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!

Happy Easter

Ehre is sooo cute! Today we attended two Easter Egg hunts, and she had a blast! We've tried to make today the commercial day and tomorrow the Spiritual day... I guess its working allright...this was her prayer this evening. She said the first few things and then I helped her out...and this was the result. I think she got confused, but Jeff and I had a good laugh!

Dear Heavenly Father…thank you for this day, thank you for my blessings and that I can sleep, thank you that the Easter Bunny is going to come… (Mommy helping her) “thank you for Jesus and the atonement so that we can return to thee.” … “in”….in …. “the”…. ….. house “name”….name…. “of”…. of …. “Jesus Christ” and the Easter Bunny…. “Amen”…Amen.

Apparently Ehre has gotten a full dose of Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone...pictures will come shortly!

Knock on Wood....

Our kids are well again. :) And today is Sunny so we walked to Purdue....all in all this makes us a very very happy family!

NYC

There is a slideshow of all our pictures....all ~250..... We had so much fun, and it seems like my dad enjoyed the time with the kids as well. There were so many different things to see and every night when we got home, my legs ached from walking all day. We only rode the subway 5 times and that was mostly when we had to meet a time commitment, other than that, we walked and walked and walked. It was fun, we saw, Newark Airport, Penn Station, Museum of Natural History, Chicago Uno (good pizza), NYC Temple (where we had church), Central Park (90% of it), Wall Street, Trinity Church, Ground Zero, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Battery Park, The Bull on Wall street, Mariners monument, Brooklyn Bridge, a professional photo shoot on Pier 17, China Town, City Library where they filmed "Day after tomorrow", Grand Central Station, Empire States Building, Soho, had Gellatto in Little Italy, a MONSER burger at Jackson Hole, .... and I'm still missing things here, but I can't remember them all. We stayed really busy and had a great time! Everyone should see NYC atleast once in their life time.

NYC

New York City Trip

Yup he's sick again...sorry dad!

Well, we just got back and Ben is sickkkkk. Ehre is all better but Ben's ears look bad...that explains the whole "momma's boy" syndrom for the past week. So yeah Dad, hopefully you don't hate us after this week..... so if no one sees us for a while....A) Jeff and I are in NY B) Our kids are sick and we arent' sharing. ....sorry!

doom doom doom ........doom!

..............pink eye is back. What does it take to cure this?! Poor Ben I can't figure this out at all! So I guess we'll be going back to the Dr. :(

German 101

MOST of you may wonder why I am posting this, but its something to show for all my hard work now that its mid semester. I can now write a few paragraphs about myself in German! Enjoy the reading!

Some of you may ask what our daily schedule is...well here it is:

Guten Morgens! Um sechs Uhr wache ich auf und lese das Buch Mormon mit meine Familie. Gegen sieben Uhr essen wir Früuhstuck. Wir singen Musik und spielen bis meinen Sohn schlafen geht. Mein Sohn heßt Benjamin. Er is ein Jahre alt. Meine Tochter heßt Ehre. Ehre und Ich lessen gern. Um Mittag essen wir . Benjamin und Ehre gehen um halb dreizehn Uhr schlafen. Ich machemeine Hausaufgaben. Mein Man ist Jeff. Er kommt nach Hause und nimmmt unsere kinder. Ich gehe an die Universität. Gegen achtzehn Uhr haben wir Abendessen. Meine kinder gehen um neunzehn Uhr schlafen. Mein Mann und Ich gehen um Zweiundzwanzig Uhr schlafen. Gute Nacht!


oh, did you have trouble understanding that...so did I!


My Daily Schedule.: I wake up at 6 am and read the Book of Mormon with my family. At 7 we have breakfast. We sing songs and play until my son takes his first nap at 9. My son’s name is Benjamin. Benjamin sleeps and my daughter and I work on reading. My daughter is named Ehre. At noon, we have lunch. Benjamin and Ehre go to bed at 12:30 pm, and sleep till 2. I do my homework. I leave the house at 3:45 to go to Purdue. My husband is named Jeff. He comes home and watches the kids. I go to class. Dinner is at 6. My kids go to bed at 7. My husband and I get ready for bed at 9:30. We go to sleep at 10.



Ich spieled as clavier gern. Ich singe gern. Ich wandere gern. Ich speile basketball nicht gern. Ich spiele tennis nicht gern. Meine Tochter tanzt gern. Mein Mann singt gern. Mein Sohn schlaft gern.

What I like to do: I like to play the piano. I like to sing. I like to go hiking. I do not like to play basketball. I don’t like playing tennis. My daughter loves to dance. My husband likes to sing. My son likes to sleep.


Ich heiße Ann. Ich bin 24 Jahre alt. Ich bin verheiratet und habe zwei kinder. Mein Mann heißt Jeff. Er is 26 Jahre alt. Meine Tochter heißt Ehre. Sie is drei Jahre alt. Mein Sohn heißt Benjamin. Er ist ein Jahre alt. Wir wohnen im West Lafayette. Wir kommen aus Orem UT. Die Eltern meines Manns heißen Garren und Becky. Becky kommt aus California. Sie ist Möllig, Klein und Hübsch. Sie hat braune Augen und hat rot-braune Haare. Garren kommt aus Wisconsin. Er is groß, mollig und freundlich. Er hat braune Augen und graue Haare. Meine Eltern heißen Mark und Doreen. Doreen kommt aus Arizona. Sie hat braune Augen un Haare. Sie ist klein und attractive. Mark kommt aus Lybia, Africa. Er hat grüne Augen und graue Haare. Er ist sher groß. Meine Eltern und die Eltern meines Manns wohnen im Orem UT.


Tell me about your family and what they like to do: My name is Ann. I am 24 years old. I am married and have 2 children. My husband is named Jeff. He is 25 years old. My daughter is named Ehre. She is 3 years old. My son is named Benjamin. He is 1 year old. We live in West Lafayette IN. We come from Orem UT. My fathers parents are named Becky and Garren. Becky comes from California. She is short, has brown eyes and brown hair. Garren comes from Wisconsin. He is tall and fat. My parents are named Doreen and Mark. Doreen comes from Arizona and Mark comes from Lybia Africa. My mother is short and friendly. My father is very tall and big. My parents and Jeff’s parents live in Orem UT.

NO MORE COLD WEATHER!

Myself and a friend have been emailing back and forth on the common theme that we are both ready for spring. To help me pass the time, I had Ehre help me with a craft project. We made this hat, bought some apple cider and delivered it with this card.... hmmmmm did we make a point here? Obvilusly not its raining today and really cold!

New York City

Well....ok we've not left yet but we are getting ready and so I'm officially reserving a huge spot on this blog, for a complete description of the wonderful time we are going to have! Stay tuned for a new post in a week!!!

The Allen Family

The Allens drove with us on our last trip to Wisconsin. We had so much fun, but as you can tell the trip home was quiet! So here you go, meet our friends; Mark, Tamri,and Elsie Allen!

Cute Pics

I was uploading pictures from the camera and found these, most of them were taken Feb 3 just before we went to church and just after we came home. My family is soooo cute!

Pink Eye

Have you ever wondered what Pink eye looks like? From experience I have learned that if your child wakes up looking like this...... Pink eye would be the correct diagnosis. (WARNING: This picture is not pretty)



Imagine the horror I felt finding this in Ben's Bed...What happened to my son?




15 minutes of clean up....



My not so happy guy, but hey he can breath and see again!



I can though happily report that Ehre and Ben are both feeling better. I am assuming that their ear infections are curred, and the pink eye is gone, becuase they are my happy children again!

SPRING

Its just me here making a desperate cry for SPRING! I hate to complain but I am sick and tired of SNOW, ICE, FREEZING RAIN, SLUSH, MORE RAIN, COLD WIND, and what ever else Indiana Winter brings.

I am soooo ready for sandals, sunblock, walks in a park, playing in the park, picnics, sunshine, longer days and warmth!

I pray that the Lord will give me enough patience to last through the rest of this winter, however long it may last!