Sick Day # 185

OK Benjamin hasn't been sick that many days this year, but sometimes it feels like it. A few days ago I was surprised when Ben slept 14 hours one night, and then took a 2 hour morning nap and then a 2 1/2 hour afternoon nap...boy must be a growth spurt. I left the kids with Jeff while I went to class and Jeff surprised me when I came back, with a little boy who had just woken up from a 1/2 hour nap.... what??? Jeff had to stay at school, so I came home with the kiddos. We had dinner, and I was feeding Ben when I realized that his head was HOT. 103.4' to be exact...hmmm this is why he's been sleeping. We gave him some Tylenol... and then put him to bed.

The next morning he still had a high fever. The only way I could keep it down was with medication. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with this little guys. We just had our 2 week check up from the last ear infection, and the Dr. said that his ears were still a little pink but almost all better....was the ear infection not really gone?

My amazing friend Tamri, came over to watch Ehre while I ran Ben to the clinic. Nope no ear infection, but his throat was RED. Strep? Fast culture said no, but they wanted to grow a culture just to be safe... in the mean time he is on another antibiotic. Poor Guy. He's just fussy during the day, and loves to be held. I have to say that today has been better than the last two days, but I sure wish he was better.

So I've included a grumpy/sad picture, and then one of us last night. He just wanted to be held, and he couldn't sleep long, he kept on tossing and turning. During dinner he started shivering really bad, so we gave him a warm bath, and he still shivered. I bundled him up and held him for a for a few hours, this is us watching a movie with Jeff.... good thing its been cold outside, I can't get too frustrated with having sick kids when I can't go outside and play.

Can we go swimming?

Grandma D. sent two pairs of goggles for the kids, while we were in NY. Ehre and Benjamin love to play with them. At least once every day Ehre asks if we can go swimming. Apparently my kids have noticed the incredibly long winter and are getting sick of it as much as I am. I guess the goggles will have to be used in the tub, until its warm enough to set up the pool.

Mommy can we go swimming?

Well, Grandma sent two pairs of goggles for the kids...and now they won't take them off. Ehre asks me every day if we can go swimming, it doesn't help that I just got some awesome brand new swimsuits for them in the summer at Good Will. :) ...maybe if she keeps on asking, the man up stairs will heat things up and summer will come faster! This winter is lasting for ever and apparently my children are aware of that, as much as I am. I guess the goggles will have to be used in the bath tub!

"I'd recognize that pout anywhere!"

"Three year old Ehre Maas pouts after loosing her soccer ball in the mud while playing around the Engineering Fountian Thursday Afternoon."

Susanne Jeff's co worker left the newspaper out on his computer, on Friday, then he brought it home to show us. Isn't it cute. My friend who usually watches Ehre and Ben had a sick daughter, so I asked Jeff to play soccer with the kids at Purdue while I was in class...and in trade he could stay later to catch up on homework. Before I left the kids, I explained to Ehre, that while it was a beautiful day, there were muddy places. I asked her to stay out of the mud, so that she would stay clean....apparently when her ball rolled into the mud, she had quite the pout, because mommy said that she couldn't go and get it out of the mud. :) She followed my instructions!!! The funniest part is that the ball was only a few inches away, she could have reached it but because it was in the mud, she wouldn't!

Anyways, I'll go to the newspaper today and pick up the extra copies I want to mail an original to grandparents!



In primary yesterday, one of my teachers asked if I had seen the newspaper. She is a good friend, and as she was reading the paper she realised that she knew that pout! Ehre is such a happy girl but if you get her playing and want her to stop often it isn't easy...making her quite the normal child.




I'm not going to buy the photos but if you want to see a clearer picture check it out here......hmmm apparently there were some pictures of Ben that were taken but they didn't print them..so hopefully tomorrow the editor will have emailed me the pictures! :)

One of our favorite things to do.... Play the Piano with mom.

Easter Fun

Here is a bunch of pictures from our Easter Weekend. It started with an annual Easter egg hunt (That was HUGE) with a stake family...it doubled in size from last year 1600 eggs for everyone. When we got home my VT called she invited us to their family's Easter egg hunt, so we went to that one too! Then we still had the small family basket that Ehre and Benjamin used clues to find this morning...but those aren't on the computer yet so there will be another post soon!