Kelly made it through her oral surgery fine yesterday. I have one picture of her in the recovery room on my phone but have been FORBIDDEN to post it. She was quite loopy from the anesthesia and I took great delight in laughing at her antics. Cameron and I took her to Grandma's house where she promptly laid down on the couch with the comfy blanket, her baby blanket and her Kelly doll and fell right back to sleep. She texted me a few times last night and said she felt fine other than her jaw hurt. That was to be expected as the doctor said the teeth were in there pretty tight and he had to work them out. I'll be seeing her this afternoon when we pick up Grandma for the Glenn Beck Christmas Sweater show.
Cameron is excited to be the only child at home and has complete control over the living room television. He just seems to think it means that he can stay up as late as he wants watching it. He's under the impression that with Kelly gone all rules are out the window. Glenn popped in yesterday morning to find Cameron eating a handful of Hershey Kisses for breakfast. I asked if Glenn reprimanded him and he said no. I guess he figures it's no big deal if Cameron is sugared up for a day with Mom. I, on the hand, find it to be a very BIG deal.
There was a tremendous windstorm in Western, PA yesterday and our home did not go unscathed. Physically, we survived fine, but our power went out around 1 p.m. It was all good and fine until we came home around 4:30 and it was still out so we went to dinner at Eat n Park and then to Robinson to get kerosene for the heater, in case the power stayed out ,and return a few items to Pep Boys. Glenn decided to spend about 30 minutes perusing tires and I felt that his punishment for making me endure that treacherous ordeal was a trip to the mall. Heehee. He actually agreed and I managed to get Kelly another present and Glenn a new pair of sneakers. I got my phone fixed and it was pretty awesome. Thankfully, the power was back on when we returned home.
While at Eat n Park, Cameron angrily displayed his displeasure at having no power. How would he survive the night with no TV, no game system and no computer? We tried to explain to him that as children, we had none of those things. Well, we had TV, but it had 4 channels and we did not get one in our room nor did we get to stay up late watching it. We explained that there was no such thing as Cartoon Network. He claimed we were liars because there was in fact Bugs Bunny back in the "olden days." He could not grasp the concept of Saturday morning cartoons.
This left us to wonder if our children have too much. Of course, they do. We just don't know how to change the present situation. I have decided that once the new year has come, I will be packing up the game systems and he will get one at a time for one month at a time. I will also severely limit the amount of time spent on such items. Once spring comes, he will be spending more time in the great outdoors. This is difficult for us because we live in the city and we have no yard, so he has to ride his bike in the alley. I'll need to make more of an effort to take him to the park this year so he can skate and ride his bike. I'll be able to use my time to walk. I hope I can find a park that's not quite so hilly as the one around the corner. We Florida girls don't do hills very well!
Cameron is excited to be the only child at home and has complete control over the living room television. He just seems to think it means that he can stay up as late as he wants watching it. He's under the impression that with Kelly gone all rules are out the window. Glenn popped in yesterday morning to find Cameron eating a handful of Hershey Kisses for breakfast. I asked if Glenn reprimanded him and he said no. I guess he figures it's no big deal if Cameron is sugared up for a day with Mom. I, on the hand, find it to be a very BIG deal.
There was a tremendous windstorm in Western, PA yesterday and our home did not go unscathed. Physically, we survived fine, but our power went out around 1 p.m. It was all good and fine until we came home around 4:30 and it was still out so we went to dinner at Eat n Park and then to Robinson to get kerosene for the heater, in case the power stayed out ,and return a few items to Pep Boys. Glenn decided to spend about 30 minutes perusing tires and I felt that his punishment for making me endure that treacherous ordeal was a trip to the mall. Heehee. He actually agreed and I managed to get Kelly another present and Glenn a new pair of sneakers. I got my phone fixed and it was pretty awesome. Thankfully, the power was back on when we returned home.
While at Eat n Park, Cameron angrily displayed his displeasure at having no power. How would he survive the night with no TV, no game system and no computer? We tried to explain to him that as children, we had none of those things. Well, we had TV, but it had 4 channels and we did not get one in our room nor did we get to stay up late watching it. We explained that there was no such thing as Cartoon Network. He claimed we were liars because there was in fact Bugs Bunny back in the "olden days." He could not grasp the concept of Saturday morning cartoons.
This left us to wonder if our children have too much. Of course, they do. We just don't know how to change the present situation. I have decided that once the new year has come, I will be packing up the game systems and he will get one at a time for one month at a time. I will also severely limit the amount of time spent on such items. Once spring comes, he will be spending more time in the great outdoors. This is difficult for us because we live in the city and we have no yard, so he has to ride his bike in the alley. I'll need to make more of an effort to take him to the park this year so he can skate and ride his bike. I'll be able to use my time to walk. I hope I can find a park that's not quite so hilly as the one around the corner. We Florida girls don't do hills very well!
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