tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84263983922216417992024-10-24T22:26:22.932-04:00Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-30408995424701835812013-01-07T21:31:00.002-05:002013-01-08T22:28:10.048-05:00

You never quite know what will attract a person's attention or how long that something will stay at the forefront of someone's mind. In the same fashion, you never know what thoughts go through someone else's mind until they express those thoughts and you just listen. Thomas has been talking for days about a tree that fell behind Amelia's school. I hadn't really paid attention/understood the big

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-87023665746546363062012-07-29T21:10:00.001-04:002012-07-29T21:10:04.180-04:00

"Everywhere and nowhere"is the best answer! Everyone we know has been asking, and we don't have a better answer just yet. We have been so fortunate that friends have allowed us places to stay while we have continued to search for our next home. We've bumped around here, there, and everywhere this summer. We've written up and submitted 4 offers on houses. We've had sellers decide they didn't

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-82427571092766816582012-05-23T08:57:00.000-04:002012-05-23T08:57:29.276-04:00

We attended the 4th annual Touch a Truck event in April, and we'll add pictures from that event eventually. Thomas talked at length to Fireman Keith who attended Will's birthday party last year and was on the first firetruck that responded to our neighborhood fire last month. We learned that Station One has a fire pole to help the firefighters get to their gear and truck quickly. We had few

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-999899870737219272012-03-16T22:49:00.004-04:002012-03-17T06:55:08.615-04:00

This week, Amelia decided she wanted Thomas to have a sleepover in her room. As they were discussing it at dinner, John realized he would be left out, so he kindly let them know he would be sleeping over with them. We thought for a minute he may actually enjoy having his own room, but that was not at all important to him. He tried to tell them that he was going to sleep on the down-low (

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Thomas is always putting together items to create something new. Michael usually discovers his "creations" by looking and listening to him playing. He made a pepper grinder the other day with some of our "cutting food" that has halves of produce that velcro together. He used a lemon half on top and a carrot half for the long part of the grinder. He was twisting the velcro pieces back and forth

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-41994081041762883182012-01-25T22:38:00.007-05:002012-01-25T23:18:15.500-05:00

Our dear sweet niece & cousin Allison turns 16 on Jan. 26th. She is a lovely girl in so many ways. Her smile and beautiful singing voice are just tiny little glimpses into the wonderful person she is inside. If you ask our kids, they'll tell you how she loves each of them, loves her pets, her whole big family, her parents, especially her big brother Grant in Afghanistan, and her billions of

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If you would like to read to or sponsor this Kindergartner in her first ever Ephesus Elementary Read-A-Thon, please let us know! Pledge amounts are due by Jan. 20th and the funds need to be turned in by Feb. We'll try to capture some pictures of her reading adventures!

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00589481626285502645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-14226335313138708492011-10-21T12:50:00.003-04:002011-10-21T13:04:08.905-04:00

The other night some good friends came over for dinner. I looked into the living room to find all men and children thoroughly engrossed in their building projects with our Rokenbok sets. This was the scene, except their heads were all down. I tried to make them look up for the picture, but they wouldn't.This afternoon, Thomas has been playing with a handful of pieces while I've been cleaning up

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-27820351855550554182011-09-23T23:24:00.003-04:002011-09-23T23:38:05.586-04:00

John and Thomas are having SO much fun together each day. It took a few days after Amelia started Kindergarten for them to realize that she wasn't coming home for lunch and that they could play freely in her room without worry. John enjoys going to the baby doll crib and picking up the boy doll to take him on a stroller ride around the house. He'll often put the baby back in the crib, turn on

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-1036541229265273552011-09-23T21:44:00.008-04:002011-09-23T22:21:11.076-04:00

click on picture for more photosLast night, we used a groupon to eat at a favorite local place, The Flying Burrito. Yum. After dinner we sauntered into a bookshop a few doors down. We saw an advertisement for the author of the newer Amelia Bedelia books was coming to talk the very next night. Peggy Parish, from SC, wrote the original series, and her nephew, Herman Parish, has carried on the

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-63639344778190220182011-09-09T21:22:00.006-04:002011-09-09T21:56:25.494-04:00

Thomas started school this week! He is in Mrs. Wesley's 3 year old class on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the preschool across the street from our house. It's a special place because it's where big sister Amelia spent the past 2 years, but more importantly because it's at the church where daddy grew up!Thomas got to meet his teacher last year when her son Jonathan was in big sister's 4 year old

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-81241623655852197342011-07-16T08:19:00.002-04:002011-07-16T08:36:35.571-04:00

The last few months have brought us many visitors. I called Early Intervention/the NC Infant and Toddler program because of John's delayed speech. Jessa, our service coordinator came over to speak with us. Then she brought Van to evaluate him. Then she brought Ginny to do the speech evaluation. We got temporarily set up with Martha, a speech therapist who filled in until Michele came to work

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-72536285874380510242011-06-02T07:45:00.005-04:002011-06-02T23:18:29.344-04:00

She's been asking me to let everyone know it happened in case they don't recognize her anymore! We didn't have a tooth pillow ready, so we used the sweet little pillow cousin Allison made for her at Christmas one year. I stitched a little pocket on the front while she tapped her toes waiting. When Michael went in to exchange the tooth for a note and the cash, he found her clutching it tightly.

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-68279144983319690542011-06-01T13:06:00.002-04:002011-06-01T13:47:17.258-04:00

Just days ago, we were enjoying pleasant weather, attending lots of 5 year old birthday parties (like 6 in 10 days), looking forward to the start of summer, and hoping John would catch up with his expressive language. Here's a little glimpse of what's going on now!John - I contacted Early Intervention about his delayed speech development, and we've had a few meetings, evaluations, etc. to get

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-20707826967535469272011-05-21T21:12:00.004-04:002011-05-22T06:42:41.569-04:00

This week we celebrated Amelia Grace's 5th birthday. On the official day, the 18th, we met Grandma and Papa for lunch after preschool, and on the 21st, we had a backyard party with friends from school, church, the neighborhood, and some family. We had over 25 kids swinging, running, bouncing, and playing together before we enjoyed a fun set of cupcakes and a little follow-the-leader musical

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-40334321513681477012011-04-04T16:04:00.004-04:002011-04-04T16:19:19.678-04:00

John started January with thick fluid behind his eardrums...and here we are starting April with the 5th round of infected ears in 2011. Once in Feb/Mar, his ears were clear, but for the most part, he's had a rough time. Today, we'll start another round of antibiotics. Oh, and Thomas is on his 3rd round as well. He told the dr. he has something bad in his stomach that comes up and makes him

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-81519799888735059452011-03-30T17:00:00.001-04:002011-03-30T17:02:10.382-04:00

Dear Blog Readers,We have decided to make our Tweets private to friends and family. If you'd like to follow them then create a twitter account and follow @voshchev.Thanks,Michael and Leslie

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A few weeks ago, we took a longish (3.2 mile) walk to the pharmacy to pick up antibiotics for 2 boys who had ear infections. Amelia rode her yellow spider bike, Thomas rode the red pirate balance bike, and John rode in the stroller. Michael managed the two bikers quite well through the different neighborhoods, across the roads, down the bike path, across the highway, etc. Thomas was running

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-30495534701976607932011-01-24T08:58:00.000-05:002011-01-24T08:58:25.914-05:00

This is my experience working the volunteer shift at Kids' Exchange. The two guys in the video are my friends Duff and Sham.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00589481626285502645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-22871616599428210222011-01-14T09:55:00.003-05:002011-01-14T16:34:06.038-05:00

Today we're celebrating Uncle Luke's 34th birthday! Since Chapel Hill to Atlanta is a bit of a drive, we're sending our video wishes for a happy day. We usually buy the Uncle Luke's brand syrup from Sam's Club, so our celebration of this special day included "his" syrup, pancakes, and a stubborn candle. We hope you're having a great time today, Luke, whatever you're doing! With love from your

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-77717179979560360872011-01-08T20:43:00.000-05:002011-01-08T20:50:28.182-05:00

John's ECHO went well. He was completely still and calm for the procedure. We were not scheduled to see a doctor at this visit, but just to get the images of his heart taken. The doctors will be able to read them and call us back in if something looks questionable, but it did not appear that there were any holes or abnormalities. John just has a normal murmur to be documented. Thanks for your

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-71925393280601826482010-12-30T11:10:00.007-05:002010-12-30T12:20:20.847-05:00

One day this fall, I got fed up trying to figure out what was happening every night. I complained to Michael, "What the heck is happening? Every time I get John out of his sleepsack, he is wearing ONE slipper!" He replied with the old nursery rhyme. Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John, Went to bed with his trousers on;

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-66328334173612636502010-12-22T16:42:00.003-05:002010-12-22T19:42:34.532-05:00

We don't know exactly how the song goes, so maybe my super hero-loving brothers Luke and Caleb can teach it to us later. For now, he're our Spiderman singing his song... enjoy it!

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-10987653565709024382010-12-12T16:10:00.004-05:002010-12-12T16:55:21.126-05:00

This weekend the Thomas family cousins (and grandparents) were all getting together in Atlanta. John urped on Wednesday night, so we decided on Thursday to cancel our trip just in case he continued. Friday came and John was totally fine, still didn't have any fever or other symptoms. We decided to go ahead with our travel plans. Amelia went to preschool while we packed, so we picked her up

Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268009975469161536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426398392221641799.post-20742864612493267802010-12-04T22:11:00.006-05:002010-12-05T16:15:00.561-05:00

This afternoon, we were working on our Christmas cards when we looked out the window to see snow falling down! Shocking, since no one had even mentioned there was a chance. After I returned from a neighbor's funeral, enough had gathered on the ground for some real fun! We all got bundled up to play in the yard and stroller over to a nearby Chinese restaurant. We played with Aspen, Miles and

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