Week at Home

We came back on Monday the 30th and had the rest of the week off.  Well except I went to work on Friday.  But the kids were off all week and started school on January 6th.

We spent the week picking up the Christmas decorations and organizing a few things that had been driving me nuts.  The kids spent the week going crazy.  They were seriously going bonkers and annoying the daylights out of Drew and me.

We spent New Year’s Eve at home watching football.  We had a fake New Year’s around 8pm and gave the kids sparkling grape juice.  Lindy chugged it and threw up.  She knows how to party on NYE.  ha! 

The other excitement of the week was Drew’s 38th birthday on January 2nd.  We celebrated all day long.  We met his mom, brother, dad and stepmom at a BBQ restaurant for lunch.  Bob and Suzette headed to our house while Lynn and I ran to Costco.  Drew opened presents once we got home and then I fixed dinner for everyone, including Ed and Jamie who came later for dinner. By request, I made Drew a banana pudding.  It’s his favorite dessert.   I think he had an enjoyable day.

After too many shenanigans from the kids, I decided it was time to split them up for a bit.  Will had a play date with his buddy Jacob on Friday afternoon.  Drew took him and I picked him up after work.  He had a lot of fun.  When we walked in Lindy ran to him and gave him a hug.  She said, “Will, you’re home.”  Nothing about me being home! 

Saturday Lindy went to her friend Ruby’s house.  I met Ruby and her mom around 3pm and she rode home with them to play for awhile.  I was a little nervous about sending her to a new house but she did well.  I talked to her mom on the phone and explained that she actually has pretty bad vision.  She said she had seen her glasses but didn’t realize it was so bad.  I just had to ask her to watch her close on steps and tell her if there is anything on the ground she might not see.  While she was off playing, Will and I went and bought my new computer, went to Barnes and Noble, and to dinner at a Mexican restaurant.  We were in the car and backing out of the parking lot on our way to get Lindy when my phone rang.  It was Ruby’s mom, saying Lindy had just finished dinner and had thrown up.  Great!  She said she had eaten her pizza and cookies and then said she didn’t feel good.  They got her to the bathroom but she did throw up.  I explained that unfortunately she did that more often than we liked but she just eats too much.  She had a blast but we’ll see if she gets asked back! ha!

Sunday we had church and then we met my parents for lunch in Mocksville.  It is half way between us.  They borrowed Lindy’s booster seat from Drew’s car for Rylee to use and we had to get it back before school started the next day.   We had to eat and run because Drew had to get back but it was nice to share lunch.

Trying out the Easy Bake Oven.  We made pink sugar whoopie pies with lemon frosting.
They like them!
A little family Mousetrap on New Year’s Eve!
Will got a magic set for Christmas and he did a little magic show for us.

Sparkling grape juice!

Cheers!

Partied too hard!

On New Year’s Eve we let Lindy sleep up in the top bunk with Will.  She has been asking to do it forever.  She thought it was the coolest thing in the world!

Happy Birthday, Drew!
Birthday dinner for Drew.  The kids put the balloons on his chair. 
A certified kid table!
Birthday banana pudding!
Lindy got this pirate toy for Xmas and it had this head band.  She wore it all week long.  Seriously, all week.  Drew thought she looked like a young Axl Rose, especially when she was singing in her microphone!

Sweet Child of Mine.
Heading to church Sunday morning. 

Week in Mooresville

We spent the rest of the week in Mooresville at my parents’ with my sister and her family.  The cousins all had a blast together.  Will and Hayley were two peas in a pod.  They were usually together.  Lindy and Rylee played with anyone and everyone.  We got Rylee a tote filled with paper and markers, crayons, pencils, etc. and there was a whole lot of drawing going on all week.  Hayley and Will made up these raffle games and we had quite a few raffles all week.  We had quite a few shows on the microphone Lindy brought with her.  

My parents have a bonus room up over the garage that is the kids’ room.  It’s big enough for four twin beds and all their toys are up there.  My parents will also use it for their work out room and my mom’s sewing room but my mom has dreamed about a room for all her grandkids and she got it.  They played a ton up there in the bonus room. 

Christmas night, in the middle of the night, Hayley came and got me and said Lindy was crying and said she didn’t feel good.  I went up there and she was crying and super hot.  She had a temperature of 102F.  She had gotten a cold the last few days of Christmas and the usual cough had started over the weekend.  The next day she acted like she didn’t feel good in the morning but kind of perked up in the afternoon.  She threw up once that night, which isn’t uncommon for Lindy when she has a cold (or really anytime).  She gets tons of drainage and she ends up sick.  Friday morning she acted much worse and ended up throwing up multiple times. 

Most of the family took a field trip to the Discovery Place in Huntersville but my dad and I stayed home with Lindy.  She didn’t feel well and kept saying her belly hurt.  I’d never seen her act like that with a cold though.  I ended up calling the nurse’s lines at our pediatrician’s office at 1pm.  The nurse called back at 3pm and we were in the car driving back to Winston at 3:30pm.  They got her an appointment at 4:30pm.  In the meantime, she had totally perked up.  We finally got some Sprite to stay down and she was acting much more chipper.  I just knew it was going to be a waste of a drive and co-pay at the doctor’s.  Boy, was I wrong.  She had some pneumonia in her left lung.  Thankfully we brought her in, caught it early, and got her an antibiotic.  SOOOO thankful we did not end up in the hospital again this year.  We decided to spend the night at home Friday night, just to make sure she was okay and since we were close to our hospital.  She slept pretty good and acted okay the next morning so Lindy and I headed back to Mooresville.  We made her take it easy but she acted like she felt much better after a couple doses of medicine.  Saturday night we were eating dinner and Lindy was laying on my bed down the hall.  We couldn’t hear her yelling so my dad gave her a whistle to blow if she needed anything.  She thought that was the greatest thing in the world.  Thankfully Hayley was the best nurse ever and then we made my dad tend to her since it was his idea! 

Sunday we traveled some more – back and forth to Winston- because my sister and Rylee had never been to our house.  Hayley had been there one time with my parents.  We came over and let the kids play and then we went to Walmart and Krispy Kreme.  I got to introduce my nieces to the sweet goodness of Krispy Kreme.  And Cheerwine.  Two NC original products they had not had but loved!

Lee flew out on Sunday while we were gone to Winston and Amy and the girls left on Monday.  We headed home Monday too, for good this time. 

Pictures of our week together!

Looks like the boys had fun too!
Amy said Will really liked the stage.  She said he was telling jokes!

Hayley and Rylee got Headbands Act Up game.  Basically head bands and charades together. 
Lindy was definitely not feeling good that night.
Best Buds!

We always celebrate January birthdays the last night.  Except Drew wasn’t there so it was just Dad and me. 
I love these girls like they were my own!
Aunt Amy and Lindy were best buds too!
These two bowled a lot on the Wii
Telling Uncle Lee goodbye!

The Beavers at our house!

Hello Krispy Kreme!!  Yum!
Will lost his second tooth while we were in Mooresville!
And the tooth fairy found him at Nana and Papa’s house!
Cousins!

The Grandmother and the grandkids.
The grandparents and the Grandkids.
Rylee might be 10 months younger but she is at least 10 inches taller!