The Party Guests included:
Asher
Joshua
Cade
Judah
Matt
Josiah
Cake Time:
Evan drew the picture that is on his cake.
Present Time:
Game Time:
Marshmallow Towers
Charades: Click Here for awesome for charade ideas.
Outdoor Relay Races:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Happy 10th Birthday Evan!
Evan celebrated his tenth Birthday on August 2nd, 2009. The Bingaman family rules include only have birthday parties on big year birthdays (5yrs, 10yrs, 13yrs, 16yrs, etc.). Since this was a big year, he chose to have a big party which included several of his friends, a sleepover (in a tent outside), and a play date for the next day. The boys had a great time.
The Party Guests included:
The Party Guests included:
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Stay Tuned...
Alright, I'm back. At least for a little while. Stay tuned for numerous posts about nothing.
I am planning to post about our summer happenings. You don't want to miss it!
I am planning to post about our summer happenings. You don't want to miss it!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Summer Recap
Where have I been all summer? This about sums it up.
Lydia starred in a puppet show at the local Library.
We saw this peacock on the road near our house. We were able to watch it for a long time.
Joshua won all those tickets playing one game at Chuck E cheese. He kept getting the Super Bonus.
We found this caterpillar at Pastor Dave's house during the staff picnic. It's a good thing Eric Nehrt wasn't there or he would have had the kids eat it!
Summer 2009 Happenings:
Lydia starred in a puppet show at the local Library.
We saw this peacock on the road near our house. We were able to watch it for a long time.
Playing with Pap while visiting Nana in the hospital.
Joshua won all those tickets playing one game at Chuck E cheese. He kept getting the Super Bonus.
We found this caterpillar at Pastor Dave's house during the staff picnic. It's a good thing Eric Nehrt wasn't there or he would have had the kids eat it!
We took a trip to the Wolfgang Candy Factory in York. The kids were loving the hairnets!
Friday, July 3, 2009
My Little Entrepreneur
I am learning that I must be more thorough in my answering of Joshua's questions. Last year he decided to collect the slugs that were in our yard. He then proceeded to go door-to-door selling them. He didn't get any takers. I totally had no idea that he did this until one of our neighbors told me they thought it was cute that he was trying to sell slugs! I learned that I need to watch him more carefully when he is outside.
One day last week he came up to me with a bucket of various toys (foam shapes, broken airplane, farting putty, etc.). He asked if he could sell those toys. I said sure. Before this, we have been getting our unwanted items ready to take to our family reunion. Naturally, I assumed he was also wanting to "sell" his things there. A few minutes later he went outside to play. I didn't think anything of it and went back to cleaning. He comes running back in the house all excited and said, "Mommy, I just made 2 dollars!" WHAT?!? He explained how he went door-to-door selling his toys.
I was torn as to what to do. I didn't want to crush his spirit but I also needed to discipline him for doing that without my permission. I asked him what houses he went to and luckily, he only went to the neighbors who would think that was the greatest thing. I walked with Joshua to their house and explained how he couldn't keep the money because he did it without my permission. They are such great people they insisted that Joshua keep it because they always wanted farting putty and and airplane.
Joshua and I had a great talk. I see him being the president of a huge company one day. He loves to come up with new business ventures.
One day last week he came up to me with a bucket of various toys (foam shapes, broken airplane, farting putty, etc.). He asked if he could sell those toys. I said sure. Before this, we have been getting our unwanted items ready to take to our family reunion. Naturally, I assumed he was also wanting to "sell" his things there. A few minutes later he went outside to play. I didn't think anything of it and went back to cleaning. He comes running back in the house all excited and said, "Mommy, I just made 2 dollars!" WHAT?!? He explained how he went door-to-door selling his toys.
I was torn as to what to do. I didn't want to crush his spirit but I also needed to discipline him for doing that without my permission. I asked him what houses he went to and luckily, he only went to the neighbors who would think that was the greatest thing. I walked with Joshua to their house and explained how he couldn't keep the money because he did it without my permission. They are such great people they insisted that Joshua keep it because they always wanted farting putty and and airplane.
Joshua and I had a great talk. I see him being the president of a huge company one day. He loves to come up with new business ventures.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Mulberries
I just found out that mulberries are not poisonous. We have 2 trees in our yard and would never let the kids eat the berries because we didn't know if they were edible. It only took 2 years for me to figure out that I could research them online. Duh!
Guess what, they are (edible)! The kids were so excited! They just couldn't wait to try a berry. After we tried them, we realized how good they are. Those berries are really sweet. The only bed part is that they don't have a very long shelf life. Because of that fact, I tried to dehydrate them. Just an FYI, don't ever try that, they were really gross. I don't understand what happened to cause them to taste like cardboard.
We'll stick to the fresh berries. Whenever the kids are wanting a snack, all they do now is get a bowl and go outside to pick berries. I couldn't ask for a healthier snack.
Anyone out there in bloggy world have any recipes using mulberries?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Hokey Pokey
Last night we tucked everyone in, said prayers and were about to leave the boy's room when this conversation took place:
Joshua: Mom, wait!
Me: What do you want, Joshua?
Joshua: The first thing I'm going to do when I get up in the morning is do the Hokey Pokey.
Me: Oh yeah, that's great.
Joshua: I'm even going to do the part, put your bottom in, put your bottom out, put your bottom in and shake it all about. I like that part.
Me: I can't wait for that.
If anyone wants to join us, feel free to come on over.
Joshua: Mom, wait!
Me: What do you want, Joshua?
Joshua: The first thing I'm going to do when I get up in the morning is do the Hokey Pokey.
Me: Oh yeah, that's great.
Joshua: I'm even going to do the part, put your bottom in, put your bottom out, put your bottom in and shake it all about. I like that part.
Me: I can't wait for that.
If anyone wants to join us, feel free to come on over.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Noisetrade
I wanted to fill you all in on a really cool freebie.
It's called Noisetrade.
It's a site where you can get FREE music. The only catch is that you have to put in 5 email addresses. So if you have ever gotten an email from us telling you about some new music, now you know why.
The site was started by Derek Webb (one of the members of Caedmon's Call). Artists can put their music on the site to promote themselves.
We absolutely love this site. We have gotten so much really cool christian music from here.
Go ahead and check it out.
It's called Noisetrade.
It's a site where you can get FREE music. The only catch is that you have to put in 5 email addresses. So if you have ever gotten an email from us telling you about some new music, now you know why.
The site was started by Derek Webb (one of the members of Caedmon's Call). Artists can put their music on the site to promote themselves.
We absolutely love this site. We have gotten so much really cool christian music from here.
Go ahead and check it out.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Stinkodorant
A few days ago, Joshua asked when he could start wearing stinkodorant.
We said when you stink.
We said when you stink.
Yet Another Update
Hi all, Sorry I haven't updated in a while. After getting home, I had to get school finished and now that School is over, I have lots more free time.
Here is the latest.
Mom was in the hospital for 3 weeks to the day. A few days before she was discharged, the doctors finally ordered a Nueropsycologist eval. I was very happy to hear that. I was asking for one for the whole time while I was there but the doctors were not listening to me because she was not listed as being incompetent. I still don't know the results of that because my dad never asked the doctors and they won't tell me.
She was discharged to a rehab facility. She got the the facility around 4:45 in the afternoon. Around 11 PM that same night, she was taken to the ER because her blood sugar had spiked to over 600. (That's diabetic coma range). They got her stabilized and sent her back to the facility. Somewhere along the line she missed a dose of her insulin which caused the spike. When she got back to the facility, around 6AM, she called my dad for him to come and pick her up. She checked herself out and went home. All I can say is STUBBORN!
She has been home ever since. The first day after being home, my dad took her to their family doctor who took her off most of her meds. I was really nervous about that because it took 3 weeks for her to be stabilized in the hospital with the medicine she has been on.
At times she can't remember her phone number. At other times she can't remember where her silverware goes. She doesn't remember me being there. She has not been sleeping too well. She sleeps more during the day than she does at night. She has been getting therapy at the house twice a week. This has been the last week for that.
I talked to her the other day and she seemed to be doing better. I can't get a straight answer out of my dad though. I call him to ask about her and he says, "OK, here she is, you can talk to her." You know how frustrating that is?
I just need to remember that I can't burden myself with their situation. I can't change it. They are not willing to move closer to be near family. There is not much more that I can do.
Thanks for all of your prayers. I really appreciated it. There has to be a reason why she pulled through. Time will tell.
Here is the latest.
Mom was in the hospital for 3 weeks to the day. A few days before she was discharged, the doctors finally ordered a Nueropsycologist eval. I was very happy to hear that. I was asking for one for the whole time while I was there but the doctors were not listening to me because she was not listed as being incompetent. I still don't know the results of that because my dad never asked the doctors and they won't tell me.
She was discharged to a rehab facility. She got the the facility around 4:45 in the afternoon. Around 11 PM that same night, she was taken to the ER because her blood sugar had spiked to over 600. (That's diabetic coma range). They got her stabilized and sent her back to the facility. Somewhere along the line she missed a dose of her insulin which caused the spike. When she got back to the facility, around 6AM, she called my dad for him to come and pick her up. She checked herself out and went home. All I can say is STUBBORN!
She has been home ever since. The first day after being home, my dad took her to their family doctor who took her off most of her meds. I was really nervous about that because it took 3 weeks for her to be stabilized in the hospital with the medicine she has been on.
At times she can't remember her phone number. At other times she can't remember where her silverware goes. She doesn't remember me being there. She has not been sleeping too well. She sleeps more during the day than she does at night. She has been getting therapy at the house twice a week. This has been the last week for that.
I talked to her the other day and she seemed to be doing better. I can't get a straight answer out of my dad though. I call him to ask about her and he says, "OK, here she is, you can talk to her." You know how frustrating that is?
I just need to remember that I can't burden myself with their situation. I can't change it. They are not willing to move closer to be near family. There is not much more that I can do.
Thanks for all of your prayers. I really appreciated it. There has to be a reason why she pulled through. Time will tell.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Mom Update
Hi guys, here is the latest on my mom. I have been home since late Tuesday afternoon and am trying to get back int he swing of things. I am really tired. I think all of the nights of getting woken up by the phone and that one all-nighter that I pulled is finally catching up to me.
She had a rough night 2 nights ago. She started hallucinating again. She woke up around 2AM and was convinced there were snakes under her bed. She wanted to sit up in her chair for a while. After some time of her sitting in her chair, she slid herself down in the chair almost to the point of being on the floor. The nursing staff came into the room to lift her back to a sitting position. She freaked. She started kicked them. She started screaming. She threw her water on the one nurse. Security was called and when a very muscular security guard came to the room, she started obeying the nurses and finally settled down. To top that, later on yesterday, she told my uncle (mom's brother, who went to FL to relieve me) that the hospital staff is kidnapping kids, loading them up in a van, taking them to a mountain and disposing of them.
At first, we thought the meds were making her hallucinate. My uncle stayed at the hospital until 9:30 last night so he could talk to the doctor. He asked the doctor if any of the meds could be causing this reaction. The doctor told him absolutely not. It is brain related.
Overall, physically she is doing good. she is weak but that is to be expected with what she has gone through. She has been refusing her breathing treatments (because she is convinced they are poisoned) which causes her to become congested when she lays down. This in turn wakes her up in the middle of the night and then the hallucinations start. Her blood sugar is running consistently high (250 - 350). The doctors reduced one of her meds to see if that could be part of the problem.
She is supposed to be released to rehab today. But it depends on her night last night. I am still waiting to hear how she behaved. Because she is not listed as incompetent, we have no say in the matter of if she goes to rehab or goes home. Personally, I am pushing for rehab. I don't feel like she will be safe at home. Last night when the doctor finally came in the room (at 8:20 PM) he told mom that he is recommending rehab for her. There were 4 family members in the room at that time and each one took turns telling mom that she would be safe there and that she would get her strength back if she went. Finally after 15 minutes of trying to persuade her to go, the doctor asked for her answer. She said that she didn't want to go but if everyone thought it was a good idea, then she guesses that she should. Then she started crying. She wants to go home so bed. I totally understand how she is feeling. If I was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks straight, I would want to go home too.
Please keep praying. Pray that the hallucinations stop. They might even be spiritual related, i don't know. Please pray that she will go to rehab and the transition will be smooth. Pray that my dad has the guts enough to stand up to her and convince her to go. Please pray that her blood sugar will get regulated. Please pray for her short term memory to come back.
Thanks guys, you're great.
She had a rough night 2 nights ago. She started hallucinating again. She woke up around 2AM and was convinced there were snakes under her bed. She wanted to sit up in her chair for a while. After some time of her sitting in her chair, she slid herself down in the chair almost to the point of being on the floor. The nursing staff came into the room to lift her back to a sitting position. She freaked. She started kicked them. She started screaming. She threw her water on the one nurse. Security was called and when a very muscular security guard came to the room, she started obeying the nurses and finally settled down. To top that, later on yesterday, she told my uncle (mom's brother, who went to FL to relieve me) that the hospital staff is kidnapping kids, loading them up in a van, taking them to a mountain and disposing of them.
At first, we thought the meds were making her hallucinate. My uncle stayed at the hospital until 9:30 last night so he could talk to the doctor. He asked the doctor if any of the meds could be causing this reaction. The doctor told him absolutely not. It is brain related.
Overall, physically she is doing good. she is weak but that is to be expected with what she has gone through. She has been refusing her breathing treatments (because she is convinced they are poisoned) which causes her to become congested when she lays down. This in turn wakes her up in the middle of the night and then the hallucinations start. Her blood sugar is running consistently high (250 - 350). The doctors reduced one of her meds to see if that could be part of the problem.
She is supposed to be released to rehab today. But it depends on her night last night. I am still waiting to hear how she behaved. Because she is not listed as incompetent, we have no say in the matter of if she goes to rehab or goes home. Personally, I am pushing for rehab. I don't feel like she will be safe at home. Last night when the doctor finally came in the room (at 8:20 PM) he told mom that he is recommending rehab for her. There were 4 family members in the room at that time and each one took turns telling mom that she would be safe there and that she would get her strength back if she went. Finally after 15 minutes of trying to persuade her to go, the doctor asked for her answer. She said that she didn't want to go but if everyone thought it was a good idea, then she guesses that she should. Then she started crying. She wants to go home so bed. I totally understand how she is feeling. If I was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks straight, I would want to go home too.
Please keep praying. Pray that the hallucinations stop. They might even be spiritual related, i don't know. Please pray that she will go to rehab and the transition will be smooth. Pray that my dad has the guts enough to stand up to her and convince her to go. Please pray that her blood sugar will get regulated. Please pray for her short term memory to come back.
Thanks guys, you're great.
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