Lumps

Sometimes these two can get along really well and they are just so cute.

 

5 minutes later Willow was screaming about something and Jayden was antagonizing her.  Such is my life....

Paint the Towne (again)

I know this is shocking, but I have been back to Paint the Towne on numerous occasions.  It's just so convenient that it is only like 5 minutes away from the house, the classes are late enough in the evenings that I still get to hang out with Royal and the kids beforehand, the classes are early enough in the evening that I get a break from putting the kids to bed for a night (not that putting them to bed is difficult at all, but still nice...),  I get to drink a margarita (or whatever) while I paint, AND I get another piece of art to hang on the walls.  It also helps that I've been so many times now I've filled up 2 punch cards worth of free paintings, so painting lately has been free!  :)

I painted this for my mom for mother's day, the class was called Half Full.

This is The Turtle painting I did, and it now hangs in the kid's bathroom.

And this picture I just did last night and I think might be my favorite, although I say that about almost every painting I bring home....Three Pears (worth 1500 points if you are playing Farkle...ha ha ha! I love that game!)

Heating Up and Cooling Down

It's gonna be a hot one outside today.  Supposedly we're right on track to bust on over 100 today, the earliest it's ever been 100 degrees here in Wichita - I wonder if it's setting the pace for the rest of summer - which if it is, I might just start digging out a pool in the backyard!

I kept Jayden home from school today since his temp only just cooled down to below 100 this morning and he is still getting regular breathing treatments.  But he is finally feeling SOOOO much better, he really had me worried for awhile, but he had a little more energy last night and is getting back to his old self today.  Still not eating much but at least he isn't spending all day on the couch.  There is a lot more fighting and bossing around going on between the kids - the ultimate sign he's feeling better.  :)

Since it is going to be so hot today, Jayden begged me to find all the water toys for the backyard and get them blown up.  So, that's what we spent the morning doing.
Jayden didn't have quite the energy I think he wanted to have, because he'd run around and then have to sit down and take a break, and then run around, and then have to stop and cough and cough and cough, but at least he's running around!

Another sign Jayden is feeling better is that when he gets his breathing treatment he uses it as a kazoo.

Sick Jaydo

Jayden, all of us really, have had quite the year with sicknesses - colds and flus and antibiotics and antivirals and now Jayden's second bout with pneumonia.

We headed off to our doctor's office again this morning, Jayden's breathing was getting bad and his inhalers didn't seem to be helping much, and he was complaining that his heart hurt when he breathed and his ears were plugged.  He also was running a high fever and threw up last night due to being so hot.   I am so thankful there is a walk in clinic at our doctor's office on Saturdays AND that our regular doctor happened to be the doctor on call this morning.  I was the first one in line at the door this morning!  After listening to Jayden's lungs and taking his temp (103) and taking his oxygen level (92), she sent him off to get a chest x-ray.

His x-ray's showed that he has double pneumonia, really bad in his left lung, as well as the cold-induced asthma he's been struggling with this year.  Our doctor said that his lungs were bad enough to get him admitted to the hospital, but if I could keep him hydrated and if a breathing treatment made a difference with how his lungs sounded I could take him home.  So, we sat there while Jayden got to inhale some meds.

And luckily it helped enough.  Sadly, he also had to get an antibiotic shot right in the rear end...poor guy.  But at least we got to bring him home with breathing treatments every 4 hours and more antibiotics to help the infection in his lungs, and as long as he doesn't start throwing up and we can keep him hydrated and he's making a significant recovery, he'll get to stay here.

Outside for the Summer!

Our Strollers in Motion class has moved outside for the summer, which means way more running while pushing about 100 pounds down the road.   Oi...

But it also means we end our classes right next to parks, which is so much more fun for the kidlettes.

I love these swings, I totally want one in my backyard!

And just like that...

...Jayden's lost another tooth!  I guess his baby teeth like birthdays, the first he lost the day after his birthday, his second he lost on Royal's birthday.  Guess we'll see how well my theory holds up when my birthday rolls around next month!

Happy Birthday, Royal!

Happy 33rd birthday to the best guy around!!!

 

(I personally like how both kids are eyeing the pie!  And the candles are arranged in a 3 and 3 per Jayden's request - not to mention I didn't have 33 candles sitting around!)