The sleepless night will never end. I believe the two younger Koomens had a pow-wow before bed last night to organize a crime filled night, the crime being interrupting parental sleep. I love that I am needed for an itchy toe at the bottom of zipped and footed pajamas in the dark, not to mention at 2 a.m. I sure do appreciate bathroom visits over wet beds... only to wake up to a bloody disaster that looked like it needed to be sent to a crime lab. Carly's bloodstained face, hair, clothing, bedding, and arms looked to be picture worthy, but I felt compelled to clean her up immediately.
So here I am listening to the kids play nicely after a tired morning. It is nap time, but I don't want to interrupt their sweet imaginative play. Although the tattling has been blown to large proportions in this house.
Conversation from the lunch table -
Carson: you are going to be on the naughty list
Carly: no I am not
Carson: yes you are...
(footsteps running to the dining room)
Carly: Mommy, Carson said a bad word...
She has learned the tattling presentation, but the lying to get there is not attractive.
Sunday night is always a ritual around here, we eat dinner, bathe, pajamas and hit the couch for AFV at 7:00 p.m. It is Carly's favorite television show! (She has been known to request it at all hours of the night). There was a boy on the show doing a pogo stick at the top of the stairs and of course he went flying down all of them to crash land on his face. Carly's response to it, "he is going to need a nurse."
She is so matter of fact these days... I find myself just video-ing her conversation because I want to bottle it up and save it forever.
Lastly, Jason ran to the store last night for a milk run... He picked up a Findlay Area Family Magazine while he was there. He brought it home and set it on the counter. After a while, I heard him say, "that is Carly." She made the cover and and the other two kids are on the inside in their snow attire. They all feel famous, even if it is a local magazine...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
I MADE IT!
My New Year's resolution was to exercise and blog... I wanted to accomplish those two items before the month of January escaped me, well here we are January 31st. It came to mind today as I watched our three children sit a table in the cafeteria and enjoy the 8th grade spaghetti dinner, that our lives are running away. They sit patiently at the table, they bow their heads to pray, and they never leave until their plates are clean... we were in a public place! All of those nights that we nag over and over about table etiquette, we witnessed perfection. So the occasional meal at home is not perfect, but the fact that they can pull off a successful meal in public, made me feel good all over!
Then we came home... we needed to call Uncle Marc today to sing "happy birthday" and everyone is bellowing out the tune, we get to his name in the song and Carly sings "Dear Uncle Stinky" and all the sweetness disappeared. It was a hilarious moment, and all too appropriate. She makes us laugh, cry, and laugh some more. She is our spirited, independent, boisterous, and sometimes MEAN child. That wraps it up for her, but I will promise myself to hit the blogs with her antics more often!
Carson came upstairs this morning to have his hair combed, he asked for a "mohawk..." So I reluctantly gel-ed up the do and away we went. He was so proud of it and was loving all the compliments. He asked me if it would wreck when he went to sleep??? I guess I will be doing a hair re-do for school in the morning.
I was on the treadmill this morning (ah yes exercise) and watched Carson write on the dry erase board. It was so sweet to see him writing his letters in uppercase and name them as he wrote them. I keep thinking that I need not compare him to Caitlin, and yet find myself doing it. I am so proud of everything he has accomplished. He even can kick some serious Olympic skills on the Wii snowboard event.
Yesterday we watched Caitlin play her second upward game of the season. Jason is not coaching her, but watching intently from the side lines. She is a good defense player and she made six baskets yesterday. She doubled her score from last weeks three baskets. Yeah Caitlin. On Wednesday nights she is playing tennis in her Y class. She still loves tennis and woke up this morning to watch Roger Federer win the Australian Open.
Yesterday Grandma came to watch Caitlin play basketball and go to PTC bowling. It was so fun to watch Caitlin and Carson help Carly bowl for the first time. The kids had a blast bowling with friends and Grandma. It was a great way to kick off Catholic Schools Week which is celebrated all week at school.
It is an amazing feeling to know that I registered all three of the kids for St. Michael School last week. Time is so precious since it comes at you at unstoppable speeds.
Then we came home... we needed to call Uncle Marc today to sing "happy birthday" and everyone is bellowing out the tune, we get to his name in the song and Carly sings "Dear Uncle Stinky" and all the sweetness disappeared. It was a hilarious moment, and all too appropriate. She makes us laugh, cry, and laugh some more. She is our spirited, independent, boisterous, and sometimes MEAN child. That wraps it up for her, but I will promise myself to hit the blogs with her antics more often!
Carson came upstairs this morning to have his hair combed, he asked for a "mohawk..." So I reluctantly gel-ed up the do and away we went. He was so proud of it and was loving all the compliments. He asked me if it would wreck when he went to sleep??? I guess I will be doing a hair re-do for school in the morning.
I was on the treadmill this morning (ah yes exercise) and watched Carson write on the dry erase board. It was so sweet to see him writing his letters in uppercase and name them as he wrote them. I keep thinking that I need not compare him to Caitlin, and yet find myself doing it. I am so proud of everything he has accomplished. He even can kick some serious Olympic skills on the Wii snowboard event.
Yesterday we watched Caitlin play her second upward game of the season. Jason is not coaching her, but watching intently from the side lines. She is a good defense player and she made six baskets yesterday. She doubled her score from last weeks three baskets. Yeah Caitlin. On Wednesday nights she is playing tennis in her Y class. She still loves tennis and woke up this morning to watch Roger Federer win the Australian Open.
Yesterday Grandma came to watch Caitlin play basketball and go to PTC bowling. It was so fun to watch Caitlin and Carson help Carly bowl for the first time. The kids had a blast bowling with friends and Grandma. It was a great way to kick off Catholic Schools Week which is celebrated all week at school.
It is an amazing feeling to know that I registered all three of the kids for St. Michael School last week. Time is so precious since it comes at you at unstoppable speeds.
The Lost Fall of Blogs
Okay, so it didn't work out... I didn't work out... the blogs did not come out. I have some memories still in the memory bank that are worthy to note.
We rescued a dog from a puppy mill, and we named him "FIN". He is a golden doodle with a lot of energy and his size resembles that of a Budweiser Clydesdale...
We endured two more ER visits all for the same child within weeks of each other. Carly earned stitches in the eyebrow from attacking the stairs, and staples in the back of the scalp for a simple slide off the couch.
Carly is a complete conversation piece and a conversationalist... she is the crazy one of the birth order and no one questions us for injuries since she falls last in line to the Koomen kids.
The kids were so into the holidays with cookies, crafts, candy making, and all the wonderful traditions the holidays bring for our family.
We rescued a dog from a puppy mill, and we named him "FIN". He is a golden doodle with a lot of energy and his size resembles that of a Budweiser Clydesdale...
We endured two more ER visits all for the same child within weeks of each other. Carly earned stitches in the eyebrow from attacking the stairs, and staples in the back of the scalp for a simple slide off the couch.
Carly is a complete conversation piece and a conversationalist... she is the crazy one of the birth order and no one questions us for injuries since she falls last in line to the Koomen kids.
The kids were so into the holidays with cookies, crafts, candy making, and all the wonderful traditions the holidays bring for our family.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The LOST Summer of Blogging!
Well, five months later... I have appeared from behind the scenes at the "Live with Jason and Chrissy" show. Now that Fall has officially arrived (but with the central air running) I figured I am long overdue on updating the life of my children. Maybe I am over committed in my professional volunteer position that I have accepted, but I vow to keep this somewhat updated. Maybe I need to not update Facebook pictures, but blog instead. :)
We did some fun family events this summer. We traveled to Terre Haute a couple of times and even celebrated Carly's big number two there. We cheered Jason on as he rode his bike across Indiana with a fabulous group of guys, including "Uncle" Tim (the kids' Godfather). We traveled to Michigan's Schuss Mountain over Caitlin's big number 8 with Jeff and Lauri for four days, where the kids played in the sand and tubed behind the boat (all three of them). We took the kids to Kalahari, which is a humongous indoor water park. Marc and Sandy (Jason's brother and sister-in-law) visited from Canada. It was a great time for the cousins to get together. We also went to Cedar Point for a day as the roller coaster enthusiasts Caitlin and Carson rode their hearts out.
School came so fast this time, it just seems like time gets faster and faster. This time we sent two off to school. It is amazing that Carson went off to preschool at the Academy of Angels. The first two days were a bit scary with a lot of fears and tears. With a little help from a big sister that is upstairs in the second grade, Carson was safely delivered to his class led by the hand of Caitlin. It was a very proud moment as a mother to see her take over in such a mature way. Now the days are speeding by with constant stories all the way home from the pick-up line.
Fall sports are in full swing, but going in so many directions. Caitlin decided to stick with her two sports for one more year, cross country and soccer. The conflicts are minimal when it comes to her, but Jason and I are always in two separate places. He is also the coach of Carson's soccer team this year. I missed his first goal on Saturday because I was at Maumee Bay at a CYO cross country meet. I was so sad, but quickly recovered after seeing it did not even bother him that I was not there. So a sample schedule this past weekend was crazy, soccer pictures at 8:00 a.m. and a soccer game at 9:00, followed by an hour drive to a cross country meet for Caitlin. Carson had pictures at 10:15 and a game at 11:00. Then we had a birthday party in the afternoon when we finally arrived back together. It was so fun! Now it is time to do it all over again this weekend minus the pictures!! Cannot wait to see sleepy eyes at the cold 8:00 a.m. pictures.
As for the young one of the house, she is a gem... many stories and lines to share. Too many to post, too many to remember (reason for needing to stay on top of the blog). So here is to the lost blogs and the many more that I will try to create. She is happy in to be in tow to all of the events we go to her for her older siblings. She worships the ground they gallop, skip, and roll around on.
We did some fun family events this summer. We traveled to Terre Haute a couple of times and even celebrated Carly's big number two there. We cheered Jason on as he rode his bike across Indiana with a fabulous group of guys, including "Uncle" Tim (the kids' Godfather). We traveled to Michigan's Schuss Mountain over Caitlin's big number 8 with Jeff and Lauri for four days, where the kids played in the sand and tubed behind the boat (all three of them). We took the kids to Kalahari, which is a humongous indoor water park. Marc and Sandy (Jason's brother and sister-in-law) visited from Canada. It was a great time for the cousins to get together. We also went to Cedar Point for a day as the roller coaster enthusiasts Caitlin and Carson rode their hearts out.
School came so fast this time, it just seems like time gets faster and faster. This time we sent two off to school. It is amazing that Carson went off to preschool at the Academy of Angels. The first two days were a bit scary with a lot of fears and tears. With a little help from a big sister that is upstairs in the second grade, Carson was safely delivered to his class led by the hand of Caitlin. It was a very proud moment as a mother to see her take over in such a mature way. Now the days are speeding by with constant stories all the way home from the pick-up line.
Fall sports are in full swing, but going in so many directions. Caitlin decided to stick with her two sports for one more year, cross country and soccer. The conflicts are minimal when it comes to her, but Jason and I are always in two separate places. He is also the coach of Carson's soccer team this year. I missed his first goal on Saturday because I was at Maumee Bay at a CYO cross country meet. I was so sad, but quickly recovered after seeing it did not even bother him that I was not there. So a sample schedule this past weekend was crazy, soccer pictures at 8:00 a.m. and a soccer game at 9:00, followed by an hour drive to a cross country meet for Caitlin. Carson had pictures at 10:15 and a game at 11:00. Then we had a birthday party in the afternoon when we finally arrived back together. It was so fun! Now it is time to do it all over again this weekend minus the pictures!! Cannot wait to see sleepy eyes at the cold 8:00 a.m. pictures.
As for the young one of the house, she is a gem... many stories and lines to share. Too many to post, too many to remember (reason for needing to stay on top of the blog). So here is to the lost blogs and the many more that I will try to create. She is happy in to be in tow to all of the events we go to her for her older siblings. She worships the ground they gallop, skip, and roll around on.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Good times, quiet times...
It has been a "quiet" couple of weeks around the Koomen house. By quiet, I don't mean noiseless, but uneventful. I did not make time to blog because it did not seem right to always blog about Carson's funny sayings, Carly's boisterous personality, Caitlin's negative attitude.
Caitlin is still in full "swing" of tennis two days a week. She has started soccer season which her father is still coaching her team. She has been so unhappy the last couple of weeks and she has given Jason and I reason to question our parenting skills. Her life is perfect. She has a loving parents and friends, a great school, excellent health, but still she can find the negative in everything. We are learning, as we do everyday, that parenting is not an easy task. So I spend time talking to friends and looking for things to read about how to get her to snap out of it. There is a lot of emotion to raising a girl, and something tells me that Caitlin will be the easy girl. The last couple of days have improved, we are just taking the "love" approach. Positive reinforcement and a lot of hugs. I guess being the oldest is not the easiest... the expectations are higher and the attention is less. We are working on evening that out a bit.
We went to the zoo on Saturday with 15 of Caitlin's fellow Girl Scouts. I am the fearless leader of the bunch (hmmmm... another thing I said "YES" to) and it was a good time. It was 85 degrees and sunny, not something we have been used to yet this spring. Carson and Carly went around the zoo with Jason. Carson insists that he should be a Girl Scout because he wants to do everything the girls do. OH NO!
Caitlin scored two spectacular goals at her soccer game on Saturday. She was happy and we were proud. Those were her first two of the season, and they happened all within 5 minutes. The field is bigger, the goals are wider, and the competition is stronger... we are having fun!
Carson has been enjoying his new ride, a "Trail-a-Bike." Jason's running partner gave him this tremendous bike for us to have for our kids. It hooks to one of our bikes and turns it into a tandem so that Carson, or whoever, can keep up. Carly sits in the bike trailer still, but Carson thinks he is the big stuff.
Carson has also found out the books with cars, trucks, trains, tools, etc. are things of the past. He is following in his big sister's footsteps and enjoys reading. He loves to hear whatever is being read. He still loves Mr. Roger's - the only TV show he enjoys with the exception of America's Funniest Home Videos. He found Mr. Roger's on the web and I can occasionally hear Trolley dinging in the den.
Carly, the communication giant of the house, is a constant chatterbox. If you don't hear her the first time, she screams it. She is loud and a screamer, where does this come from. She must do everything the big kids do and the trampoline is her favorite. I hear chants of "jump, jump, jump" always coming from the sliding door. She will spend the whole day on there, unless Carson is driving the Gator, and she must have a ride. She has started telling stories and information and she can put together almost any phrase now. Last night at dinner she heard the "ice cream truck" and said it right away. The baby phase is gone, welcome to the two's.... the terrific two's.
Caitlin is still in full "swing" of tennis two days a week. She has started soccer season which her father is still coaching her team. She has been so unhappy the last couple of weeks and she has given Jason and I reason to question our parenting skills. Her life is perfect. She has a loving parents and friends, a great school, excellent health, but still she can find the negative in everything. We are learning, as we do everyday, that parenting is not an easy task. So I spend time talking to friends and looking for things to read about how to get her to snap out of it. There is a lot of emotion to raising a girl, and something tells me that Caitlin will be the easy girl. The last couple of days have improved, we are just taking the "love" approach. Positive reinforcement and a lot of hugs. I guess being the oldest is not the easiest... the expectations are higher and the attention is less. We are working on evening that out a bit.
We went to the zoo on Saturday with 15 of Caitlin's fellow Girl Scouts. I am the fearless leader of the bunch (hmmmm... another thing I said "YES" to) and it was a good time. It was 85 degrees and sunny, not something we have been used to yet this spring. Carson and Carly went around the zoo with Jason. Carson insists that he should be a Girl Scout because he wants to do everything the girls do. OH NO!
Caitlin scored two spectacular goals at her soccer game on Saturday. She was happy and we were proud. Those were her first two of the season, and they happened all within 5 minutes. The field is bigger, the goals are wider, and the competition is stronger... we are having fun!
Carson has been enjoying his new ride, a "Trail-a-Bike." Jason's running partner gave him this tremendous bike for us to have for our kids. It hooks to one of our bikes and turns it into a tandem so that Carson, or whoever, can keep up. Carly sits in the bike trailer still, but Carson thinks he is the big stuff.
Carson has also found out the books with cars, trucks, trains, tools, etc. are things of the past. He is following in his big sister's footsteps and enjoys reading. He loves to hear whatever is being read. He still loves Mr. Roger's - the only TV show he enjoys with the exception of America's Funniest Home Videos. He found Mr. Roger's on the web and I can occasionally hear Trolley dinging in the den.
Carly, the communication giant of the house, is a constant chatterbox. If you don't hear her the first time, she screams it. She is loud and a screamer, where does this come from. She must do everything the big kids do and the trampoline is her favorite. I hear chants of "jump, jump, jump" always coming from the sliding door. She will spend the whole day on there, unless Carson is driving the Gator, and she must have a ride. She has started telling stories and information and she can put together almost any phrase now. Last night at dinner she heard the "ice cream truck" and said it right away. The baby phase is gone, welcome to the two's.... the terrific two's.
Monday, March 30, 2009
My Reason for a Perfect Weekend
Jason was able to help organize the first annual Pump and Run 5K here in town. He made wooden signs and took ownership of what he was in charge of. Part of him missed out on the run, but he is doing a full marathon next weekend, check blog next week. :) He also was able to watch the entire NCAA division II championship game on TV to see our Alma Mater, Findlay, win the game.
Chrissy got to go shopping with friends and eat at PF Chang's all afternoon/evening on Saturday. It was a nice break to prepare for a week without the traveling husband.
Caitlin started off her weekend by being picked up at school and bringing Lucy home with her. Lucy spent the night. They played outside for hours on the trampoline, and going around the neighborhood. She then participated in the Girl Scout Water Stop at the Pump and Run. It was a ton of fun! She was also able to hang out with big Carly all day at the Smith's house on Saturday. Carly is in 6th grade and Caitlin felt like big stuff hanging out with her.
Carson fun weekend started on Sunday with standing on the altar at church with mom and Stephanie. He was able to come up and stand with me the whole time during the scrutiny. He was so GOOD! Then the real deals came... his dad took him to the Train Show and the University of Findlay Jazz ensemble. He had a blast! He took lots of pictures, so I will be posting them later. What a ham... At dinner last evening he proclaimed, "the weather is just miserable" and that really made us chuckle.
Carly's weekend was pretty uneventful. She took her baby for a walk around the block in the stroller. It is just amazing how grown up she looks pushing that little stroller around!
Chrissy got to go shopping with friends and eat at PF Chang's all afternoon/evening on Saturday. It was a nice break to prepare for a week without the traveling husband.
Caitlin started off her weekend by being picked up at school and bringing Lucy home with her. Lucy spent the night. They played outside for hours on the trampoline, and going around the neighborhood. She then participated in the Girl Scout Water Stop at the Pump and Run. It was a ton of fun! She was also able to hang out with big Carly all day at the Smith's house on Saturday. Carly is in 6th grade and Caitlin felt like big stuff hanging out with her.
Carson fun weekend started on Sunday with standing on the altar at church with mom and Stephanie. He was able to come up and stand with me the whole time during the scrutiny. He was so GOOD! Then the real deals came... his dad took him to the Train Show and the University of Findlay Jazz ensemble. He had a blast! He took lots of pictures, so I will be posting them later. What a ham... At dinner last evening he proclaimed, "the weather is just miserable" and that really made us chuckle.
Carly's weekend was pretty uneventful. She took her baby for a walk around the block in the stroller. It is just amazing how grown up she looks pushing that little stroller around!
Is There a Professional in the House?
I would like to think that in a few years, there may be...
Caitlin came home from tennis lessons last week to proclaim to the housetops that Coach Hayes is moving her to the 9-12 year old group. Each group a proper name (current Future Stars), but I prefer to use the age group term because Caitlin is still 7. She said to Coach, "I am only going to be 8 in September, you do know that right?" Coach told "Catie with a C" (he is the only one who calls her this) that he goes by ability, not age. Caitlin was beaming to know that she was going to be with the "older" kids. We are so proud of her and she truly loves it!
I heard her at dinner last night groaning that basketball is over. I did not have the heart to tell her that soccer season was right around the corner, because I loved hearing her sadness over basketball being over. I love her enthusiasm for any sport that she plays. Her dad certainly does too.
I am sure I constantly gloat about the good things, and we all know there are good and bad. Caitlin is just doing so well in school and sports and we just want to savor these moments because it won't always be perfect. I know, the older they get the harder it gets.
Caitlin came home from tennis lessons last week to proclaim to the housetops that Coach Hayes is moving her to the 9-12 year old group. Each group a proper name (current Future Stars), but I prefer to use the age group term because Caitlin is still 7. She said to Coach, "I am only going to be 8 in September, you do know that right?" Coach told "Catie with a C" (he is the only one who calls her this) that he goes by ability, not age. Caitlin was beaming to know that she was going to be with the "older" kids. We are so proud of her and she truly loves it!
I heard her at dinner last night groaning that basketball is over. I did not have the heart to tell her that soccer season was right around the corner, because I loved hearing her sadness over basketball being over. I love her enthusiasm for any sport that she plays. Her dad certainly does too.
I am sure I constantly gloat about the good things, and we all know there are good and bad. Caitlin is just doing so well in school and sports and we just want to savor these moments because it won't always be perfect. I know, the older they get the harder it gets.
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