Sick, sick, sick

What a week it has been. K. was sick last week on Monday and Tuesday. J. started throwing up Thursday night/Friday morning at 1:30AM. She was sick all Friday throwing up anything that hit her stomach. S. started with the diarrhea on Friday but no vomiting. J. was better on Saturday but then M. was complaining of being dizzy and a headache. I was fairly sure it was Strep AGAIN and off we went to the weekend clinic. Yup, strep. He got two penicillin shots and will start oral antibiotics on the 10th. Saturday night S. vomited so I was up watching him like a hawk all night long. On Sunday night, M. started throwing up. Great..... Four out of five sick family members. Guess I am next but I am hoping I have avoided it at this point.

My house is a disaster. I am doing loads and loads of laundry to rid the house of...well....the many varied results of a stomach virus and disinfecting every surface I can. Bleck, bleck, bleck!!!!

Look-a-likes

Man, this boy looks like his brother. I created a video for M. when he was 6 months old to keep him entertained and so he could learn to recognize friends and family. I play the video for S. all the time as he loves it. Here he is pulling up to see the TV better. I got a great shot of him looking at a picture of M. at about the same age. This is great! Boy, do they look alike.

J.'s Birthday Party

Saturday, September 27th-- J. had her birthday party here at the house on Saturday. She wanted a dress-up party. I spent a few weeks gathering her many dress-up outfits and came up with over 20 costumes and princess dresses. Wow. We have waaaayyyyy to much dress up. I did go to our Goodwill store and pick up two beautiful dresses for $2.99 along with some halloween masks. She had boys coming to the party too so I needed a few boyish things.

I had the dining room table set up in four stations. One was a fingernail station with polish, glitter and stickers. One was a hair station with green/purple/glitter hairsprays, bows, accessories, hair paint and the works. One station was a do-it-yourself make up station with mirrors, eyeshadows, lipsticks, and blushes compliments of Dana and her Mary Kay business. Thanks, Dana!! The last station was face painting where I was doing the kid's faces for about an hour. Whew. That was tiring.

J. wanted a mint-chocolate chip ice cream cake for her birthday so I made a two layer cake and she got to put whip-cream, chocolate sauce, and sprinkles all over it. It was very yummy!

For a birthday present, she asked for Mr. Juan to come for a visit. Juan showed up with his neice and J. was VERY excited. She even asked the week after her party if Juan's neice could come over for another playdate. Seems J. has found a new friend. Which is great! Now we might all be able to see Juan more often!

Happy Birthday, J.!! We love you and you are our PERFECT little girl. You are getting soooo BIG!

Murals

I finally finished the murals in the kid's rooms the week before J.'s birthday party. Well, J.'s isn't finished as she wants bugs in amongst the flowers but it looks finished until I can get to the wildlife. J. got new bedding for her birthday and so I created a quick flower mural to match the colors in her bedding.

M.'s mural only took me two years to finish. I started before his 5th birthday and finished a month or so ago. I am a major slacker! But, here they are.......