That time of year

Germs, colds, flu...YUCK! Little man got hit pretty hard yesterday. I was just about to lay down (since I was supposed to work last night) and school called. He had 101. So sis and I went to get him. I don't usually go straight to the Dr., at least not unless there is something else going on. But their grandma (the one who doesn't keep them a lot) is coming to keep them next week and I had this vision of everybody having the flu! Thankfully it was negative. The diagnosis was upper respiratory. Same thing he had about 3 weeks ago. His temp shot up last night, of course, and would only come down to 103 with Motrin. When he got up this morning it was 102.8 but is doing better with some more meds...101. He was supposed to be leaving at noon with his dad, grandpa and brother to go to deer camp. He is crushed. I feel sorry for him, and as bad as it sounds, a little for myself too, this is going to be a LONG weekend if we are stuck at home and he cries all the time :( Praying sister doesn't follow suit. The attitude, however is already shining through. She told me to leave her alone and don't talk to her when I wouldn't let her have her way. YIPPEE, she's almost 3 :/

Today...

is Saturday, and we are up WAY too early for my taste.
Hubby is out of town and I don't sleep good when he is gone ( yes I know I should be used to it by now)
Sis is cranky. She was up most of the night coughing. Both boys and I sound yuck too. Nobody feels bad, we just sound scary.
Is also my mom's birthday.
My great aunt & uncle are here from Texas and we get to see them.
Speck is with my dad at a hunting education class ALL DAY LONG.
I don't have to go to Wal Mart! ( sad that I'm excited about that but it seems like I have been every day this week )
little man is already outside, and its only 7:30 am
I was snuggling with my cranky little 2 year old and she said "I wub you mommy" out of the clear blue.
I am going to enjoy being home with my kiddos.

my computer has crashed. big time. it is about to irritate me and the kids are home today so I don't have time to mess with it. All is well around here. nothing too exciting to report. At least if there is I can't remember it at the moment. thats a good thing I think!

WHOO HOO!!

this is sisters new favorite thing to say. Everything is super exciting these days :) She did get her straws back (after having a 2 week break because of the tonsils) and that was super exciting! She laughed until she cried. SO sweet. Little man is still doing good with the chart, but yesterday was a hard day. His gecko died. Not sure if thats what brought it on but we made it and thankfully got to start over this morning. Speck is good too. His ear still isn't bothering him, whoo hoo, so we are just waiting til our appointment to see what comes next. Hubby had a dr appt this morning. Thinking he might have an abdominal hernia. Wonder what that could be from?! He has to go see a surgeon to get a second opinion. Don't even want to think along those lines. He's leaving this afternoon for deer camp. Mom and I are taking the kids to the fair. Yuck. at least its only for a few hours. Tomorrow I promised Petco. And Sunday the airshow. Busy weekend, but planning to enjoy every minute with the kiddos. I wish I could find it in me to decorate for fall. I love all the stuff thats out and looking at everyone elses, but I detest setting it out and putting it away. Not to mention cleaning around it. So I guess I will just have to admire from a distance.

so far...

Little man is doing SOOO good with the behavior chart. It is something he really looks forward to and gets upset when he has to change a color. He is the one who actually has to move the smiley face, and he HATES that. He gets to punch his card every night and can't wait to do it. I think I have more patience with him too. I want so badly for him to succeed with this. His daddy says I'm not hard enough but its working at the moment. And any improvement is a good one.
Sis is almost back to 100%. I can't believe how well she has done. She can go back to her favorite sippy cups on Friday. We are all counting the days!
Speck is good too. He's so excited about hunting season. He will get to go, at least through most of it. His appointment at ACH is November 28 so I guess we will see.
Hubby has managed to give himself what I am pretty sure is an abdominal hernia. He goes to the Dr. Friday morning. He wasn't too concerned until I scared him bad enough and mentioned the possibility of him missing hunting season :) With the 2 kiddos having surgery so close together, I said many times "It happens in 3's" I just thought it would be little man. It may be the big one...and OH MAN what fun that will be.

UGH!

Thursday Speck blew his nose & screamed "mom, I felt air come out my ear!" I called the school nurse and had her look...all was well. Friday we had an appoinment for little man because of his headaches (which turned out to be a sinus infection) anyway, while we were there I had the Dr. look. Well, sometime in the 24 hours or so since the nurse looked, it had gone ahead and ruptured. So I call ACH to get an appointment. He is scheduled Dec. 22 for another check. They didn't want to see him til then. My issues with that are that I want him to be seen ASAP to prevent any complications. & if he has to have surgery again it needs to be done before Jan. 1 because of insurance. I have been on the phone with them 4 times today already. Basically I am just sitting and waiting for them to call me with an appointment that I have to take regardless of date/time because the dr is booked until February. AND I found out my work schedule is not at all condusive to Sisters new school schedule. I am not a happy camper today. Oreos, however, are making it a little easier & it could always be worse, I'm just frustrated at the little things!

one proud momma

So both boys got glowing reports from their teachers and both had straight A's. Speck, I would expect nothing less. And would be shocked otherwise. Little Man, I wasn't surprised at the grades but sadly a little dumbfounded at her description of him. I think I'm getting the wrong kid after school everyday!