Touchbase Tuesday

It's Tuesday so let's quickly touch base...shall we?

Not pictured:
This past weekend Lauren received her second mild concussion. (She may well have had more but this is only the second time she's vomited after bumping her head.) Her first was when she about a year old and fell over on my kitchen island in our Newberg, Oregon house. (Grammy, you probably remember this.)

This time around she was running around the house with a friend when she slipped and flat out smacked her head on the hardwood floor. After the initial blood curdling scream, she was okay for about an hour but after that she became tearfully miserable with a headache. "Mama, I just don't like this, I Want it to GO AWAY." Bless her heart. I gave her some children's Motrin but that didn't seem to do much. After she threw up (sorry for including the details) she slowly started to feel better. We kept an eye on her the rest of the day and she was just fine.

Lauren's concussion was not pictured but Tyler's latest favorite toy is.

This is the insert to our Super Mario Brother's Game for the Wii. He pulled it out of the case and it's been by his side ever since. I've watched him peruse if for over 10 minutes!
As you can probably tell from its wrinkled appearance (and Tyler's wrinkled hair) he likes to keep it in his bed with him during naps.

He also likes to bring it along when we pick up Lauren and friends from art club. (Christmas gift idea: Anything Super Mario Brothers)

Lauren and friends after art club
(don't worry I pulled over to take this picture)

This evening after Lauren practiced reading her weekly AR book. (I Need a Lunch Box by Jeannette Caines) I let L and T watch (part of) one of their new movies Grammy sent them.

Thanks Grammy!!

(Lauren's Christmas gift idea = footed PJs that actually fit)

They watched the movie right up until bedtime (8pm) and I promised them they could watch the rest "maybe" tomorrow.

Tomorrow Daddy will be home from his business trip to Norfolk, VA so maybe he can watch it with them.

And that concludes this quick edition of Touchbase Tuesday. I need to get busy on getting baby-sitters for our crazy plans we have for the weekend. Stay tuned.....