Privacy

Luke asked me to get me a pair of jeans for him. After I got them down he said, "Ok, I'd like to leave now so I can change."

Lots of words, lots of urp

Reading with Aaron tonight, he pointed out three animals and said their names - Moose, Jaguar, and Emu (no joke!). My favorite, though, was this morning.....I asked him this morning how many tires are on a car. He bounced up and down counting, "One, two, whee, whore!!!"

He's also the most barfing boy I know. We had to go to the ER on Wednesday night - found out that he had a bacterial infection on his genitals - youch. Conveniently, he also had a bug, and when we were in the waiting room he threw up all over me....including down the inside of my shirt. Later in the evening when we gave him his medication, that ended up all over the living room floor. Tonight he actually asked for an extra snack at bedtime, then when I gave him his medicine, he threw up that and everything he'd just eaten. It's so frustrating and incredibly gross.

barf

from Aaron. We spent two hours at a therapy appointment and treatment team meeting for Raha, with Aaron saying "Tummy Owie" and fussing non-stop. We got home and walked into the kitchen, and he threw up until the kitchen floor (yes, it is a smallish floor) was covered. Yuck. Better than the carpet or furniture.

Misc Boys

We're backing off the potty training.....Aaron hasn't gone on the pot for 3 days, and neithe Meghan or Rich seem particular confident that he's ready. We'll leave out the pot, but maybe get serious again in June.

Luke had his first class in the developmental team in gymnastics. Now he does two 1 1/2 hour classes a week. Today was horribly boring to watch - just strength and flexibility work the whole time. That kid can do push-ups.

Family Night with face painting

Kids at a fundraiser last night, all thrilled to have their faces painted and to eat ice cream. Luke wanted to leave his on until Monday so he could show Meghan.

Flying Monkey

Luke is in the Wizard of Oz at Male High School as a flying monkey - opening night tonight!

Tall not wide

Aaron had his appointment with his nutritionist Ahna on Thursday. The good news is that he's an inch taller. The bad news is that his weight hasn't changed a bit. We've been giving him milk fortified with powdered milk and giving him as many high calorie foods as possible, but he just doesn't eat enough food to get the necessary calories. I'm wondering if texture is more of an issue than we realized - for instance, he won't eat broccoli with cheese sauce even though he loves broccoli, and this morning was really unhappy with pancakes and syprup. He ended up eating a banana with a fork, and a bit or two of pancakes.

The intervention Ahna is adding this month is a powder to add to all of his liquids and soft foods that has 44 calories per tablespoon and no taste or texture. We'll give it to Luke and Aaron. The downside of this? We order it online, and a case of 4 cans are $89.00. Hope it works.

Rich's divergent thinking

We have a game we love to play -- everyone sits in a circle with a stack of paper that equals the number of people in the group. Each person writes a common phrase or cliche like "heard it through the grapevine." They hand it to the person sitting next to them, who must illustrate the phrase on the next piece of paper. Then, the drawing goes to the following person, who interprets the drawing and tries to guess what the common phrase is. It's basically a grown-up game of telephone that usually goes horribly wrong......but not THIS horribly wrong. Note the odd sprouts on the baby's butt.

Our kids know how to party

Luke, MacKenna, Nico, and Aaron throw down at the Williams' house on Friday night. Aaron had a poop that cleared the room. Everyone ate cookies.

Sweet card from Luke to Laney

Luke loves to draw birthday cakes right now - I'm not sure where the idea of 3 dimesions came from though.

Poop!!!

After two accidents and 7 hours, Aaron said "Poop" then did it!!!! Very please with himself so sat on the potty for another 15 minutes watching YouTube and the Elephant Song.

D-Day

Aaron is officially potty training. We've been on the edge of it for awhile. Today before lunch I told him we are saying goodbye to his diapers. He yelled "NOOOOOO" and followed me around the house crying and trying to hand me a diaper for about 15 minutes. I've managed to pacify him and convince him to sit on the pot with lots of repeats of the movie "Ice Age."

All about the cash

During the children's sermon, Joel gave each kid a cardboard fish-shaped bank. Loud and clear Luke asked, "But how do I get my money out?"

The Mad Toddler strikes again!!

Swimming guys

Aaron has been a mess swimming with me rather than his dad. However, Raha and Luke are doing beautifully. They're both going to do the summer swim team through Oldham county parks department.