store down. We had met at Bjorn's parents house thus we had two cars. Vaughn of course picked me to drive home with. He and I always have our little conversations when it's just the two of us. I treasure these moments and this is why....
Out of the blue he says to me, "Mom, when I have a wife you can come over and watch our kids, okay?". I of course am thinking this is too cute and ask if I could come over once a week to watch their kids so they can go on date night. A silent pause, "Ahh...yeah that would work out great Mom. And sometimes we drop them at your house so they can sleepover, that okay?" I love these so grown up conversations that will most likely end in the coming years and not be brought up again until he really does have a wife and kids.
On the other hand Torin still tells me that he is going to have 11 children. I hope that Bjorn and I are still active enough to keep up with ALL of these potential grandchildren :)
Monday night we dropped the kids off at Bjorn's parents to try and pick out some tile. It was an errand that needed us both focused versus one of us gathering the troops and ensuring they didn't take the store down. We had met at Bjorn's parents house thus we had two cars. Vaughn of course picked me to drive home with. He and I always have our little conversations when it's just the two of us. I treasure these moments and this is why....
Out of the blue he says to me, "Mom, when I have a wife you can come over and watch our kids, okay?". I of course am thinking this is too cute and ask if I could come over once a week to watch their kids so they can go on date night. A silent pause, "Ahh...yeah that would work out great Mom. And sometimes we drop them at your house so they can sleepover, that okay?" I love these so grown up conversations that will most likely end in the coming years and not be brought up again until he really does have a wife and kids.
On the other hand Torin still tells me that he is going to have 11 children. I hope that Bjorn and I are still active enough to keep up with ALL of these potential grandchildren :)
January 3, 2011
Christmas Card Photos
This year I decided to not put us in the Christmas card and just do the kids. It was super cold outside and there was a ton of snow already so really trying to get all of us was just too hard. Bjorn's parents had given us the toboggan and with borrowing a few santa hats from a neighbor the picture just worked out. I know any one looking at the blog has probably already seen them but I just wanted to post them...
Bercan ~ 1 year
Vaughn ~ 4 1/2 years old
Torin ~ 7 1/2 years old
My boys....
Vaughn and hockey
Vaughn is just so excited to be doing hockey this year. Unfortunately, we have missed a hand full of his practices from being out of town but if you ask him if he likes hockey he'll tell you "I can get up." with a huge smile from ear to ear. He's definitely a hard worker and doesn't like to give up. It's fun to see how hard he tries and he is definitely getting better with each practice.
So excited to even being trying on his equipment.
Vaughn was so happy to get number 99 and tells us
that he is Gretzky. Not sure that he lives up to that
but he definitely tries hard and has a great spirit.
Going down the ice...
Staying up....
Leaning into it...
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