Gut instinct

Our kids have had the same cold that everyone else on the planet seems to have right now.

I thought we were getting better.

But on Monday Luke cried. and cried.

For 3 hours straight.

I noticed him pulling on his right ear, and he began to have a fever.

Of course it was 4pm, and it was too late to get him into the ped’s office.

So I gave him Motrin, and he instantly fell asleep on my lap, which he hasn’t done since he was about 4 days old.

And then I braced myself for a bad night.

Surprisingly he woke up happy from his little nap and slept through the night not waking up until the next morning at 9:30am.

I debated.

Do I take him in?  He’s been acting fine.  He slept through the night.

Maybe I just imagined his 3 hour crying fit.

And I hate it when I take the kids in for something. and I was wrong about it. and in fact they are fine.

I’m afraid the dr. will think I’m one of those mom’s that overacts about everything.

Well, I got over my pride and decided to have him checked out just in case.

Gut instinct wins.

So we go.

And low and behold, a double ear infection.

And in the right ear, a blister on the ear drum.

Which I learned is extra painful.

JUSTIFICATION!!

It feels good!

So now he’s on this stuff.

He hated it at first, and it was a huge fight to get him to take it.

But now he’s laid down his weapon and takes it willingly.

So glad you’re on your way to feeling better Luke.

And that we will see this smiling face a little more often.

Dear Aunt Julie and Uncle Chad,

Thanks for the toys.

We love all of them.

My dad especially loves the marble run.

It took him 5 hours to build it.

We now have a small inkling about why you got rid of it :)

Love,

Josh, Andrew, and Luke

Tour of Monsters

In the last month or so, Josh has been very aware of monsters and their presence in our home.

I asked him to take me on a tour and show me some of the monsters.

Let me show you what he showed me.

And these are just the downstairs ones.

Anything that is round is a monster as well as things that look like they have 2 eyes and a mouth.

The poor kid is scared to go upstairs by himself and has trouble falling asleep.

He stands to the side of the toilet when he goes #1 so he can keep an eye on the monsters in the bathroom.

And don’t try to tell him that they aren’t real.

He won’t believe you.

Mouses

For the last couple of months we’ve seen evidence of a mouse or mice in our garage.

Darrin finally got serious about catching him/them.

We tried cheese and peanut butter.

The first night the cheese disappeared but nothing in the trap.

Then the peanut butter started to disappear.  Still nothing.

Ugg!

Either smart mice or cheap trap.

A couple days later, we caught one.  It was REALLY gross.

I thought it would be cute, and I would feel sorry for it, but I didn’t.

In the mean time, Darrin bought the boys these cute little mice from IKEA. 

Every time I see one I jump.  They remind me of the mouse in the trap.

We caught one other mouse since the first one.  It was gross too.

Aren’t you glad I didn’t take pictures of the trap with the mouse in it??

Ewww.

It’s been about a month since we’ve caught anything, and the peanut butter is not disappearing.

So I think they are gone for now.

House of Love

Back at Christmas time, I bought a pre-made gingerbread house.

And I am a slacker mom.  We never decorated it.

So yesterday we turned it into a house of love in honor of v-day coming up.

The boys loved it!!  Candy is candy on Christmas or Valentine’s.

Happy love month!