October 26

Today started out rough...E had a tummyache again, so I called the doctor because it doesn't seem normal to have a tummyache for 5 days. The doctor said it was just a virus, and he felt better after we went, so he went to school for the rest of the day without any issues. I went in to volunteer at the book fair for a few hours, the kindergarteners are so cute :)

Today was black & orange day, so he wore a Halloween shirt.

And here are his Halloween treats he's bringing to school tomorrow..eyeball suckers. Of course, my helper quit after the first three were done! I'm a little sad that we have to bring store bought goodies since there are so many cute Halloween recipes out there, but these are pretty cute too.

October 23 & 24

We went to our third (and last) pumpkin patch of the season yesterday. Ethan was up sick part of the night, but he felt up to going out to lunch (didn't eat anything) and to the pumpkin patch. He slept most of the ride home, so of course he was up too late last night and didn't want to get up this morning. He stayed home from school today, as he still said his tummy hurt and he didn't really eat much all day. He had half a bowl of noodles for dinner, hoping for a big breakfast tomorrow. He has a 4 day week this week, so I'd hate him to miss any more of it.

His favorite thing at Papa's Pumpkin Patch yesterday was the pumpkin launcher. He was trying to get them through a small hole out in the field, to win a pumpkin. He got close, but didn't make it.Today he laid in bed most of the day, but when he started feeling a bit better we made this cool shrinky dink Halloween tree :) He loves shrinky dinks!

Visit with Santa

Sunday night our city had a community Christmas party. We went just to see some live reindeer. Sadly, they only had 1 reindeer and they wanted $20 for a picture with the darn thing! Seriously?! I didn't see one person get their photo taken with it, and I'm sure a lot of people didn't even bring money because it was advertised as "free and open to the public". Poor reindeer. Ethan just wanted to go by it, and they wouldn't even let him pet it.

He did get some free cocoa and candy canes, and he got to sit on Santa's lap. He told Santa that he is going to be a doctor when he grows up, that he is usually a good boy, and that he wants Wii Party & Wii Nunchuks for Christmas. We didn't get a good picture, because they just kept chatting. We may go see another Santa on Saturday at the library.

Also, St. Nick came Sunday night. He broke Ethan's stocking holder!! He brought him good stuff though, so I guess he's forgiven. He got a new DS game, a freaky pet, a chocolate penguin, and a lego bin among other things. Daddy got a new toothbrush and some mouthwash because he says naughty words and needs to wash his mouth out.

Monday morning E also woke up with an ear infection :( They put him on penicillin which is the grossiest thing I've ever seen - its like melted yogurt and smells terrible. I feel bad giving it to him. He stayed home from school yesterday and today, but he's going back tomorrow. Thankfully he seems to bounce back as soon as he gets medicine in him.

Today we made some peanut butter cookies and christmas picture frame magnets that Momo brought him. They turned out pretty cute :)

October 25

No new pictures today because my poor baby boy is sick again :( He has a fever and has been getting headaches. They did bloodwork and a chest XRAY, checking for mono or pnemunia. The mono test we won't get back for a week, and the x-ray said his lungs were a little cloudy, but not too bad. Thankfully his white blood count is back down (it was up a few weeks ago when he was in there). She put him back on antibiotics so hopefully he'll feel better tomorrow. I'm so tired of my boy getting sick all the time. Dirty kindergarten!

Little Sicky

It's a good thing we didn't venture to Kenosha this weekend - E is sick. He's had a fever & headache since Thursday night and now a tummy ache too. I just got him to eat some yogurt - but other than that he has not eaten much in the past 2 days - a sandwich yesterday - well ok, a bun with butter on it. If he still is sick tomorrow I'm going to take him to the DR Monday. Ever since he started school with these dirty army kids I tell ya. First ringworm, now this!

So Daddy moved the TV into his room so he can lay down and watch some movies. He wants to play gamecube, but I'm not sure if I'm going to let him, he gets too excited :P

Bill got home at 2 am. Thankfully one of his friends gave him a ride home, so I didn't have to get E up in the middle of the night. He graduated from his class thingy that he was gone for so that should help when he goes to the board for his promotion next month. Yay!!

I found an old memory card from my old old camera when cleaning yesterday, and popped it in the computer. Pictures of baby Ethan...he was so chubby :)

Hope everyone has a good Labor Day weekend! Pretty sure we're going to be at home.