Fun Night at our house!

This morning we went to the doctor and found out that Brooklynn has strep for the 4th time in 2 months. They informed me that we came in January 15th, February 15th and now March 15th and all three were positive for strep. Plus she went to the Insta Care February 27th. (They are trying a 3rd different kind of medicine and then when she is better she will be checked to see if she is a carrier as well as probably all of us. She may go to a ENT to talk about a tonsilectomy also.

So I had a fun, sick, lazy night planned for us to watch a movie and relax in jammies so she can feel better. After dinner I cleaned up, vacuumed, swept and mopped. Got the kids settled in pj's (not that Cam ever stays in them). McKenna woke and and was ready to eat cereal. I was just changing her diaper when I heard "cough-cough, Gag" I look up and there is Cam gagging the good ol' Oldroyd gag. But then I noticed something in his mouth. He was chewing on Brooklynn's hair elastic and was choking. I jump up and right when I get to him he throws up all over (my new carpet). I run to get towels to clean him up. Brooklynn (my sweet girl) starts cleaning up the carpet. I get it all cleaned and there is poor little McKenna on the floor- oops I forgot I was changing her diaper. There she was naked. I feel the floor and she didn't pee on it. Thank goodness- she ALWAYS pees whenever I change her. I grap the clean diaper and there she goes. It gets all over the carpet and clean diaper. I grab another washclothe to clean up the pee. Brooklynn yells "Mom, Cam is feeding McKenna" He is feeding her the cereal and bright green peas while she is laying on the carpet gagging.
Finally I get things cleaned up and everyone settled. Kids are watching a movie now. Oh and all three kids have a fever of 99.5 or higher. Phew! I wanna go to bed.

Brooklynn's sleepover with Gracie

Brooklynn had her cousin Gracie sleepover a few weeks ago. They had a blast and loved every minute of it. Cameron felt left out and bothered them most of the time. But I think it was a fun night for the girls.

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess

It was Dr. Suess' birthday last week and this is the 3rd year we have celebrated it. The first year we went to Story time and Cat in the Hat came. (Brooklynn HATED it) Last year we did the same as this year. So we had a Green eggs and ham and waffle breakfast while watching Cat in the Hat. I gave the kids each a new book and the kids colored pictures from Dr. Suess' books. It was a fun day and I am beginning to like our new tradition. I hope the kids always love books as much as I do. I love introducing the kids to new books and sharing my love for books. I always am looking to get new books to add, since most of our books have been my old ones when I was little.

Yummy Food!

Eating her yummy food. She is going to be a good eater like Cameron.

McKenna started eating solid food and right away she just loved it. Once her mouth gets going, it just doesn't stop. She just goes crazy. And if you don't shovel it in fast enough she gets really mad.


Love her big beautiful blue eyes.


She looks darling in these big hats and I love putting big bows on her head too.

Buzz Lightyear to the rescue

Cameron loves Toy Story and in this video he is doing the part from Toy Story 2 where there are two Buzz's and so he is saying "I the real Buzz, No I real Buzz Ightyear..."
So cute!

Happy (late) Valentines!

Pictures I took of the kids for Valentines. Don't I just have the cutest kids?


The kids woke up to some fun little gifts and I made pink muffins.


Brooklynn made us a little gift. She gave Ryan one of her games and me some matching words. Brooklynn's hair was two heart pig tails. (Thanks Mona-kay for the cute idea) It looked better right when I did it, before she was all wild like. I got Ryan some yummy Sprinklebelle cupcakes with chocolate covered strawberries. They were divine. Brooklynn picked out the long stem rose for Ryan (funny huh? Hope he likes roses- I liked it anyways.)


We made a fun Valentine lunch. "pink sandwhich (Brooklynn has called jam sandwiches that since she was 2), pink juice, red apples shaped into hearts, pink muffins. And of course I gave the kids a new book. They loved it all.


Got these yummy Valentine donuts at Walmart.


Each day we wrote something that we love on a little heart. It has been something fun that we do depending on the holiday. I always love seeing what the kids say. (we wrote on front and back so you can't see them all.

Since Ryan had to work on Valentines night, we went out to dinner a week late, It was nice being with Ryan alone- even if it's just for an hour or so. Also Ryan bought me some awesome photo lights and a backdrop to take pictures on. I can't wait to start using it. All in all a great holiday. I am so lucky in love with a great hubby and amazing kids.

Fun Stuff

Brooklynn got to have a sleepover in our basement with my sister (she lives with us) Brooklynn loves her special time with Terra.


Cameron went down before he went to bed for 30 minutes to be with the girls. They had a blast and so did Mommy. It was nice having the kids all in bed and taken care of so I got some alone time. (doesn't happen too much)

Random

So to Celebrate Chinese New Year I made a Chinese dinner and Brooklynn colored some pictures. She made a dragon.






Random pictures of my big girl- Who is almost 4 months and finally hit double digits! She is 10 lbs 8 oz. Wahoo!






On Feb 5th it was Ryan and my 11th year (first date) anniversary. He always remembers and on his way home from work brings me flowers. To defend myself I stay at home and don't always know the date (especially early in the morning)

Groundhog's Day

Brooklynn was sick one day last week and couldn't go to preschool. She had us do our own preschool. She even made pictures showing what activities we were to do.


We colored some pictures getting ready for Groundhogs day.


Brooklynn colored hers very carefully.


She then found a shoebox and ripped it to peices. she made little groundhogs for each member of our family. She told me "Mom, I'm so creativful huh?" She sure is.


There is Cam's Ground hog.


McKenna just hung out!


The next day on Groundhog's day. We traced their shadows.


Then the kids colored them in.


They hung on the door for a week, but we just threw them away because they kept getting ripped.


Brooklynn helped Cam with his. She gave him earrings like Uncle Eric use to have. She thought it was so funny.


We had ugly little groundhog desserts. (They definately didn't turn out.) I used what I could find at home. Oh well the kids liked it and thought they were fun.

Snow day

Brooklynn feeding McKenna a bottle. McKenna is really picky about her bottles, but she is getting so much better at taking them. Last week I was gone 4 separate times from Thursday night- Saturday afternoon and Ryan was left with all 3 kids. It went good and McKenna took a bottle two times and slept the rest. Wahoo!


Last week it was a snow day and so we pulled out the muffin tins. I don't have time to do it and figure out fun things every week anymore, but we do it randomnly on special occassions. I just used what we had at our house and so we had chicken rollups (since it was so cold and we roll up in blankets.)



As always the kids enjoyed it!


Cheese!


They love to dip.


Gotta love the treats too!

We made a fun project and Brooklynn couldn't wait for Cam to wake up from his nap. So she made both of them.



They turned out really cute.


Brooklynn loves crafts!