Well, we finally posted pics of Christmas. Katie took the girls to Santa at a local mall. Luckily the mall they chose let you take your own pics and you didn't have to buy their overpriced pictures.
The neurology department had their holiday party on the Friday before Christmas. We had fun, mainly because we had the neighbors watch the kids. There was dancing, which turned good once we started requesting good songs (Dancing Queen, You Shook Me All Night Long, etc).
The next day we drove to Kansas City. We left early and had breakfast and lunch on the way. We had fun with my parents for a few days, having dinner with our friends Matt, Jen, Luke and Faith on Sunday after we went to ride the train at Union Station.
On Monday we went to Crown Center with my mom, came home and opened presents from my parents. Katie got me a nice leather jacket, and I got her a guitar and an iRobot Roomba (which we used for the first time today). On Tuesday we went to Salina for one night.
On Christmas Eve we drove to Lawrence to have lunch with Katie's grandpa Mac and aunt Mary Lou. Katie and I sang with L'Opa, Mitzi and Fritz in the choir on Christmas Eve. Mary Ann ran back and forth from the choir to Jesse in the congregation while Rose slept through almost all of church on Katie's then my shoulders. We opened presents Christmas morning, with the highlight being Mary Ann opening her princess outfits. She shouted, "It's just what I always wanted!!!" followed soon after "Santa got this at Costco!" The were way too many people at Katie's parents, but it sure was fun having every one there.
On Friday we drove to Jefferson City where we met up with Oma and the St Louis Keels. We stayed the night at a hotel where we were able to swim early Saturday.
On Saturday we drove back to Kansas City for a St. Lawrence alumni party at Msgr Krische's house. We were able to see lots of old friends. We finally drove back to Madison on Sunday.
Today we went to the zoo where they have a new tiger. It was pretty cold, but really cool to have only a piece of glass between us and the walking tiger.
Well, hope everyone had a great Christmas and that 2009 is going well!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Monday, December 15, 2008
Finally...
Well, Mary Ann's hair has been getting a little long. The "tangle monster" keeps attacking her and is getting more brazen. He used to only attack at night, now it seems she is tangled after just a few minutes of beating up Rose. So, Sunday night we mentioned this to her and that she needs a haircut. Katie and I talked, maybe one of us would just snip an inch or two off the back.
well.
Mary Ann took it upon herself to cut her own hair. She snagged the left half of her head before Katie found her. She put most of the hair in the trash can. But, still...funny if you weren't there, which luckily only Katie was. So, emergency appointment at the salon . Now, it looks cute but she has to remember to part her hair to the other side. The bangs keep hanging in her eyes so she automatically pushes it to the left, but because of her efforts it works better to the right. Ah, Christmas pictures...
well.
Mary Ann took it upon herself to cut her own hair. She snagged the left half of her head before Katie found her. She put most of the hair in the trash can. But, still...funny if you weren't there, which luckily only Katie was. So, emergency appointment at the salon . Now, it looks cute but she has to remember to part her hair to the other side. The bangs keep hanging in her eyes so she automatically pushes it to the left, but because of her efforts it works better to the right. Ah, Christmas pictures...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thanksgiving
Well, it worked again. Many people in the house at once. This time, our two kids and the Buschelman kids: Dom age 2, Will age 4 months. It was fun seeing the kids interact with each other. We had the actual Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday since Robert worked Friday and Eric didn't arrive until Friday. It was very good, with everyone pitching it. We had Nana and Li'l Opa; Eric, Liesel, Dominic and Will; Mitzi; and us 4 (well, really 5...). See the pictures page for all the pics, already with captions!
It's been snowing off and on for the last few days. Nothing major sticking, at least not for very long. I am done with November, the worst working month of the year. I worked 4 of the 5 weekends at the hospital, and the other weekend at Mendota moonlighting. Plus, I was on an inpatient month, which is always a hard rotation. For December I'm on epilepsy, which has a few inpatients but mainly is reading EEGs and going to epilepsy clinics. Much easier.
Katie's feeling fine at 14 weeks. A little tired and has a bad head cold, but handling the kids pretty well. Just a few more weeks and we'll be in Kansas and Missouri. Then, only a few more weeks until we know the gender!
It's been snowing off and on for the last few days. Nothing major sticking, at least not for very long. I am done with November, the worst working month of the year. I worked 4 of the 5 weekends at the hospital, and the other weekend at Mendota moonlighting. Plus, I was on an inpatient month, which is always a hard rotation. For December I'm on epilepsy, which has a few inpatients but mainly is reading EEGs and going to epilepsy clinics. Much easier.
Katie's feeling fine at 14 weeks. A little tired and has a bad head cold, but handling the kids pretty well. Just a few more weeks and we'll be in Kansas and Missouri. Then, only a few more weeks until we know the gender!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
October
Hello, friends and family!
It must seem that the Reddigs of Wisconsin have lost their blogging mojo. And alas, that may be true. Or at least when the time arrives to blog, memories and creative streaks are well past their peak. But, a few things have happened in the last month that we'd like to keep record of.
Robert celebrated his 29th Birthday with a dinner at Bunky's restaurant and the gift of a new Wii game (the Legos Star Wars) and a gift certificate for golf lessons. Following that Matt and Jen and the kiddos from KC arrived for a long weekend of boating, farmer's marketing, Trader Joeing, circus museuming, Pride and Prejudicing, zooing, and faux camping. (Just don't tell the little ones that roasting hot dogs and marshmallows in your own backyard and then going to sleep in your own bed isn't actually camping). We had a great time with them and Mary Ann and Luke got to see who had the strongest willpower/personality and we think it ended in a draw. Rose was torn between wanting desparately to be a big kid like Mary Ann and Luke and being a doting big sister to Faith.
We also have closed the season on our garden. Our tomato plants did fantastic, unfortunately we missed the largest harvest while we were gone on vacation and our compost will be rather tomato heavy next year. Until Katie learns how to can, she may have to limit herself to 2 tomato plants from now on. (No, Nana, that is not a hint for possible Christmas presents). We also harvested 16 pumpkins from our homegrown pumpkin patch and a huge number of gourds. Our house is decked out for fall!
The homeschooling experiment is going well. We're focusing on prereading skills, prewriting skills, and math concepts. Mary Ann is very excited to realize that the words we say have sounds in them that she is starting to associate with letters. It's pretty cool to see her stop mid-conversation and start sounding out a word with so much excitement and recognition. Rose is doing a good job too of participating. She is sorting colors and learning the sounds of things as well. She really wants to do everything Mary Ann does and does not fall for it when I try to give her a modified version of an activity to work on.
Robert is working on setting up a shed to give us some more storage and allow both cars to be in the garage for the winter. That has been quite a project and the girls have been able to help with things like putting washers on screws and things. They both think they are ready to use the power drill.
And today marks the end of our first boating season. We had a final tour of the lake and locks with our friends the Beiers and then pulled the boat out to be winterized and then stored.
And on that note, this post will close. Until next time, folks!
It must seem that the Reddigs of Wisconsin have lost their blogging mojo. And alas, that may be true. Or at least when the time arrives to blog, memories and creative streaks are well past their peak. But, a few things have happened in the last month that we'd like to keep record of.
Robert celebrated his 29th Birthday with a dinner at Bunky's restaurant and the gift of a new Wii game (the Legos Star Wars) and a gift certificate for golf lessons. Following that Matt and Jen and the kiddos from KC arrived for a long weekend of boating, farmer's marketing, Trader Joeing, circus museuming, Pride and Prejudicing, zooing, and faux camping. (Just don't tell the little ones that roasting hot dogs and marshmallows in your own backyard and then going to sleep in your own bed isn't actually camping). We had a great time with them and Mary Ann and Luke got to see who had the strongest willpower/personality and we think it ended in a draw. Rose was torn between wanting desparately to be a big kid like Mary Ann and Luke and being a doting big sister to Faith.
We also have closed the season on our garden. Our tomato plants did fantastic, unfortunately we missed the largest harvest while we were gone on vacation and our compost will be rather tomato heavy next year. Until Katie learns how to can, she may have to limit herself to 2 tomato plants from now on. (No, Nana, that is not a hint for possible Christmas presents). We also harvested 16 pumpkins from our homegrown pumpkin patch and a huge number of gourds. Our house is decked out for fall!
The homeschooling experiment is going well. We're focusing on prereading skills, prewriting skills, and math concepts. Mary Ann is very excited to realize that the words we say have sounds in them that she is starting to associate with letters. It's pretty cool to see her stop mid-conversation and start sounding out a word with so much excitement and recognition. Rose is doing a good job too of participating. She is sorting colors and learning the sounds of things as well. She really wants to do everything Mary Ann does and does not fall for it when I try to give her a modified version of an activity to work on.
Robert is working on setting up a shed to give us some more storage and allow both cars to be in the garage for the winter. That has been quite a project and the girls have been able to help with things like putting washers on screws and things. They both think they are ready to use the power drill.
And today marks the end of our first boating season. We had a final tour of the lake and locks with our friends the Beiers and then pulled the boat out to be winterized and then stored.
And on that note, this post will close. Until next time, folks!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Vacation...done.
Well, we just got back tonight. It was a wonderful week: 2 nights in Chicago with Mitzi and then 6 nights with Liesel, Eric, Dom and Will in Dayton. It was going to be just 4 nights, but we had nothing pressing back in Madison so we spontaneously stayed an extra night. Crazy Reddigs!!
The time in Chicago was nice. We got to stay on Mitzi's new futon/fold out bed. It was much better than an air mattress. We went to the Aquarium, but unfortunately the Ocean part was closed so it was a pretty short trip. We then met up with Scott and walked around downtown a bit. We went back to Mitzi's for some deep dish Chicago pizza and a movie (or another for the guys). On Sunday we went to church and then headed to Ohio.
In Ohio we finally saw the recently baptized William Thomas Buschelman. He is, as Mary Ann says, "so cute!" We had a good time during our time in Ohio. We stayed at a hotel for 4 nights which included a very good size breakfast in the mornings. Eric and Liesel showed us around Dayton and the surrounding areas. We really enjoyed putting the girls and boys to bed and then breaking out games or the Wii at night. We finally headed home today and now everyone is pretty tired. so...goodnight!
The time in Chicago was nice. We got to stay on Mitzi's new futon/fold out bed. It was much better than an air mattress. We went to the Aquarium, but unfortunately the Ocean part was closed so it was a pretty short trip. We then met up with Scott and walked around downtown a bit. We went back to Mitzi's for some deep dish Chicago pizza and a movie (or another for the guys). On Sunday we went to church and then headed to Ohio.
In Ohio we finally saw the recently baptized William Thomas Buschelman. He is, as Mary Ann says, "so cute!" We had a good time during our time in Ohio. We stayed at a hotel for 4 nights which included a very good size breakfast in the mornings. Eric and Liesel showed us around Dayton and the surrounding areas. We really enjoyed putting the girls and boys to bed and then breaking out games or the Wii at night. We finally headed home today and now everyone is pretty tired. so...goodnight!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Farewell to Summer?
Happy Labor Day Weekend to All! We are enjoying one of the warmest weekends of the entire summer, so it is hard to believe our days of lazy summer days are fast coming to a close. We have had a beautiful summer, enhanced by the visits of many family and friends and of course the ability to get away from it all on the Madison lakes.
During late July and August we were running the Jayhawker Bed and Breakfast of the North, hosting all of our parents, 2 aunts, one uncle, 2 cousins, 1 sister/sister-in-law, and one very good friend . Katie turned 30, which she thinks isn't really that big of a deal, but appreciated the yellow caution tape decorating the door warning of the festivities. We learned that Rose's life jacket does really work, and Mary Ann discovered that she can swim for a bit without being "helped". Robert was on night float, so that gave our days and especially vacation-ey feel, and hopefully we didn't wear him out too much! Today is his last day/night! Our garden started yielding lovely tomatoes and even a few green beans. Katie's not sure she's as impressed with heirloom tomatoes as everyone said she would be. We should be set for lots of pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns, and also Thanksgiving's centerpiece will involve multiple gourds.
We're looking forward to September. Robert will have a week of vacation and we'll go to Chicago for some Windy City fun with Mitzi before traveling on to Dayton to see Buschelmans and meet little William. Then we'll try to get set with our home school preschool and look forward to the visit of the Vogrin-Thomas clan!
During late July and August we were running the Jayhawker Bed and Breakfast of the North, hosting all of our parents, 2 aunts, one uncle, 2 cousins, 1 sister/sister-in-law, and one very good friend . Katie turned 30, which she thinks isn't really that big of a deal, but appreciated the yellow caution tape decorating the door warning of the festivities. We learned that Rose's life jacket does really work, and Mary Ann discovered that she can swim for a bit without being "helped". Robert was on night float, so that gave our days and especially vacation-ey feel, and hopefully we didn't wear him out too much! Today is his last day/night! Our garden started yielding lovely tomatoes and even a few green beans. Katie's not sure she's as impressed with heirloom tomatoes as everyone said she would be. We should be set for lots of pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns, and also Thanksgiving's centerpiece will involve multiple gourds.
We're looking forward to September. Robert will have a week of vacation and we'll go to Chicago for some Windy City fun with Mitzi before traveling on to Dayton to see Buschelmans and meet little William. Then we'll try to get set with our home school preschool and look forward to the visit of the Vogrin-Thomas clan!
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