Samantha's first blog

My Pet Cat

pamelamyers | January 16, 2019

Sam and Mark have been practicing guitar a lot and often, the kitties are hanging around. They seem to like guitar music, which is not surprising. It’s a soft sort of sound that would appeal to a cat’s ears. Well…at least the acoustic guitar. Zach and Penny are not too fond of the electric guitars. One night Sam was practicing and didn’t want to play anymore, but I wanted her to keep going. Penny was hanging around so I told Sam to play a song for Penny. Sam picked a song called, My Pet Cat. I think Penny liked it!

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My Kid is Totally Going to Get Beat Up

pamelamyers | January 11, 2019

The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl last year, and somehow are in the playoffs this year, so of course, everyone is all hyped up about them winning again. As anyone who knows us knows, we could care less about the Eagles. Or football. Or sports. We really can’t get into all the hubbub that surrounds sporting events and how much time is spent on them. Because the Eagles are playing on Sunday, today was Eagles Spirit Day at school. Which means, all the kids are supposed to dress up in Eagles colors or wear jerseys or whatever they have. Sam generally loves spirit days and will participate fully. I knew she would not want to participate in this. So, this morning, when I was helping her pick out clothes, I pulled a pink pattered fleece top and jeans or something out of her drawer and told her that because it was Eagles Spirit Day, she should wear something so opposite Eagles, like bright pink, in protest. A few seconds later she says, “I’ll be right back!” and goes flying down the stairs. I hear her talking to the Google Home but couldn’t hear what she was saying. When she came back up she said, “I have to wear black, white, and old gold.” I asked her why and she said, “I asked Google who the Eagles were playing this weekend and it said the New Orleans Saints, so then I asked what the Saints colors are and Google said black, white, and old gold, whatever that is. So that is what I want to wear.” And, she did. A gold, black and white top, black pants with gold unicorns, a gold headband and sneakers. I can’t believe she made it home from school unscathed!

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She’s Growing Like a Weed

pamelamyers | January 10, 2019

Sam had her annual well visit today and she is healthy as can be! She only missed one letter on the eye chart so her eyes are still perfect (I don’t know where she got them – certainly not from either me or Mark!) and her blood pressure was normal. For the first time they did a cholesterol test via a finger stick and it came back normal too. I didn’t expect it to come back high – she doesn’t eat enough food, much less fatty food – for it to be an issue!

She is still a stick only weighing 52 lbs 4 oz (8th percentile!) and is 4 ft 3 in tall (22nd percentile). I always feel like she is getting so tall, and she is, but really, there are so many kids in her class that are taller than her. Her growth chart as far as the curve has remained the same, so even though she is super slim, the doctors don’t worry because that is how she has always been. She only gained a few pounds and not much in height, so I am going to try to get her to start eating not only more, but better foods. It’s still a battle around here with food. She is a….shall we say…selective eater. Still. That has not changed much. Only once in a while she will try something new, and even if she says, “It’s not bad” she usually won’t eat it again. I’m just glad that she is overall a healthy kid, hardly gets sick other than occasional runny noses, and we have very few trips to the doctor. Isn’t that what every parent wants? A happy, healthy kid? Well, we have one, and I am very, very grateful.

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Mary Poppins Returns

pamelamyers | December 28, 2018

Sam and I went to see our long awaited movie – Mary Poppins Returns! I am so glad that she likes going to the movies now because I really wanted to see it with her on the big screen. I don’t know that it was as good as the original, but it was magical and fun and captured the essence of the original film in a wonderful way. Sam was singing the songs in the car on the way home so I think it was a hit!

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Jerry’s Surprise

pamelamyers | December 26, 2018

Well, you wondered what Jerry’s surprise was, didn’t you? Here it is! When Sam got her new camera, there were more than a few pictures on it. I guess Jerry was having a swell time before leaving for the North Pole with Santa!