Happy Halloween!

It's been a bit hectic at our house lately - which is why there are not a lot of posts recently.  I was traveling for the 5 days right before Halloween and came back to more pink eye and still sick kiddos.  I was hoping to come back to healthy house again, but no such luck. 

We were able to do the Fall Festival at the school, and the kids had a great time.  The Girlchick was an old pro, since this was her 5th one, and she knew exactly what she wanted to do.  First snow cones, then face painting, then the cookie walk.  The boys wanted to visit the animals in the petting zoo.  We tried to get them to do face painting, but didn't want to let the teacher get close enough to them to do it.  Thing 2 let them get a tiny white ball on his hand that we tried to say was a baseball.  But that was it.  They got to wear their Halloween costumes, which is nice since we get extra mileage out of them.  Makes me feel better that we spend all that money and they wear them twice instead of just once.

For actual Halloween, we let the boys go out first to the Pic's house then in our area but only for a few houses.  It was getting late for them, but they sure had the hang of it by the second stop.  Thing 2 would walk right up and take a handful of candy out of the bowls.  It was pretty funny.  Thing 1 was a little more reserved and circumspect. 

After their brief outing the boys went to bed, while Dad took out The Girlchick to do more damage.  She had a blast. 

We had Olivia, Darth Vader (Thing 2 since he is so naughty), and Yoda (Thing 1).

Thing 1 & Thing 2 no likey Skype

Since Grandma has been gone, we have been skyping with her.  The Girlchick loves it.  She gets to see Grandma, but she also gets to see herself on the in screen picture and LOVES seeing herself and being silly! 

The boys - they like it until it's time to say goodbye.  They don't understand it.  They are like - where are you going Grandma????!!!!  So they cry and get really upset.  It's kind of funny at how upset they get.  It's not the response that you would expect.  The first time I saw them do it, it took me a minute to figure out why they were so upset.  But now they do it every time that we skype with Grandma. 

Bye Bye Grandma

Grandma has been watching the boys at our house since January.  It's all the boys know.  They love it.  They get out and do all sorts of fun stuff, story time at the library, play groups, nature walks to hunt bugs at the bayou, the park, and just out and about running errands.  Last week, Great Grandma had to have her hip replaced and was going to need help.  So grandma needed to go out there and help her.  I was able to call The Girlchick's school to see if they had any openings for the boys.  Luckily for us they did.  They had just had 3 kids leave the exact class that the boys would be in.  It worked out great for us.  It was a little rough to start with, but the boys seem to be settling in.  Nap time may take some time, they are used to sleeping around 1.5 -2 hrs.  At school they are only sleeping anywhere from 30-45 mins.  When they get home - they are CRANKY!  But they seem to be doing ok otherwise.  They love being social and they are kept pretty busy all day, so it is right up their alley.  Hopefully they will continue to like it and the newness won't wear off.  Praying that things continue to go well and they continue to adjust well. 

But they do miss Grandma, so does The Girlchick.  Thank goodness for skype. 

Things that make me smile

I am finally back home from the hospital, the boys are still having some issues, but they seem to be responding to zofran and are able to hold down fluids and light foods.  However the other end - there is no hope and no meds, it just has to work itself out.  Very messy, stinky and just plain yucky! 

I have to say that it has been nice finally being home.  I missed my family.  It's been nice to just hang out with everyone and it not be too loud, crazy or just out of control, which is normal for our house. 

A few things I have noticed while hanging out.  I love that Thing 1 would just want to come over and snuggle.  He would sit in my lap and I would rub his tummy to make him feel better, and he would start to relax and rub my leg in return.  It was so sweet!  He would even start to fall asleep.  I loved it.  I hated that it took him being sick to sit still long enough for me to get some snuggle time, but it was just what my soul needed.

Also both boys have finally started to say and mean MaMa and DaDa.  The other day we were coming home and Dad walked out of the house to help unload everyone.  Thing 1 pointed and said DaDa.  It's the first time he has seen us and called us MaMa or DaDa.  He would say the words, but would never point to us or say it and point to us.  Now if you ask them they will point and say it.  It's awesome!  I love it!

Thing 2 is awesome when he gives you luvs!  He gives them often and whole hearted!  He gets his whole body behind it.  If you tell me to give you luvs he will run over and throw himself at you.  It's the best thing in the world.

The other thing he does is when I come home he will run to the door with his arms in the air and throw himself at me.  If he has to wait even a slight second he gets REALLY mad and then runs away and pouts and won't come back.  So I have learned not to have anything in my hands when I come in the door so I can get my welcome home and he won't be mad at me for the rest of the night.  He can hold a grudge, not like his brother, but still. 

Happy Birthday to me! Well Kinda.....

We went to Grammy's house for my birthday a few weeks ago.  It was a little late, but that's the way our schedules worked.  We got a late start since we had to clean up blow outs from both boys in their cribs right before we left.  Thing 1 was being a little fussy, not wanting to eat his lunch, but he eventaully ate it.  On the way there he threw up.  All over everything.  I felt so bad for him.  He was so upset.  I thought about not taking him and turning around and going home, but my brother and his family were supposed to meet us there, and Grammy was making her famous fried chicken.   Thing 1 seemed to perk up once we got there and was playing and being his usual silly self.  Then it came time for dinner and everything went down hill.  He ate a little bit and apparently that was enough to set his tummy off again.  He was miserable the rest of the time there and finally fell asleep on the way home.   On the way home I started to not feel so well.  I started throwing up shortly after we got all the kids home and in bed.  I couldn't stop and eventually needed to go to the hospital later that night.  Thing 1 was able to get through the rest of the night, but then Dad started throwing up.  Then Thing 2.  I ended up in the hospital for 4 days and the only one that hadn't gotten sick was The Girlchick.  Man it was bad!  I haven't been so sick in a very very long time!  Even Gma and my brother ended up getting sick. 

Playing in between bouts of tummy issues