Month: October 2008

Happy Halloween

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This year for Halloween, we got something kind of scary…last night, Evie’s eardrum ruptured.

Now apparently it is not as bad as it sounds, and it is actually quite common.  In fact, it is apparently the best thing that could have happened to her because before it happened she was in a lot of pain and supposedly when it ruptures it releases the pressure causing her to feel better.  The doctor said it should re-seal in a day or two.

Anyway, she has severe infections in both ears.  I feel really bad for her since I had chronic ear infections when I was little.  I had tubes in my ears 3 times and probably had hundreds of ear infections through childhood.  As a result I really really hate them and know what she is going through.  I’m really hoping that this is just an isolated incident and she didn’t inherit my tiny ear canals.

Saying she has her daddy’s ears isn’t necessarily a compliment.

Thank you tomato sauce gods!

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Looks like another disciple for the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

I’ll try to make this quick!

3 new teeth for a total of 7 teeth now.  Strangely she got some molars next and they both came in on the same day.  Months and months to get the first ones and then 3 in like a week!  In addition to orange, she can now identify purple and green.  We are working on yellow.  Mostly she just wants to say purple though.  Her favorite thing to do is yell “stop sign!” when she sees one.  She’s putting two words together a lot more.  She likes to count the cats on the calendar.  She won’t say “one” but after that she knows it goes two, three and then four.  We need to get some video of her trying to hop…funniest thing you ever saw.

This blog used to be fun

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So how about a flash game?  It’s been a while.

Here is a surprisingly challenging game that involves a rag doll spiderman webbing his way across an endless pit using geometric shapes.  And, as the link submitter promised, the best part of the game is watching the way spiderman’s arms almost get ripped out of their sockets when his web catches.

You may not enjoy the game, but I garuntee you’ll be singing “Oooh black betty, dang a dang” for a day or two.

The Alphabet

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Sara: “Do you think they named Elmo so it sounds like ‘L M N O’?”
Evie: “P!  P!”

Stayin’ Alive

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Just an interesting little tidbit, it turns out that if you are performing CPR it helps to keep the song “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees in your head, because it has the perfect rhythm for the chest compressions.  This is very convenient because I think if I were performing life saving CPR on somebody, I probably couldn’t do anything to keep Stayin’ Alive out of my head.  It also mentions that “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen will also work, however, it is a little less…optimistic.

Link courtesy my lovely wife who actually told me about it some time ago, before there was even a link on CNN.