Recent Happenings

Joel has been rotating through the Neuro ICU.  Most months when Joel has short call during the week, which means that wen he is on-call on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, he is only at work until 9:00pm and then can come home.  If he is on-call Friday or Saturday, he is on-call overnight.  That is super nice, because it means I will get to see him every week day even on call days.  The reason they do this, is due to how they organize nights.  Joel will have to do four weeks (2-2 week blocks) on night-shift this coming year.  All that to say, Neuro ICU is a little different--he is on-call overnight every 4 to 5 days.  I have to day, I don't like not having him home to help with bedtime, but it is pretty nice to have him around early afternoon.  He is normally able to sleep at the hospital for a few hours when he is on-call, so he only sleeps a few hours in the morning/early afternoon.  Since, this means he has been around some weekday afternoons we have had the opportunity to do some fun things with the kids.

First up, the zoo.  This trip we took Kyper' best friend, Frank, along.  The kids had a lot of fun.

Frank and Kyper popping up in the Prairie Dog exhibit.

Kyper talking to a prairie dog

Posing with the turtle statue after seeing all the reptiles.

Watching the gorillas

The polar bear swam while we were there!

Second up, the village.  There isn't to much to say about the Village.  We rode the train and the carousal.  We also watched the glass blowers make a glass bowl.

Anja and I

Kyper and Daddy

 Another fun thing we did was go to Eastern Market.  We did this on a Saturday when Joel had off and my parents came out to visit for the weekend.  We have lived in Detroit for a total of 6 years and just did this.  I think we will go back; it was fun.

Kyper and the big pumpkin

Kyper and Grandpa Herk