Lomshek Family

February 12, 2011

My Date with Ziga

About a month ago I realized that Ziga and I had not been anywhere FUN together (excluding errands, which I try to make as fun as possible), just he and I, since Zala had been born. Since baby #3 is on the way in a few short weeks I have really been feeling the need to have some quality one-on-one with him. Today we spent the afternoon at Science City and Crown Center. The day did of course involve a lot of sugar. Back to reality tomorrow...oh, Valentine's Day is Monday. Back to reality Tuesday I mean. Anyway....I have such an awesome, fun-loving, curious, sweet little boy, and I am so grateful that I was able to focus on him and only him for a few hours today. I don't know when it will happen again, but I realized the importance of stealing little amounts of time with my individual kiddos. However...on the way home, he told me how much fun he had. He also said he wished Zala had been there with us. Sigh....is there anything more romantic, truly, than sibs that adore each other (most of the time)?

January 26, 2011

Bad Dream

Around 5:00 this morning I heard Ziga crying in his room. I went in and told him everything was ok and he went back to sleep. This morning before school Janez and I asked him what the bad dream was about and he started smiling and said "naps." I guess some things are just truly dreadful to a 4-year-old ;)

January 22, 2011

Royals Fan Fest!

Our plans to go to Pitt were put on hold (hope my sister-in-law's kiddies and Starata are feeling better soon!) but we had a fun day anyway. Took the kids to Royals Fan Fest which was very cool. The kid ran the bases, took a pic with Sluggerrr (sp? always confuses me....), and got to eat ballpark food.

Snow, snow, snow.......

And more coming tonight---yikes!!

January 19, 2011

Ode to the Mini-Van

We bought a mini-van on Sunday. A Chrysler Town and Country Touring. Highly anticipated purchase (I think Janez digs it, although he might not admit it....). I LOVE it...it is so roomy, the doors are automatic (well, one is, we are getting the other one fixed...but they took some $ off the ask price for that), and it is pretty clean for an '05. The kids sit up high and can see a ton. There is a DVD player in case they really CAN'T entertain themselves...with headphones for the kids so parents can rock out to whatever they want to. Navy blue with gray interior. In the shop right now to get a few things fixed--sliding door, brakes a tad squeaky. Note to those shopping for mini-vans--there is less demand this time of year for them (everyone wants 4WD) so try to shop when it is snowy. Next time we probably won't be taking the kids....but hopefully that won't be for a very long time!

January 11, 2011

First Day of Swim Lessons!

Zala started lessons today---she has been soooooo excited to get in the water like her big brother. Ziga had a private lesson today, thanks to the snow and cold. They were both totally exhausted but had a ball.

January 10, 2011

December 2010 Pics

December was a great month! We had a few nice days, which means I got maybe one bag of our leaves raked (they are still out there, and covered with snow at the moment!) and the kids went with cousin Avery to see Santa with Grandpa and Gigi (that's when they were dressed up on the stairs). Christmas pics to follow in another album soon....

January 2, 2011

Ziga's Birthday 2010

Ziga turned 4 on July 12th 2010. We were in Cincinnati visiting family, as my cousin had just gotten married a few days before in Kentucky. We had a wonderful trip! We had Ziga's party the following weekend, and Zala and I drove with Ty and Steve to Cincinnati again a day later to attend my grandmother's funeral. The hectic travel, an exhausting first trimester, and the start of a very busy photography season made this post incredibly late--but to my sweet Ziga, here it finally is--better late than never!

Actual birthday was spent in Cinci with fab cousins Maisie and Max. We had a great day at the water park, compliments of Gigi, and went back to Gigi and Dude's for a delicious cookie cake, specially made by Jenni!

New Year's Resolutions

1) Take more pictures of my amazing family and our everyday moments

2) Actually do something with those pics--post to blogger, start creating scrapbooks (digital is ok too)!

3) Post to the blog once a week....familiar resolution from 2010. Oops.

4) Remember every day that my little angels are only little once--and use good judgement setting boundaries with work and housework so that I can enjoy their sweet faces, beautiful voices, and be a part of their wondrous learning and growing every day

June 29, 2010

Zala's 2nd Birthday

http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x141/ali_lomshek/Zala%20Turns%20Two/

I know, I know. It has been over 3 months. No good excuse, really, we have just been super-busy!

March 9, 2010

Questions, questions

Ziga has been especially inquisitive and curious lately. Some of my favorite questions:

Is it dark in our tummies?

How do we talk?

Where is the hole that babies come out of? (Me: That's a really good question, Ziga. What do you think? Z: Oh, it's the belly button, yeah.)

Whew---I wasn't ready for that one!

March 1, 2010

The Story of Zala's Entrapment

So, the big excitement at the Lomshek home today was Zala locking herself in one of the basement rooms. Ryan, our employee and friend, was kind enough to watch the kids while Janez and I ran over to Ziga's pre-school conference. When I came in the door, I yelled, "How's it going?" and Ryan, who is extremely laid back (and great with kids), yelled back, "NOT GOOD! Zala locked herself in this room!" Ryan felt bad, but keep in mind--this could have happened to any of us. Zala has been this close to being able to twist doorknobs and has been very fond lately of slamming doors in others' faces and saying "bye bye!" I guess has also been intrigued by the lock mechanism on doors as well.

As luck would have it--upon closer examination this room, where we keep a lot of our inventory in the basement, we discover that this door has a lock that requires a key. (Usually I just pick the locks if something like this happens....). We couldn't find a key that worked in the lock, and we couldn't coax Zala to unlock the door, so Janez had to bust the door in. He was quite the hero and Zala was very relieved to be in her mama's arms. Ziga of course was right there in the action and was very helpful in talking to Zala while she was behind the door.

So... we have a new repair to add to our list. Thankfully my wonderful husband came through again tonight and unclogged the disposal for me. Other news: After two days of being fever-free Ziga's fever appears to be back.

Good news--Ziga's conference went great and we are told he is very considerate of others and etc. etc. It sounds like he is doing great at his pre-school (which he loves, and we love)!

February 28, 2010

February

We had a great month--but it's been busy, and I've been slacking on posts! I created a photo album. Photos are in no particular order. But--we had Janez's birthday, playtime with Avery, a good couple of hours outside when it warmed up a little, and other fun times with friends. February flew by--we're excited for more fun times in March!

From February 2010

February 15, 2010

Teamwork

Ziga and Zala get along soooo well--and tonight they proved what a great team they are. While I was on the phone and doing dishes after dinner, Zala apparently told Ziga that she had to go to the bathroom (she has been sitting on the potty and doing something in there once or twice a day). When I hung up the phone I heard Ziga trying to lift something, and I went into the bathroom to discover that he had helped Zala onto the potty, by pulling her pants down, taking her diaper off, and lifting her up! Then he said, "there you go Zala." Just about melted my heart. And--bonus--she went in the potty! Awesome little people :)

February 14, 2010

This Morning....

....I turn on the baby monitor, finally, at 8:15 just in case I can't hear Zala when she wakes up after all. And, I hear lots of strange noises and am wondering what she is doing in her crib to make those noises. So, Ziga and I start to go up the stairs to get her (he always wants to come with me), and I realize that I hear noises coming from her exer-saucer, which I store in a corner of her room. She had climbed out of her crib! It made sense to me in a way--she really fought her nap yesterday--when she usually is very good about going to sleep--and Grandma, who was nice enough to babysit for us last night, said she didn't think she needed to go to bed ("no nigh nigh!"). So--this marks Zala's first time climbing out of the crib. I am very interested to see if she does it again. Ziga did it only once when we lived out in CA. Time will tell!

February 9, 2010

Batteries

So---I know I am neglecting the blog as usual, and this little story actually happened last week. Anyone who knows Ziga knows that he is very concerned when things don't "work" and will jump at an opportunity to find batteries, unscrew the battery cover, and make it work again. So, this was an interesting conversation.

Z: Mommy, do we have batteries?

Me(distracted): Yeah, Ziga, we have some, I don't know what size though, only double
A...what do you need them for?!

Z: No, Mommy, do we have batteries?

Me: Oh, like, in our bodies?

Z: Yeah, yeah! Like, so we can think.

Me: Well, Ziga, we don't have batteries because we are people, but this is how our bodies work (and then I launched into what I am sure was a confusing explanation of the heart and the brain--but I kept it as simple as I could. He was satisfied, in any case).

January 30, 2010

Zala's New Look

I feel pretty bad that part of Zala's little baby tooth is missing--but at least it is just a baby tooth!

January 29, 2010

TGIF

What a week! Janez got food poisoning on Wed and is just now feeling back to normal. Miss Zala fell on Steve's driveway Wednesday night and broke her front top tooth. Yesterday morning I took her into the dentist and she ended up having to have a Pulpotomy--a procedure that probably took about 15/20 minutes but seemed like an hour while she was screaming--to help her tooth heal. She'll have a chunk out of it unless we decide to do something further. At the moment, between her tooth and her scraped up lip, she is looking a little sad! Ziga was there during the procedure and was very good. In any case--I think we've had our fill of drama this week. I'm done until next month at least.

January 25, 2010

Eyelashes

I think I finally got a picture that does justice to Ziga's ridiculously long eyelashes. On my photo blog:

amlphotography.wordpress.com

January 23, 2010

Zala Tutu Pics

Pics of Zala in her new tutu (thanks Grandma!) are on my photography blog:

www.amlphotography.wordpress.com