Finally totally well!!! YAY!

So we are all totally FINALLY well! So nice to feel good again. Now however, I have to catch up on my blogging!

Last week at school they had Paige's favorite annual event-Crazy Hair Day! She was well by that time and could go to school but Ben was still sick so he missed out this year. I really don't think he was too disappointed! :)

Paige is always up for something wild and well...crazy and is always the kid at school with the craziest hair! She said if they don't have Crazy Hair Day at her new school, she is going to suggest it! This kid is going to change the world wherever she goes!

So here she is on Crazy Hair Day!



Here is a 'side' view. We are getting so good at this whole process that it only took about 20 minutes to do!




Here is how she looked 'full on'....such a funny kid!



Hugs to all,
Jaye

Here We Go, Here We Go Again.....

The title above is to be sung to the tune of "There She Goes" by the Cranberries....I took the liberty of changing it to fit my post! :)

Yes, it's that time of year again...Shelby is due for her extended summer stay and so that can only mean one thing...we are headed to court...AGAIN. It happens just about every year and so we are used to it. This time there IS a difference in that we WON'T see the current motion as it's been presented actually go to court. It is a pile of cow pucky....and will not make it very far...it's just that it's so darn frustrating to always have to engage in these battles. After 14 LONG years, you'd think the venom would have been somewhat diluted, but apparently holding grudges, and holding onto anger is something that some people are very good at.

So...Here We Go....Here We Go Again...

Hugs
Jaye

More Puke.....lovely

So Paige started puking Saturday night as previously posted and stopped about midday on Sunday. She puked once yesterday (Monday)but seems to be done with the puking and is on the mend...we are trying to get her to eat now.

Last night about 3am, BEN started puking and as of 8am this morning, is STILL puking about every 1/2 hour (which is what he was doing last night). So with a few hours sleep under my belt, I have a full day of daycare ahead of me....and Mark was on duty last night so he escaped the loveliness...although even if he WAS home he'd have been of no help!

Calgon, take me awayyyyyyyyyyyy......

Hugs to all,
Jaye

Puke, Puke, Puke

Well, we started out a very busy weekend. Saturday I had an early CPR class I had to take as a part of my licensing for daycare (just a renewal this time around). After I finished the class, I headed to base to pick up a few things we needed to do shish kabobs for dinner tonight. Then Mark and I took the kids to a birthday party at the roller rink that was for a little pal of Bens in his class. Straight after THAT party, we rushed back to our neck of the woods and dropped Paige off at a friends house for another party! Mark had invited one of the civilians from work over for dinner and we had a great time. Mark went to pick Paige up about 930 and all was well......

Midnight came and Paige started puking....thank GOD she is old enough to make it to the bathroom and doesn't just sit up in bed and puke right there like they all do when they are little. She has been puking ever since. Of course, with Mark being a sympathy puker, it has been left to me to do the clean up and soothing of this child. Mark was laying in bed with the blankets covering his ears each time I came back to bed, as even the SOUND of someone puking makes him gag. I really don't want to deal with two pukers, so I take care of the puke around here! We do have a deal however, and that is I take care of the puke and Mark takes care of the blood. When one of the kids is bleeding I just feel sick to my stomach. Someone elses kids bleeding is fine, but the sight of my own kids bleeding just makes me nauseaus! So we have this great deal and it all works out. Mark DID however point out that we are in trouble if one of the kids is bleeding AND puking.....lets just hope we don't have to deal with that situation! lolol..

So now Paige is asleep on the couch...we are giving her tylenol every four hours and she is keeping the puking to a minimum....poor kid..she is waiting for Mark to come home from town with her ginger ale (he does do SOMETHING when the kids are sick!) and I am waiting for him to come home so I can go take a shower.....

and that is how we are spending our Sunday....lucky us! :)

Hugs to all,
Jaye

So what you may ask, are these pictures about? These are pictures of homes Mark took when he was in Ohio....I just LOVE these homes...the streets they are on and the style of the homes just remind me of a bygone era in America. The houses are the old 'brownstone' style and the streets are all lined with very large (read very OLD) cherry trees. Who knows where the jobs will end up taking us. WI is our FIRST choice and the place we REALLY want to be, but with a growing family,we have to follow the money when Mark retires. He is already receiving job offers even though he is still two years away from retirement! So time will tell...but in the meantime, I will be searching home styles around the country to see what is out there....

Hugs to all,
Jaye

Gaming...

So, I love the game site POGO. You pay an annual due of 40 bucks (I think...) and you get to play all these kewl games (you CAN play for free but then you don't get to enjoy the perks, which I'll describe in a sec). If you pay this fee, you can win 'badges' which you can then collect in a badge book. Now these badges really have no value in real life. You can't trade them for say, a tank of gas or even a free doughnut! Nope..they just allow you bragging rights to OTHER pogo players! You also have a 'mini', which is a little person that you can dress and shop for cause yup..there is a 'mini mall'. Now, I don't know about the rest of the people on pogo, but my mini is who I'd LIKE to be. She is damn cute and skinny too! And she has more clothes than I'll ever have! How do you 'buy' things at the mall for your mini? Well..duh..you play the games and collect tokens! :) So simple really....such an innocent little site. Be forewarned if you are tempted to check it out, it IS addictive! Right Terri? :)
So...every week, on a Wednesday, I sit down and start to win one of my three weekly badges (three new challenges come out each Wednesday and once you win the challenge, why, you get another badge!WOOHOO)...as you can imagine, this can take up a nice chunk of time in the evenings...but as I really don't find much to hold my interest on tv and I DO want some downtime at the end of each day, I really LOVE my pogo.
So my dilemma was this. What do to with Mark? :)
I bought him a computer game for his Birthday this year. Half Life. It's like crack! Once you play it you can't stop. And THAT my dear friends, solved my dilemma of how to keep Mark happy while I played pogo!
So here I sit, blogging AND doing a challenge, while Mark is happily playing Half life. OH...and he is SUCH the gentleman that he wears headphones so he won't be 'bothering me'. WHEEEEE...I can play pogo AND make fun of him and he'll never know the difference! :)

Hugs to all,
Jaye