Tales from the Sick Bay

The kids have this never ending cold and it finally hit the dreaded sinus infection point. Both kiddos have sinus infections and Aaron also has an ear infection. 

I remember talking with Lani after her kiddos went to school last year and she warned me of the perpetual runny nose and I was foolish enough to not believe her. I'm like 99% positive the kids have had a runny nose since day one. 

Even though we were sick this weekend we still managed to put up our Christmas tree  and the majority of our decorations. As is tradition (well at least since I received this ornament), this was the first ornament on the tree:

I loved this ornament growing up and was so excited when my Mom sent it down. My sister Cathy has the matching one.

Both of the kiddos helped me put up the decorations, but only Aaron wanted to pose with the tree.

Isn't he a handsome helper? 

Hopefully this cold/infection/plague is on its way out and does not return. 

O Christmas Tree

I finally got my Christmas tree up and decorated the other day. Naturally, the kiddos wanted to help, which meant they took the ornaments off and handed them back to me.

They are really into Christmas this year, even though Jill keeps confusing it with Halloween. Yeah I don't get that either. The excitement that they have right now makes me so excited for Christmas morning and for Christmas mornings to come.

We've got lots of Christmas themed activities this weekend which we are all excited for. This is my favorite time of year and I cannot wait to make the memories with the kids! Hope you have a a great weekend!

The caped crusaders....

Let me start by saying that this rain has overstayed its welcome. It's been raining for 3 days straight, and not a steady downpour, but that mist crap-o-la.

Now that that is out of the way...

The tree is still standing, yahoo! The tree skirt, however, makes a great cape. Both of the kids have decided to use it as a cape and run up and down the halls. Good thing I didn't tie it around the tree, right?

The pinky toe is doing well, especially after all the hits it took from the kiddos yesterday. Tell ya what a 30lb toddler landing on it is no picnic! But it was nothing a little Motrin couldn't handle.

That's all to report right now, hope you're having a great weekend!

Deck the halls...

I had every intention of having a very low key day yesterday and then the decorating bug hit me. I got up some of the smaller things around the house, today we are going to put up our tree sans any glass ornaments. The kiddos are definitely fascinated right now with all the decorations. I have a gingerbread house that I got at Hallmark, last year I think, that plays the dance of the sugar plum fairies and the kids are obsessed with it. I think yesterday I heard that song, well I lost track, but it was way more than any human being should hear in one day.

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Aaron even did his own dance to the song, think Beyonce in Single Ladies. I also have these metal letters that spell out "Joy" and "Noel" and at one point yesterday the "J" went missing...."Oy" so fitting. I also had to figure out what to do with our stockings. Last year I bought stocking holders and hung them by the front door. However, upon looking the heavy metal holders with sharp points over again I decided zip tying them to the gate would look just as nice and would not require any trips to the emergenacy room. We'll see what happens with the tree today, it should be interesting to say the least!

Yesterday I also let both kids feed themselves yogurt. They are really starting to master the whole spoon thing. I apparently did the utensils backwards and gave them a fork instead of a spoon when they were younger. Sorry Academy of Pediatrics, it just made more sense. Anyway, the experience was slightly messy, but they did get the majority in their mouthes and I have a feeling I will never have to feed them yogurt again! Yahoo!

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