The Boys First trip to NC State

Jesse told Seth that when he finished Kindergarten math, he would take him to the bookstore at NCSU and buy him a special pencil. Well, yesterday he finished his workbook. Jesse had a meeting from 10:30-11:30 and then planned to take the afternoon off so we could go to Raleigh. While we were waiting for him to get home, we had a picnic on the back deck.



Unfortunately, it was windy (Seth was trying to hold the picnic blanket down so it wouldn't blow away), so we had to move the picnic inside.  I think Luke looks tired of getting his picture taken in the first picture.  They were watching tv during their indoor picnic, thus the dazed expressions on their faces. 



When Jesse got home, we went to the bookstore and Seth found the perfect pencil. It was a mechanical pencil with the NCSU logo on it. He also got some engineering paper. It was a fun trip. We haven't been to campus in probably 10 years. Things haven't changed very much.

So Luke started crying at 1:30 this morning...

I went to his room thinking he lost his paci. I was WRONG! He was sitting in a pool of vomit (don't worry, I didn't have my camera with me, so I won't post any pictures from the event). I got him cleaned and then I cleaned his bed while Jesse held him. He cried the entire time (Luke, not Jesse). It was absolutely pitiful. Jesse sat with him until about 3, and then put him back in the bed to have him immediately start vomiting again. I was still doing laundry and heard him start up, so I ran to his room. Jesse handed him to me and I got thrown up on. I was still a little queasy from the stuff I cleaned out of his bed, but fortunately, I made it through and was able to clean him up again. I sat with him for about 10 minutes and then put him back in the bed. At 4am, I heard him cry again and I ran to his room, grabbed him out of his bed and ran to the bathroom with him. This time, he was only dry heaving, but a little drool and other tidbits came out, so we were both on to outfits #3 for the night. I put him back in the bed and was almost asleep when I heard crying again. I ran to Luke's room to find him completely asleep. I felt confused as I walked back into the hall, until I realized Seth was crying. I ran to his room and almost yelled, "Are you okay? Does your stomach hurt? Run to the bathroom!" He then told me that he was mad at me because I set the PSP on fire and threw it at Luke. I realized he was having a bad dream, and once I determined that he was not sick, I tried to get him to go back to sleep. He told me he was starving, and since I was too, we went downstairs and ate cereal together. At 5:10, I got Seth back into bed and then I went to my bed. I finally fell asleep around 5:30. Seth came into our room at 7 and I could not move. Jesse was working at home this morning, so he took Seth downstairs and I didn't get up until after 9. Luke got up shortly after 9, too.

Luke wasn't interested in eating, but I was able to get him to drink two cups of Sprite. He finally ate a few noodles in chicken broth around 12 and he seemed to feel a lot better after that. I put him down for his nap at 1 and he didn't get up until 6. Then he ate cheese toast. I hope he's all better and we'll all get to sleep well tonight. I really hope Seth doesn't get this.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had our valentine exchange today with our homeschool group.  This morning, we were getting all of our stuff ready.  Seth picked out one of the valentines and said, "I want to give this one to Abigail."  Then, when we got to the gym, he said, "When I give Abigail a kiss, hearts are going to fly out!"  (I think he must've seen something like that on a cartoon.)  It was really funny because he's not generally a kissy kind of boy, although he does have three girl friends that he will kiss without thinking twice about it.  He didn't kiss Abigail when he saw, though.  Instead, he threw a basketball at her back so he could get her attention.  He's quite the charmer.

The boys came home with a ton of loot.  

Here are a few of the super creative valentines they got:  

The iLove  

This fishy valentine was attached to a bag of goldfish.

There was also a cute  bag with an orange in it and a note that said, "Orange you glad we're friends?  I yam!" (and there was a picture of a yam)  Some of the kids are really creative!

Great Weather

We're finally getting some warm weather, so we're spending lots of time outside.  These are a few pics I took today.  

The boys on the four wheeler. 

Luke pushing his car.

Burrrrrrrrrrr!

In honor of the 19 degrees we had this morning, we stayed home from Jazzercise and built the biggest fort we've ever made. "What did you use to make it with?" you are probably wondering. Well, Let me tell you. We used 3 blankets, the slide, a rocking horse, 4 chairs, a train table, a craft table, and a set of PlayHut tunnels.

The kids played under it for a long time.

I hope to actually get back into this blogging thing, but I've been intimidated by the size of some of the blogs I need to create, so I haven't attempted them yet. Maybe tomorrow?

Edited to add: You can't see the full size of the fort in the first picture. I have no idea why. My wonderful husband should be along to fix it shortly.