By Kristie on March 15, 2010
Despite all of the sickness that has been parading through our house recently, we still have plenty to smile about.
Like this: when we hear Abram wake up from his nap, Ellie likes to go in first and greet him. Then she will pull every single board book off the shelf and pile them into his crib. And sometimes she will climb right in and read him a story.
I know. I can’t stand the sweetness either.
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By Kristie on March 14, 2010
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Flower for Sunday
By Kristie on March 12, 2010
I have a lot to say y’all. A lot of post titles with nothing written yet. And it’s clogging up my head a little. But really, I’m still just trying to catch my breath here. It seems like we’ve been going from illness to illness to major event to illness and back again.
My kids are caught in this cycle of sinus infections that has been going on since November. It is brutal. Ellie and Abram are both on their nth course of antibiotics this winter. I don’t know why, they just can’t seem shake it. Today I’m disinfecting toys, bedding, doorknobs, etc. I hope it helps. My kids have WAY too many toys.
Abram—poor, poor Abram—in addition to his sinus infection also has a minor ear infection, conjuntivitis in both eyes AND he’s drooling like crazy because he’s getting in 2, maybe 3, new teeth. The boy is dripping from every orifice. Yuck. His nose is red from all the wiping and his eyes are red because I have to pry them open rather forcefully 4 times a day to get his eye drops in.
Now add in a good dose of travel, a case of bronchitis, a double middle ear infection, two kids’ birthdays, the flu for me followed with a sore throat and a visit from my parents. All in the past month.
Anyways…I missed a few “minor” details in the last housekeeping post.
- Abram turned ONE last week. (March 6th is his birthday.)
- My parents were here to visit for a couple of weeks. They went home last night. I HATE saying goodbye to them. I don’t think I’ll get to see them again, except for on Skype, until after Jason graduates in the summer of 2011.
| Tagged Daily Life, Family
By Kristie on March 7, 2010
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then,
and do not let yourselves be
burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galations 5:1
| Tagged Flower for Sunday
By Kristie on March 4, 2010
Since I’m completely neglecting the care of my home these days—letting dust bunnies for colonies and mold grow in my bathtub (ew!)—I figured I may as well take care of a little business here on the blog.
1. We are OK. There was a large earthquake in the south of Taiwan today. Here in Taipei we felt some tremors, but nothing major.
2. I haven’t been blogging because I’ve had the flu. The Real Flu. Not H1N1, but it was definitely The Real Flu. Here I am two weeks later and still not all the way better. I can’t remember the last time I was this sick. And I don’t think I’ve ever had The Real Flu before. Not like this.
3. Sometime very soon Jason is going to switch our blog from
Moveable Type to
Wordpress (right after he finishes the vacuuming…). This means things are going to look a little different. He doesn’t have time to make it look all fancy like it does now (what with his seminary studies, church internship, other
website work, and housekeeping duties), but I’m hoping during summer break he’ll get around to making it pretty again.
The good news is this will fix some things that are broken around here, like the messed up comment form and some archiving issues. Just bear with us while we work out the kinks and be prepared for a whole new look to Far East Street.
4. In other news, I have decided that the Asian practice of showering at night before bed is far superior to the American habit of a morning shower. Don’t you want to get off all the funk from the day before getting into bed? Or to put it another way…do you really want to sleep in yesterday’s funk (and the day before that and the day before that….) tonight? Think about it. Let me know what you think.
5. I entered this
giveaway. Need an awesome (really awesome) new diaper bag? I do. Go check it out.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged odds and ends
By Kristie on February 22, 2010
I have been meaning to post some pictures with an update about Abram for a while now, but pesky things like sicknesses and birthday parties and beach trips kept getting in the way. But no more, because my almost ONE year old is up to some BIG stuff.
Check him out (a few weeks ago) standing up on his own and stealing drinks out of his sister’s straw cup.
Some other BIG things he’s doing:
Waving “Hi” and “Bye”
Pointing to things he wants.
Talking: he’s said “ma”, “da”, “uh-oh”, “muh” for more, and “buh” for book
Signing: He does the signs for “more”, “eat”, “all done” and “diaper”
(I’m a little surprised by all the signs he’s picked up, because I haven’t been very consistent with this at all.)
Abram has several favorite books that he will pull off the shelf…..well, to be completely accurate, he pulls ALL the books off the shelf, then picks out his favorites. Sometimes he will bring one to me to read. I don’t get to read to him as much as I would like. It’s just one of those things I haven’t managed very well with two kids.
He has a real ear for music and will bop along to a tune that he likes. I’ve also noticed him experimenting with sounds by pounding on different surfaces and comparing the noises he can make. He is still into the
drum, but Ellie keeps it filled with various toys and bits and pieces that he rarely gets a chance at it.
Peek-a-boo is a favorite game. Abram will giggle and giggle and giggle as we play, particularly when he initiates it. He’s so funny though, he covers his ears with his hands instead of his eyes. Then takes his hands off his ears and giggles when we say “peek-a-boo!”.
But the thing that takes up most of his time is still
Search and Destroy. He roves about looking for a thing to dismantle. Once he finds something–toy bin, bureau drawer, book shelf, kitchen cupboard–he starts taking it apart one piece at a time. Although recently he did discover that he is able to put his toys INto their bins as well as taking them out.
And, finally, the BIGGEST thing is that Abram is now a toddler! As in, he started walking. He still prefers to crawl, but can bobble out a good 20+ and-then-I-lose-count steps across a large room, stop and start, and even turn corners. The only thing he can’t do yet is stand up on his own after plopping down. He’s quite confident and unafraid, so once he has that figured out he’ll be off for good. Go, go Abram! Go!
| Tagged Abram
By Kristie on February 21, 2010
For we do not have a high priest who is
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted
in every way, just as we are—
yet was without sin.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,
so that we may receive mercy and find grace
to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:15,16
| Tagged Flower for Sunday
By Kristie on February 18, 2010
Walking to Sunday School on a cold, blustery day in Taipei.
| Tagged Ellie, Taipei Life
By Kristie on February 16, 2010
On Friday night, the night before Ellie’s 3rd birthday party, a forest grew in the lobby outside our room…
…and grew—and grew, until the ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around!
This year Ellie’s birthday fell on Valentine’s Day (as usual) AND Chinese New Year, but we felt like turning three was worth celebrating the MOST, so we threw her a Wild Rumpus party. Because at her best Ellie truly is a Wild Thing.
The party started with a reading of “Where the Wild Things Are”.
The kids all seemed really into it, and sat for the entire story. I guess there is something to being three.
Then we made a Wild Thing masks. I got the idea for the masks
here.
I had envisioned all the kids donning their masks after which we would “let the Wild Rumpus begin”. Buuuut, only two of the kids would wear their mask (I think the eye-holes were too small). And despite the fact that (judging from my own child) Wild Rumpus is a multiple-times-daily occurence for the preschool set, it seems that putting a label on it and turning it into an organized activity makes it, er….not wild and not rumpus. Ah well. Making the mask was still fun. The journey is the destination, right?
Sooo….We scratched the “official” Wild Rumpus and brought out the cake!!
Ellie requested chocolate cake with strawberries. The girl knows her desserts!
That’s better.
Of course, the best thing about any party is the people at it. We had a GREAT crowd!
Thanks to all our friends who came out and made Ellie’s party a super fun one!
| Tagged Celebrations, Ellie
By Kristie on February 14, 2010
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
| Tagged Flower for Sunday
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