| Sorry no candy |
Today I asked Lance if he thought our house would get egged if I put up a sign "Sorry No Candy" on our door. He said he didn't believe in karma, but he'd done his share of egging back in the day, so it would only be fair. In keeping with fairness I've made it clear that if we get egged he gets to clean it up.
My family never was into Halloween. We usually went to church alternative events which we loved -- even the grown-ups dressed up! I have gone trick or treating once in my life -- and that was only to two or three neighbors' houses before we went off to our church thing (which was quite the let down, the Thiessen's gave out BEEF JERKY! Talk about dissappointing when you ripe into a silver foil package expecting a sweet treat and you get dried meat!). We never gave out candy at our door except one time -- we gave out mini trident bubblegum packages. One year, after switched churches, Halloween came upon us and there was no plan, our new church didn't have a "Halloween Alternative Party". So we made on happen. Right that night mom called some Bible study friends and arranged to use the church gym. We played games and had candy - mini Reese peanut butter cups. A few years ago when I lived at home (as in my parents' home) I was going to make a sign for our front door, so people didn't bother coming a knocking. Steven suggested I put a picture of Jesus on it -- oh dear, like Jesus wouldn't give out candy. I can't remember if we actually did this, I hope not. Maybe someone in my family will remember.
Well the sign has been up for 45min -- no eggs yet.
And about the hats -- thanks for all the comments. I wanted to see if anyone would comment that they think the hats are ridiculous. I thought you should know what we think of the hats: we think they are hilarious. It looks like the kids have purple afros and pink and blue head bands. This was quite the funny gift. We don't even know who it is from. Lance's aunt passed them on to Lance's folks saying that someone made them for the twins. Oh dear. I agree with Katelyn that Elijah looks handsome in purple, but that's just cause he looks handsome in anything! Perhaps you'll be pleased to know that we won't be dressing Elijah in the hat and mits -- in fact I think we'll send them on the cousin Anna. She's a fun loving girl and might enjoy being a "chuggle puff" (see Katelyn's comment). Eva actually likes feeling the texture of the hats -- super soft. Anna enjoys textures too so maybe she'll like the hat and mits atleast to hold.
Tonight I have another gift casserole in the oven -- it's been in under two hours and is bubbling and browning nicely - I think it will be a success! It smells great.
A lady from our church just stopped by with a loaf of fresh bread - what a treat.
Shots - the kids got their second set of immunizations last week. we are now past the couple days of crankiness that were a result of these. they got weighed and measured. elijah is 16lbs and eva is 14lbs 12oz. elijah is 24.5 in and eva is 25in.
well, i better go. hope you are well.
aimee |
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| two bowls of cereal instead |
I started writing this a couple days ago:
since 1:30 this afternoon supper has been planned. meatballs. this in unusual in the odegard home -- not meatballs, but that supper be planned so early in the day. but don't be fooled, this was to be a simple no work supper. the meatballs were frozen with gravy and hashbrowns and given to us by someone from our church, who will remain nameless, only because I don't actually know who they were from -- we were given a ton of casseroles from church after Eva and Elijah were born.
The note on the container said, "just heat and serve". I knew the meatballs would take a long time to heat up and I was prepared for that. I put them in the oven around 4. About an hour into cooking I smashed up the icy block of meatballs, only to discover that the centers of the meatballs were bright pink.
Now you must know that I am paranoid when it comes to pink hamburger (thanks mom). I check every hamburger I eat (okay well not McDonalds, but is that even meat?). And on many occassions have discovered pink in the center of my burger, both at restaraunts and in homes. So when I dug into these meatballs and saw pink I was not happy.
It is also important to know that I have only made meatballs once in my life and don't do much cooking to begin with, so I don't really know what meatballs are supposed to look like inside. But pink?
After another couple hours of cooking I called mom. She recommend more cooking.
Well, it is now 8pm. The meatballs have been smashed to smithereens -- they now resemble dog food. They, or should I say, it (referring to the goulash) are still pink. Good grief. Lance had to go back to work, he had an apple and a scone with cream cheese. I'm holding out hope, not much though, for the meatballs, and in the mean time I have eaten two bowls of cereal.
At 8:41 I removed the "meatballs" from the oven, still some pink spots. I abandoned this effort. When he got home from worked Lance said he didn't want to eat them, I said, "don't worry". I threw them out the next morning. I'm not a fan of waste, but those meatballs were suspicious.
Explanation photo regarding sleepover at Grammy and Gramps':
As you can see I boiled the pot completely dry while trying to sterilize a nipple and ring so Eva could practice taking a bottle. We heard a bubbling popping hissing sound from the other room and ran into the kitchen to discover flames -- about 8 inches above the pot height. Lance put the lid on the pot, only to have it explode off. He ran outside with the pot and set it flaming on our backyard sidewalk. While still nursing Elijah I rush outside to the deck. Lance carries Eva out in her bouncy chair. From there we move to the garage because the fumes on the deck are too strong. Me and the kids hang out in the garage, dressed warmly after I rummage through our bins of clothes yet to be sorted and brought in. Lance throws open all the windows and turns on the fans. We wait about half an hour. Lance goes back in to check on the fume level. Too gross to stay. We called Odegards and arrived there around 10:30pm. As we were hanging out in the garage Lance says to me, "Well I'm sure you won't do that again", and the thing is, I couldn't agree -- I am a forgetful girl. And I say, it's a good thing we're not using formula for these kids, that's a whole bunch more bottles, meaning more chances to boil a pot dry. Oh dear.
Tidbits:
Lance and I went to a movie last night. I can hardly believe it. We saw "man of the year". Mostly good, some good laughs, some crass humor, not really a cohesive story, but it was good.
I've gotten to play basketball with the CLBI students 2 times now. They play a couple times a week and I've watched a couple times -- Lance plays. But two times now I have gotten to play. We set the kids in their carseats on the sidelines, guarded by a floor hockey net. Whoever is subbing off gets to rock or swing the seat of whoever might be fussy. I love getting to get out and play. It is such a normal "pre-baby" thing to do and I love that I can still do it. I got a couple baskets today - that is always fun.
I had a marvelous time in Abbotsford. A super highlight was getting to go to Lance's thursday night show in vancouver. At intermission I talked to Lance and he said with surprise, " you're still here!". I had a cell phone on vibrate so Celia and Adam - our brave babysitters who live like 7 minutes from the concert site - could call if Eva and Elijah were getting out of hand. I held the phone in my hand the whole evening, and when the show was over wondered if I had given them the wrong number. Oh well, no sense worrying about that then. When we arrived to pick up the twins -- three hours after dropping them off -- Celia was attempting to give Eva her bottle (Eva is not at all keen on bottles, Celia said she took a little milk, but maybe just to humor her) and Adam was doing figure eights in with Elijah in the stroller. What a gift it was to have them care for the kids while I went to the show. Visit Celia's blog to read about their evening: www.kinneyland.blogspot.com.
I'm reading Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. I highly recommend it. He writes well about what being a Christian might look like. He presents his thoughts creatively, intelligently and humorously. I highly recommend it.
Right now my babies are sleeping, they are so beautiful.
well that is all for now.
I hope you are well.
Aimee |
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| home |
we are home and it is good to be here. we weren't quite ready to leave. but that's life, and better to leave before you feel you just HAVE TO. :)
today has been mixed with heaviness and joy. small joys of coordinated naps, bengal spice tea and fresh snow. big joy about good news about mom's health. sadness for melanie and nathan regarding the death of nathan's dad -- please pray for them and their family. what a huge loss.
aimee |
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| come to the concert |
hello friends
you are cordially invited to lance's concert at house of james -- tuesday night, 7:30, 5 dollars. eva, elijah and i will be there and we'd love to see you and love for you to get to hear lance's music.
in follow up to my last post -- thanks denise for coming to the rescue.
also please pray for us and the babes they have been way crankier the past couple evenings - crying a lot. this is taxing. I'm so glad to have help -- mom and dad were especially great tonight, Lance had a concert.
aimee |
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| milk -- post regarding breast pump read no further if you can't handle this :) |
Hi, we're in abbotsford and I have a problem. I brought a breast pump from Camrose -- to pump milk so the kids can have bottles while I go to Lance's concert on thursday night. Well, this morning when I went to pump some milk I assembled the pump only to realize that I forgot the handle. I was quite frustrated. So I was wondering are there any Abbotsford blog readers who use the Avent Isis breast pump and can lend me the handle for a couple days? Please email me or call me (aimeeodegard@canada.com or 604-853-9546) thanks.
we are very glad to be here and enjoying it a lot. the kids did well on the flight. Melanie and Nathan are here visiting. The twins have also met Great Grandpa and Great Grandma and uncle Steven. We look forward to seeing the schulz's and the big klassen crew. excited to go to central heights tomorrow.
please pray for good naps for me and the kids while we're here. Thanks
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