Bunch of Sickies

Mimi's glasses are so fun, right? Thanks for taking us out to lunch yesterday!

My little widdy is sick. Not only does she have her burned, blistered hand to deal with (and I have the momma guilt to deal with), but now she has wheezy breathing, a fever, chest congestion, and a cough that sounds like a dog's bark. No fun. She woke up super early at 6:15 this morning and just couldn't go back to sleep. So I brought her into bed with me, and the poor little girl's breathing is so awful. The worst part is, is that she needs to cough. But have you ever tried to tell a 13 month-old to cough? It really doesn't work.

Pathetic looking, no?

So to break it down, this past week has included two sick kids (yet not at the same time), one burned hand, lots of TV watching,  and  two bad bump on the head inducing  falls for my eldest. Surprisingly, we are all in good spirits! I just have to get enough motivation to clean my house, because Dave's BFF is coming into town today and staying for the next couple of days...

But, it is spring break now! Let's hope we all get better soon to enjoy some good family time.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Do you ever have one of those days where things start off really good but then somehow turn out not how you wanted at all?

One where you get back from your walk with your kids and you rush to get everyone fed and ready to go to your husband's Staff v. Student basketball game at his school which he's been planning for months and as you are trying to ready yourself and actually look presentable for going out amongst people and you are curling your hair and you set your curling iron down on the toliet, your 13 month-old manages to climb on the toliet (which, when could she do that??) and grab the still hot curling iron and let out shrieks of pain so you try to rush around giving her Tylenol and a teething toy to hold hoping that will keep the pain and blisters at bay and you somehow make it out the door and to the game with your two year old and burned 13 month- old in tow and keep her happy at the game for the first 30 minutes but then since the teeting toy has all but melted she starts to cry again, and I mean cry, so you take her to the corner and try to bounce her and sooth her, but let's face it, she's a year old and her hand is covered with burned blisters so you don't blame her, and that lovely mother-induced guilt is starting to set in, but you really want to stay and support your husband and the game is fun to watch but you soon realize that it just isn't going to happen, so you leave with your bawling girl and your sad boy because he wanted to watch dada and get a treat at the snack shop but isn't now since we are leaving early, so you try to make it up to him on the way home and get a shake at McD's but hindsight is always better than foresight since your daughter was screaming the whole time in the back seat, so you rush home and after your daughter is feeling better you get her in bed and then try to put your son in bed, somehow as you are brushing his teeth he manages to fall off the counter, hitting his head on the edge of the counter and landing haphazardly in the trash can, and immediately has bruising and a bump on the side of his head, so you get another teething toy and tell him to put it on his head once he's in bed. And once all the kids are in bed, which under your watch have suffered severe maladies, you watch some Office with your husband and happily snack on some Chex-Mix and think "You really cannot have too much Chex Mix," but later than night when you are up at 4 am writing a blog about your day since you can't sleep due to your Chew-Mix induced naesea, you realize you can.

Ever have one of those days?

But then I realize that it's not too bad since my SIL had to take her baby to the hospital yesterday (which Faith is okay- she has a cold they just wanted to make sure that she wasn't wheezing) so things could've been a lot worse. I am glad you are okay, Faith!

I am really proud of my hubby though. He put in a lot of work planning this event as the Student Council coordinator and managed to get a slew of students and staff to play each other in front of a sizeable crowd. The staff won by one point, and from the one quarter that I did watch, it looked like a fun time! I am proud of you, honey!




P.S. I still have lots of guilt about Clara. How awful of a momma am I?

#130

I've done one hundred and thirty posts. I can decide if that sounds like a lot of blog postings in three years or not. To celebrate such a commerative event, here's a video of my kids.

That's all, folks!

My Little Leprechauns

Aren't they sweet?

For some reason, I've caught some Irish fever. I normally don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day that much, but this year, it's different. Possibly because I have two kids now? I don't know. I made shamrock cookies with green frosting , have some green jello chilling in the refrigerator, and have corned beef and cabbage simmering in a pot on my stove. Let's hope I am lucky and dinner actually turns out good and eatable. (Last night's dinner I was very unlucky. I actually threw it out it tasted that bad. Too much garlic is a bad thing.)

Also, it's a super amazing day today. I thought that yesterday was good, but boy was I wrong. Today is even better! The high today is 69 degrees! What?!?! It's so crazy beautiful outside, at break time and after school today we just had to play. Thank goodness spring is here!

My little spring girl. She was pretty uneasy at first walking on all that grass!

M & M playing ball!



Clara loved the slide, and had a lot of good help going down!



I've never known a pair of lovelier twelve-year-old girls



I told everyone to jump at the count of three. On "Three!" the girls both jumped, and James laid down. Nice.



Everyone on the trampoline! Clara too!

James watering the plants. Those sprouts need all the help they can get!



 Hope you all are having a lovely spring day too!

What we are into lately

Each of my family members have been into various means of occupation lately. Now that spring has sprung (although we are four days away from officially saying that), each of us is finding something to do to pass the time. In no particular order, here's what you can find a certain Hocker doing at any given time:

Dave: Well, I should ask what he is not doing. He has the usual things, like school, Master's class, track practice (which started this past Monday!) and the like. One thing that may be interesting to note is that he has been "twittering." Is that the right verb of "twitter"? As he is now enrolled in the Educational Technology program, his one class 'forced' him to open certian accounts on the interenet that are now being used in the classroom. He had to get a blog, a meedo (what's that?) and... a twitter account. They didn't force him to get  a Facebook account, but it was recommended. Apparently all these things are being used in the classroom now days? I think that's crazy. So he had to get the twitter account for class, but if you ask me, I think it has turned into much more than just an 'assignment.' :)

Clara: She loves looking at cars out our window. Her "brrrrm brrrm" noise is spot on and used quite often. Anytime she is near a window, she points to it and says "brrrm brrrrm," knowing that cars will be out there. Normally, this is okay because she is pointing at the window in our living room which has a great view of the street and the cars that drive by, but sometimes this cute, little point is a out of place. Like when we are in the bathroom and she points at the window high up on the wall and says 'brrrm brrrm.' This window just faces some grass. It's pretty cute.

James: He loves drawing. We got him this sweet art easel for Christmas. One side is a chalkboard, the other is a white board. It's down in the basement so he draws on it all the time while I teach. He, of course, loves to draw trains, and over the past couple of weeks has gotten quite accomplished in his train drawings. He's also been drawing bees, houses, trees, and even writing his name. He's my little Picaso.

Here's Toby the train. There's the number 7, the bell, whistle, and smokestack. Even the square face.



Here's what the real Toby looks like, for those of you (gasp!) who don't know Toby.

Pretty good, right? I'm proud of the little bugger.

Cerissa: I've really been into walking. Since the weather has gotten nice out, I just feel this constant urge to be outside. I'll admit that even when it wasn't even good warm weather, I was taking the kids on walks. They were bundled up, to be sure. Just the feeling of fresh air, the breeze, hearing all the fun sounds that nature brings; there is just nothing better! Today I think is absolutely perfect. The sky is blue, the birds are singing, and there is a slight breeze. It was a perfect day for a walk. I think I might have even stepped into a Disney movie because some squirrels brought me a drink when I was thirsty.

What are you into lately?