Last night we created a gingerbread man. Yesterday while at Trader Joe's I picked one up along with a chocolate advent calendar for Ethan to enjoy. I was hoping the gingerbread man would taste better than the other pre-boxed gingerbread houses we have done in the past but it was still just as nasty as ever. These activities really are just for decorating and letting kids eat the candy as they go along. The sad thing is the candy isn't even good. I prefer using fresh graham crackers with candy you buy at the store and making something that in the end you can enjoy. I always enjoy making them though and this was actually the first time I have tried one. They don't really appeal to me but this time I wanted to see if it was as soft as it appeared. You could lose a tooth biting into other types and this was just the same. I think I will stick to the decorating and let Ethan enjoy it!
We have been playing "conductor" a lot at our house. Ethan is Mr. Conductor and I am Mommy conductor. The fireplace is the "train" where we all line up. Mr. Conductor is kind enough to let us go to the bathroom every once in a while. We love having our Christmas decorations up. This is definitely my favorite time of year. While we were still in Tustin for Thanksgiving Jared surprised me by putting up our Christmas tree, buying ornaments for it (did a great job, I would have bought the same ones) and decked it out! It was a pleasant surprise and I was impressed with his Christmas tree skills. It was no small task and we love it. Tanner loves crawling under it to play with the lower branches and bulbs, but luckily he really can't hurt any of it and can barely reach.
Jared is still working long hard hours with few breaks but is doing well. He's had some really tough patients lately which means more work but he has been able to do some procedures as a result. In the last two weeks he has performed a Paracentesis, Thoracentesis, and put in two central lines. He of course had a supervisor right there telling him what to do but he was able to do the whole procedure by himself. A Paracentesis is where they take fluid out of the abdomen, and a Thoracentesis is taking fluid out of the lung. Pretty neat! What's even neater is he gets a week of vacation during the week before Christmas. We are excited to party.
We always love it when the hospitalist does his own paracentesis or thoracentesis! It means we don't have to do it under ultrasound with the radiologist! We still have to mark the spot for the thoracentesis, but it takes a few min compared to an hr when we bring them to our department. So, tell Jared good job!
ReplyDeleteWow way to go Jared, thanks for explaining Christy, because I had no idea what you were talking about. I love the age 3 when they want to play make believe.
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