Conversation with Daniel

Have you ever tried to explain to a three year old that his first name is not the one he is called by? His name is Paul Daniel Petersen, and I was trying to explain his name and that he had the same name as Daddy. I said, "Your name is the same, you are both Paul, but you are Paul Daniel." Daniel replied, "No his name is Paul Daddy. My name is Daniel." Guess we will wait another year to explain that one.

And Who Should He Meet...

You would think that living in DC we would have had a much greater opportunity to meet Politicians. It would just make sense right? Not so.
Who should Paul meet at work yesterday but Pres. Bush (George W.). Paul said to him "Hello Mr. President" and Pres. Bush replied "How you doing big boy?" He got to shake his hand and get his autograph. He also met the Mayor of Anchorage yesterday which isn't quite as impressive. A few weeks ago he met a couple of Congressmen and their wives, and before that when Pres. Obama was in town he was supposed to meet him and a couple of other Presidents of other countries but they ended up landing somewhere else. Who would have thought? Anchorage is a refueling stop for a lot of flights coming and going outside of the US. Paul has to clear all the passengers no matter who they are coming and going. Heading on an international flight with a stop over in Anchorage? Say hello to Paul.

Tutu for a little girl?

So I meant to post about these tutu's at Christmas because really they are the cutest things. If you have a little girl in your life these would make a perfect gift. I wanted about one of everything from her Christmas collection. You can visit the Tutu Fairy here. She is also giving away a free tutu on my friend Nichole's website Alaska Coupon Diva. I'd say enter for the free drawing, but that would decrease my odds.... :-) But seriously these tutu's are gorgeous and my friend Nichole's daughters have a couple of them and they are really well made. If a windfall of money were to come my way I would definitely be buying one of these for my little girl who can't stop dressing up.

Experiences with Daniel

- Daniel passed some gas yesterday, laughed and said, "Mommy gas goes in cars." Yes it does Daniel.
-Yesterday morning I asked him if he wanted to say the prayer for breakfast. He replied "Go ahead Mom". Which is what Paul says to me when it's my turn to say the prayer.
- We were on base and Daniel saw Snowmobiles in action for the first time. Let's just say that it was love at first sight. Daniel said emphatically "Mom we are going to get one of those!"

Never leave your kids unsupervised-

Lesson for Mom- You must have supersonic hearing for when the kids sneak out of the bedroom  and into the kitchen, pull out the cool whip and start having fun. I was asleep in bed when this happened this morning. I'm not sure if they put the cool whip bucket on their heads or what. Obviously a trip to the bathtub was in order.

Looking for help

I am throwing this out to the blog sphere and  hoping for some help. Our stake is having a woman's conference next month and each ward has been asked to put together a 5-10 min. skit, musical number, dance or dramatic presentation for the program. I was asked to put it together for our ward. The theme is "Reach Out and Touch Someone" and it can be inspirational, humorous, artistic, or anything else you can come up with.
I am a great get it done person. I am not such a great idea person. The only thing that has been going through my head for the past several days is the song "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand" and nothing else. So I am begging all of you,  pleading with you to please send me any ideas/help you might have. Email me at lollielean@hotmail.com or leave me a note on the blog. THANKS!

I want to shout and sing!

Reagan has been sick twice in the last two weeks with cold like sicknesses. Not fun for her (or me). But what makes me want to shout and sing is that Daniel hasn't gotten it.To understand my elation you have to understand that Daniel has been sick A LOT since he has been born. At 4 months he came down with Whooping Cough, 3 months later he had just barely gotten over Whooping Cough when he got RSV twice in the same month. This set the stage for Asthma problems and pretty much every time he has gotten a cold we've had to go straight to the inhaler/nebulizer, and he has gotten colds a lot. Last Christmas he spent a week in the hospital with RSV again. (Thankfully he is finally old enough that RSV shouldn't be a problem anymore.) Since the last bought with RSV though he has only been sick twice in the past year both times with the stomach flu. It looks like his immune system has finally kicked in! Hurray! When a simple cold means emergency trips to the Pediatrician, and ER I can't tell you how happy this makes me. So I just wanted to share my happiness!