Helping Daddy

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Kristen Page

Today was fall cleanup day! The girl and her dad “braked” the yard!

Of course, she then proceeded to “unbreak” the yard!

Who’s the coolest adult in the room?

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Kristen Page

We have been enjoying a terrific fall break. The gir’s Nonnie came and we have had so many adventures. We went to the city this weekend and enjoyed seeing the new Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital. Any place with Whales hanging from the ceiling and anemones in the lobby is pretty awesome!

When we go to the hospital and there isn’t a doctor involved, it’s a good day! The new hospital is across from a very cool fire station and a very fun park!

After visiting a friend in the hospital (who is doing great, we are happy to report), we went to see a very fun concert! Elizabeth Mitchell is one of the girl’s favorite singers! She was so excited to meet “Miss Elizabeth” and her daughter Storey. The concert was at the Old Town School of Folk Music in a small auditorium. We snuggled in and enjoyed all of our favorites like “Little Bird”

Elizabeth Mitchell, “Little Bird”

At some point, our “very shy” girl (ha!) ran down to the stage and set up at Elizabeth Mitchell’s feet.

Before we knew it, she volunteered to lead the train while they sang “Mystery Train”. When the girl’s daddy went down to “help”, “Miss Elizabeth” announced that he was “the coolest adult at the concert!” We think so too!

(sorry for the poor picture quality…very low light, and no flash!)

After the concert, we got to meet “Miss Elizabeth”, Storey, and Penny.

Then the girl put on a concert of her own!

Fall break was a terrific “break”! I’ll update you on the girl’s medical situation tomorrow!

September is gone?

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Kristen Page

I can’t believe that September is over! We had an appointment at Children’s every tuesday of this month! I wish I had an update to share, but we are still waiting to learn the results of some of the girl’s tests. Once we know more, I will post an update…we go to the spina bifida clinic on the 16th.

Today is the daddy’s birthday! He’s getting pretty old, but he’s still smiling. The cake was the girl’s idea:

Thanks to food allergies, we have to come up with alternatives to “icing”…this one tasted good, but wasn’t going to win any artistic awards.

We had a good weekend celebrating with daddy. Even the trees were celebrating!

We had a nice time hiking

There were lots of frogs…most were hard to see!

The girl had fun balancing across logs (for those who know this mom…yes, I checked and this log was “clean”)

The girl wasn’t excited to learn that there could be “poop germs” from raccoons on this log! Maybe she won’t ever be my field assistant?

It was a good weekend! Saying goodbye to summer!

The Hunt

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Kristen Page

We’ve had a good time hunting for “treasures” and “critters” this weekend. The girl’s Nana is here and we took her to a few of our favorite places. Here are some of the highlights!

“I see something!!!”

“Mommy, roses have pricklies on them”

My girl

The girl with Daddy and Nanna.
Look! A Red Tailed Hawk

“I found a roly-poly!”
Continuing the bug hunt at home….

We caught a few critters…Amos wasn’t impressed, and a little miffed that he didn’t have a net.Nice hummingbird moth!“Grasshoppers are prickledy!”
We released everything…I’m not sure we can say that they were “unharmed”

“I broke my roly-poly!”

Field Work

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Kristen Page

The girl was her mommy’s field assistant today. She’s such a good listener now, that she was able to meet a quite sleepy raccoon. Don’t worry, no animals were hurt in the creation of this post – the raccoon was asleep, and woke up shortly after the pictures were taken. (The girl didn’t touch the animal either – don’t worry, her mommy hasn’t lost her mind).

We know that our girl loves music, building with blocks, bugs and dirt…so I think she got a good dose of both mommy and daddy. Who knows if she’ll ever work with animals like her mommy does, but I can tell she’s considering it!