House of sickness

This past week has been the house of sickness. Mike had a bad cold, Maddie had a stomach bug, then Tori, then Ryan, then I got Mike's cold and still have it. Needless to say I haven't felt like blogging or doing much of anything else. Mike has been great helping out. He had to watch the kids all day Sunday while I was at work and then when I got home I went straight to bed (at 4:30!). He even got up with them Monday morning and took care of them until he had to start working. Today they are at school and Tori is taking her nap right now. I just finished typing my work reports and thought I would make a quick post. I just started feeling nauseated. Please don't let me get the stomach bug too!!

And the training wheels are off

Maddie and Ryan have a neighbor friend named Griffin who is 4. Last weekend Mike took them our kids to the playground and they saw Griffin there, riding his bike, with (gasp) NO TRAINING WHEELS! Mike came home and wanted to know exactly how old Griffin was. When I told him he was a full year younger Mike decided that it was time for the training wheels to come off. A few days ago we took them off and started practicing. I quickly realized that teaching someone to ride a bike is not for me. I was easily frustrated and quick to yell. When Maddie said she wanted Daddy to teach her and not me I realized that I was probably stressing her out way too much. So Mike taught them both and I stood on the sidelines which was just fine with me. You'd think Mike would be the one easily frustrated but he was just as patient as could be. So here's to Mike, SuperDad!!

Should I throw out my Butter Brickle ice-cream?

I just bought this new Bluebell ice-cream called Butter Brickley. Then I realized that they are recalling peanut butter ice-cream, cookies, crackers etc. I haven't seen BlueBell on the list yet but should I throw it out or risk salmonella? I'm the only one who eats it. I hate to throw out ice-cream, it's one of my last vices....

Catch Up

Here's a little of what we've been doing. Tori turned 2 last month. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew were in town from Alaska and we celebrated with them by going to the zoo and eating cupcakes. We went to San Antonio for Christmas. Santa brought Ryan an outdoor camping tent, Maddie a play kitchen and Tori a stuffed puppy in a doll stroller. Sam, Jake and Meagan came down a few days after Christmas and spent some time with us. The little can't understand why the big kids sleep till noon. We had the house painted with the exception of Mike's office. Tori spilled the paint for it on the carpet so we had to take out the carpet and will be replacing it instead of painting that room. Sigh.