Wii had a great time!!!

Sickness update: Carter did go to school and eat lunch that day. And all was fine. He's back to normal. We're all back to normal. Or as normal as we get anyway.

Wii had Carter's birthday party Friday Night!! And he lost 2 teeth!! Lots of presents and lots of fun!!


We borrowed a wii from a friend of mine and had two going. Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. Brawl were the favorites. But it was hard to keep them all going and happy for any length of time! 7 7 seven year olds and Emily...


We had hot dogs and chips (Carter's fav. meal) and then cake and ice cream. Carter wanted R2D2 because since Christmas he has a new fascination with Star Wars. So, Al and I and Carter got up early on his birthday and created this cake. Al did the cutting and Carter directed the frosting!!
I don't think it turned out too bad. It's green cuz that's Carter's fav color!
I can't believe he's 7 already!! Seems like not so long ago that I was pushing this sweet little boy in the swing and singing "leavin' on a jet plane" as we swang! Now he can swing himself and runs off to friends' houses with barely a goodbye! My little boy is now a big boy! And his mom loves him very much!!!

Caution. Kids .Don't try this at home.

Remember when I told you Al's ipod was the best gift I ever bought? He keeps it with him ALL the time. He's always fiddling with this or that...I was at work the other night and he and the kids were playing games on it. Come morning and Al can't find his ipod. I told him that I'd find it and bring it to work with me. He didn't want to be without it...



I found it.


In the washer! He had apparently put it back in his pocket when they were done playing and then forget and threw the jeans in the laundry. I admit I don't check pockets.

Long story short it got washed and then blowed dry and then left in a bag of rice on our heat register for 3 or 4 days.

After a day and a half Al calls me at work and says hey guess what?? My ipod turned on and played!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it!!! It really worked!!!!

We left it in the bag for a few days more to see if the water marks on the screen would go away. And amazingly they did! You'd never know it got washed. Well, except for how clean and shiny it now looks. I hear the insides have a water mark so that businesses can tell if you are lying, but it works so why take it back?? The only thing that is yet to work is the headphone jack. Al called and they should fix that for a minimal cost.


Whew!!!!

Lunch

Wednesday morning I told Carter I thought maybe he could try a half day after lunch if he felt okay. I told him I would take him after lunch since smells have been bothering him so much. He asked what was for lunch. So, I looked and and told him, "Oh, it's something you really like, sub sandwiches, chips and cake." Carter then said he wanted to go FOR lunch. Mind you this child hasn't eaten more than a handful each day for the past six days. But, I said okay. He actually wanted to go to school whatever the reason. For breakfast he had a pudding cup. Then Casey woke up and wanted pancakes. When Carter realized this, he wanted some too!! He ate one pancake and one waffle on top of the pudding. 2 hours later it' s about time to go into school, they eat lunch very early as 1st graders. Anyway, I asked again, "Are you sure you want to go for lunch, you had a lot for breakfast?" Carter says, "Yes, I'm still hungry right now, but I want to wait for lunch!" Amazing!!!! I was so afraid, but I took him anyway.




He made it the whole day and was back to himself, picking on Casey once they got home!!!!!


Wowie, what a sickness!! Go glad that's over!

Now we can focus on Friday's Wii party for Carter since he turns 7!!!!!!

Update

Carter did not try school today.

I made him eat a piece of toast and he promptly threw it up!!!!

Will this never end???

I think I might cry...

Getting Ready for Spring

Before I got my "fancy" camera, I wasn't nearly as observant of things around me as I am now. Do not be deceived...I still probably won't notice you if you are driving by me and waving...but I do notice things like the river "cracking up" in preparation of spring more. I just thought it was cool, so the other day I had some extra time and went and took some pictures while Casey slept in the van.

Now I want to think about warmer weather and what I can do when all that ice is gone!!!! But I had to get that cool picture up before it was too late.

We've started dreaming about different places we could take a vacation, when it's warm, and the first thing I think is "Oooh that would be cool to take pictures of." I can't wait.

On a side note: We all seem to be on the mend. Casey is great. Emily is tired, but back to school and Carter needs to try school today. I don't believe I caught it, but it was touch and go one morning. Al has stayed away enough I guess or he's just tougher. On to brighter things....We have a birthday and a party coming up this weekend!! Carter is going to be 7!!!!!!!!!! Wow, time flies!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sharing...

Remember I told you that we like to share around here? Well, as I am typing this quick update, I have two children asleep with their face in a bucket and one other who still has only eaten a handful the entire day!!! I wasn't sure I felt quite right earlier and Al is out of the house to a meeting. Maybe he can skip this one just by being gone...I hope so, cuz it's bad.

Birthday Weekend

NEWS FLASH! I REALY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SHOW YOU PICTURES FROM OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY, BUT CASEY HAS BEEN SICK, SICK, SICK. I AM STARTING TO GET WORRIED ABOUT IT. HE STARTED WITH THE STOMACH FLU, ETC. BAD! NOW HE HAS A HIGH FEVER! POOR KID. THREE HAS BEEN PRETTY HARD ON HIM ALREADY!

But he is sleeping now and I don't want to do anymore laundry right at this moment. So,...



Saturday, February 28th my baby turned 3. He is adamant however, that he is not my baby, he is a big boy! When Casey was in his cast the one thing he wanted to do very badly was to go down the slide. I just couldn't figure out a way to accomplish this. And after, it got cold and we never really had many opportunities to slide. My point here is that McDonald's was the perfect party for him! He had a couple of little friends come, grandparents and of course sissy and brother who helped keep the fun going!







McDonald's supplies a cake, but for home, we had Bob the Builder because I promised! It was orange cake, too, for Casey's favorite color and quite good!
After we got home from McDonald's before we went to volunteer at a community chili feed, Casey wanted to spend some time on Dad's lap so I snapped a few good ones!


Sunday, was Al's Dad's birthday too! So we had his Mom and Dad over for a steak supper to celebrate!! Yum Yum!
Here's grandpa being conned into getting on the floor. I don't know what Casey thinks that "bug" net is for, but it's not bugs! And now grandpa is in on it!
Happy Happy Birthday Boys and Many Many More!! We had fun! Thanks!