So, I finally took Alissa to see a doctor. She lost her voice about 2 weeks ago. I kept thinking it was a cold and it would go away. I hate going to the doctor, because so many times when I go, I end up leaving feeling like it was a waste of time and money and like the doctor thinks I must be stupid. We go in, and almost always find out it was nothing or some simple cold or flu and there's nothing they can do, just let it run it's course. It's just really frustrating that the doctor always has a way of making me feel like I was really stupid for coming in for whatever reason. Anyway, so I just didn't want to go, but after 2 weeks with no improvement, I had to.
It turns out she has Laryngitis. They gave her some medicine while we were there that helped her voice enough that she can talk a little better and they gave her an antibiotic. She is happy to be able to talk a little better tonight. Not having her voice was getting really frustrating for her.
Alissa and her friend Sydney made a video in April. They have been waiting for me to edit it, so they could post it on YouTube. I didn't have a good editing program until Mother's Day, so it took me a while to get to it. But I finally did it today. they love how it turned out. I do to. I think they are so funny. I love watching my kids be goofy and do things that I would have done when I was their age. It is so fun. Here is the video. It is called Spidey Senseless. They were bored and had asked me if I had any fun ideas for them to do. I told them they should re-enact one of their favorite YouTube videos, part of a movie, or something funny that has happened to them. So, they decided to re-enact a YouTube video posted by Studio-C. We love watching Studio-C. Their videos are so funny.
Here is the video they were re-enacting.
After, we posted this video, they wanted to create more. So, we spend some time filming another Studio-C re-enactment. It is the Halloween Prank gone wrong. They did a good job, but there were too many neighborhood kids around and too many things interrupting, then Malaiyah had to go home and Roger had to go to work and take the car we were filming in, so we will try and film it again another day. But we all had fun working on it.
The Girls took a picture to use for their profile picture on their new YouTube channel they plan on making.
This morning after the girls left to school, we went to Kents to get some milk. Parker had $5.00 that he got for his birthday from Grandma Mathison. He was excited to go to the store with some money. When we first walked in, their was a cart full of Pepsi Max sodas. They were on sale 5 for $1.00. Parker decided to spend $1.00 on 5 of those. Pepsi Max is supposed to be maximum flavor. It was also in a larger can than normal, so it was like drinking 1 1/2 cans of Pepsi. I told Parker, if he gets it, he can only drink it in the morning, so it won't keep him up all night.
We got home from the store and Roger went up to bed. He works tonight so he needed his sleep. Parker and I turned on a show and I ended up falling asleep. While I was taking a nap, Parker drank his soda. He loved it so much, he decided to drink another. So, he drank two of those big sodas! I thought there was no way he would fall asleep tonight. When I told the kids it was time for bed, Alissa had already fallen asleep and Brinley said, "Good. I'm really tired.", but Parker told me no. He said he is wide awake. He said that he wanted to stay awake all night. I told him that is not good and he needs to try and sleep. Then he told me that dad stays up all night all the time and he wants to be like his dad. I agreed to let him sit on the Luv Sac in the living room and watch a show. I wondered how long he would stay awake. I was pleasantly surprised when I checked on him at 10:00pm and he had fallen asleep. I had texted roger about Parker drinking all the soda and how he wanted to stay up like his dad. Roger thought it was funny. I took this picture to send to Roger to let him know Parker fell asleep.
Parker said that today was his best birthday ever! That makes me happy. Yesterday he got to bring a friend ice skating with Roger and Alissa. He loved that. He invited his friend Simon. They all had a lot of fun, except at one point Simon fell and hit his face really hard on the ice. He has a bruised cheek and he bit a little hole in his lip. I feel really bad about that, but Simon was tough and says that he is fine. Brinley and I didn't go ice skating with them because Brinley hurt her foot at school and she really doesn't like ice skating.
Last night, Alissa and I stayed up late decorating the house so Parker could wake up and feel like he is spending the whole day at a party. I love doing that.
Alissa stayed home from school to keep Parker company, so he would be bored on his birthday. In the morning, we let Parker open up one gift before Brinley left to school. He loved it.
Parker came with me to walk Brinley to the bus this morning. We got a lot of rain, so the street was flooded. It made the walk to the bus a lot more fun.
Parts of the sign had fallen off because of the rain.
After Brinley left to school, Alissa took a small nap, Parker played the computer, and I decorated Parker's birthday cake. Parker had told me that he wanted a Minecraft cake. So, a few days ago, me and him spent some time looking at cakes on Pinterest. He found the cake he loved, he pointed it out to me and said, "Now that's a Minecraft cake." I looked at it for a little bit and asked, "What is it supposed to look like?" He replied, "A Minecraft cake." I was like, "I know it's a cake, but what is it supposed to look like?" He looked at me and said a little slower, "A Minecraft Cake." I explained, "I know it's a Minecraft cake, but what is it supposed to look like in the game of Minecraft. It's a cake made to look like what?" Again, he said, "It's a Minecraft Cake. It's supposed to look like a Minecraft cake." I was looking at him a little frustrated and confused, so he said, "Let me show you." He pulled up a youtube video.....
and I finally understood. You can make a cake on Minecraft and this is what he wants his cake to look like. I thought it was funny that it took me so long to figure it out.
I couldn't find all of my square cake pans, so I couldn't make the cake into a perfect square like I wanted to, but it still turned out pretty good. Parker was very happy with it.
After Brinley got home from school and Simon came over, Parker opened his presents, then we had cake and ice cream. Simon made Parker a really cool card, Alissa gave him some Minecraft Legos and a really cool card she made, Brinley gave him some cool airplane and helicopter toys, and Roger and I gave him a bunch of Hot wheels things. He loved it all!
We spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying Parker's new toys. Simon stayed over until 8:00pm. And at bedtime, Parker just kept telling me how happy he was and what a great day he had. I can't believe my little boy is 11 years old already. It's crazy!
Alissa participated in her schools biathlon this year. She did it last year also, but just the running portion. This year, she wanted to do both. She had to borrow my bike, since she has grown out of hers. We did a lot of waiting around. They had the group who was only riding bikes go first, then the group that was only running. The kids who were doing the biathlon got to sit around and wait. Their race was last.
Parker and Brinley got tired of standing around, so they decided to sit in the back of the truck while they waited. Also, it had started to rain by this point, so the truck was good protection from the rain.
This is at the starting line when they finally started Alissa's race. The rain started coming down really hard just before it was time for Alissa's race to start.
Brinley got too cold, so she sat in the truck and played games on my phone. This is the picture she took of her truck time.
Here is Alissa at the end of the race. They first rode their bikes, then ran the rest of the way.
She was exhausted at the end of the race. She laid down on the wet ground for just a minute, then she got up and walked around a little to cool down.
Alissa rested in the truck and drank her Gatorade before she went to class. By the time Alissa finished the race, Brinley had fallen asleep in the truck. It was difficult for me to get her to wake up enough to go to school. Brinley missed the first part of school, so she could watch Alissa in the Biathlon.
Parker couldn't wait for a chance to ride the bike around. While Alissa cooled down, Parker took his turn riding the bike around.
Tomorrow is Parker's birthday, so Alissa stayed up too help me decorate. We found some balloons that good for making balloon animals, so Alissa, Roger and I had some fun trying out our balloon animal making skills.
Alissa took her camera out with her and took some pictures while they were hanging out with their friends today.
This is Alissa's friend, Malaiyah. She lives directly across the parking lot from us. It's a lot of fun having friends live so close.
Simon is friends with Alissa and Parker. He loves to play video games with Parker. They do that as often as they can. He goes to the same school as Alissa and Malaiyah, so they all walk home together.
From left to right: Parker, Simon, Malaiyah, Teirnynn, and Brinley.
This is the mud doughnut they made yesterday. Now that it's dry they can pick it up.
