Monday, December 26, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
re-cOOperAting
GAMES AND FORTS
Things are looking a little better around here! The boys still have nasty coughing spells but no fevers and the energy levels are back up...in a good way. Since we have vegged in front of the TV for the last few days, I decided we needed a TV break not a jammie break...lol. Nothing like spending the day in your jammies cause it means you don;t have anywhere to be!! We spent the morning playing games and then building forts. Since it had been LAZINESS around here the boys were really excited to play with each other.
OUR FAVORITE GAMES
*Memory
Shut the Box...you play individually...in my top 3 to recommend
Apples to Apples JR.
Blurt
*Barnyard Bingo
*Go Fish
Toot and Otto
*Zingo
*Bingo
*Yatzee Jr.
*Connect 4
*Boogle Jr.
CLUE
Checkers
Chess...i can't play but T can go figure!
Monopoly...the real deal...Tanner could play for hours!
*= ones Sam can play and understand
Every fort needs weapons...light sabers, nerf guns and baseball bats!
We played Memory when Chris got home. Sam is getting really good. He got 2 matches in a row and was SUPER EXCITED...hence the blurriness!! Big prayers we are healthy for Christmas:)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
jesus take the wheel
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL...mama needs a break!
This is how I feel..ok so maybe it's a little dramatic! I am working on 2 hours of unconsecutive sleep and lots of caffeine. I quit drinking sodas in the summer but stress had let me straight back to a nasty habit. As I type, I have a cherry coke zero in the freezer...so wrong! Chris is chugging a quart of boiled custard...yes literally just drinking that nastiness out of the bottle.
We have 2 children with RSV...2 children getting breathing treatments every 4 hours...are you familiar with albuterol??
HYPER-CITY
Have I mentioned our house is only 1600 square feet? Hyper-city is not pretty when you can't go outside!
It is almost comical (not right at this moment) how out of character it (albuterol) makes the boys. Don't get me wrong, they are very busy but this is like someone pulled the self-control right our from under them...think spastic and impulsive 24/7. Sam has been coming up and licking us all day and poor Tanner is going so hard that he literally has an emotional meltdown or a crash! Sam and I slept on the couch last night...after taking him back to his bed at least 15 times, we finally just landed on the couch. At 3a.m., he was literally jumping on the couch...all I could do was cover my head with the pillow.
LOL...By the way both boys were pooting in the doctor's office visit, while the doctor was in there and I couldn't help but bust out laughing. Yes...it was very loud. Thank goodness the doctor we saw has boys...she laughed with us.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
applesauce&cinnamon ornaments
Cinnamon and Applesauce Ornaments
INGREDIENTS
Big jar of cinnamon(target)
Big jar of applesauce
Pour cinnamon into a bowl first.
Slowly add applesauce and mix as you pour.
It will seem like you don't have enough applesauce
but the cinnamon really soaks up the applesauce.
If you add too much applesauce it will be too sticky to roll.
Roll.
Cut.
Dry.
Hang.
Really fun. Really easy. Really yummy smelling.
Ours from last year are still in great shape!
quite the scare
Samuel James gave us quite the scare last night really this morning. He came meandering into our room around 11. As he walked in, I could hear a little wheeze. I woke up Chris and we gave him a breathing treatment...perfect...now to get some sleep. At 4:45 he came back to our room, with a wheeze so loud I sat straight up in my bed, yelled at Chris to wake up and get the machine. We loaded 2 abuterols into the machine. At this point, he was taking a gasping breath after every 2-3 words. I called the pediatricians office. It was 15-20 minutes before they called back and the abuterol had not seemed to kick in. He was retracting at the bottom of his throat(this is his typical m.o.) and in his chest(he never does this). Chris said what do you want me to do, "Just pray and don't stop until he's breathing ok again". The nurse at the pediatrician said "do not put him in your car...call 911". At that moment I felt like a terrible parent, should I have called 20 minutes ago?
Our paramedics were great, the nurses were great and the ER doctor was hilarious, so refreshing. Sam is much better...he got another treatment and a big dose of steroids. I called my parents to come and get Tanner, they didn't even ask why they just got in the car and came right when I needed them. I am so grateful to have my family here. When Chris called his boss, he was like been there done that...so grateful for understanding because I really needed Chris there.
We are at home now and I have napped and I'm working on drinking my coffee before I go on a quick run and go to the doctor for myself but I'm really thinking about what a big job being a parent is. I'll be honest sometimes my 1st instinct is still to pick up the phone and call my parents to ask the harder questions, to get advice or to get confirmation we made the right choice. This morning there wasn't time for that...it actually didn't even cross my mind. Making big decisions, like how to care my boys can be really scary but I it is so refreshing knowing my Heavenly Father is always with me in my decisions.
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