Up your nose with a rubber hose...errr...plastic dot

So "Little Miss Social" (as my boss refers to my daughter) and I decided to play some games tonight. Midway through our Disney Princess Monopoly game I had to take a phone call so she went down to her room.

I called her back into the living room to finish the game, which took her a bit to get there for reasons that will be made known shortly.

She came in, and sat down and then immediately told me she needed to go blow her nose and went running to the bathroom.

She then came back in and sat back down and announced to me "Daddy, I have a sharp boogie in my nose, so if I'm sniffing for the next couple of days or so, that's why"

I didn't quite believe her "sharp boogie" story so I quizzed a little further.

Apparently while down in her room she found a "green piece of paper" on the floor that she thought would be a great addition to her septum.

After several attempts of trying to blow it out I looked up there with a flashlight and finally thought I saw it. It was way up there so I didn't attempt to remove it.

We called the nurse and ended up at the ER tonight where they used a long set of tweezers and removed this:



It's a green plastic color coding sticker we use at work to code computers.

In retrospect it's kind of funny....until I get the bill for the ER. :/

My New Stuffed Animal

On Friday, I (Natalie) finally got a new stuffed animal that I have wanted for a long time. I named my new stuffed animal Molly. She is a cute little black lab. I can play with her on the computer too! Daddy and I have fun dressing her and training her. I love buying new things for her room - bathroom and bedroom stuff. She can even use a real potty. I think that is really funny that she can sit on it like a person. And I love her because I always have wanted a black lab stuffed animal.

Happy New Year 2009

Natalie really wanted to update her blog with a post by her, but tomorrow is the first day back to school after a nice Christmas vacation so I thought I would share what we've been up to the last couple of weeks. We enjoyed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my family. The cousins had a lot of fun playing on Christmas Eve. We all really enjoyed Auntie Theresa and Uncle Gary's gift to Natalie on Christmas Day - a karaoke machine. Natalie would love to hear Brian singing again because she believes that he is an excellent singer.

Last weekend, we were able to celebrate with Grandpa Wes and Grandma Julie. Natalie had fun digging through her new craft shelves. And we all enjoyed the karaoke machine again. Nate and Natalie had fun celebrating with Nate's side of the family on Sunday. They had a good time and Natalie came home with a lot more fun stuff to do!

Natalie spent a good majority of her Christmas vacation with her good friends, Joshua and Hannah. They had a lot of fun at open gym at the gymnastics place down the road, going to Chuck E. Cheese, and playing, playing, and more playing.

Yesterday, Natalie had fun with Samantha and Isaac at the Y. Samantha, Natalie, and Sara swam and swam until Sara was content to call it a day.

Last night, Uncle David came over and gave Natalie another fun present from him and Auntie Rhoda. We enjoyed dinner, playing, and a movie with Uncle David yesterday. Thankfully, he got home safely today traveling on the icy Wisconsin and Minnesota roads.