This morning Mikey got up bright and early with me, and about 7:30 we hit the road. Was I taking him to school? No, of course not... he home-schools! I was taking him someplace he was scared to go: to the oral surgeon's office. He had an extra tooth that needed to go, still inside his gum front and center over his two front teeth, shaped like a bent boat paddle. Mikey's dentist had also recommended that we extract the two canines from his top jaw while we were at it. So we went, bright and early (because there was a fast-for-eight-hours-before stipulation... if we had done it in the afternoon he would have had to wait all day to eat!) and shortly after 8am, Mikey was sniffing some laughing gas, ready to go! He was really nervous about it all the way there, but once he was in the office he was so brave. They gave him an IV and he didn't cry or even say "ouch"! He wasn't scared of the gas mask, and he even joked a little with the doctor and his assistants while the anesthetic took hold. They finished up quickly and I was with him as he came unsteadily out from under the anesthetic. He did great!
For the rest of the day he bit on some gauze to stop the bleeding, ate some milk shake (strawberry, from Sonic) and some fruit smoothie (strawberry/blueberry/blackberry, from Mama!) and took some Ibuprofin for the pain, and within an hour or two he was happy and joking with Cathy. He even ate some tuna casserole with the family tonight. In a day or two he'll be back to normal! He even got to keep his three extracted teeth!
Have I mentioned that we had some seriously PSYCHO weather this weekend? Friday it was 70+ degrees and people were wearing shorts. Saturday it was near freezing and snowing! Sunday it started out at freezing and ended with a slight warm-up, and Monday afternoon most of the snow was gone. Today you wouldn't know it had even snowed at all. And through the whole thing, I was recovering from a cold that was bad enough that it actually kept me home from work Friday.
Welcome to Oklahoma!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Valentine Mickeys, Winter Rock, Cub Scouts, Clouds, and March Elmos
A lot of fun stuff has been going on, but I just hate to blog about it until I've had time to upload the pictures! Here's the rundown on the Jones family since Valentine's Day...
Valentine's Day fell on a Sunday this year, but Cathy and I went out on Saturday. We went to see a movie called Valentine's Day and then we went to Macaroni Grill and had some dinner. We really enjoyed each other's company; it was a fun night.
The reason we went out the night before is that we had something special planned for the kids on Valentine's Day:
Disney Live! Rockin' Road Show! (Seriously, that's the name... I'm not making it up!) It was so much fun... we had to spring for the cheapest seats, way up in the rafters, but as it turned out, the cheap seats are actually box seats! We spent part of the time actually sitting on barstools, with as much room as we wanted. The action was a long way away, but I brought some binoculars so we could have a closer look if we wanted to. Hannah especially loved seeing Cinderella (even though she hasn't seen the movie yet) and she bounced with Tigger until way after Tigger stopped bouncing! And, of course, Mickey Mouse was the star of the show! Hannah got a cute new purse with a Minnie Mouse bow on it as a souvenir. Here's a bunch of (kind of blurry) pictures we took at the show!
At Mikey's Cub Scout pack's annual Blue & Gold Banquet, Mikey (with a few of his denmates) received his Webelos rank. Congratulations, Mikey! He worked hard for this one!
Winter Jam was on the 25th. It was at the huge BOK Center this year; in previous years it's been at the much smaller Mabee Center and it's been packed to overflowing and turning people away. BOK Center was full but not cram-packed, so that was good. Third Day was the big headliner this year, and Newsong was there as always, but the newly-Taited Newsboys were also on the roster, as well as Fireflight, Tenth Avenue North, and a couple of other bands. Mikey was really pumped about Third Day, but Cathy and I have never been fans. After seeing the show, though, Cathy was starting to turn into a fan! There were some difficulties with the sound system, and Third Day almost didn't get to play at all; Mac Powell even came out and played a song with just himself on acoustic guitar! But finally they got the sound working right again, and Third Day played a full set, and they sounded great. Mikey loved it! Newsboys actually put on a better show than when we saw them a few months ago; I don't know if it was the bigger crowd or the fact that they've been performing with Michael Tait on lead vox for a while now, but it was incredible. Hannah was at Meme's house, so she wasn't there, but the three of us had a terrific time at the show.
Here are the (also a little blurry) pictures of Winter Jam!
Last weekend we went out to the Baby Fest and Family Expo, which we generally go to every year; most of it is kind of like a trade show for stuff people think parents might want to buy, but they always have Jupiter Jumps and other blowups for the kids to play on, and my friend James is usually there making balloon creations. Our friend Danny Cahill spoke, too, but we couldn't make it out in time to hear him. Hannah also got to meet Elmo, Winnie the Pooh, a lion, a teddy bear, and a dalmation. Admission is free, so it was a fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon! Here are all of the pictures we took, and here's one that illustrates just how much fun Mikey was having, sliding on one of the blow-ups:
On a more meteorological note, I ride the city bus to work every day, which means that I take lots of walks through our neighborhood. Here are some pictures of the beautiful clouds at sunset a few days ago. You just don't always notice that kind of thing when you're doing 40 miles per hour through town in traffic!
Valentine's Day fell on a Sunday this year, but Cathy and I went out on Saturday. We went to see a movie called Valentine's Day and then we went to Macaroni Grill and had some dinner. We really enjoyed each other's company; it was a fun night.
The reason we went out the night before is that we had something special planned for the kids on Valentine's Day:
Disney Live! Rockin' Road Show! (Seriously, that's the name... I'm not making it up!) It was so much fun... we had to spring for the cheapest seats, way up in the rafters, but as it turned out, the cheap seats are actually box seats! We spent part of the time actually sitting on barstools, with as much room as we wanted. The action was a long way away, but I brought some binoculars so we could have a closer look if we wanted to. Hannah especially loved seeing Cinderella (even though she hasn't seen the movie yet) and she bounced with Tigger until way after Tigger stopped bouncing! And, of course, Mickey Mouse was the star of the show! Hannah got a cute new purse with a Minnie Mouse bow on it as a souvenir. Here's a bunch of (kind of blurry) pictures we took at the show!
At Mikey's Cub Scout pack's annual Blue & Gold Banquet, Mikey (with a few of his denmates) received his Webelos rank. Congratulations, Mikey! He worked hard for this one!
Winter Jam was on the 25th. It was at the huge BOK Center this year; in previous years it's been at the much smaller Mabee Center and it's been packed to overflowing and turning people away. BOK Center was full but not cram-packed, so that was good. Third Day was the big headliner this year, and Newsong was there as always, but the newly-Taited Newsboys were also on the roster, as well as Fireflight, Tenth Avenue North, and a couple of other bands. Mikey was really pumped about Third Day, but Cathy and I have never been fans. After seeing the show, though, Cathy was starting to turn into a fan! There were some difficulties with the sound system, and Third Day almost didn't get to play at all; Mac Powell even came out and played a song with just himself on acoustic guitar! But finally they got the sound working right again, and Third Day played a full set, and they sounded great. Mikey loved it! Newsboys actually put on a better show than when we saw them a few months ago; I don't know if it was the bigger crowd or the fact that they've been performing with Michael Tait on lead vox for a while now, but it was incredible. Hannah was at Meme's house, so she wasn't there, but the three of us had a terrific time at the show.
Here are the (also a little blurry) pictures of Winter Jam!
Last weekend we went out to the Baby Fest and Family Expo, which we generally go to every year; most of it is kind of like a trade show for stuff people think parents might want to buy, but they always have Jupiter Jumps and other blowups for the kids to play on, and my friend James is usually there making balloon creations. Our friend Danny Cahill spoke, too, but we couldn't make it out in time to hear him. Hannah also got to meet Elmo, Winnie the Pooh, a lion, a teddy bear, and a dalmation. Admission is free, so it was a fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon! Here are all of the pictures we took, and here's one that illustrates just how much fun Mikey was having, sliding on one of the blow-ups:
On a more meteorological note, I ride the city bus to work every day, which means that I take lots of walks through our neighborhood. Here are some pictures of the beautiful clouds at sunset a few days ago. You just don't always notice that kind of thing when you're doing 40 miles per hour through town in traffic!
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