The Christensen Family: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Cavity Free!

No Kidding? All four kids were cavity free after their appointments this week. What a relief! We have done so much better since switching to the electric toothbrush. The kids know to keep going until the timer goes off! Grace and Tread get spoiled because they come out of the dentist with their arms loaded full of fun things! The Dr. has "playland" in the waiting room, they had toys, sugar-free suckers, toothbrush, balloon and then got their picture taken for the "cavity-free" bulletin board. They were so excited about their goodies!

Getting to know you...

So we all know I have kids and a job but do you want to know what I do with the remainder of my time? PRIMARY! We had a "Get To Know Your Teacher" breakfast and had a great turnout. We played some games and ate and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. The teachers each brought some things about themselves to spotlight and then played a game with the kids to get to know them. We had muffins, fruit, bagels, yogurt, juice, hot chocolate, cider and don't forget the doughnuts! We cut everything in half so it wouldn't go to waste. It was the easy route when feeding 100 kids!

Another Snow Day!

Ok, one snow day a year...maybe; but ANOTHER one? That's right! We had quite the little winter storm which provided another day home from school. The snow wasn't packing very well so when it warmed up and started to melt, Ryan helped the kids build this cool fort!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Recreation Time

During a trip to the Rec center, Ryan took Audrey over to the dee pool to try out the rope swing. Hi Tarzan!

Audrey gave it a try but her feet got caught in some quicksand.

The boys found the baby pool to be the warmest and played a game where they would be at opposite sides of the pool and then ram each other with their boards...

Poor Tread usually ended up on the bottom!

Grace just stayed out of the way!

"Neglected Children"

We have had several "RockBand" parties with family and neighbors and these are photos from another while Brett and Amber were visiting. Mom had her knee replaced and needed to get out of the house so she and Dad came over too and watched everyone play. Ryan and I have found the challenge to be fun and re-named our band, "Neglected Children". Our kids know not to interrupt the musicians when we are in the middle of a song! Ryan is getting really good on the drums and I'm not too bad on the guitar but the more songs we unlock, the harder they are to play. We are currently topping the charts at the 22,000 mark online! WHOO! We can play until our eyes are all blurry from staring at the colors on the screen. Pathetic, I know...but it's been a fun game. I decided it would be fun to have a "dress up" party and everyone comes dress in their rock outfits! Would I look good in a mowhawk & heels?

Snow Day!

I know you girls back east have probably had your share of snow but we finally had an official "snow day" here at home. The schools were closed and I took the day off work. They played in it all day and then when Dad got home (against his "it's too dangerous" advice), we pulled them behind the car on the sled. They had so much fun but poor Tread always had to sit in the front and get the face full of snow!

Intertwined

Grace still has a hard time sleeping in her own bed. We put her there, but every morning is a guess as to who's bed she ends up in. I caught her in Tread's bed last night playing with stuffed animals. After I put her down this particular night, she had gotten up and snuck into Audrey's room (because she knows Audrey will give in) and this is how Ryan found them. They were apparently keeping each other warm because they had all the covers kicked off. Sleep tight girls!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Starting the Year with a "BANG"!

For those that were home and not sick we threw a New Years Eve Party!

We had some great rounds of Catch Phrase & Mad Gab!

We also started our own new Rockband! "Bleached Black". I was going for "Dirty Laundry" but it was already taken! Ryan and I have been up until all hours of the night playing this game. I have traded the microphone in for the guitar and Audrey rocks on the drums!