Everyone Is Sick!

Maddie and Gabe are sick. Maddie is missing school today and Gabe is missing gymnastics. I felt pretty bad yesterday, but I feel much better today. Yesterday was pretty rough though. All I wanted to do was lay in bed and all they wanted to do was be all over me. I hate being sick, but I really hate it when I have to take care of other sick people too. Oh, the joys of motherhood.

Really, though, I feel pretty good today so I can't complain too much. I took Gabe to the doctor yesterday because every time he coughed it seemed like he was choking. He was coughing so hard. They gave him prescriptions for Steroids and Albuterol for our nebulizer. He's supposed to get 2 tsp of the steroids every morning for 3 mornings. I gave it to him yesterday when we got home and he instantly threw it back up. It was pretty gross. I seem to recall this happening last time he had to take a steroid too. I called the doctor to see what I should do and she said to mix it in with juice or milk. I did that, but the little stinker still wouldn't take it. I guess I'll just have to stick with the breathing treatments. I practically have to sit on him to get him to stay still enough to take it in.

We leave for Florida a week from today so we have to get better fast. Going on an airport with any kind of sinus problem is hell. It hurts so bad. Maddie and Gabe are excited about the airplane ride. Maddie has been talking about it quite a bit and Gabe has been flying his helicopters around. I can't wait to be in the warm sunshine. The high today in Orlando is 83 degrees. It's 72 degrees right now (9:30 a.m. EST). If you can count on the monthly forcast (which I know you can't) it's supposed to be between the mid 70's and low 80's the whole time we're there. Yeah!

Wow.

That is all I have to say. Just wow!

Come On All You Peeps!

Check out this "Peep Show". My favorite is "May The Peeps Be With You". What's yours???

Organization Tip

Do you ever stand in your linen closet looking for the pillow cases that match the sheets you are about to put on your bed? I do this often. I just read a tip for organizing your sheets. I kind of feel dumb because it seem so obvious, yet it never occurred to me. You are supposed to fold up the flat sheet, the fitted sheet and all, but one of the pillow cases. Then you put all of this into the left over pillow case and put it away. When it's time to put new sheets on you grab a pillow case and everything you need is inside. I'm definitely going to do this.

I Want One Of These!

I found this website today and just love the stuff on it. Everything seems so sweet with the embroidery until you look closer. My favorite piece is this:
Chipie means "little minx" in French.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dave brought me home a very nice and sweet card and a bouquet of flowers. We went out to dinner at the Olive Garden. The kids came with us. At the end of dinner Dave and Gabe went to get the car and Madison and I waited for the bill. She pointed at a man with a bald (shaved with a bic) head and said, "Look mom, there's Mr. Warbucks! He must have came out of the movies to see me!" I couldn't help but laugh. Here's a picture of Mr. Warbucks:
We only saw this man from the back so I'm not really sure if he really looked like Daddy Warbucks.

P.S.

Gabie is no longer potty training aggressively. Dave put a diaper on him last night and he wore one today too. We just have too much running around to do right now. We're going to try and wait until summer time. Oh well.

Maddie is the New Rebbie...wait, I mean Work, wait, I mean Team

Maddie has been going through a phase where she has declared herself a boy. First her name was Joey, then it was Rebbie, then it was Work, then it was Team. Then, she decided she was 4, then she was 10, then 14. I was very happy when she walked into Gabe's room tonight and said, "Guess what Mom? I'm a girl again!" She then put a too little black dress and high heeled Cinderella shoes on and pranced around the house. I asked her what made her change her mind about being a boy and she said, "Because you're a girl, mom...and you're painting Gabie's room."

(Yes, that's right. You read correctly - I painted Gabie's room today. It is so cute. Dave described it as being "rich". I have to put on a second coat tomorrow and then I'm going to paint some dinosaurs on one of the walls.)

You have no idea how happy I am that Maddie is a girl again. Yeah!!!

Kissy Face

I walked into Maddie's room today and saw her and Gabe close together. Maddie bothers him quite a bit by poking him or pulling on him. I started to tell her to get off of him when I realized what was happening. They both had their arms around each other and were kissing on the lips. Gabe had his little big lips all puckered up and was just kissing away.

Potty Training Pro

Gabe is a potty training pro. Accidents (notice it is plural) are expected on the second night of potty training. He only had one last night. He woke up dry, we took a shower and then he sat on the potty and went pee. It was as simple as that. He's got the pee thing down. Now pooping is a whole other ball game. He didn't go yesterday (that I know of, at least). He is a pretty regular little guy so I am a little alarmed.

First Night Of Potty Training

The potty training actually went pretty well last night. We put him to bed without a bottle. He cried for a few minutes, but then went right to sleep. He went from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. without having an accident. We put him back to bed without a bottle again and he cried for a few minutes and then went back to sleep and slept until 7:30 a.m. Then he hasn't had an accident since. I am very surprised. Good job Gabie!

Gabie went pee on the potty!

Yay!!! Gabie went pee on the potty! He got his diaper changed and decided he no longer wanted to wear a diaper. He took it off himself and would not let us put another one on so Maddie went and got him some big boy pants. He put on the Lightning McQueen underpants and thought he was so cool.

We weren't quite prepared for this. We weren't going to start trying until after Easter. I had to go to Target and I got these:
We had this from when Maddie was potty trained. It worked then and he seems to be pretty interested in it now.
I think (hope) that we are now prepared. I'm a little nervous about this, but am going to try and stand my ground. We put him to bed without a bottle tonight and I put a waterproof sheet underneath of him. I know I'll probably be up all night though. Wish me luck!

Me, In Book Form

I saw this here and had to see what it came up with for me.

You're Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!

by Mark Twain

With an affinity for floating down the river, you see things in black
and white. The world is strange and new to you and the more you learn about it, the less
it makes sense. You probably speak with an accent and others have a hard time
understanding you and an even harder time taking you seriously. Nevertheless, your
adventurous spirit is admirable. You really like straw hats.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Gabie got new shoes!

Our Kmart turned into a Sears Essentials and now recently has turned into an all out Sears store. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! They have a whole Lands End Department and it's so nice and clean.

I went to Sears tonight because our box fan (aka sound maker) gave out and we needed a new one. Also, Dave's slippers went missing (were stolen by some baby thieves), so he needed new ones.

While I was in the shoe department I came across these.

I brought them home and showed them to Gabe and he squealed with joy! It was so funny. He immediately tried them on and then kept pulling his pant legs up to look at them. I said, "It's Lightning McQueen!" and he repeated, "Lightning McQueen!" while he was running from the foyer to the front room to the kitchen to the living room and back to the foyer again. He didn't want to take them off when he went to bed, but got distracted by a baba.