Saturday, April 10, 2010

Easter 2010

We take egg dyeing very serious at our house.
3 hours.
5 dozen eggs.
We don't just drop 'em in the stuff and walk away--oh no!

We swirl, we paint, we tie die,...
And then the bunny hides them, so we can hunt,
and hunt,
and hunt,
AND HUNT! Ok, we also squished a few on the sidewalk. ;-)
We ended the day by having bbq'd pork chops and baked potatoes, green salad, jigglers, and apple pie! Yummy!
We were still finding some of the 70 plastic filled eggs on Tuesday!

OSU Campus Visit


We went to Columbus yesterday to tour some of the venues where Alyssa plans on spending a lot of her time. Sorry for the yucky pictures--cell phone was the camera of choice since we knew were would be doing a LOT of walking!

The day started in a huge auditorium. The band played for us and the football coach and some players came and talked to the kids. It was really fun to see Coach Tressel interact with his players. He is a very charismatic man!

Of course, the first tour we scheduled was to see "The Shoe"! The stadium tour was first and it was AWESOME!! They took us to all the places that aren't usually open to the public, game day suites, locker rooms, recruiting room, varsity player alumni room.

I loved the structures of the campus, at 60,000+ students--it is bigger as most towns Alyssa has lived in!

This is the rotunda as you enter the front doors to the stadium.

This is approaching the front doors to the place where Alyssa will live. She was accepted into the Biological Sciences Scholars Program.

As a member of her scholars program, she gets to live in this really awesome dorm with all the other scholars community. They take block classes together and have activities, field trips, study sessions, etc. I think it looks like my princess finally got her castle!

Friday, February 26, 2010

A Daddy-Daughter Date!


After two weeks of cleaning, scooping poop, and doing all that I asked her--Lexie earned 100 tokens.

She used the tokens to buy herself this dress.

And these amazing shoes!

She waited so patiently for her dad to get home and take her to the daddy daughter dance.

According to all the reports, a good time was had by all!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Toledo COSI-The Imagination Station


We got to go to Toledo COSI for the first time this Sat. Last year I bought a zoo membership. This year the money went for a COSI membership.

Each of the kids got a fill your own "pixie stix". Brady picked the most sour flavor they had!

There was a fun courtyard across the street, it had mazes on the bricks and interesting architecture to explore.

Lexie and Sydney highlighting the Toledo area architecture.

We only made one trip to the first aid station! I think that is a record for us! Lexie got a small sliver--she hates slivers!

The displays were very cool. Lexie and her friend Sydney had a nice time in the wind box!

The big kids loved riding the bike.



Sunday, February 21, 2010

Lexie's 7th Birthday Party


After her pool party with friends, Lexie got to have cake and ice cream and presents.

She really loves this pool with the moveable floor. I like it too--cheap party!

The next night was presents with family! She was very excited to get another Zhu Zhu pet.

We all worked very hard at Chuck E. Cheese's to earn enought tickets to buy her this bear.

Don't even ask how many tickets it was! Let's just say--it was on the top row!

While she was impatiently waiting for her dad to come home so we could go to Chuck E. Cheese--Brandon kept her entertained. I kept thinking--I hope we end up going ot CC's and not to the ER!

The Going Home Day.

After getting his last IV out...

Brady was super happy to be a free man!

Ahhhh clothes!

Our 2 favorite nurses (probably cause they were the ones that got to let him go home)!

Back in his favorite car trip spot!

Bye bye Nationwide Children's Hospital!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Surgery-Post Op. Update

Sunday Jan. 11, 2010, 4 days after surgery. The bandage was soaked so they changed his dressing. He really wanted to see it so I took some pictures of his incisions while they did the dressing change.
Monday Jan. 11, around 2 p.m. Brady finally got to take a drink. Apple Juice never tasted so good.
First meal about an hour after first drink! Grape juice, banana, pears, french toast sticks, vanilla pudding, and cheescake with strawberries on top!

After food and drinks in abundance; the nurse came in and offered to take off Brady's IV! He still has the port on his hand but no more pole! Hopefully tomorrow the chest tube will come out!
Brady ended the day chatting on the phone with Grandparents and Aunt Lisa.