Darth Vader Came Last Night

When I got home from yoga this morning I could hear Drew walking across the room he sounded like Darth Vader. I scooped him up and his really clear running nose was now disgusting. My only thought - "It is a holiday weekend!! I am never going to get him into the doctor today!!"

I called the pediatrician and they didn't have any appointments, but told me to come in and they would work us in. I am so glad that we were able to get in. He is just starting with an infection, one lung was clear, one was starting to get fluid in it, and his ear are red. I think that we caught it just in time - and probably saved Drew from a miserable Christmas. We are starting him on antibiotics today and hopefully he will be ready and healthy for Christmas morning.

Of Course We're Sick

Christmas is in 4 days so of course we are sick. The holidays come and someone has to be sick....it is like Murphy's law. I was sick over Thanksgiving, so I guess it is time for everyone else to get sick now. Drew was starting to get wheezy yesterday, and has not felt good all day. This morning Tysie started with the same junk. I have been giving them medicine today, and they have both taken good naps. Hopefully the next couple of days everyone can get some good rest and the colds will be gone by Monday. (We will keep our fingers cross)

Friday Funnies

I thought I would share some of our family funniest that I haven't wrote yet.

Miles: Miles is trying to teach himself how to read. So we are in the stage of Mommy how do you spell...? The other day Miles was trying to write Power Rangers SPD (which our kids SCP - that is our pool supply company) So we start P - P, O - O, W - is that like a M but upside down - Yes, E - E, R - R, New word R - I all ready did a R, no this is another R, but I already have an R, Power has an R, and Rangers an R, I ALREADY HAVE AN R, OK....A - A, N - N, G - I don't know how to do a G, yes you do it is like a C with a line in the middle, oh yeah G, E - E, S - S, then for SPD you just write the letters SPD, no how do you spell SCP, just SPD, no I need the letters that spell SCP, honey they are just letters SPD, they are not a word. You're not listening to me I want to know how to spell SCP, SPD. (This went on for awhile, then he gave up, and decided that I wasn't listening and left the room)

Tyson: Tyson was singing "Santa Claus is coming to Town". After listen to him, I realized that he singing the tune of the song, but made his own words....something all the lines of "You better watch out, you better not fight, Power Rangers are coming to town." Can you tell what is on the mind our boys, I think that it is reach obsession levels.

Drew: Drew gets so tickled with himself every time he does something new. So we were eating dinner and I have a little basket that has the napkins in it that I set on the table. Drew opened up the basket grabbed a napkin wiped his face, and then put it back in the basket. Then he looked around the table with a huge smile to make sure that everyone saw what he did. Then he started laughing and kept doing it, because everyone would laugh at him...I think that we may have another family clown.

The Wisemen came from the East

Miles had his school program for the parents yesterday. It was really cute. They acted out the Nativity for us and then sang a couple of songs. Miles was a wiseman, so we made him a cape and added a fur collar that Grandma Whatcott let us borrow. We also made him a crown - he was disappointed that I made him use one from Burger King that I decorated, but I couldn't find a dress up crown that was not a princess crown for him. I thought that he looked really cute.

Yeah Tyson!!

Tyson has made it one week with the potty training. It has been a good week, we have a couple of accidents - mostly not being able to get his pant down, or buttons undone fast enough. He has done really well, I am VERY proud of him. Because he has been going potty this week we went to the store and picked out a toy. He got a new Power Ranger something, I am not sure what it is, I don't think knows either.....but it is Power Rangers and that is all that matters.

Oh Miles

We got home late last night and had early church this morning. So after church we decided everyone in the family needed to have a nap. That was a great idea and embraced by everyone in the family except Miles. He decided that he didn't want or need a nap. So we made a deal that he could have quite time in the playroom. Rules: No TV, no snacks, no computers, and he had to stay in the playroom. We both agreed, I laid down, Miles went to the playroom.

I little while later I heard the microwave door close. I flew out of bed and could immediately smell the burnt popcorn. As I ran past the playroom the TV was on, both mine and Troys computers are sitting on the floor with various things plugged into them. I got down stairs and Miles is cooking popcorn and getting himself a drink. The microwave is smoking!!! I am not sure how long he cooked it for, but ithere is a pocorn bag on fire in my microwave. Now my house stinks!!!

I woke my Troy to help me with the smell issue in our house. We opened up the windows and put fans in the windows, I scrubbed the microwave but it still stinks, I think that it is going to take many cleaning. I am now trying to boil vinegar water and let it set to take out the smell. Every time I open the microwave to change the water, I have to re-clean it because there is brown gross stuff running down the walls. So I guess it is working, but this is gross.

We also went and bought a air purifier....no make that two air purifiers the first one was broken. I put our dinner back in the refrigerator and we left our house for about 4 hours while we let it air out. It was to cool today so we couldn't let the kids stay in the house with all the window open.

I think that it is smelling better tonight, I least I can sit here without my eyes burning like before. I have all my candles going, and I just made cookies. I hope that the smell in gone soon. I do think that it will be awhile before I make anymore popcorn. I think that Miles will wait until Mom can help him next time.

Night Out with my Miley Smiley

We had a fun day as a family today. We took the boys down to the Galleria Mall in Dallas today. I don't think that I have been to this mall since Miles was a baby. The mall was beautifully decorated, and there was a small horn band playing Christmas music that could be heard through the mall. The boys really liked to watch the ice skaters skating around the big Christmas tree. If I would have been thinking before I left I would have grabbed my camera and let Troy take the boys ice skating - but I wouldn't let Troy take the boys for their first skate without pictures. I guess that we will have to do that another day.

Miles and I had our first Miles and Mommy date tonight. I thought that it was fun and enjoyed the time with Miles. We went and watched the Frisco Chorale that Aunt Ruth and Emmi are in perform. I loved it, Miles like the songs that were jazzy so that he could dance around on my lap. He also really got into the clapping. I guess that we don't get to go many things where he gets to clap. To help keep his attention I kept telling him, you are going to really like the last song. It was the Hallelujah Chorus. He was spellbound by the song - and after it was over he looked at me and said, "your right Mom, I did really like that song."

I hope this was the first of many dates night that I get to have with my boys, including their Dad. :)