Sick Kids...

We have all been a little sick around here for the last few days.

We have had the washer and dryer going non stop.

We have had our throw up bowls right by the kids. However we don't really seem to catch it into the bowl that often.

We have watched a lot of movies in the last few days. I wish I was a little more creative rather than just throwing on a movie. I tried to read stories too but that didn't go over as well as the movies did.

Kevin was at work Friday and Saturday. However when he was home he stayed up half the night and helped with one or the other child. He is so great. He can last on little sleep and not be grumpy. Me on the other hand. Sure I can get little sleep but watch out I am quite grumpy the next day.

Our Saturday night plans consisted of staying home to ourselves and watching the BYU/Gonzaga game (more on that later). Kevin was going to pick up dinner on his way home but I said I would run out and get it. I needed a little moment away from our sick kids and some fresh air. It was a short drive to Rumbi's but I turned the radio up loud and sang along and it was just what I needed. Than I came straight home. Even that short little break helped me out so much.

Usually the first day with sick kids isn't bad (pajamas and cuddling with my kids) but man when it goes for a few days and all through the nights too it can wear on you. I should not complain this has only been since Thursday night.

Love this song where it says you have gotten to have sickness so you can appreciate your health. (good old My Turn on Earth soundtrack)

Happy St. Patrick's Day...

Happy St. Patricks Day! I do enjoy this little holiday. We don't do anything major on this day. We do make our pancakes green and sometimes will eat other green food. None of this eating Irish food stuff.

We also get a visit from a little Leprechaun who messed up our house a little and left us a few treats. Doesn't really make sense but he is a silly little thing.

Cole woke up so excited to see if he captured him in his trap.

But it looks like as Cole said it " we need a better trap". Next year!

We hung out most of the day filling out our March Madness Brackets and than took green rice krispie treats into Dad's work.

Leprechaun Trap...

On Monday night for FHE we went to the South Jordan Library where they were doing a Leprechaun Puppet show. We got there and the place was packed. We sat on the side and all of the kids sat up front with chairs behind them for the parents. We just sat on the floor with Cole and Day in our laps. They loved the puppet show. The lady that does them is very talented and I love her different voices. It was so fun to hear Cole laugh and see Dailey who was enthralled in it also. I love when you go to a movie and you hear kids laughing all together. It makes me smile to think of the silly things they love!

Today Cole and I made a Leprechaun trap. Dailey played with the tape. Cole made the ladder all by himself. After seeing the puppet show we thought we should try and catch one. Cole wants it as his pet. I just copied one of the internet. Here is how ours turned out.

You can either laugh or cry...

I read a quote by Marjorie Hinckley, how you can either laugh or cry about things that happen to you. She said she prefers the first one the other just gives her a headache.

I thought that was such a good way to look at things though I don't always do it.

I thought I better record this because honestly it was so dang funny. I was laughing so hard. Another morning I am sure I could have cried. But it was just funny.

It started at the breakfast table. We were eating our cereal and Cole "tooted" (as we like to call it while they are young, sounds softer than a fart. Of course, we will say fart when they are older. Can't picture a teenage boy saying toot. He is for sure to be made fun of) anyway. He tooted at the table and started gaging on the smell of his own toot.

Than we went to take a tub. Cole was on the toilet going #2 (sometimes calls it Thing Two) and I was right by him putting Dailey into the tub. He usually just goes #1 and than hops into the tubby with Day. Well he kept gagging and saying man it smells so gross!!! It did smell way bad. The next thing I know I feel something wet on my feet. I look down thinking Dailey already splashed me with tub water. But to my surprise it was throw up. Yep, you guessed it Cole threw up from the smell of his own poo!

So I quickly pulled him off the toilet and threw him into the tub so I could clean it up. Since it is was all over my feet and the floor. He than looks over the tub at his own throw up and gags and throws up more. This time in the tub.

I than have to pull both kids out of the tub. I let them run around naked, while I clean up the puke in and out of the tub and on me.

Than I get it all cleaned up and get fresh bath water in the tub and cute little Dailey takes me by the hand, and shows me where she has pooped on our carpet while I was cleaning up the other mess. When I saw this I was laughing so hard I was crying. It truly was too funny. Oh and Cole kept saying, " I just don't know what was in that poo, that was so gross." He also started gagging more when he saw Dailey's poo on the carpet. I had to tell him to go away until I could get everything cleaned up and Febreez the heck out of the bathroom and hallway!

Funny side note.

On Sunday night we were with my family and we were talking about how we have a tweet account set up. We got onto the subject of how the girls will send out tweets about getting together to do this or that. And the boys at work thought we needed a separate tweet thing for what they called "the important tweets" they think we just play all day. So I said well I could tweet the daily things we do. like picking up poop out of the tub that occurs at least once a week. So after this morning of puke and poop I could not wait to tweet about it!

Also I really want to remember this stuff. Because as gross as it is. It is part of what I do and I sure do love being a Mom.

Muffin Surprise..

Cole asked me if one day I could make him muffins and surprise him with them. I thought it was so funny. Usually he asks about once a day or a week if we can make chocolate chip cookies. But the muffin thing made me laugh. So we were heading home from doing errands and I said "let's go make some muffins" he said "No. Mom you got to make me muffins and than I come in and you say surprise! I made muffins."

He had it all planned out. So funny.

So he fell asleep on our drive back home and I let him sleep while I made our "surprise muffins".

He was excited to wake up to those fresh muffins. It was so cute. He kept telling me Thank You for making me my surprise muffins. :) We ate quite a few and he even let me give away a few also.

But the rest of them he guarded and we put them in a container to keep them fresh. A few weeks

later I found the tubberware container. It was hidden with the other unused containers.

I think he hid it away to save those muffins. Ha. ha.

Skipping Holidays...

It was March 1st and I was so excited to start spring cleaning and all the fun that comes with it that I went ahead and put away the few valentine's decorations that I had and jumped right into Easter!

A few people who visited my home said "Wow, aren't you skipping a holiday. Just passing up St. Patrick's Day"? Well yes I was. I didn't have any St. Patti's Day Decor. But after the billionth time of Cole asking me if Easter was tomorrow, I decided maybe I would decorate for St. Patti's Day. So I packed up Easter stuff and We headed to the dollar store.

We just got a few things from the dollar store and than cut out some shamrocks on my cricut.

I usually do a few things on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate but have never had decor around the house. You know we do the green food coloring in our pancakes and the Leprechaun leaves a little treat. I have seen this one cute Mom who goes all out with the Leprechaun leaving a mess and they try and make a trap to catch him. They even turn the toilet water green. I did incorporate the green toilet water last year and Cole that it was fun.

I love hearing how people celebrate holidays. I also love stealing fun ideas.

Cole and Dad...

I love Cole's facial expressions in these photos!

I was napping. Oh how I love a good Sunday afternoon nap. Especially right now. Cole and Kevin were playing downstairs. I got fully caught up on what they were doing with these action pictures Kevin took with our camera.

Kevin made a jump and they had a good time hanging out downstairs. I think Kevin misses his black jeep. Maybe one day we will have to get him another one.