Merry Christmas 2009

Here is your second annual virtual Christmas card. Enjoy!

The Wilkins’ Family Quiz 2009
(How well do you know our family? Choose all that apply.)

1. At this time last year, we had the blessing of traveling from Michigan to Maryland for the holidays. Which of the following was not an illness that one of us was afflicted with:
A. Strep throat
B. the stomach flu
C. Tourettes Syndrome
D. Pneumonia
E. pregnancy (Yeah, it counts as an illness)

2. After finding a notice on the door of the home we were renting informing us that our house was going to be auctioned due to our landlord’s impending foreclosure, we:
A. started a long and exhausting search for a new home to rent.
B. sued our landlords and were given the house as settlement.
C. had Realtors calling to schedule between one and seven house showings a day for three months.

3. On May 6, during one of those house showings, we decided to go out to dinner. While killing time at Bob’s Big Boy:
A. Denise continuously asked Barrington to tell her what time it was.
B. Jackson and Luke enjoyed balloons that were made into hats by a clown.
C. Denise decided that, yes, she was really in labor.

4. After heading home from dinner and putting the kids to bed, Barrington and Denise headed to the hospital where they:
A. perused the Internet on Barringtons’ Blackberry and updated Denise’s Face book status to:
Denise is in labor.
B. wondered why they waited so long to go to the hospital when the epidural wasn’t able to be administered.
C. welcomed Grant Alexander Wilkins into the world at 12:20 a.m. on May 7.
D. were “reminded” that the doctor wasn’t able to be found when the nurse continuously repeated, “Don’t push. You don’t want ME delivering your baby!”.

5. At 8 pounds and 7 ounces and 20 inches long, Grant was the _____________ of the three boys.
A. smallest
B. middle
C. largest

6. Denise and Barrington quickly learned that having children 20 months apart is far more exhausting than having children 4 ½ years apart. This is compounded by:
A. Luke learning to talk and scream “NO”, “STOP PIP”, AND “SUP UP”.
B. Grant’s colic and food intolerances that require Denise to avoid all dairy, soy and corn products or pay $100/week for prescription baby formula.
C. Jacksons constant imitations of Velociraptors and Wolverine.

7. We moved to a new house in August. The best things about the new house are:
A. The friendly neighbors and children right next door.
B. The pond that keeps Jackson and Luke busy looking for tadpoles, “ice skating” or being the receptacle of any object that will make an interesting splash.
C. The raccoons, foxes, groundhog and skunk that had to be trapped in order to make the yard safe for the boys.

8. In the move, we misplaced the box containing Grant’s birth announcements. Because of this:
A. We have no idea to whom we sent an announcement.
B. You might not have received one. (But we love you anyway.)
C. You might find that you have been sent two.

9. We had lots of visitors this year who came to visit or help with the new baby and/or move. Who came to see us?
A. Aunt Kim and cousin Anna (all the way from England)
B. Grandma Nancy
C. Pop Pop
D. Grandma Helen
E. The Tooth Fairy

10. Jackson (6) began first grade and his first year away from home all day. This has helped him to:
A. become even more responsible and polite.
B. realize how much he misses his family.
C. try (and enjoy!) new foods after seeing his friends eating different things.
D. learn to read.
E. become daring enough to do a cartwheel on the soccer field immediately after passing the ball.

11. Luke (2) began going to preschool at a friends’ home this year. He is fun loving, yet bashful. His favorite things to do at school are to:
A. play with the train table and Cars phone.
B. put himself into timeout.
C. repeat himself because he refuses to take out his pacifier.
D. flash his classmates by dropping his pants and taking off his diaper when the teacher leaves the room.

12. Grant spends his time:
A. watching his older brothers act like crazy people.
B. doing anything other than sleeping.
C. crying in his car seat.
D. being bounced or bouncing himself.

13. What we love most about this time of year:
A. Christmas cards, holiday decorations and Christmas carols.
B. Being able to stay in touch with the people that we love...YOU.
C. Celebrating the birth of our wonderful Savior.

With much love and wishes for a very happy and healthy new year,
Barrington, Denise, Jackson, Luke and Grant Wilkins

(Quiz answers: 1-A,B,D,E 2- A,C 3-A,B,C 4-A,B,C,D 5-A 6-A,B,C 7-A,B,C 8-A,B,C 9-A,B,C,D,E 10-A,B,C,D,E 11-A,B,C,D 12-A,B,C,D 13-A,B,C)