Illness Drama

Sickness has plagued our house and we've all been hit.  It's gone from coughing to upset stomach to runny noses to fevers to stuffy heads to headaches to ear aches to pinkeye.  Good times, good times.

Through these circumstances, Ben has acquired the new nickname, "Drama" for his blind man walking performance and screaming "I have a bloody nose!" every time his nose was a little runny today.  He did start medication this afternoon for pinkeye, so we're hoping he won't be so miserable tomorrow.

Whoops, I did it again

                                             
Ben & Carson before leaving for the grandparents' houses.

Carson at his first Beaver basketball game

Julie & me, sporting our Goonies t-shirts.

Time sure goes by quickly when you're busy, busy, busy.  With subbing, reading for my class, taking care of the boys, appointments, dishes, and laundry, and of course the, ahem, occasional Mom's Night/Weekend Away, I'm not sure how I can keep up with this blog sometimes.   So, again, two weeks have gone by since my last post (that's better than an entire month between the previous posts-I change the dates, so you can't tell), so I guess I'm doing better than before.

Most recently, the boys all enjoyed last weekend with the grandparents and Daddy, while I enjoyed a weekend scrapbooking with the girls at the coast.  This past week was spent home with semi-sick children, so I'm glad I was able to get away when I did.  With a cold myself, I definitely would not have been up for spending a weekend away from home, not feeling well, and knowing the boys were not feeling 100% as well.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Going for a walk under the St. John's bridge.

At a park in the middle of downtown.

After church today, we went for a little drive and decided to explore places we'd never been before.  We ended up eating lunch in St. John, then taking a walk under the bridge.  In search of a play park and bathroom, we ventured downtown for a little while to play, then headed home.

Tuesday with the twins

Managed to pack in a full day of fun with Ben and Gavin on Tuesday while Carson was at kindergarten.  It was such a beautiful day and since I wasn't subbing, we decided to take advantage of the day.  First, we spent some time walking around the zoo.  Most animals were out, eating or playing, so we've discovered that 9:30 at the zoo is a great time to see the animals out and about.  Next, we drove out to IKEA for lunch and to look for a darker lampshade for Carson's room.  On the way back, we thought we'd check in to see if we could visit Brian at work.  He was on his lunch break, so we got to ride the tram with him!  So cool!    Lastly, we picked up Carson from school at 3 PM and met up with our friends at the park to play before heading home for dinner.  Whew!  It was a fun day that would catch up with me on Wednesday, for sure.  ;)

January Update

Ben & Gavin's brotherly hug.

Kim in Astoria.

Brian at the top of the Astor Column.

Ben at a park.

Carson at a park.

Gavin at an indoor playground.

At Ella's birthday party.

Oh, my!  We missed an entire month of posts!  Well, this is what's been happening in our lives:

Carson started riding his big boy bike without training wheels this month!  It was a great success and he's excited to try it again.

Gavin and Ben have been wearing pull-ups instead of diapers and going on the potty about half the time.  It's a step in the right direction!

Kim started taking online graduate courses so that she can keep her teaching license.  It's been consuming her extra time, thus no blog updates this past month.  I've also been subbing 2-3 days a week, which has been nice!

Brian's been getting quite a few texts and emails from Extras Only and has been available for a couple, but hasn't been called in to "star" as an extra yet this year.  Fred Meyer and Arbor Homes were the latests "jobs" he was available for.  Fun, fun!

Brian and Kim went to Astoria for Kim's birthday this month.  Grandma Michelle watched the twins up here at our house for the night (and didn't get any sleep), while Carson got to spend two nights with Grandma Joanne and Grandpa Dennis in Albany.  The boys all loved spending time with their grandparents.

I'll try to keep up a bit more in February!  

Happy Rockin' New Year!

We enjoyed ringing in the new year with our friends, playing Rock Band, air hockey, and princess dress up! So much fun!

Snowy Surprise

Ben, Drew, Carson, Luke, and Gavin checking out the snow flurries early on.

Really coming down now!

Surprised by the snow! And it wasn't letting up.

Carson's giant snowball.

Ben snowboarding already!

Ben giving Gavin a push down the driveway.

We were pleasantly surprised by a snow storm today! After a playgroup this morning, we stopped at our friend's house to play some more, then small flurries started coming down, much to our amazement! We let the boys play outside, then pow! It really started coming down! Luckily, we made it home easily, although I didn't make it up our driveway! Brian made it home in a little over an hour after putting on chains after work. The highways are a mess out there, so I'm so grateful that Brian made it home okay and so early.