Ick--Ewww--Gross!!!

Zachary has ringworm on his chin. Reece and I thought it was a scrape, but after 2 weeks it has yet to heal and has doubled in size. I thought it was a spot of eczema and put lotion and hydro-cortisone cream on it. Dr. L says the hydro-cortisone cream causes the ringworm to spread. He is right. Guess that's why he's the doctor. We now have cream for it. So....if anyone gets ringworm I have a huge tube that will take care of it for you.

Round & Round They Go

Look where we went this weekend!! You know you're jealous!


Saturday and Sunday night!!
The boys had a good time even though both nights were very late. We got to visit with Buddy (Pop), Travis, Melvin (Paw-paw), and Mark.
I can't say that I am a fan, but I would go again if tickets were available. I'm just not passionate about the sport. It was a relative early night Friday (10 pm), but b/c of rain on Saturday the race didn't start until 10:45 pm! I think I am still exhausted. My favorite things about the race---Food that start with "F"-foot long corn dogs, french fries, and funnel cake.

This is all for now b/c I had to take a 3 hour break to bathe boys, visit horses, and finish a load of laundry.

Sweet Dreams

Today's conversation with Ryan

Time: 6:40 am
Place: wrapped up in a very cozy bed

Me: Ryan, we need to get up and get dressed.
Ryan: No, Ssshhhh (finger over lips), Sleep
Me: Okay, maybe just a little longer

I think this proves that he is my son:) and why we are always late.

VM & Hospitals

I received the nicest and sweetest VM today. Thank you KB4!!! You made my day.


Grandma is still in the hospital and will probably come home in a day or 2. More fun tests. I spoke to her on Monday and she sounded good. She had lots of company and Virgle is always by her side.

Swimming

Zachary had his first swim lesson this Saturday. We did swim lessons when he was just over a year. Parent and child thing. This class is the next level up and doesn't include me getting in the pool. Yeah me! He's all ready to go back next week. It should be interesting b/c we have to take Ryan with us. Looks like I will be in the pool sooner than I thought.

Z did a face plant onto the sidewalk at school this week. His right cheek has recovered nicely. Just very pink skin. His teacher said she couldn't punish him b/c he came running up to her after the fall and said, "Ms. Foster I was running on the sidewalk and fell and I know I'm not supposed to run on the sidewalk." Maybe lesson learned? Probably not.



On another note--I am angry. You know who you are and what it is about. Please do something to fix the problem.

Eggstravaganza and Easter

We went to Eggstravaganza! on Saturday to do an egg/candy/toy hunt sponsored by a local radio station. It was a beautiful morning and quickly warmed up to a toasty 70+. Michelle, Kris, and Kyler were even able to join us. We don't get to see much of each other b/c of their crazy 2nd and 3rd shift jobs. Someone's got to do the CSI stuff on the odd hours of the day. Everyone had a great time!


I have to had this note about he egghunt. It was actually soccer field divided into 3 sections for age groups. All the goodies were thrown all over the ground. There was a count down and then it was a free for all. We picked a great location. The Twix area. Reece and I were thankful we had 2 kids to collect all the goodies. It was a pretty funny set-up but very effective.



Kris, Kyler (almost 2), and Michelle


Coloring of the eggs


Don't you wish you could buy eggs at the store like this. Food would be so much more fun.


The late afternoon hunt. We are lazy. We didn't hunt for eggs until about 4:30. We had lunch/dinner at Pam's. The boys got 2 board games and the adults got their favorite candies.

Loot!


"Yeah, I have candy in my mouth. See!"

New, New, New

New Paint! New Beds! New Hair!
We decided to buy bunk beds for the boys about 6 weeks ago. We were finally about to pick them up on Wednesday. It worked out perfectly b/c when we ordered them we still needed to replace the flooring in most of the house and the 2 smaller bedrooms were in desperate need of new paint. The flooring was put down over the long President's Day weekend with the much needed and appreciated help from Buddy. Then we/I moved on to painting the extra bedroom. It went from pale yellow to a mauve. The added bonus to this room was a new ceiling. For some reason when we first moved in, I decided to paint the ceiling blue. Not a good idea. I took the popcorn ceiling off, primed, and painted it white. Much more suitable.
Then it was on to the boys' room. We had to move quick. The boys were relocated to the new mauve room and Ryan got to start practice sleeping in a real bed! I am sooo happy to finally take the crib down and put it in the ATTIC! It has been up for the last 4 years. Ryan did great in the new bed. Babies sleep in the strangest positions.Zachary and Ryan's room has changed from hideous Pert Plus green to a much more appropriate blue. The painting in the boys' room is almost done. I have a 10 foot section of trim and the window sill to finish. I'm taking a break. The beds went up on Thursday and so did the boys. Zachary is doing great and Ryan loves his new bed. Zachary has decided he needs to share Ryan's bed for stories and then eagerly climbs into bed.Finally.......I have new hair. I've been wanting a short haircut, but since it was Fall and then Winter and I am a wimp I HAD to wait until it got warmer.