David's 5th Birthday

David's 5th birthday was Wednesday.  

A good friend of ours, Natalie, has two boys also who are almost the exact same ages as ours.  They came up for the day, and we spent almost 5 hours at the beach.  the kids had a great time.  And though we reapplied their sunblock, they still came back pink.  oh, well.  It doesn't happen often.  I came back a lobster--which unfortunately, happens way more often than it should.  And Natalie was pretty red also.  

They came back to our house after the beach, and we had fancy dinner of burgers, corn on the cob, and fruit.  Like I said--fancy.  And he blew out the candles on his brownie-cupcakes.  

Natalie had gotten him a big bucket and shovel, which was perfect for the beach, and a whole heap of squirt guns.  Her gift was a big hit!

We got him bunk beds.  So, I guess it is kind of a gift for both boys.  He has been asking for a new bed for a while.  Funny, right?  He was thrilled.  It came with one mattress, but we need to buy another one still.    

catching up

Once again, I have fallen off the blogging wagon.  It's time to hop back on!

In the past month...

• David's ankle has healed (most of the time)
• Dave sprained his while playing in the yard with Brody.  He rolled it on a mole hill and lay on the ground yelling for a while.  I wasn't home so, unfortunately, I missed the show.
• Dave had oral surgery.  He came home from a business trip to Ohio looking like a (half) chipmunk.  Two dental visits and one oral surgeon later, the tooth problem is gone.  
• David tore his frenulum.  That is the tiny piece of skin in your mouth connecting your top lip to your gum.  We took a field trip to the ER where we were told that it would heal very nicely on its own.  Which it did.  
• We acquired a pool.  Leah had one and bestowed it upon us.  Thanks, Leah!  It is 10ft across and 3 feet high.  900 gallons.  It's a baby.  The problem with it being so small is that it is very difficult to find supplies for it.  The smallest amounts that are printed on the chemicals are still too much for it.  So we are still trying to figure this out.
• I changed Brody's food.  His 'little jobs' appear to be on track now...  And the food is cheaper!  
• Noah learned why you NEVER put a penny in your mouth.  Of course he figured this out after they had been put to bed, and Dave and I were sitting on the front porch.  Noah and David ran out onto the porch.  Noah was bawling his eyes out.  David: "Noah was choking on a penny."  Talk about terrifying!  Noah said he had gotten it out with his fingers.  David said he coughed it out.  Regardless, praise the LORD it came out. I had just spanked him the day before because I had caught him with a penny in his mouth.  Then he does it the very next day when he is suppose to be sleeping?!  Like I said, praise GOD!
•  We have had lots of summer fun!

    Today we went to the Flint Children's Museum.  The kids had a blast!

gimpy

While David had a blast at soccer camp last week, his ankle received one as well.  David and another boy collided, and David's ankle took the full force of it.  He has now been limping since Wednesday.

He is doing better.  He walked a lot at the zoo yesterday and rode in the stroller/cart thing a lot towards the end.  He did great.

When the sprain first happened he cried whenever he tried to walk on it.  I was worried he had actually broken it, but Dave was convinced that it was a sprain.  He must have been right because the more he walked on it the better it felt.  If he tried to walk after sitting or lying down for a while, it would hurt worse.

Apparently, the key is to keep it loose.  Don't let it stiffen up.  So while I wanted to carry him everywhere, Dave convinced me that it would be counter-productive.

ugh.  hate when he's right.

boogers

while changing the kids into pajamas, Dave laid in Davids bed for a minute.  He looked over at the dresser that is next to David's bed.


Dave:  "Are these boogers?"
david:  "no!" (face becoming pink)
dave:  (laughing)  "have you been wiping boogers on your dresser?!"
david: (face beet red) "no!"
me:  (laughing uproariously)
dave:  "have you?!" (still laughing)
david:  "sorry!"
Me:  (more laughing)
david: (STARTS BAWLING)
me:  "honey, we're not mad at you!"
david:  "waaaaahhh!!!!"
me:  "honey!  we thinks it's funny!  but don't do it anymore..."
david finally calms down and starts laughing too.


me to noah:  "have you been wiping boogers on your dresser too?"
noah:  "yeah!"
me (tackling him on his bed and pretending to look for boogers):  "where are are you wiping those boogers?!"
noah:  (laughing)
me:  "i can't find any."
Dave:  "he's eating them."
me:  "eeeeewww!  are you eating them?!"
Noah:  "yeah!  I just did!"


eeeeeeewwwww!   do NOT eat boogers! 

Tigers

I woke up this morning to "tiger boys."  They had woken up before me and were in the play room.  I had sneaked a peek at them and saw that they were playing nicely.  I did not notice the stripes.  I then hopped into the shower before the requests began pouring in.  They discovered I was awake fairly quickly and ran into the bathroom.  "Mom!  We're tigers!"  

"Oh, that's fun!"

"we have stripes!"
 "Cool!"  (I was in the shower.  there was a curtain separating us, and I thought they were just describing what their tiger selves would look like.)  "Wait.....  did you draw on yourselves?"
"Sorry, mom!" --David
"Did you draw on yourselves?!"
"Sorry, mom!!"
"Did you?!"
"yeah."
"with what?"
"marker"
Dry-erase marker, to be exact.  I thought it was really funny, and they did a pretty darn good job!  Luckily, it washed off pretty easily--but not before I snapped this picture!  I told them to pretend to be tigers, which David was all to happy too perform.  Noah was still unconvinced that he wasn't about to be in big trouble and, therefore, hid his face in shame.  They're so funny.

I did tell them not to draw on themselves anymore.

Noah has the Fifth now.  Big surprise.

David LOVED soccer camp!  He had a blast.  But, holy moly, were his cheeks RED after running around and being in the heat!

Fifth Disease

David woke up this morning with red cheeks.  I know he did not get a sunburn yesterday, so this was odd.  I questioned him if he had eaten anything before I woke up.  "No."  And I asked if he had touched anything strange (i.e. cleaning products, etc.).  "No."  I was concerned maybe he was having an allergic reaction to something, or if he got a chemical on him.  Now, just so we're clear--all of the chemicals are on the highest shelf in the farthest room, with the exception of Windex which is kid-locked under the sink.  But hey, sometimes a soap can cause an allergic reaction.  Regardless--his answers were "no."

His cheeks became more red when we were outside.  The phrase "slapped cheek appearance" popped into my head.  I remembered that phrase from a book.  Then I remembered my cousin telling me years ago that her son got Fifth Disease, which causes a rash.

I pulled out What to Expect the Toddler Years.  Sure enough, The symptoms (so far) matched the fifth disease description exactly.  "Slapped cheek appearance."  found the phrase that I had read a couple years beforehand.  I guess it usually "strikes" kids his age, usually in the spring.  There may be a fever or joint paint, but the "disease" (such an ugly word) is not serious.  No treatment is needed unless the child responds badly to the illness, which is almost always only those with auto-immune deficiencies or auto-immune disease.

The 2nd day the rash usually shows up on the back of the legs.  So I guess I should know for sure tomorrow if my assumption is correct.

I called the pediatrician and told him what I thought then asked how contagious it is.  He said that once the rash appears, the child is no longer contagious.  oh, good!  Tomorrow is Father's Day and we are suppose to be around my nieces and nephews.  It is contagious before hand, so they were probably exposed to it when we all went to the Splash Pad a few days ago.

My next question for the doctor...  Our church is putting on a VBS Soccer Camp this week.  It will be his first year, and he is pumped for it.  "Can he attend soccer camp?"  "Yes, that's fine."  Yay!  So glad I didn't have to break that little boy's heart!  

Obviously, if the rash is different tomorrow or different symptoms occur, all previous exultations are null and void, and we will be seeing the doctor.

soo gross

my dogs totally have worms.
This thought makes me want to vomit.
Turns out you can get said worms from said dogs just from them licking you.
guess who's going to be checking out her kids' poop now??

I feel like everything in my house is contaminated now.

uuugggghhhhh..........