I had this great idea. I would buy a Wii Fit and work out while the kids are playing in the front room.
As you can see from the picture, this did not work out…..

Parker is one of the most determined (read stubborn) people I know. It’s a trait he picked up from his Mom. Here is the end result of his attempt to put on his bicycle helmet all by himself. After refusing Mom and Dad’s offers of help, he finally got it on and fastened.

Parker at ER, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

I’ll start off by saying that Parker is fine and we are back into our daily routine. Now for the story:

Parker “might” have ingested some medication that was not his. As a result, we were asked by Poison Control to take him into the ER. Parker was a great patient and only got scared when some crazy woman came in screaming. I got scared when the lady on the other side of the curtain told the doctor she had the swine flu. After the doctor reviewed her symptoms we found out that she was on parole and looking for a doctor’s note to get out of meeting with her parole officer. Loser.

The only thing Parker really suffered from this day was boredom. Having to keep him in this bed for an entire day was a challenge. But he did great. Now if we can keep him from putting foreign objects in his mouth we’ll be ok.

Ouch!, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

This morning Parker took on a door and lost. Hopefully this will be the last time he tries something like that. The reality is that this is just one of many boo-boos the kids will receive growing up. As a parent, I now understand what my folks went through when they said injuries I sustained growing up hurt them more then me. It’s all coming back around now that I’m a Dad.

*Update*  - The Radiologist called back and said that Parker may have a fracture in his distal phalange (the bone at the tip of his finger).  Unfortunately we have to wait a week until they can take another x-ray (after swelling goes down.

**Final Update** –  We took Parker back to the Dr. after we found him favoring his hand.  This time the Dr. lanced his nail to drain the fluid underneath.  The whole procedure took only a few seconds and Parker is feeling much better.

When I was a kid, my parents would buy these “space food sticks”. I loved those things. A bit softer than a Tootsie Roll, chewy, and with a nice chocolate flavor. Not really sure what was in them but I loved them because my heros, the astronauts, apparently ate these things in space. I’ve come to find out that they were made by Pillsbury from the original commercials I found above.

With Dylan’s recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center, grandma and grandpa bought him some of the freeze dried neapolitan ice cream. Dylan did not like it too much but I could not get it away from Parker. He not only ate the entire contents of package, but licked the wrapper and has asked for it every day since. The moment he started asking for it to be in his lunch at preschool, I knew my son was going to love all “space food”. Not to mention the fact that he will be a fantastic backpacker due to his love for freeze dried food. Haha

Guess I’ll have to stock up on freeze dried ice cream with summer approaching fast.

Day At The Lake, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

We had plans to take the boys to Crystal Cove in Newport Beach but as we drove past Lake Mission Viejo, we changed our plans. Made a U-turn at the next light and drove to the lake.

Both Parker and Jonathan enjoyed the entire North Beach to themselves while mom and dad helped build sand castles.

It’s days like this where we are glad to have made the decision to move here.  Click on the photo above to see more of our trip and also check out the movie of Lena and Parker attempting to build a sand castle.

We missed Dylan but got a call from grandma who said he was having a lot of fun with his extended family in Florida and was about to see a stunt show at Disneyworld.

First Official Dental Appointment, originally uploaded by tigerpaw511.

The title of this post is ‘First Official Dental Appointment’ because Parker has been to this dentist once before. Long story short, he smacked his chin on a countertop and ended up pushing a bottom tooth forward.

Both Mom and I are very proud of you Parker. You did not cry once and were a true champ during the entire visit. No cavities! Let’s keep it that way.