So Wednesday Night we had our first trip to the E.R. for Stitches, and now my sweet Tucker has some stiches on his head. 
I was not home when it happened, and in fact, not being so made me so much more grateful for my sweet hubba. I cannot believe how incredibly calm and collected he was, and how well he handled it. (This is coming from me who freaks out easily when it comes to the little boys in my life).
So how did it happen? I guess Tucker ran downstairs to hide, when it was time for bed. He decided our little “jump-o-line’ (like a very small square trampoline with a bar for holding onto when you jump), would be the perfect place to hide under. He lifted it up, climbed under, then it slipped and smacked him on the head.
Head wounds bleed a lot. And apparently it did. Toph did a video conference with his mom, who thought the wound looked deep and might need stitches (thanks mom, what did we do before technology?) Then he called me, and headed to the E.R. (having been there a few times, we know that it takes about 30 minutes plus to get checked in, and into the ER), so I tried to tie up what I was doing, and headed to the E.R.
I arrived there to see 2 smiling bouncing boys in there jammies. Besides the hot pink bandage that was tied circled around Tuckers head, I wouldn’t have know there was even a problem. He was laughing and smiling, and telling me all about the fish that were in the tank. Toph had already pre-registered him, and Truey and Tucker were just happily skipping around.
We eventually made it back, where Tucker was given some shots to numb the area. That was the worst part. Tucker is terrified of shots….he screamed so loud and painfully that both Toph and I teared up. But after the shots were done, while he was getting sewn up, he chatted away with the nurses and doctors, and quite enjoyed himself. Since that point, he has told everyone about his stitches, and tells them “It is just a short story”…
All in all, when ever anything happens, it makes you grateful to have healthy, happy boys. I am also grateful we have made it over 5 years with active, bouncy boys and this is the first time we have had to go the E.R. for stitches. Hopefully it will be 5 more before we have to go back again.
Category: Emily
I love this site. The illustrations are darling, and I LOVE the creativity it encourages:
Take a look at our Fam–
Tucker:
Truman:
Me: (I’m not too wild! 🙂 )
(Toph hasn’t made one for himself yet…but hopefully will soon, right hubba?)
On Saturday we headed to Logan-town to watch conference and celebrate Rhonda’s Birthday!
The car ride is long enough to get there that we have to bring things to entertain the boys, I love that Truman came out ready for the ride
And while traveling, Tucker entertained himself by swinging some beads around his head. After a few minutes of this, he asked the question, “Why am I not flying?”
One of my favorite places in Logan is Gossner Cheese, because of Squeeky Cheese! We stopped there, had some free samples, and of course picked us up a good supply of cheese, including squeeky cheese. Yum.
Of course the boys loved it too! What’s not to love about a food that squeeks when you eat it?
An important Phillips Family Conference Tradition is Omelets on Sunday Morning, here are some cooks (Somehow I didn’t get any actual pictures of the omelets, maybe next year!):
Em and Dad
Matt and Dad Cooking ’em up:
Toph:
Mom and Ava:
Playing Cousins (and aunt Cat):
Dallin:
Matchy Matchy Cat and Tuck:
Pirate Candy Math Owen:
The boys spend a majority of the weekend on the tramp…jumping there little heads off–
I love Conference Time–I love hearing Counsel from our Leaders, it is especially wonderful once you become a parent. It is harder to listen, granted, but they also provide wonderful insight into parenting! Already looking forward to the Ensign!
Here’s what we did yesterday morning–
I love this phase, or sorting and stacking. Tuck found my scrapbook letters, and spent like 3 hours sorting them out into lines of matching letters of all the letters of the alphabet. (I think he would have been done sooner, but Truman messed things up, quite a few times! Still, Tuck was patient, and started again…)
I had many errands to run yesterday, and the boys were happy to come, as long as they could wear these. Introducing my Partners in Crime…Crime Saving that is 🙂
Red Ranger Tru
The Bionicle and Toa of Ice Tuck
I admit, we did get a few strange looks, but I don’t care! My kids were happy, and therefore so was I!
So lately I have been thinking a lot about literacy–how blessed I am to know how to read. How reading has changed my life, and opened so many avenues, allowed me to experience and learn in ways that I never new possible. I think this has been a life long love, it never came easy to me, but still as a child I loved the TV Show Reading Rainbow, in college I began my children’s book collection, and now? Well take a look at pieces of my life…
One place I love and feel so grateful for is our Local Library. We are there twice a week right now—once a week for music and movement, and once for wee read. We are blessed as a society to have a place where we can grow, and our library provides our children with free/low cost amazing classes like Tucker’s Music and Movement Class. Recently the Deseret News did an article and slideshow about it, they came to the class right before Tuckers, so he is not in any of the pictures, but you can get a taste of what they offer–The teachers are truely amazing!!!
This week was Tuckers last class and I took a few videos of him at class…I love to watch my children learn
(disclaimer: Like I said, I love watching my children learn, this may be boring to you, but it is fascinating to me! 🙂 ).
The song they sing at the beginning–Come on Everyone
comeoneveryone1.mov
Using Hand Motions to discover Rhythm–
words-adn-hands2.mov
Using the Sticks–Hickory Dickory Dock
hickorydickorydock3.mov
Using the Xylophone (Or Gloskenspiel as his teacher calls it)– to play the popcorn song
popcorn4.mov
Again with the Xylophone– to do the Zoom song
zoom5.mov
A few minutes later, back at the table, coloring to music
crayons6.mov
Using the bells to do Tuckers all time favorite right now–Banana Phones (taken with the digital camera, lower quality)
bananaphone.mov
Wee Read is another class, where children ages 18 months to 3 years old get to come and listen to Librarians read books, as well as do finger plays, and rhymes. Truman is currently enrolled, and loves his teachers, Mrs. Cindy and Mrs. D.W.
(of which I can’t find there picture for the life of me!! WHen I do, I will post it…)
Also, because of our overflowing small kids bookshelf, it was time to purchase another one. Previously the books were so crammed on our small shelf, that the kids could not even get them off by themselves–therefore they were not able to read them. In purchasing this new bookshelf and organizing the books I tried to make the books more accessible for my boys. Placing similar books in baskets, therefore encouraging independence for my boys…
How did we ever attempt at fitting these all on the small ones? And in case you were wondering, the big bookshelf is in the guest room closet. The boys love their new ‘reading cave’, and have spent more time in there with the doors closed ‘reading’ books, than in any other room lately. (Sometime this summer, I hope to sew a stuffed beanbag type thing for in there, but not until things slow down a little 🙂 )
But For now, I hope they continue to love reading, and therefore have the world opened up to them.
It’s a good day, how could I not be happy to have healthy active boys, who too share the love of reading!!!
So on Monday, we got a little bit of snow. When I say little–I mean little like 1 inch. Still, it had been a few weeks since the boys had seen snow, so they decided that they needed to get all the snow gear on, and go outside in the snow….
Even though there wasn’t much snow, it was cold!
Let us in we’re cold!
Let us hope this is the end of that for a while, I am ready for SPRING!
So, I am not a big fan of April Fools, but the boys and I decided it would be fun to ‘surprise’ dad with fun April Fools dinner that we saw in the Family Fun Magazine (I got a subscription for an awesome Christmas present from my awesome brother-in-law, Thanks Again, Brian!)…
So we told Toph we were having strawberry pie for dinner, which is partly true–we were having pie…
Shepherds Pie.
The boys enjoyed playing a trick on Toph, and Truman even got a little tricked himself–Even though he helped me and Tuck make it, he was a little sad when he realized we weren’t having pie. I guess it’s hard to understand everything when you’re three years old. 🙂
Truman got a new swing for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Phillips, and Truman wanted it up….after a trip to the hardware store, Toph was ready to hang it, little did I know how he was going to do that….Look at this:
And done…
Yeah, I am the luckiest woman alive….now I know where my children get there ‘part monkey’ genetics from….
Once it was hung, we had to try it out…
Truman of course was first, it was his birthday present after all…
Tucker couldn’t wait to get on it, but soon was swinging so high, and off he went,
Then Truman jumped on again….
To help with the learning process with the swing, it is like 2 inches from the ground, perfect for the little legs to get on, and closer to the ground when they fall! Can you tell by the huge smiles on their faces that they love it? Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa Phillips, Truman and Tucker will have HOURS of fun on the swing!
So, this school year has been a great one for our Tucker.
Being there a couple times of week he can’t help but learn and grow in many ways, and for the most part enjoys going to school. It is fun to watch his growth…My friend Jamie (Austin’s Mom), recently got to attend an Easter Party at Tuckers Class, and took a few shots of him in action in the classroom. I love these pictures, because they remind me of a couple of things about this year, I don’t want to forget.
Tucker loves to play with they toys in his classroom. He loves it so much, that he wants to be one of the first ones in the classroom, and therefore is a stickler for being on time. He likes to be there first so that he can finish his worksheets quickly, and get to have some ‘freetime’ to play with the toys, before the next activity. And when I say finish his worksheets quickly that is what he does. I have watched from the door, as well as seen his worksheets that he brings home. He sits at the table, only to grab the first crayon he can reach, and scribble through the work. If the page requires coloring, he slashes the crayon around coloring everything in a quick motion. His concentration is intense, and he works hard and then as quickly as possible, he is off to the toys, which brings up another story. Apparently, after playing, when it is time to put away the toys, Tucker wanted to be able to play with the same toys again, at the next ‘freetime’, so instead of putting them away, he had been hiding them in the piano. yep. In the piano….At first I didn’t know whether to laugh or scold, after I heard this story. But after a good discussion, about the piano story, we came to the conclusion, that it is important to share toys, put them back where they go, and listen to teachers. He told me he won’t hide the toys in the piano anymore. Now I can think I can get a little bit of a chuckle out of it.
