Spring Break ?

We had a week off of Classical Conversations, so we decided to head up North for Spring Break. This time, Amy (my sister) and Elena, her daughter, came with us. My poor boys. Joshies had an ear ache on the 9 hour car ride up and was in bed for the next 4 days with a fever. The day after, Micah was hit. They both went in and out of sleep for several days. Finally on Friday (the day we were planning on heading home) I took them to see the local doctor. They were prescribed antibiotics and the next day they were improving. I was noticing Judah was starting to act sick so I wanted to head home right away.

I had a moment during the week where I could get a long look at my favorite lake. It was so pretty seeing the ice formations.

The kids had a blast with their cousin, beside all the sickness, and thankfully, she escaped it all and went home in good health.

After returning home, the next day I took Sophia to the doctor and found out she had strep. Judah was immediately tested and his test was also positive. Now our fridge had 8 bottles of amoxicillin. I asked the pharmacist if it came in gallons.

The first night I gave Judah his medicine he developed a rash all over one side of his face and his eye lid was all puffy and he started wheezing (we've found out this winter he has asthma so I've been watching for signs all along). I guess he's allergic to amoxicillin. Poor little guy was better after a breathing treatment.

Whew. What a week. I agree with Josh who said when it was all finished, "We missed Spring Break!! Can't we do it again??"

Evening Entertainment

My husband and I were actually having uninterrupted conversation this evening after dinner. We soon noticed why the divided attention. I bet the 'pot' was at least 20 minutes of entertainment!

Over Night Adventure

We decided to go with some friends to the Great Wolf Lodge for a night in Mason. It ended up that some other friends went too. The party eventually became 5 adults and 16 children! We had so much fun!! The place was huge! With all of the friends having the large spectrum of ages, was so much better too. There was always someone they knew nearby. The kids (and I) didn't want to stop swimming. It was such a great time.

Micah's 9

Unbelievable. What a great kid we're blessed with!

My Trio

Here is the video of Sophie and Micah, accompanied by Daddy, playing Fernando Ortega's song If I Flee on Morning Wings for the opening ceremony at CC (Classical Conversations-- our home school group).

Judah Moments

Life is certainly anything but dull around here. This week there were two particular funny moments. One, was Judah 'helping' Sophie put away the clean dishes from the dishwasher. Behind her back, he was dropping the spoons into the full milk container that was on the counter. Rather than try to get them out, I just stuck the milk back in the fridge. At least they're clean spoons, right? Most people hardly noticed. They thought it was just ice in the jug for a while. Daddy was the lucky one to find all of the silver at the bottom!

Later one evening, my husband and I were sitting on our bed, each working on our respective laptops, when we heard this low continuous beeping sound. It seemed to have started right at the same time the heater kicked on. My first thought was the heating system was going haywire. We both held up our laptops, trying to see if it was coming from it. Nope. It stopped. We turned off the light and it started again. Finally, he jumps out of bed trying to find it and it stops again. Several minutes later, we found Judah had buried deep under the covers the Taboo game buzzer.

If we were given a book as newlyweds, that would tell us all the things our kids might do, we would never have any. But, it's these sorts of moments that I can't stop laughing and hope never to forget them.

Back into Paint

This year I've decided to take on some painting projects. Friends of ours, who have their own dentist practice, asked me to paint some murals for their office (their son has been one of my faithful art students). The theme is Old Timey Baseball. So this past weekend, I worked on the first project. It's been 5 years since I've painted a mural, so I was a little nervous. I went with a vintage/ Dick and Jane kind of style (from the old children's books). All 4 kids are resemblences of their own 4 children.






Notice the 3rd pendant...hee hee.

I had a lot of fun and look forward to Project #2!