Matthew has loved playing with the DSi that Kaylee got for Christmas (when she lets him). Then also seeing what his friend could do with his when he came over for Matthew’s birthday convinced him to use a big chunk of his Christmas and birthday money to buy his own. After a torturous wait, it finally arrived a few days ago.
That rather freaky looking alien on his screen actually started out as a self-portrait Matthew snapped with the DSi’s camera.
Um, yeah. Creeps me out just a little bit. ;)
Matthew still has our old non-360 X-Box set up in his room, and it does get used from time to time, but one of the controllers has been out of commission for a while due to a stuck button. Mark decided to see if he could fix it. Getting to the problem spot required a much more complete disassembly than he expected, and he wasn’t sure he’d be able to get it back together, but he got it figured out. The surgery was a success, and the patient made a full recovery!
We had another movie night (which I somehow managed to stay awake for). This time it was “Despicable Me”. After it was over, we had a little time before the kids had to head to bed, so they put on the Spanish language version. Even though they understand very little actual Spanish, they were still quite disappointed when they had to shut if off.
(By the way, I’m not entirely sure my title is correct Spanish for “Despicable Children”. I don’t know much more Spanish than they do, so I Googled. LOL)
… and the cold won. Completely knocked on my butt by the worst cold or flu or whatever it is that I’ve had in ages. Lots and lots of ibuprofen, decongestant, antihistamine, tissues, and sleep.
Not sure what possessed Kaylee to put together this little number. The wig is from an old Daphne Halloween costume, and the Achy Breaky Heart hat is one she snagged from Great-Grandpa’s hat collection while we were visiting last summer.
Look number two is an old hat of mine from college (it was the ‘80’s and did not originally have that shape LOL), and a clown wig Mark used to wear back in the day when he did magic shows for kid’s parties. :)
It was a nice warm afternoon, so I agreed to take Kaylee to the park for a little while after school before Matthew got home. She spent most of the time playing on the basketball court, and then hit the playground for a bit, before heading back home (under very whiney protest) to start her homework.
A gloomy day for our visit to Children’s Medical Center to meet with Matthew’s new neurologist (we switched due to location), but it went great. The new doctor is very nice. He even patiently had Matthew go through a lengthy explanation/demonstration of the DS game he’d brought along to keep him busy while we waited. Since the meds seem to be working, he said he didn’t see any reason to do any blood work. Matthew, who had been very worried, was thrilled with that news and said afterward that I’d picked the right hospital. :)
