That is what our house has been for the past TWO weeks! It started on a Saturday night, when Aidan woke up in the middle of the night and threw up. On Sunday he was chained to the toilet all morning, but then he seemed fine. That night, he threw up 10 times (from 2 til 4, he threw up six times), and Brennan threw up, too. Monday night Brennan took his turn to throw up all night. Aidan seemed to be over it and then Wednesday night they both decided to get us. We were exhausted! One kid on one side of the bed, and the other on the other side of the bed. Two pots to catch the stomach acid, because by that time, they had nothing in them. But then during the day they seemed fine. We even ventured out to the zoo on Friday, with just a few stops for a toilet... Friday afternoon they all played and ran around (the one day we had nice weather) and so we felt fine about going to a family party. Wrong. Aidan took one bite of a hot dog, and then spewed all over grandma and grandpas carpet. (I used a Bissell Spot Lifter machine thing---such a nice little machine!). Saturday morning Weston threw up and then again in the afternoon. Sunday we all stayed home from church and everyone was feeling great. I again, thought we were over it. But there were still a few toilet stops, and then on Tuesday night Aidan threw up AGAIN! He spent an hour and a half spewing--once every 15 minutes. He then broke out in a huge rash/hives, which they say comes at the END of the virus, and yesterday he announced that he had a hard poo. Yeah! The rash looked horrid though--blotchy and itchy. Brennan took his turn on throwing up all night on Wednesday night. He is again chained to the toilet. Argh! I would guess there have been over 100 upchucks, 12 loads of laundry (not counting normal laundry) and 5 times poop has been cleaned up off the FLOOR (not counting the times cleaned out of pants).
We are off track which is great cause they are not missing days and days of school, but we are going stir crazy! Nothing to do inside the house and the weather is stinky and we can't go anywhere to infect others! We've eaten close to nothing, but drank lots of gatorade--and a wonderful friend brought over 2 bottles of Ginger Ale--what a gift!
It has been horrid. Never want this again. Ever. Ever.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Princess Elise
I love having a girl! She is so much fun. I'll just post all these cute photos of her so you will all get your happiness fix for the day!
Aidan's Music Recital
I have talked about Aidan's music class before and I love it. I can't say anything bad about it and could go on and on about how great it is. He had his end of the year recital in April and it was fabulous. Scott's parents came and so did Aidan's Kindergarten teacher. He really wanted to invite her and was so excited when she came. (She is a GREAT teacher!)
They sang lots of songs and he took part in all of them. Sometimes he played the bells, other times he held up pictures/etc. He and I sang a song "Sleep My Treasure" together--it is a lullaby and was so sweet!
Here he is with his Music Teacher. She is fabulous (and a Jazzerciser, too, so I love her!).
He is excited to move on to Green Turtle next year!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
April's Happenings
The kids have been having some crazy fun this month. They had a friend over the other day and brought down TONS of toys from the toy room down to our living room and then made a very organized mess! Elise joined in the fun.
Weston is such a wonderful big helper. He loves taking care of Elise. They are close buddies. He is getting closer to his baptism (daily I hear how many days til he gets baptized!). He has just finished Fourth Nephi, so he will accomplish his goal of reading the Book of Mormon before his 8th birthday!
He has learned how to gallop with his hands and he has not stopped galloping since. If he isn't singing, he is galloping, and sometimes he is doing both!
Weston is such a wonderful big helper. He loves taking care of Elise. They are close buddies. He is getting closer to his baptism (daily I hear how many days til he gets baptized!). He has just finished Fourth Nephi, so he will accomplish his goal of reading the Book of Mormon before his 8th birthday! 
Weston has been busy at school with fieldtrips (one to the Energy Solutions Arena--where the Jazz play) and some reports. We will tell about those next month.
Brennan has started playing with some nieghborhood friends and he got invited to his first friend birthday party. He was so excited he fell asleep with the invitation clutched in his hand!
Aidan has hit the 100th day of Kindergarten and they had a big celebration. He lives for parties! He came home from school saying it was the best day ever.
Brennan has been saying some funny things, too. The other day he said his belly hurt. Here is the conversation:
B: Mom, those things in my belly hurt.
Me: What things? Your muscles?
B: no, those things that are hard.
Me: Your bones?
B: Yes, the bones in my belly hurt.
He was talking about what he wants to be when he grows up and he said, "A fire truck". Good luck with that big boy!
Aidan was the star of the week, which meant he got to display a poster all about himself, do special things in the class, and share a treat (he chose jellybeans, he says they are his favorite). Later I did a "Fairy Tale Friday" for his class and taught them about Jack and the beanstalk. We planted beans and they got a bag of "Magic Beans" (more jelly beans) to eat!
Aidan has hit the 100th day of Kindergarten and they had a big celebration. He lives for parties! He came home from school saying it was the best day ever.
He has learned how to gallop with his hands and he has not stopped galloping since. If he isn't singing, he is galloping, and sometimes he is doing both!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Easter 2011
This year we had a good Easter, but quite normal. We colored eggs. I did my annual call to my mom to ask how to boil eggs, then started them heating up and forgot about them. For forty-five minutes. So, although we didn't eat them, they were still dye-able. Each kid did four eggs--one of them for Elise. With the leftover dye we dipped t-shirts in and made cute litte shirts. I don't think they'll stayed dyed, but they looked really cute for one day!
The next morning we found baskets and hidden eggs. That is my favorite part--I love to see them looking all over for their baskets. And too often it becomes a fight, but this year it was perfect. They were all nice to each other, found eggs for each other, took their time, shared, ... it was great. They each got a small something--Weston a Utah hoodie, Aidan a harmonica, Brennan a Thomas coloring thing, and Elise got a "Fur Real Kitty". Then we went to Grandma and Grandpas and again had a great time searching for mounds of candy and fun toys. It was so enjoyable. That evening we put the wii in the basement and played with it on the big screen, which was fun.
Earlier when Omi and Opa were in town we made sugared eggs. I remember making them as a kid with my family and it was so cool. The kids loved it! Auntie Hil made one, too. Each one had a little bunny, baskets, "eggs" and was uniquely decorated.
Sunday we had Scott home for the morning (no meetings!) and then went to church--we sang in the choir, a lovely song. We had dinner with Scott's family that evening. The weekend was also spring break so we got to stay up late and sleep in on Monday. It was a nice, relaxing, non stressful holiday!
(I am going to do a separate post with all the photos!)
The next morning we found baskets and hidden eggs. That is my favorite part--I love to see them looking all over for their baskets. And too often it becomes a fight, but this year it was perfect. They were all nice to each other, found eggs for each other, took their time, shared, ... it was great. They each got a small something--Weston a Utah hoodie, Aidan a harmonica, Brennan a Thomas coloring thing, and Elise got a "Fur Real Kitty". Then we went to Grandma and Grandpas and again had a great time searching for mounds of candy and fun toys. It was so enjoyable. That evening we put the wii in the basement and played with it on the big screen, which was fun.
Earlier when Omi and Opa were in town we made sugared eggs. I remember making them as a kid with my family and it was so cool. The kids loved it! Auntie Hil made one, too. Each one had a little bunny, baskets, "eggs" and was uniquely decorated.
Sunday we had Scott home for the morning (no meetings!) and then went to church--we sang in the choir, a lovely song. We had dinner with Scott's family that evening. The weekend was also spring break so we got to stay up late and sleep in on Monday. It was a nice, relaxing, non stressful holiday!
(I am going to do a separate post with all the photos!)
For the Birds
Not that lots is going on, but we have finally got something to write about. Spring is kind of in the air, with lots of hints of the winter (it is snowing right now!), but still, the tulips are about to bloom, the daffodils are dancing, and our barbeque has a giant nest in it (with six blue eggs)! Isn't that amazing? I saw birds hopping around near it with sticks, etc and told Scott that I thought a nest was in there, so after a week or so, he checked it out and sure enough... It was beautiful. Of course we wouldn't be barbequeing any time soon. Though Weston did ask if we could eat the eggs--you know because Omi and Opa eat their bird eggs. 
So yesterday, I took some photos today of the nest and a few minutes later I looked out and there were two male birds fighting and the female looking on (then she got bored and went into the barbeque). They fought for at least 10 minutes --mean! Pecking each other and turning and clawing. Finally one knew he was in for and took off, the other one chirping after him. The winner got up on the barbeque and puffed out his chest chirping and squawking for a few minutes telling the world how great he is and warning off the competition. Quite a show and I saw it all!
Then today, Scott went out to check on it and all the eggs are gone! I don't know if they moved them (can they do that?)--cause there are no sign of any eggs anywhere near the nest. There was a piece of a broken eggs near the fence. I don't know if somehow we disturbed the nest and so they moved and new birds were trying to move in, or if some new birds tried to take over or what, but since the eggs were gone, we decided to claim our barbeque again. We've gotten rid of the nest (and almost immediately new birds tried to build again!). I thought we would really love have a birds nest in our yard, but then I looked at the raspberry bushes next to the barbeque and noticed how picked on they were... maybe I am glad we won't have birds eating our berries! Still a neat experience for the kids.
So yesterday, I took some photos today of the nest and a few minutes later I looked out and there were two male birds fighting and the female looking on (then she got bored and went into the barbeque). They fought for at least 10 minutes --mean! Pecking each other and turning and clawing. Finally one knew he was in for and took off, the other one chirping after him. The winner got up on the barbeque and puffed out his chest chirping and squawking for a few minutes telling the world how great he is and warning off the competition. Quite a show and I saw it all!Then today, Scott went out to check on it and all the eggs are gone! I don't know if they moved them (can they do that?)--cause there are no sign of any eggs anywhere near the nest. There was a piece of a broken eggs near the fence. I don't know if somehow we disturbed the nest and so they moved and new birds were trying to move in, or if some new birds tried to take over or what, but since the eggs were gone, we decided to claim our barbeque again. We've gotten rid of the nest (and almost immediately new birds tried to build again!). I thought we would really love have a birds nest in our yard, but then I looked at the raspberry bushes next to the barbeque and noticed how picked on they were... maybe I am glad we won't have birds eating our berries! Still a neat experience for the kids.
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