Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
What artists I have!!!!
So I have just come home from a wonderful get away to St. Louis for an Alliance convention for the ADA. (This is for spouses of Dentists) Well anyway, I was in the family room talking to JJ and heard one of the boys playing with the crayons and markers. I yelled to him and reminded him that we only color at the table and on paper. (It is a line we use daily.) Well about an hour later Jorden comes down to tell me that I need to come see their "decoration". So I proceed up stairs only to find the two other boys hiding. I began to be a little suspicious now what this "decoration" might be. Hiding is never a good indication of something good. Well to my utmost surprise, here it is. Yes they decided to color the side table in Michael's room. Isn't it beautiful!! All I could do was take big, deep breaths. After all I didn't want to start yelling at them within the first hours of my arrival. Needless to say they have all been restricted from crayons and markers for a while, not to mention a few other things, and I had to take a picture for posterity's sake. JJ thinks I should put a coat of polyurethane over it and save it this way. I am not quite sure about that. So if any one knows how to get crayon off of wood by something other than stipping it, I would appreciate the advice. 
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Toothless
Well it is official, Michael can finally sing the song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth". He and dad remove the second one last night. It had been loose for awhile now but just wouldn't come out. Then him and Gunnar were wrestling and Gunnar elbowed him in the tooth. What a fun evening we had!!!!!
Dental Prom
Here are the Prom King and Queen!! Just kidding but we do look pretty good I think. Especially my scruffy faced man that can't shave.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Explanation of the "surgery"
All right, so here is the story. One day I had a little innocent zit which I took great pleasure in popping. (A normal everyday pop, nothing remarkable or worthy of note like shooting the mirror or anything like that...) Two days later the spot in question got a little sore and swollen, and rather unsightly. I tried to pop it again and again but it only hurt really really bad without any gratuitous explosion whatsoever. One night things got so bad (big and sore) that I couldn't take it anymore- I looked a little like that Sloth character from Goonies - so I went to one of those little emergency room deals where the one doctor in there is only there because he has to complete so many "community service" hours before they will give him his license back. A real delightful guy to be with. He gets me numb and does a little blunt dissection, a little squeeze and drainage that I could feel dripping down my neck, really big bandage, some antibiotics and out the door. He did just fine, I don't mean to paint him so poorly
Still swollen, I went to the friendly Oral Surgery department at school. I was informed I had an Epidermal Inclusion Cyst that would most likely flair up from time to time if not removed. So I waited till I healed all up and went in for the little procedure that I have shared with you.
Thank you emergency Dr! Big thanks to the OS residents at school who did wonderful. Special thanks to Jake and Larry who took my picture and held my hand in surgery.
The joys of Dental School!
Love,
JJ
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Splash Lagoon
Well we just returned home from our annual indoor waterpark trip. One thing we will really miss when we move. But anyway, the boys had a blast. We hardly saw Michael the whole time as he was running everywhere doing every slide he could get to. I think he had a goal to ride every slide at least 20 times. I am pretty sure he accomplished that goal. Gunnar did all the slides with Dad and then spent the last part of the day playing in the kids hot tub. He said he was too cold to do the slides anymore. I think it is because he is just too dang skinny. He needs a little fat on those bones. Jorden loved the waterpark and even went on the big slides with dad. He came back to tell me that he was so brave. Axel was shall we say perfect!!! He just enjoyed sitting on our laps and watching the kids play. He even had fun himself splashing in the water.
Here is Michael with his lightning fast car. Dad said he could have any design he wanted and all Michael wanted was the one on the box. So with a little coaxing Dad got to embellish it a little. Michael painted the whole thing all by himself. Dad just put on the tape so he could have flames. Michael really wanted the flames.
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