Blake's 20 Questions

This morning Blake was watching Lion King, and I was on the floor playing with Luke, when Blake asks:

 

Blake: Mama, Simba is a boy right?"

"Yes", I replied...

 Blake: Well does he have a penis?

 WOW, Wasn't expecting that one at 6AM!!

Me: Well, Yes, all boys do.

Blake: Well how come I can't see it, does his hair cover it up because he doesn't wear clothes

Me:  Well, Yes, his hair covers it up, and also, they cant show private parts on TV, only our moms and dads can see that.

Blake:  Well what about Grandma and Grandpa's?

Me:  Yes, they can see it too when they help you get into the tub, or help you get dressed, your Dr. can also look too to make sure that everything is okay, but it isn't a part of our body that we show everyone.

Blake:  Okay, Well do we show butts?

Me:  No, they are private parts too.

Blake:  Well, I can see Lucy's butt when she has her tail in the air.
Me:  Dogs are different... Look,they are singing, Blake, Do you know the words?  (changing the subject)

Goodness gracious!  I haven't even had my coffee yet!!

Just goes to show that he is growing up and being more inquisitive.  I better get my A-Game on if he keeps up questions like this!

Our little Monkey

 Luke is now 8 months old, and what a busy boy he is!  I remember thinking that Blake was busy, but he has nothing on Luke.  My days seem to be spent following Luke around pulling him off things, picking up messes, and changing his clothes quite often...

So, here is a look at a day in the life of Luke Rogers...

Strawberries for breakfast

Then, it is time to help with dishes...

Now, off to see what Lucy is having for breakfast...

After a wardrobe change, It is off to play on the fireplace...

Yes, he let go and was just standing on the bricks... it doesn't phase me anymore :)

And this is the reason that we don't have fires anymore... 

Now, lets go see what we can do in the bathroom 
(I always keep the doors to the bathrooms closed now)

Made the first step

Standing on the second step

Trying to get into the tub!

Lets go play with some books :)

Then go climb the bar stool...

Now I will try and pull the light out of the wall...

Got it!!

Now, back to the dog bowl...

And the final stop for the day is the treadmill :)

Normally, I do not let him actually play in the water bowl,  and I pull him off of all of these things rather quickly, but today I let him go a little further for the sake of documentation.  :)

He is sure busy, but also, a lot of fun!!

I wish I knew then, what I know now...

I saw this the other day while leaving my in-laws house, and it made me cringe, and I can't stop thinking about it...

It makes me think about my a High School life, and I feel for this girl.  When I started High School, I had many friends, and a boyfriend that I really liked, but as I went through my Sophomore and Junior year, things dramatically changed.

 High School is all about labels... who you date, what you wear, what you drive, what clique you belong to.  It is sad that it has to be that way, but that is just the way that it is, at least it was 10 years ago, and I can't imagine what it is like now. 

I dated a boy in high school for a long time (2 years) which I might add, you probably shouldn't ever do.  Anyways, when my relationship with this boy came to an end, so did my world.  I was so naive, that I didn't realize that my friends, were just my friends because of who I was dating.  In about a week, I lost all my friends, my boyfriend, and everything that I knew to be my high school life.  This boy said things about me that weren't true, and he turned my reputation into something disgusting.  It seemed the more I tried to set the record straight, the more people didn't believe me, so after a while, I just gave up.  I didn't know what I did to deserve that, I hadn't done anything wrong, and yet, I was left questioning myself and re-running the entire 2 years in my head trying to figure out what the hell went wrong.  I felt used, deserted, humiliated, and it became a really dark place for me.  I went from sitting at the "popular table" with all of my so called friends, to sitting at one in the corner all by myself, or if I could, I would escape out to my car at lunch time to avoid the awkward feeling that I got if I ran into anyone.

There was one girl that saw what was happening and she reached out to me.  She didn't care what people thought, and she didn't look at me the way that they did.  Katie Saunderson basically saved me that year.  She showed me what it was like to look past what I was labeled; she showed me that there was more to me then what they said, and she stood up for me.  Something that I was too broken to do myself.  I don't know that would have happened to me if she hadn't been there... I might have just gotten lost in the shuffle, but nevertheless, I think I made it through that time because of her.

I know that we have all changed, and none of us are who we were in High School.  People grow and become aware of feelings.  I know everyone looks back and wishes that they could change something... thinking "I wish I knew then, what I know now" but I think that it makes us who we are, and for that, I will always be grateful for that time in my life.  Katie taught me how to be strong, and how to look the other way, and to realize my self worth. 

When I think about that car, and what the poor girl must be feeling, all I can do is hope that she has a Katie Saunderson in her life.  I know what it feels like to be labeled something that you aren't, and I wonder why we even need to label at all.  I just hope that the person who wrote that on her car will look back someday and have that be the moment that they wish they could take back...hopefully.

Thank you Katie.  Your Kindness, acceptance, and fearlessness meant more to me then you will ever know.  You made me brave!

The Mystery Ayaska SOOOOOONG

It is no secret that Blake is a fan of Hockey, so we usually watch Mystery Alaska 2-3 times a week.  Yes, I know, it has some inappropriate parts, and the language is pretty harsh at times, but it is a good hockey movie that doesn't have any fighting, and he knows when to cover his eyes :)

In that movie, they play the national anthem before the big game, and Blake will pause and stand at attention while the song is being sung, and low and behold, he has herd the song so many times that he has it memorized.  It is a song that has to be sung before nap time every day, and a song that he walks around and sings and has me sing before he plays his "hockey games".  We are one of the most patriotic houses that I have ever known haha.

So, I give you the National Anthem in the words of a 3 year old..

Oooh say can you seek
By da downs eary-e yight
What so PROUUUUDLY we hale
At da twiyights last gleaming
Whos bright stipes and bright STARS
Through da pearls fight
Or da rapids we waaaaa
Were so gayantley geaming

And the ockets red gare
Da bombs busting in da air
Gave poof um um um um um um
um um um um um um

Oh say does tha
Star sng a banner ya way
Or da lan of da FREEEEEEE
And da home - of da - BRAAAAAVE
I yuv da Mystery Ayaska Sooooong

I have it video taped, it is absolutely adorable, and I cant wait for us to be able to show it to him later on, or to show it to his wife someday :)

Cabin Fever

This week has been tough for me, and I know that it is because we haven't gone anywhere... I completely have the feeling of cabin fever.  Call me crazy, but with all the nasty germs right now, I have managed to avoid public places all week.  Luke and Blake both just got over that nasty stomach thing, and I don't want round 2 of that... Yes, we have had our flu shots, but that didn't help us the first go around!  Also, Kyle is working tomorrow for some hard to come by time and a half, so I am going to be adding another day to my solitude.  You can only make so many forts, draw so many pictures, dance to so many songs, and play hockey so many times... Maybe we will finger paint tomorrow or something.  It is just so cold and windy up here that Blake doesn't even really want to go outside, and since Luke hates the car (He will scream the entire time) a car ride is out, unless its for nap time, he will usually sleep then, but we might have to hit up the coffee stand tomorrow because this mama is going to lose her mind if I dont get some other type of adult interaction during the day.  Wish me luck!!

Not so Happy New Year

**WARNING - This post contains some pretty nasty stuff... if you dont want to hear about puke and poop, I would stay away!!**

News year eve was an absolute disaster.  Luke was sick all Sunday night to the point where we thought we were going to take him to the hospital.  I know haw fast babies dehydrate so when he started vomiting, we got a little worried.  He finally held down a bottle, and went to bed, so we didn't have to take him, but it was sure scarry, we checked on him every half hour or so throughout the night.  Then, when we woke up, the puking continued with Blake, then throw in a little diarrhea, and you have a lot of mess.  I mean, it was everywhere.  He threw up in my bed, on my floor, and on the bathroom floor.  For some reason, when I hold the bucket Up to his face, he turns the other way.  We went through every towel, sheet, and pillow case that we had... And then... It was mama's turn.  It hit me like a ton of bricks!  At one point, Blake was passed out on the floor in my room, and I was jumping over him on my way to bathroom, and I stepped in something really sticky... To this point, I still have no idea what the nasty goo was, and I really don't want to know!  It was horrible!

Monty and Tammy to the rescue!!!  Kyle started feeling yucky, and we realized that we couldn't take care of the kids and ourselves, so Kyle made the call.  Thank goodness we have such an amazing family, and they drooped everything, and came and help us.  Tammy realized how bad my symptoms were, I was in the bathroom every few minutes for one reason or another ( if you catch my drift) and I was starting to get dizzy.  She suggested that Kyle take me to the hospital because she could see that something was really wrong, and at that point, I was willing to do anything.

Off to St. Elizabeth's in Enumclaw we went, but it was no easy task getting to the hospital that was 15-20 minutes away when I needed to use the facilities every 3-5 minutes.  If you have ever been to Buckley, there isn't really a place to pull over and use their bathroom.  So, bless kyle's heart... He set me up with a barf bowl, and Blake's potty chair... And we did have to pull over once to use it, and made Kyle stand outside in the 25 degree weather while I took care of business... That's love right there!!

Sure enough, I was severely dehydrated, so two bags of fluids, and a cocktail of other meds and I started feeling a bit better, but one of the meds knocked me out, and I started to feel super loopy.  It was 11:45 pm and then Kyle started throwing up. He went outside to get sick because he said that he felt weird doing it in the hospital... Haha. Okay.

So it turned to midnight, I was away from my kiddos, my husband was sick in the parking lot, and I was hooked up to an IV in the hospital.  Clearly not ideal!  I was so out of it that when we hot home around 1 am, I went straight to bed.  Slept for a few hours, and then got sick again, then woke up to Kyle getting sick...ugh!

8:00 am was my turning point.  I woke up and felt okay.  Went out in the living room, and Monty and Tammy were there with the kids.  Tammy washed and folded all my laundry, cleaned up the bathrooms, and slept with Blake all night while Monty slept on the couch and took care of Luke.  How lucky are we!  I don't know how we would have gotten through that without them.  Kyle still feels really nasty, and I think that he has a few more hours before he starts to feel a bit better, but he didn't lose as much fluids as I did, so I am hoping that he feels better soon. 

We are going to plan a New Years Eve DO-OVER!!!  What we usually do for New Years is put the kids to bed, and then we order pizza drink beer, and play Monopoly.  Very exciting, I know, but its what we have always done, and we enjoy it!  So maybe next weekend, we will pretend that it was the 31st all over again, but what I want more then anything is to have everyone feeling better!





Blake after eating his Popsicle and having his throw-up bucket ready... poor guy!

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!! 

May 2013 bring HEALTH and happiness to everyone!!

Christmas with the Rogers

This year, we have been so incredibly busy!!  We have had a lot to do and a bunch of people to celebrate the holidays with, and although it is very exhausting, it shows how blessed we are to have so many loving people in our lives. 


We go up to the Samish Indian's Christmas party every year, and for those of you that don't know, Kyle and also the boys are native, but we all get to join in the fun!  Blake has a drum that Great Grandpa made for him, and we always bring it up to Anacortes.  Blake joined in with the other native drummers and had a blast!  I was really surprised that he actually did it since he doesn't usually get involved like that with people that he didn't know, but it was sure a wonderful thing to see.  Everyone was snapping pictures... it was absolutely adorable!

 

 

My Little Drummer Boy

This is the first year that Blake has really been super excited about Santa. We had an elf this year (Elf on the Shelf) that reported to Santa every night, and Blake would ask the elf to tell Santa that he was good... I am not going to lie, I also used to elf... I would remind him to behave because the elf was watching, and it usually straightened him right up!

Christmas is so amazing for me now.  To see Blake look at Santa, and be so excited for him to come visit our house was truly amazing.  The look on his face Christmas morning when he saw that Santa ate the cookies and the carrots were gone for the reindeer was something so special to me.  I am excited for Blake and Luke to get excited together next year.  Luke will be a little older and will enjoy it a bit more.  What a magical time of year for children, and parents who get to watch them!

For some reason, Grandpa Monty is always in the bathroom when Santa shows up!

 

 

 

New LED lights... I like the traditional ones better.

He thinks that he has a friend on the other side of the window :)