I Hate Medicine

All three of my kids have gone or are going through a stage that involves refusing to take medicine to the point I would rather they just get a shot. After a long night of rocking Brylee and watching her pull on her ears I knew she had an ear infection. Arghhh.....that meant there would be medicine involved.

The first dose involved me holding Brylee down and her losing a few doses because she was gagging and spitting it all over the kitchen that resulted in a full melt down.

The next morning I may or may not of sat her on the kitchen counter and told her that she could not get down until she took her medicine. I was not going to hold her down 2 times a day for the next 10 days.

30 minutes later Brett came to her rescue and begged and pleaded for another 20 minutes.

So I may or may not of offered him a reward of $5 at the end of the 10 days.

Brett is my hero and Brylee is a lucky girl to have such a patient brother!!

The joys of parenthood.

Inside our Wisconsin Walls

74 days later our house is unpacked! Every box has been opened and sorted. Many, many trips to Goodwill and finally our house is uncluttered! It feels so good to have a clean and unpacked house!!!

Skyping the the Grandparents

Grandma and Grandpa are new to the Skype world. I love seeing their beautiful faces while we talk.

I also love the way they love each other.

Grandpa was telling me that on Valentines day he painted Grandma's toenails.

I told him what a good husband he was and he replied that he saved $30 everytime he does it and he only had one complaint. Grandma must not cut her nails so short because it makes it hard for him to paint.

He even showed me his good work!

I love them!

7 Day Heat Wave

You know you live in Wisconsin when you look out the window and Bryan is enjoying a heat wave of 39 degrees shoveling snow in short sleeves....

I also enjoyed seeing spots grass this last week but that was short lived. Today another 15" will fall.

For now I will dream of the next heat wave and will look forward to watching people wear flip-flops and shorts sleeves the next time it nears 40 degrees.

Brett's New Buddies

I told Brett when all the boxes were unpacked he could have a party with his new buddies. They are all goofy, fun 10 year old boys!
It was nice to put a face to the boys that I hear about!
And even better all the boxes are unpacked!!!