Mostly back to normal

We seem to mostly have shaken the sickies - except for mommy - but since mommy doesn't get to stop everything when she's sick, life has mostly been normal this week (plus I really felt fine until today) 

This week has been full of fun adventures - preschool, the library, piano lessons, and school.  Evie loves going to preschool!  She loves her preschool friends and getting to learn and play, and she loves her teachers!  James and I have been having fun hanging out at the mall play area while she's at preschool - and James loves the time with mommy's attention and getting to run around and play. 

James has gotten really clingy and we are trying to get him to be a bit more independent - he want's to be carried everywhere - in fact - Dan and I had to deal with at least 6-7 massive tantrums from him today during church because he wanted to be carried  - not sat with, not played with - carried.  The problem is that he's just getting to big to carry everywhere - especially when mommy isn't feeling so good.  :)  He's become quite a chatter box too - he is always chattering at me and telling me things and showing me things and trying to drag me to where he wants me.  It's always amazing to see how quickly he learns. 

Monday was President's day and we took the chance to enjoy a day off school and a sunny day to go to the zoo.  The kids all had a really fun time - and were really good about staying close to me - the zoo was packed because of the holiday and so I was nervous about them running off or getting too far away - but they all did really well - which made the day enjoyable for me too. 

James, I think, enjoyed it the most - he LOVED to see the animals and could only be dragged away from the current animal by the promise of the next one.  His favorite animal though was the "Water Tigers"  We saw the sea lions playing and stopped to watch them - James talked about the "water tigers" for the next 2 days straight. 

Still Sick.....

This week has been once again full of sick kiddos. Aaron was running a fever on Monday and Tuesday and stayed home from school.  On Wednesday, he was fine and going to school and I was hoping this was done... then Evie threw up.... Well she didn't throw up again - she napped most of that day and a good chunk of the next and was feeling better on Friday.  Friday morning, we had a fun Valentines' Day breakfast, and, then my visiting teacher came over for a bit.  After that, we went to a little Valentine's Day party for the kids.  In the afternoon, after the kids had finished their piano, we made Valentine's for our friend Heather and took them over to her.  Friday night, we had Eileen's friend Morgan over for the night and Dan went to watch Dwayne and Nicole's kids so that they could go out on a Valentines Day date.  Saturday morning, the kids went to a Primary Activity, then they spent most of the afternoon playing together.  In the evening, Dwayne and Nicole came over to watch our kids so Dan and I could go out.  We had a fun evening of dinner and mall walking. 

So here we were thinking that sickness was behind us.... then this morning, Anna came in and said she wasn't feeling well - then barely made it to the bathroom before she threw up.  So once again, Dan stayed home from church with sick kids while I took the others to church.  Anna slept most of the day and still wasn't feeling so hot tonight - but the kids all have tomorrow off school, so she has another day to get well...

I didn't do very well at taking pictures, so here's a fun one of James.  If you ask him what a cow says he says "mmmmmmmmm" and makes this face. 

The Sickness Goes On

Well this has been a not so fun week of sickies - Monday morning started off bright and early with James throwing up in his bed.  However after that one bad incident, he really seemed to be feeling better.  Evie picked up the baton with a chesty cough that we finally managed to get rid of around Friday, however, on Friday, Dan took the girls out and Eileen threw up in the car on the way home.  She seemed to feel ok the next day, but Aaron took it up and threw up a few times on Saturday and in the evening, started complaining about his ear hurting.  He was running a high fever this morning, so Dan stayed home from church with him.  He slept most of the day, so hopefully he will feel ok tomorrow, but we are going to have to call the Doc.

The kids had Thursday and Friday off of school and I had planned on taking them somewhere fun, but as usual, any trips were conditional upon a clean play room and clean bedrooms - and since they didn't get any cleaning done, we didn't go anywhere - turns out that wasn't' such a bad thing considering the bugs we seemed to be carrying around - and I didn't mind since I wasn't feeling up to par either and was fine with hanging out at the house - the only downside is that 2 days stuck inside due to freezing weather can make kids rather stir crazy....

Friday, Dan took Eileen and Anna to a Daddy Daughter Dance at Grandpa's church.  They really had a great time (until the ride home where Eileen threw up) They got to dress up and hang out with their cousin Lucy and Uncle Stuart and Grandpa (and of course Daddy)  Grandpa even made them some corsages to wear on their wrists! 

Hopefully, the sickies will soon be behind us and we can get back to our regularly scheduled fun! 

Snow, snow and more snow!

We have gotten a good deal of snow this week - which has made the roads a bit treacherous and has mostly kept the kids indoors.  I'm looking forward to a few days of sunshine and letting the kids run outside! 

Tuesday, I dropped Evie off at preschool and then decided to take James to the mall play area and was surprised and happy to run into almost every other kid in our nursery and their moms.  We both had a great time with friends - running around and chatting! 

Wednesday started off with a trip to the library - but unfortunately Nicole's kids were sick, so we had to go on our own - thankfully, we still got to run into friends there for chatting with and playing with.  Then of course the day ended with choir. 

Thursday was the beginning of the snow - weather turned cold and mushy Thursday evening - the girls had their school music night - so we got to listen to them sing - they even both had little solos - not too surprising, since they both have lovely voices and can sing the notes right, but it was wonderful to hear and see!  They did great!!

I tried to get some videos too - but had some trouble figuring out my camera :)  I did get Eileen's solo recorded, but it's on a rather long video that I'm having trouble uploading.  They both did an amazing job though!

Friday night, we had the Haight's over for dinner - we had a great time with them - and the kids all had a blast together too!  

Saturday was nice and crazy, I took Anna down to a birthday party and went and ran some errands down in that part of town while I was out - I took Evie with me because she insisted that she really did want to sit in the car and do nothing, instead of playing at home.... Evie had her second round of testing at Quest in the afternoon and then in the evening, Aaron's friend Ethan and his mom came over to play for a bit.  

Sundays are always crazy - but since it was Fast Sunday, we had no choir practice, so there was one less thing going on today!  Plus they got a primary chorister called, so soon I will be done subbing there - so one less thing to do on Sundays.  

James is at a fun age - he learns new things every day - today when he saw a picture of a cow he pointed at it - said "COW"  and proceeded to pucker up his lips and say "Mmmmmmmoooo"   One of these day's I'll get a picture of it - cuz it's so cute and funny, but it's hard to catch since he's usually in my lap when he's doing it.