Saturday, May 30, 2009

Doing better

My sister in law came on Friday to watch the Patrick and Tommy so I could take John and James to the dentist. She told me that I need to go to a doctor. So after I got everyone settled with lunch I headed to the local urgent care center - where you get healed but you wait for at least an hour. It turns out I did have strept and I got a prescription and am feeling 95% better. I'm still a little worn down but that is probably my fault for not resting as much as I should. I was going to go to bed after we got home from the Captains game but I stayed up a little longer to catch up with Matt. I did nap today while the boys napped.

I forgot to blog about something that happened earlier this week and Matt reminded me about it last night. John is at the neighbors birthday party right now. I was asking him if he knew anybody from the birthday boys kindergarten class as we were getting buckled up to go somewhere. He said yes - so-n-so. He is African American. James then exclaimed "so am I". John said no you are not. You are American. LOL!!

The Captains last night finished up a suspended game from Thursday and then had to play 2 7 inning games. By the time we got there, I think it was the 3rd or 4th inning of the 1st game of the double header. They got through the first game and then it rained! We had about an hour of baseball. I felt like I didn't get to see that much because there were so many people there that I wanted to make sure Patrick and Tommy weren't getting lost. James wanted popcorn and then the boys wanted to visit Mr. Deas in the radio booth. I think we will stick to weeknight / non fireworks games. Crowds are not for me.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Under the weather

The boys have had runny noses for about a week so naturally I get it. My throat has been killing me all week long. It was so bad the past two days I considered going to a doctor to see if I have strept. I have been taking Advil for my aching body and it has been helping. I went to bed around 8:30pm last night and could tell at different times I was "sweating it out". After breakfast I felt pretty good so I cleaned the bathroom and then we went outside. I cleaned up the maple keys in the backyard that went from being everywhere to being everywhere and soaking wet! The boys were helping somewhat and fighting at other times. Tommy and James took turns with a shovel and helped put the big wet pile in the yard waste pile. After awhile Patrick disappeared and the other boys followed to see what he was doing. When they didn't come back and I didn't hear fighting I knew they were watching TV. I took advantage of the peaceful moment and cleaned the gutter out on the garage. It is amazing how much dirt and stench accumulates in such a small space. The boys then wanted to play upstairs. I decided what the heck I can start getting out the winter clothes from the drawers and put in the summer clothes. That part worked well but all the books from the bookshelf were everywhere. At lunch instead of giving the boys just regular apples I coated them with cinnamon and sugar and baked them for about 10 minutes. I told them it was like eating apple pie. They seemed to enjoy it. The back porch could use a good vacuuming. Maybe in a few minutes. Lots of dirt has been tracked in.

This afternoon while I was working I heard James doing something that didn't sound like playing little Legos - I looked and he was unrolling a roll of paper towels we have in the basement in case we have an accident. He will be very good at TPing someone's house. I was able to retrieve and re-roll the paper towels. I have been wearing a tank top all day because of the hot and humid conditions. It was about 2pm when James asked me why I was wearing this shirt? I said I'm hot he said "me too" I told him he could take off his shirt so he did then he asked me if I could put it in the dishwasher because its really dirty from playing outside. Its not the first time he has referred to the washer as the dishwasher - I have yet to correct him - I think its too cute!

John was to have baseball but I'm sure that is cancelled. We skipped the soccer banquet last night. They wanted $11 per person for non soccer players. Turns out it was a good move on our part. From what I heard they didn't eat until 7:30 (banquet started at 6:30) and it was highly unorganized. I felt bad of jipping James from an award ceremony but he will have one with T-ball. Speaking of T-ball James' coach delivered his uniform yesterday. He was so excited he wore it the rest of the afternoon and evening. I have to remember that he is small that John but I don't want him stuck with a t-shirt that is super tight either. Its hard to believe nap time is almost over. I hope this evening the kids are entertained enough without going outside. I don't feel like yelling and getting everyone muddy.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A wonderful holiday weekend

We went to visit my parents in Pennsylvania. The boys were fantastic in the car. We timed it up so we traveled during nap time. I don't know why but I still cringe when I think of taking another trip. I guess I'm nervous my luck my run out or maybe I'm having flashbacks when John cried, fussed and screamed from Mantua to Willowick. I think all the boys enjoyed themselves. James is emerging as a little boy. He was like hey I know where I am and how to get to the big ship! John wanted to play baseball and cards most of the time. James caught two fish and enjoyed being in the woods. Patrick loved the game of climbing into the crib that Tommy slept in. Tommy did not want to be carried that much - he wanted to walk alot. It was the most fun I had since the boys were born because we got to do a lot of stuff as a family. My mom had John James and Patrick all in the same bed. They seemed not to mind despite sleeping in their own bed when they are at home.

I can't get over how much Tommy is starting to talk. On John's opening day he said baseball. He now asks for milk, snack and juice! His laugh is exactly like Patrick's which scares the hell out of me. I think they will be getting into trouble when they get older. Oh I can feel the gray hairs pushing through!

Only 7 more days of school left. I think I'm looking forward to a new schedule. Hopefully we will have a good summer.

Friday, May 15, 2009

The party begins

today for James' birthday! John is feeling better so we were able to get out of the house this morning! That meant a trip to Target! I let James open up his birthday card from my parents knowing they gave him a gift card for Target. He got a Tonka PODS Truck thing that you can put water in it and play with the plastic trucks. He has been wanting that ever since Nick Jr ran an ad for it. I let him play with outside while John was in school. He asked for more water in the squirt gun that came with it. I was being lazy and grabbed a bottled water. Well little did I know Mr. James came in and grabbed another 3 bottles and opened them up to fill up his toy. I let him know he better ask for more water next time. I also might just fill up a watering can full for him to use.

I finished the cake this morning. It is a bit of a train wreck but I'm sure will be tasty. I got the baseball figures on it so I think James is happy.

Tomorrow will be super busy - John has pictures and a baseball game at 10 and James has soccer at 11:00. Matt has a dentist appt at 12:20. Hope we can squeeze that all in although it is supposed to rain so things might not be that complicated.

I filled out the paperwork for James' preschool this week. I had to find his baptism certificate. I found the sheet Matt was using to keep track of my "back pain" I was experiencing in the middle of the night on May 16/17th. I'll never forget how happy I was glad he was born and that the back pain was over with!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Best Mother's Day Yet!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. Our neighbors called early Saturday afternoon and offered us 2 Indians tickets for Matt and John to go to the game. We accepted. Later Matt came to me and said why don't you go? I said oh alright. I wasn't sure about going because the weather was wet and on the cool side. I packed up a bunch of warm clothes for us to wear. We didn't tell John until I was just about ready to leave. He was super excited. We had the best time. We kept score and stayed until the top of the 8th inning. I know I shouldn't be but I was shocked at the prices of drinks and food there. We bought a $5 Gatorade which we enjoyed greatly. Since John hasn't had any pop this was great.

On Sunday I got McDonald's for Matt and I for breakfast. At nap time I worked with John and James at catching and throwing the ball. John was doing really great at throwing and wasn't bad at catching although he was very nervous about getting one in the eye. James did good for a little guy. He would have issues throwing it straight when he had a big wind up. James had t-ball practice in the evening. The coach had roses for each of the players to give to their moms. It was really sweet.

We have been running so much and I've been staying up later than normal because of the Cavs and its finally catching up with us. My patience is on a low level and now I know why - I have a cold. It started yesterday as a scratchy throat that just didn't go away. John woke up fevered - I don't know the exact number because I couldn't find the thermometer but I knew he was warm and he was up super early. After he had some Tylenol he went back to sleep. His appetite is a little off too. I gave him some Motrin around noon to help with his headache and achy body. I hope this cold goes away as fast as it came. James is finishing up antibiotics for his stye so hopefully that will keep him from getting it. Tommy is still teething so I expect him to get it. I'm not sure about Patrick. So today was dealt with how to entertain everyone when we can't go anywhere. We did a craft project which the boys helped a little but I did most of the work. I then found some balloons and blew them up. That is fun except Tommy is trying to bite it.

Funny story - that happened to Matt and not me. John was talking about Babe Ruth. He is in the Backyard Baseball game and that is all John ever plays now. Matt said John you know he is Catholic. John was suprised. He then went on to tell Matt how he is not Catholic anymore. He explained last year he went to St. Mary Magdalene but now he goes to Royalview.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Oh the fun I have

Yesterday was a great day with the kids. We worked on a little craft project for Mother's Day for Matt's mom and had a blast playing outside. It was fun and hectic in the afternoon getting through dinner, watching LBJ accept his MVP award and then getting dressed for soccer and taking John to baseball practice. John had a great scrimmage offensively. He had a double and an infield single. Defensively he forgot a few things when playing shortstop and third base but he had a great time. The soccer game was pretty good. John scored 2 goals and James showed up. On Sunday a stye started forming on James right eye again. So between that hurting when he blinks and being sleepy because the game started at 7pm he wandered on the field until the ball would almost hit him and then he would kick it. One time he wasn't paying attention when they were throwing the ball in and he got hit in the eye - the one that has the stye.

Today I decided to take him to the doctors. The good news is we got an antibiotic. The doctor suggested if he continues to get them to take him to the eye doctor. He said it could be like a blocked tear duct that might need opened. Problem is I can't remember which eye he has been getting them in. So then we dropped off his prescription and I found out that Tommy was napping. So we stopped at home so I could get Patrick and Tommy's milk cups. We then went to the school so I could vote then off to Wendy's for lunch. I was brave enough to have everyone eat in the restaurant instead of getting it to go. Lunch went well until I realized the helpful Patrick throwing everything else decided to include his sippy cup. I have more cups so I wasn't about to fish it out. We came home and then went outside. That is when I pulled out the receipt from the post office. We mailed my mom's mother's day card / package. I saw on the receipt the zip code was for my Grandmother's town and not my mom's. Luckily I was able to call the post office and get it corrected. We played outside until nap time. Patrick was disappointed he didn't get to watch his shows but they had fun.

Yesterday's good news was I got my resume up to date so when I go back out in the workforce I'm good to go. I talked with the company Pfizer set me up with for over an hour on my cell phone. I then checked to see how close I was to using up my minutes - not very close but I'm over on my text messages. I told Matt text messages are cheaper than cell phone minutes. I know why I went over - I signed up for Cavs notices and they were texting me a ton of times so I stopped that.

I'm pretty beat. I hope we don't have the make up soccer game - the coach was unsure and was to call us. Its 3:23pm - no call yet. Got to love the unorganized.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

The kids are redecorating

This week has been filled with crayons coloring my walls and wall paper border being ripped off the wall. If that doesn't make you want to scream when Tommy is excited he screams and it is so piercing. Ahhhh!

We are about to enter a busy busy week. We have some sort of sport activity every night unless rain cancels it.

Being team mom pays off. Last night at the Reverse Raffle I won the basket I put together for the team! We had a really good time. It was a new experience as I never went to one of those before. Its like going to big lottery scratch off party when they are calling the numbers.

Tommy is in the mix of everything. He is really climbing furniture and if he can't do it he sure tries too. He is climbing up on the chairs in the kitchen so food left on the table is no longer safe. I'm sure if I left my cooked pizza crusts he would bite into those like Patrick did.

John is totally addicted to Wii and backyard baseball. His teacher has been having the class write a sentence and draw a picture almost weekly. 2 out of the last 3 weeks have been about Wii. Good thing the kid works up a sweat when he plays!

In our weekly trip to Target we also had our trip to the bathroom. Patrick instigated this trip. James then decided he had to go too. James is in one stall and I'm in the other with Patrick. James ends up locking himself in the stall and crawls out underneath. Luckily I got the door unlocked with my key.

James had a fun week with unlocking and locking doors. Besides Target, he unlocked my front screen door when the other boys and I were in the backyard playing and ran around to the back. Then yesterday he shut our big back door on the porch and locked it. Luckily we have a spare key hidden on the porch.