The Im Family

  Thursday, June 4th , Mimi came home from school complaining of a bad headache.  i took her temp and she had a 101 fever.  she didnt have much of a cough, just a small, dry, little cough here and then and it sounded like maybe some post nasal drip.  i assumed it was a sinus headache so plied her with fluids and gave her Motrin if her fever made her feel bad.  while she had a fever, i kept her home from school and had her drink lots and lots of clear fluids, fully expecting her fever to blow over in 2-3 days.  after the 3rd day the symptoms continued.  i knew if i went to the ped they would say to check in after 5 days of fever, so i decided to give it two more days, still thinking this will blow over any day now.  after 5 days of continued symptoms i took her to see the pediatrician on day 6.  they tested her for flu and strep, both came up negative.  they did a complete blood count and her white count was normal.  her lungs sounde...

around xmas 2014, a modernized version of the musical Annie came out.  The kids wanted to see it so i took them.  they loved the songs and enjoyed the movie.  i told them back in the 80's, the first Annie musical movie was released, so they asked if they could see it.  i found it streaming for free on amazon instant video.  so they watched it and loved it.  ozzy asked me to buy it for him so he could watch it more often.  i found the dvd at target for $5 and it comes with so many great extras that it was totally worth the purchase and more.  there's singalongs, act alongs, background about the time of Annie, the actress that played Annie gives her account...really great stuff.  the kids watch a bit of it every day while in the car and havent asked me to change the dvd, going thru all the special features over and again and watching the movie more times than i can count.  i have heard the songs so many times now, that i find myself singin...

can not believe it's been almost a year since my last post to the family blog.  not that there's been no news to relate, just for lack of time.  it makes me sad that a whole year of our family's life has gone by and there is no record of the events of this past year.  things that i missed recording about this year:  our family trip to korea (the first time i've been there in 40 years!), mimi's 10th birthday glamping party, ozzy's 6th birthday minecraft party, how we spent our summer this year (i guess that wasnt super eventful, but rob's cousin from korea did come for a short time to visit us), mimi learning the truth about the tooth fairy et al, ozzy's chronic hives, mimi's contact dermatitis, me trying to get in shape, our family mud run, and just general updates about the kids and what they say and do.  :(  i have to do better.  maybe if i carve out a little bit of time each night to update the blog that will help. 

Mimi woke up this morning, upset and climbs into bed with me, saying she had a nightmare that there was this mold that was taking over the world and killing everything and in her dream she wakes up and realizes it was a dream but when she asks me if it was real i tell her that it was. and then she wakes up for real, completely shaken.  (is this how the germ paranoia starts?  maybe this is a sign that when she asks me about scary things in real life i should stop confirming they exist and let her live in a blissful ignorance?)  so i hug her, stroke her back, calm her down and tell her it was just a bad dream, there's no mold invasion.  ozzy hears me talking to her and sits up in bed (i slept in his bed with him last night) and says, "mimi, what's wrong?" mimi answers, "i just had a scary dream." ozzy: "oh, a nightmare?" mimi: "yeah" ozzy: "this morning?" mimi: "last night" ozzy (making low sympathetic nois...

i have been awful about getting on the computer and writing.  it's been really hard to find the time.  i have to start carving out more time to update the blog as even now, i'm hard pressed to remember what we have been up to since that last post in april! the rest of april, may, and june are a blur! here's what i do remember: we bought my dad an iPad and called it an early father's day present.  he loves it.  mom says he's on it all the time.  i showed them the Facetime feature and practiced with them.  but of course every time i call them with it, they never answer so i have to do it multiple times before one of them will finally turn it on, saying, "i kept hearing a ringing sound but i couldnt figure out where that sound was coming from." aiyayay! ozzy is still crazy about cars and trains.  found a motherload of geotrax on craigslist that i picked up and set up in our garage and now i can't park my car. a couple of weeks ago, neighbor's ...

this summer mimi had horse camp down in hampton near my parents house.  from 8-12, daily.  ends up she was the only kid there for the camp so she got a private camp experience.  :)  she loved it.  her pony was a sweet old gal named Blossom.

its been too long since my last post again.  *sigh.  what can i say?  LIFE IS BUSY! since mimi started the Advanced Academics Level 4 this school year, she has been working long hours on school work every day in addition to after school activities (and now its school work she needs help on when in the past it was so easy she blew thru the assignments in 10 minutes on her own).  the crazy thing is, we HAVE cut back a little this year with Mimi, but still she is doing more than enough to keep me busy:  gymnastics, girl scouts, ballet/tap, hip hop, lacrosse, and piano.  and add in the fact that ozzy is now old enough (4) to do more:  gymnastics, swimming, karate (3 times a week), ballet, soccer, and piano, and he is now at preschool 4 days out of the week, which means i'm in the car a lot more these days!  and i'm still leading the pretend room at his preschool.  all that makes it rather hard to find much time to keep up with the family blog....