Parkinson Family: Heidi's Birthday

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Heidi's Birthday

On May 25th, only 6 days after Jared was born, Heidi turned 3 years old. We had a fun evening together as a family. Heidi has really figured out the whole "birthday thing" now and that was a lot of fun. All day long she kept singing "Happy Birthday to you" to herself. She also did really well opening up her presents. I had fun playing with her with some of her new toys.

We are so grateful to have Heidi in our home! She has such a loving, sweet personality. She is typically pretty quiet and easy-going. It has been fun to see her cute little personality come through as she has learned to communicate this past year. She loves to sing songs and dance to music. I also enjoy watching her play quietly by herself. She is really content to just play on her own but also enjoys playing with other kids. She puts up with a lot sometimes, especially from her older brother. One day at mommy's aerobics class, she had her toy taken away 5 or 6 times by other kids and I watched her quietly pout to herself then move on (She is so used to this at home). Mommy decided to help her learn to stand up for herself a little! Heidi also has a special relationship with Lucky, our dog, and can sit and laugh and play quietly with him. She especially enjoys playing with Erika and Kyle and is constantly mimicking what they say and do.

Having fun at the "Little Aggies" preschool in Logan at Utah State University (Part of the Up to 3 Program.) Heidi learned a lot there about following directions and interacting with other kids. She also became more vocal about what she wants and answering questions.

Heidi loves to read and can sit for a long time flipping through books. She will never turn down a story. Out of all my children, Heidi has definitely been my most cuddly. I love to cuddle with her at bedtime. I will miss this as she grows older. She is still a "mommas girl" and she and I have a special bond.

Heidi swinging at the Dinosaur Park in Ogden back in April. She has gotten quite the mind of own now and loves to wander and explore.
We love our little Heidi. She is so much fun and I am so grateful to have her as my daughter!

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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."