original little hellraisers

making cookies at michelle’s house with mia and kira

preschool valentines day party

here mom… some full shots of the robe.  sorry to bore anyone else looking at this =)

the kid is silly, crazy, serious, smart, squeezable, kissable, etc…

(that’s a breath right strip, not a broken nose.  first time i put it on he instantly tore it off, but then was like “hey, that felt better”  and instantly wanted me to put another one on.   and yes mom i made dylan a new robe)

ugh…we’re all sick, except john (knock on wood) he’s managed to dodge this terrible (i think) flu.  poor dylan caught owen’s stomach bug of last week and the flu at the same time.  so he was exploding from both ends with flu symptoms on top of it.  i caught the flu and owen is just now getting it.  we’ve all had low grade fevers, cough and congestion.  dylan is getting better,  i’m heavily medicated and owen is right in the middle of it. it’s been raining a lot so we’ve been going to a lot of indoor playgrounds which are breeding grounds for germs.  but it’s either stay inside all day with two boys who need to run around or take a chance and go out.  it’s a toss up.  at least when they’re sick they take good naps =)

owen just told me grandpa, lola’s grandpa drove on the sidewalk.

me (parallel parking)
owen are you on the sidewalk?
me no. why?
owen grandpa drove on the sidewalk.  he’s a bad driver.

dad, is there anything you want to tell me?

ah.  what a great weekend we had.  saturday morning we woke up to the sun and after nearly two weeks straight of rain we were all itching to get out.  made fried dough for breakfast, grabbed some coffee and walked down to the beach.  built sand castles.  tried flying a kite in nearly zero wind and just enjoyed the warm sunshine.  kids napped.  walked to outerlands for dinner with friends.  lovely.

sunday was uneventful and it appears the kids still have a bug sitting in their stomachs, but other than frequent trips to the bathroom they are in good spirits.  a side affect to the frequent bathroom trips is dylan finally understands to use the toilet for number two or in his case right now, we can call it number 3.  he’s also congested and is running a low grade fever off and on.

i guess in hindsight as i type this, it was only a so so weekend because the kids aren’t feeling 100% but i’m still high from the perfect saturday.

owen can do the spoon on the nose trick.  he saw a kid on tv do it and just picked up a spoon and put it on his nose.

ugh.  owen is sick again.  he woke up last night with a fever and puked in bed.  woke up this morning with a fever puked on me and the couch. after which he apologized for not puking in the bucket and for getting puke on me.  even when sick he’s still sweet.  was good for most of the day with the help of motrin, but his fever starts to sneak back after 4 1/2 hours after his last dose of motrin, an hour and half to early to give him another dose.  then again at 6:30pm while i was trying to get him to eat something he told he was going to puke so i got him the bucket and he puked again.  passed out on the couch for about an hour. woke up and felt like eating dinner.  went back to bed at 8.  i feel really bad for him.  he really doesn’t feel good this time around.

UPDATE:

owen is feeling much better.  his fever never returned after last night.  the only trace of him being sick is well… um… let’s just say he went through three pairs of underwear this morning, but i think that’s really from drinking apple juice and not eating much.  it’s not as bad as it sounds, let’s just say his farts were fully loaded and now he’s paranoid that every time he farts something else is going to sneak out.  i told him he had sneaky poop.  he thought that was very funny.

(me) say night night to papa

(dylan waving) night night choo choo

(me) say night night to papa

(dylan waving) i love you, papa

(papa) i love you too

(dylan waving) i love you, owie

(owen) i love you too, dylan

i made fried dough this morning from trader joe’s pizza dough.  it looked and tasted like i remember situ’s but i’ll need john’s opinion to get the real judgement.  either way they were really good and easy to make.  owen even help make the little balls.