Egg Hunting
Easter Attire
Crazy Man Running Through Egg Hunt With No Basket and No Need for Eggs
Play-Doh Cake
Boomer Sticking His Tongue in a Fan
And of course, Snow
Happy Easter!!!
Happy Easter March 23, 2008
update March 21, 2008
Everyone is feeling better. No more fever, still some coughing (by all 4 of us) although I think that is getting better too. Boomer is getting more teeth. He just had 4 break through on top about 2-3 weeks ago and it looks like he is now working on the bottom 4. This boy is very serious about teething.
The weather is finally warming up. I cannot begin to tell you how happy this makes me. After spending some time outside in the sunlight I now feel like I just might be able to make it through this semester.
I joined a gym. Ha, funny, but true. Remember my running pact with myself? Well, I got new shoes even though I quit one run short of my goal. And I haven’t run since. I walked once in my shoes just cause Daddy’O was griping so much. I really need some motivation and a new gym is opening about a mile from us with free babysitting, classes, and lots of tv’s. We’ll see how it goes, it doesn’t actually open until May…
Oh, and March Madness is upon us. I have decided this is my favorite sporting event. I love the underdog/Cinderella aspect although I get a little emotional every game because the loser is so sad. This is the first year I did a bracket and its a little conflicting when I watch a game now, as I want the toprated team to win because thats on my bracket, but still find myself rooting for the underdog..
Update March 14, 2008
Night#5
Last night she slept a little better, although temps continued to go up in the 104 range. This morning she was cranky and said she did NOT want to go to school, which means she was feeling very yuck. Around 2 she began running a fever again (remember she is feverfree in the mornings). She also became very cranky, even though she had seemed to be feeling better. Since we’ve been home her temp shot up again (slightly over 104). After tylenol, a cold rag and a tepid bath I managed to get it down to 101.7
She is asleep right now, I am about to go lay down with her. I just wanted to leave an update. I hatethis, just want her to be well… OH, and I think she also now has pink eye. She really is having a rough time, and Daddy-O is on his shift again and Boomer really does not unerstand why Supergirl is getting so much more attention then him, although he’s handling it fairly well…
Maybe tomorrow will be better???
So much for experience March 13, 2008
It’s not croup. After two nights of temperature and what sounded like a croupy cough, followed by two days of no fever and lots of playing, night #3 began early with a nasty congested cough (definitely did NOT sound like croup) and temperatures that kept spiking to 104. Each time we would attack with Tylenol, cool rag, tepid bath, etc. Always to be followed several hours of ok-ness and back to temp of 104. This morning is another morning of no temp and playing. We took her to the doctor—just a cold, she says.
Why can’t my child get a normal cold, with a fever that is closer to 102. I have a feeling we are approaching yet another night of high-temp deliriousness with even more Tylenol and cold rags. Yuck. Poor baby. Did I mention when she has a soaring temperature and Tylenol she begans talking non-stop about the most random things?
We’re just really hoping Boomer doesn’t get it because he is not quite as tough as she is when he is sick…
Why I never get homework done March 11, 2008
9:00 is Supergirl’s bedtime. I realize this is late and we have tried repeatedly to make it earlier, but thus far all efforts failed. (she does take a good nap still)
So tonight I get her into bed at 9 block all of her stall tactics as I walk out of her room, take my shower and head downstairs to do some reading. A few minutes later I hear her at the gate upstairs. She is out of water and is thirsty. I reluctantly get her more water only to have her bombard me with questions such as Why do we have to rest? Why is it dark? Why cant I eat candy in bed?
I lay down the law and inform her she needs to be in bed I need to be downstairs doing homework. Why? she asks. Because if I don’t I’ll make bad grades and my teachers will be VERY disappointed (guilt). She says ok and heads to bed.
A few minutes later I hear crying from her room. Grrr. Now I feel guilty. I head upstairs sit down by her bed and ask her why she is sad (no tears evident). I don’t know, she says. Then she asks why we have to rest. I inform her we need to rest just like the dogs and birds and bears and all the animals.
She then proceeds to explain to me how bears lay down to rest, that their body makes the shape of an oval, that horses must bend their knees first then lay their head down. She goes on to explain the similarities between horses and donkeys, after which she explains the differences between the two, such as the fact the donkey says heehaw and has long ears. Which leads her into a discussion about bunnies and her pet rabbit at school. Mind you, I have not gotten a word in all this time. She also informs me I should be in bed at 9 o’clock, which I agree with. She then requests that her bedtime be changed to forty o’clock. I finally convince her of the importance of sleep and leave the room on good terms (not before she sings her month song she learned at school and informs me we have been waiting a VERY long time for spring).
It is now 10:22 and she is crying (not very convincingly) again. The girl is good and I am wishing Daddy-O did not have to work 24 hour shifts. I have yet to begin my homework and am instead writing this. I believe I will be VERY lucky to pass this class…
**I wrote this last night. Supergirl fell asleep shortly after I wrote it. However, at 3am she comes in my room crying saying she can’t sleep in her bed. She is doing the peepee dance so I take her to the bathroom. While peeing she begins a pretty nasty cough. Sounds like Croup (I am such an experienced mom now that I can say that because I’ve heard it before) I take her temperature and it is 102. Poor thing, now I am really feeling like a terrible mom. I give her some tylenol and let her sleep with me (don’t tell her dad). She didn’t actually fall asleep for about an hour and a half, but once she did she slept really well. Of course half an hour after that some scary wild animal starts making freaky noises in our back yard. But that’s another story altogether. And in case you are wondering, after a full day with no fever and feeling fine, Supergirl is now running fever again and is coughing. Definitely croup…
You must answer with a question March 10, 2008
This semester has had an impact on every member of this family. Daddy-O and I have both experienced a huge increase in both responsibility and stress. Most days we both feel stressed to the max and aren’t exactly feeling very sympathetic toward the other. We have absolutely no ‘alone time’ and we are horrible at making that time. We haven’t had a night without the kids since Supergirl was born almost 3 1/2 years ago. Pathetic? Definitely. I am really hoping to make a getaway maybe this summer. I don’t care where, just out, away, alone! In the meantime we have discovered the secret to our togetherness–JEOPARDY!! That’s right. Every night after the kids go to bed we play a quick game of jeopardy. And no, that’s not a code word for anything dirty. We have a playstation2 in our bedroom and only own 2 games, jeopardy and some other quiz show game (which is not as cool as jeopardy). We are both very competitive and take this nightly ritual pretty seriously.
So I have 2 questions:
Does this make us pathetic dorks?
How do you make time to get some kid-free time with your ’significant other’?
Dance Party March 9, 2008
This is what happens when you mix your sister’s tap shoes with your dad’s obsession with old-school rap:
Zoo Trip March 5, 2008
Before the giant snow storm on Tuesday, we had a very nice weekend and managed to make a trip to the zoo. It was some sort of amphibian weekend and if you dressed like a frog or a princess you got in the children’s zoo for free. As you might guess Supergirl was all over this one, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) for Boomer we do not have a frog outfit laying around the house…
He really loved the goats (as long as they weren’t butting heads) and liked to give them nice hugs:
Goats really love princesses:
I decided we need one of these in our house:
He was very interested in the naked mole rats, but really, who isn’t?
