Time to start Christmas shopping!

Happy Veteran's Day to Doak and Dan and all other veterans and active duty military that keep our country Home of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave!

We spent our Veteran's Day as we normally do...making Christmas Lists at Toys R Us
and shopping for Christmas. (Written Christmas lists coming soon!)

After the kids and I spent TWO hours in Toys R Us making their very EXTENSIVE Christmas list, we headed to the outlet malls with Mom Mom. When we returned home, Dad Dad asked Blaine why he wasn't at school, and Blaine told him it was Veteran's Day. Dad Dad said, What does Veteran's Day mean? Blaine paused and said, It means it's time to start shopping for Christmas. :-) Well, it IS what he had done all day!

Pondering the pits

My son was just in the bathtub. He was washing his body. Arm pits are a big thing in our house, always have been, have NO idea why! Anyway, I told him to wash his legs, so he did. I said, Okay. Let's go. He said, Hang on. I gotta wash my armpit leg. (Behind his knee) haha!

Sick no more!

Well, everybody's well at our house again, so we had a nice weekend! Sorry I didn't blog yesterday, but, ya know, it was a pretty special day for a pretty special lady, and it needed to be dedicated all to her!

As the kids headed back to school after three days missed, luckily they didn't miss much school work....or at least work we had to make up. Kylee had a little extra, but she handled it well. Blaine's class got a new t-shirt while he was gone.

He keeps telling me over and over and over that he HAS to wear it EVERY Friday and EVERY holiday. It's a pretty cool shirt. They each got to design their own face and write their own name. I LOVE it!


Friday night we did pizza and pay per view. Heaven! Kylee and I watched The Proposal upstairs while Joey and Blaine watched something about Babe Ruth downstairs.
Saturday morning, the boys headed to t-ball, and the girls went shopping. It was the annual Christmas Fair downtown. We always get carmel and chocolate covered apples and all kinds of dips, etc. This year there was this machine there that just vibrates your muscles. Mom got on it and was convinced it would help my fibromyalgia. To make a very long story very short, I bought it. I love it. I hope it really does help! I will do ANYTHING at this point for relief.

When we got back to Mom's house, Kylee ran straight for her favorite spot!

She even complained that I NEVER let her stay there, and she NEVER gets to be there, and I ALWAYS want to go home. So...I left her there!

When I got back to the house, I asked Blaine if he had a good time doing boy stuff. He said, We only got to go to t-ball. We didn't do anything fun. It's not fair. Life's never fair, is it? So we went to eat dinner and went to the baseball store.

Sunday, we had a nice day around the house. I did laundry, the kids played, watched TV, just hung out. I had decided, since Blaine didn't have curtains, he needed some. My idea was to get a curtain rod and hang all his caps on it, both storage and decoration. Not as many of his caps as I thought will actually GO on it, as they are either fitted or don't come apart at the back.

I'm positive, though, that this will fill up and become what I had intended.

Later Sunday afternoon, Dad Dad and Mom Mom showed up. Mom was carrying a bowl of dill dip (one of the ones we tasted at the Fair) and some chips. Unbenounced to me, my daughter had called her and asked her to make the dip, bring that and chips, and come over and visit. Is it worse that Kylee called or that Mom did it? Oh, well, the dip and the company was great!

Yesterday morning as I dropped the kids off at school, I saw Kylee RUN away from Blaine as he yelled for her. I sent her a text that I saw that and it wasn't very nice (ain't technology great?!). She, of course, didn't respond. Aw, siblings!
So now we're back to a regular week. Well, sorta. The kids and I have tomorrow off for Veteran's Day. We'll see what we can get into tomorrow.

Happy Birthday, Grandmommy!!

4-3-2-1-ZERO

4 days, 3 dogs, 2 sick kids, 1 me, 0 breaks!
That's right! I've been cooped up in my house four days with sick kiddos! Thanks and praise to God, it is NOT swine flu...or even seasonal flu for that matter!! They have been running fevers (102), coughing a LAWT, sneezing, blowing noses, all that yucky stuff. I am permanently perfumed with Clorox wipes, I'm afraid. The kids are feeling much better, headed back to school tomorrow, and Joey and I have no symptoms. I think Clorox smells pretty good right about now, even if every time I go near them, the kids scream, "Again?!?!"

Blaine's started Saturday morning with a low grade fever and coughing. He seemed to feel better, as you see from the Halloween pictures, but now I think that night may not have been the greatest idea I ever had. Kylee's started Sunday the same way. She felt really bad Sunday morning, started to feel better it seemed Sunday afternoon, crashed Sunday night. So she was just one day behind Blaine.

Yesterday afternoon, Blaine obviously felt better because he wanted me to get my camera to take this picture of he and his buddies. Can you tell he had cabin fever? I really think he could have gone back to school today, but as SOON as I mentioned school yesterday, he started fake coughing and crying.

His sister, on the other hand, being a day behind him and all, I knew was not headed back to school today. Last night with all the commotion of the TV, dinner, boys being boys, etc, this is how I found her on the couch.
I soon realized she would NOT be headed back to school today. Just as I suspected, when I woke her to give her her medicine, her temp was 102.

I decided since she had to stay home today, I would just let Blaine stay, too. I figured since I had to be home, it was better for him to have another day without being exposed to whatever is at school. By this afternoon, they were both feeling better. THey wanted to make brownies, but I was exhuasted and said no. Kylee asked if they could do it all alone, so they did!

You can't tell from this picture, but they have fought ALL DAY LONG today! About EVERYTHING! And NOTHING!

Blaine asked me earlier today, "Mommy, can we run to Target real fast so I can use my money and buy a Bakugon?" I said, "No, Blaine. I told you when you don't go to school, you don't do anything else. You don't get to 'run' anywhere today." He said, "That's ok, Mommy. I'll walk in Target!" Yup, he's feeling better.

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Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting at the computer, minding my own business, when I heard Blaine say, "Mommy, I threw your boobie thingy over the balcony. Can you tie it to my rope so I can pull it back up?" Yes, my bra was at the bottom of the balcony.

While you enjoy your laugh, this tired Mommy is turning in. I have 4-3-2-1-ZERO energy left!