Odd happenings

Last night Ian started throwing up. At one point we hurried him to the toilet to throw up. Mike noticed he was a little stinky. There was no visible throw up anywhere on his clothes. We took off his button up pajama shirt, and there was throw up all over his back. On the inside of his shirt. NOTHING on the front of him, nothing on his pillow or sheets. How in the world did he throw up on his back inside of his clothes and get nothing on his front?? Any guesses?

Here's your update!

So I have received a complaint from some very good friends (who neglected to visit us when they were last in town AND have NEVER commented on my blog ahem) that I haven't updated my blog in a while. Hello, it's February. Everybody knows February stinks. It is cold, but not much snow. Somebody usually is sick. Nothing exciting is happening. So I will write a boring post about our day today.

I had planned to take most of today off work because Mike had to take a brief trip out of town. He wrote out my schedule for the day since he is usually the one taking care of the kids. It included swim lessons, babysitting the neighbor kids (x2), what times to get Ian on and off the bus, etc. Then this happened.

Eliza woke up at 3 am puking. Lovely. Mike spent the 3 o'clock hour scrubbing the carpet while I changed her pajamas and held back her hair while she continued to puke in a bowl. We were basically awake from that time on. I got ready for work in-between pukes and went to work for just over an hour to receive a food order and put it all away. Then I came home around 8:15 am and Mike left for Utah. Eliza is wearing the hat in this picture to keep her hair out of her puke.

While she lay on the couch this morning watching Shaun the Sheep episodes, Ian and I read stories, played Go Fish and Memory, Play-doh, and baked bread. We cancelled the babysitting.
The bread turned out a little darker than I usually like it but I wasn't wasn't watching it as close as I was watching the sick-o.

I tried to upload a little video of Ian reading to me. Sorry it's not working, I will have to have Mike help me when he gets back!

I got Ian on the bus on time. I did some loads of puke laundry. I guess I haven't lost all my stay-at-home-mom skills. I ate lunch, and now I am hoping Eliza will take a little nap because I am tired! The librarian last night told Mike & I that we will miss having small kids when they grow up. This was when Ian was throwing a tantrum because we were leaving and Eliza was being a little too helpful with the books. It's kind of hard to believe that some days. What is your day like today?

31st Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mike.

We loved having Mike's brothers and their families here for the big birthday weekend. But I forgot to get out my camera until after Jared's family left - sorry guys!! We had fun playing settlers, going to the petting zoo and making Richard & Janae babysit while Jared, Abby, Mike and I went to see Sherlock. Thanks for coming and we hope you all come again in the summer when we can do a little bit more outdoors fun!

Baby in a Bucket

I recently re-discovered the baby in a bucket my grandma gave to me for Christmas one year. I was probably 14 or 15 when she gave it to me. I was appreciative of the thought even if I never played with it. However, Eliza loves it. I thought I would post a picture of it for all you crocheters or knitters out there. For some reason my pictures were a little blurry, but basically it is a cool whip container with a crocheted top, with a small baby inside. The baby has a crocheted hat, dress and underwear and small pillow, mattress and blanket. I know Janae's grandma made her one similar. Anybody else? Was it a fad in the 80's-90's?

And here is a picture of Eliza with her favorite Christmas present. She wore them straight through 3 hours of church last week. (No they are not prescription!)

Ian is happy to be back at school and in swim lessons. And we are happy to have something to entertain him too.