Fall sicknesses

• Jared is the newest sickie in the house.  He was up ALL night.  Till 5:30 this morning.  In pain.  Stomach cramps.  It was a rough night.  I must have heard, "My bewwy (belly) hurty.", and "I don't feew (feel) good." 78 times.  It's not fair that a three year old has to experience pain.  At about 4:30a the cramping stopped and he was ready to PLAY.  Yes, play.  Cooking, shooting monsters, you name it, we played it.   
• Jakie missed another day of school thanks to these darn stomach cramps.  How is it that he had them last Thursday and Friday, went away, then came back Tuesday and Wednesday?  Did they take a vacation over the weekend or what?  All I know is Wednesday better be the last day of their stay.  I miss my daily schedule.  I miss having happy non-whiney boys :)

 There was a whole-lotta Popsicles, Jell-O, and Toy Story Chicken Noodle Soup in this house today.

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  We looked at Halloween costumes for a bit and both boys already decided what they want to be.  Jared wants to be Batman and Jakie wants to be The Flash.  Boys :)

• I think it's really annoying that when kids are sick they seem totally fine before bed and you think they've kicked the bug.  Let them fall asleep and it all goes down hill. 
• Jared has woke up crying about 982 times since I've been working on this post.  Tummy issues seem to be over but now he has a stuffy nose.  Excellent.
• I'm over Fall sicknesses.  I'm exhausted.
• Looking forward to non-sick days!

happy anniversary

Today Jason and I celebrated 9 years of marriage.  9 years.  My gravy, where has the time gone?  I was a young 19 and he was 27.  Talk about an age gap!  But, it works for us. I'm often asked, why did you get married so young?  My answer: Because when you know, you know.  I was in love.  Head over heels in love {with a guy that I couldn't stand after our first date. guess he grew on me :)} So, my thinking was, why wait?  Does it work for everyone?  Negative.  Would I be horrified if one of my boys wanted to get married at 19?  Absolutely.  Would I be horrified if my 27 year old son wanted to marry a 19 year old girl?  Clearly!  Truthfully, I think there were a few people in my family who thought our next announcement would be that I was pregnant.  No way.   No way was I ready for that.   I wanted it.  But not yet.  I think my parents just knew we were right for eachother. It was obviously a little harder for my Dad to swallow, but he managed and gave us his complete support.  We never had the crazy break-up, get back together, off and on relationship and I think my Mom and Dad saw that. That kind of relationship wasn't for me. I knew what I wanted and he just happened to fall right in my lap ...at a really young age.

**Disclaimer: A photo of Jason and I was supposed to be inserted here, but Blogger is having issues**

The picture wasn't that great anyway.  We took it at 9p and you can see "tired" written all over my face.

I'm so thankful for this wonderful, kind, generous, and thoughtful man.  Especially thankful for his patience with me.  I might just be a wee bit stubborn :) But he loves me for me.  Excepts me for me.  Flaws and all. Supports me in all I do, and has always been my biggest fan.  I hope he knows how much I appreciate him.  I love him. A LOT.  More than words can express.  I'd be lost without him.  For sure.  He completes me ♥

--And since I know you're reading this...Happy Anniversary Lovey.  I can't wait to spend the next 50+ years with you.  I love you.  xoxo

Oh, Monday.

1. Woke up feeling good.  Am I finally back to myself?!  I quickly learned that I wasn't.  I was exhausted just after showering.  Bummer.  Plug along.

2. This morning I was thinking of my brother and his family and how much I was really starting to miss them.  Two hours later I got this text from my SIL!  She even put Meggy's hair in pig tails to match the cake!  ...Not that I would know, since SHE NEVER SENT ME THE PICTURES!!

Today was my niece Mehgan's 6th Birthday.  How *cute* is this cupcake cake?!  I love it :)

(**I'm still waiting for the pictures of the kids Brandi!**)

 

3. Roxy decided to be a naughty girl, as she sometimes does.  There was a lot of Jakie yelling, "ROXY!!!  GET OVER HERE!  NOOOOWWWWW!"  She didn't want to go in the dog run.  She wanted to play with her neighbor friends and run along the fence.  Over.  And over.  And over.  Jakie wasn't having any luck.  Off I went.  Lucky for her, she came straight to me and walked right into the run.  Good girl :) She knew better.  Jakie was annoyed.

4. Pile in the truck.  Realize I forgot to give Jakie his water bottle.  Run back inside to grab it.  Back in the truck and we're off.  Just as we pass our usual parking spot the meltdown started.  (luckily, it didn't last long)

Jared: MOMMMMMYYYYYYY, WHERE YOU GOING?!?!  I WANNA WALK CAKE TO COOOOOL.
Me: Not today Jared.  Mommy doesn't feel good.  We'll walk Jakie to class tomorrow OK? 
Jared: Mommy no!  We walk Cake NOW.
Me: Too bad :)

5. Jakie gives his kisses goodbye and then realizes his backpack is feeling pretty light.  Then it dawned on me.  His lunch.  I forgot to put his lunch in his backpack.  Great.  Back home to pick up his lunch then back to school to take it to his class.  On the way (back) to school Jared said "Mommy I have my lunch?" I said, "No, it's not time for a snack yet." He said, "Say what?!"  Bwahahahaha!!!  I needed that laugh! 

Little brother on a mission



6. Stop at the bank then the grocery store.

7. By this time, I'm dead.  I have the energy of a snail.

8. Before I knew it, it was time to pick up Michael.  Holy smokes was it HOT today.  Gross.  So gross.  Where's the beautiful autumn weather?  Oh right.  We live in California.  Ugh.

Yep, believe what you're seeing.  111 degrees.  Thank goodness Grandpa was home today to keep Jared.



9. Got a package today.  Just in time because I pounded the bottle clean this morning :)

SIL got me hooked.  My hair would NOT be happy if I didn't have this stuff.

10. Jason texted me from work when he got in his car.  It said:  Holy heatwave Batman  ---Another good laugh.  Thaks Babe :)

*Today has been one of those days.  Lots of threats to all three boys.  I'm beat.  And of course my day isn't over yet even at 8:44 at night because a certain SOMEONE (Michael!!!) left his backpack at a friends house over the weekend.  And of course the friend forgot to bring it to school today.  Time to hit the road.

Sickie: Part 2

• Friday night we all went to bed earlier than usual since we had to get up super-early for our fundraiser breakfast on Saturday morning.  Just as I was about to fall asleep I got sick to my stomach.  REALLY sick to my stomach.  I didn't think much of it since I seem to get a bit of turbulence quite often.  But, this time it was much worse than usual.  I ended up spending the entire night/morning in the bathroom.  Up-chucking.  Was it the Chinese take out?  Or the flu?  That's up for debate between Jason and I.  All I know is I was in some major pain all over my body and I won't be having Chinese food for a while.  I missed the fundraiser breakfast.  Boo.  Hubby was not happy.  As much as I would like to say he suggested that I stay home and rest...it was quite the opposite.  There was a lot of  "You can do it Babe".  And "You can beat it, it's just food poisoning, it'll pass." I wanted to slap him.  As hard. As I Possibly. Could.  I'll bet he feels differently about it now since he caught a bit of it and slept off and on all Saturday afternoon after he and the boys returned home.
• Jared helped me with lunches for tomorrow.  He put the grapes in baggies.  Or, maybe he ate more than he bagged.  *Love his rosey cheeks*

• I had to e-mail Jakie's teacher tonight because he was in a PANIC that he would be benched for recess because he wouldn't be able to turn in his Behavior Slip since he was absent Friday and couldn't bring it home for me to sign.  Trying to explain to him that this wouldn't happen because he was absent was totally useless.  He was in tears.  I assured him all would be well.  All had better be well tomorrow :)

• We watched Simon Birch for our Sunday Night Movie.  Michael laughed out loud at parts of it as did Jakie.  Especially when the boys talked about their balls shrinking to the size of marbles and BB's.  Nice.  Jakie was glued to the TV.  Jared was for bits and pieces of it.

• I had a kitchen that looked like a tornado went through it and two sinks full of dishes.  It now looks like I hired a maid to come and clean it.  It was really just me and the hubby though :)
• I drugged Michael again tonight.  He's still fighting that cold bug.  He hates me for the yucky meds I give him :)

(trying to chase away the yuck)
• It's now 10.23p and I'm feeling much better.  Not 100%.  But, better for sure.
• I'm not ready for it to be Monday.  I need another day to recuperate.

Friday

No alarm this morning since we knew Jakie wasn't going to school.  I thought for sure his bug had passed.  But was going to keep him home just be safe.  Guess I thought too soon.  Came out of my room and he was laying on the recliner.  In pain.  Again.  To the bath we went.  Jared soon woke up and found his way to the bathroom. 

Jared: Mommy, why Cake cwying?

Me: Because his tummy hurts.

Jared: Oh Mommy, my bew-wee  hurting TOOOOOO!  I need take bathey with Cake.  Ohhhhhhh (as he's holding his tummy)

Me: You're a big ol' faker boy!  Get in :)

Jared: Oh yeth!  Thith gunna be tho awe-thum!

Oh this boy makes me laugh, especially with his lisp.  I love his excitement over the small stuff.  He even made Jakie laugh.  Or should I say, he even made Cake laugh :)Which at this point I thought was impossible with his aching tummy. 

Bath time was over and Jakie was still hurting.  Back to bed he went.  Naked.  Didn't even want to get dressed.  I didn't force him.  His comforter was his clothing for now.  Twenty minutes later, he was out.  For two hours.  He woke up with a smile on his face and said the nap made him all better :)

We ended the day with chinese take-out and the boys had a short amount of outside time before dark.

Before I knew it Jared was headed back inside to go and sit in the "naughty spot" for telling Jakie to "shut up".  I wonder who he learned that from???  Oh.  Right.  ME!  Yes, I admit it.  I (often) tell our pup Roxy to "Shut up Rox!" I now (try) to say "Hush Rox!" 

So here he is.  Poor baby.  And of course the worst part is, while he was sitting there he kept saying, "Mommy, I wanna be happy now.  I wanna ride my quad.  MOMMY!  I WANNA BE HAPPY NOW!"  Jason and I looked at each other and laughed.  Then I felt a sudden surge of guilt.  This poor boy was sitting in the naughty spot because of his naughty Mommy!  Shame, shame, shame on ME.



My guilt got him out of that spot early.  Good work, Jared. 

He then gave us a good laugh with his choice of shoes.

Back outside because he was ready to be "happy" again.

I love how much Jakie loves this boy.  Nine times out of ten when Jared asks for something Jakie jumps up before Jason and I can even attempt to get to him.  Such a good big brother.  Love that :)

Update:

Jakie seems to be over his weird sick bug.  BUT, I thought the same thing yesterday evening. 

Sickie

A little after 1:30p this afternoon my (home) phone rang.  Took a peek at the Caller ID and saw it was Jakie's school.  Before I answered it I already knew why they were calling.  Jakie was sick.  This morning he woke up with a tummy ache.  I didn't think too much of it so we pressed on after resting a bit.  On our way to school our conversation went a little like this:

Jakie: Why does school have to be in the morning?  I hate waking up early.  I'm tired of waking up early.  I just want to sleep in every morning. 

Me: Would you rather school be at night?

Jakie: No.  Maybe the afternoon.  Yea, afternoon time.  Then I could sleep in but still get home before dark.  I wish school wasn't soooooo early in the morning.

Me: Well, maybe you need to go to bed earlier?  Then it won't be so hard to wake up in the mornings.

Jakie: My stomach isn't hurting anymore Mommy.  Maybe I just need to drink more water.

Totally deflected my last comment about going to bed earlier.  Of course!  I made sure to tell him to go to the nurse's office if the pain came back.  Guess what?  It came back.  And it came back hard.  No vommiting, no fever, no chills.  Just stomach pain.  We walked in the office and I saw his little feet first.  Then his face.  He was laying on the bed crying in pain.  The nurse made sure to explain to me that she thought he was actually sick because "Jacob isn't one of those students that comes to my office, unless he's forced."  Did she think I thought he was faking?  No way would this boy ever fake a sick day.  Not yet anyway.  He loves school.  He just wishes it was later in the day :)

(poor sickie.  he looks so sad that he has to leave early.)

He cried off and on the whole way home.  Made me sad :( We finally got home and straight to the bath he went.  He was filthy.  But, he's a boy.  That's what they do, right?  Get dirty and make messes?  Sounds about right to me!  In no time at all the water relaxed him and he was feeling much better.  Good news!

It's now 10:25p and he's passed out.  No school for this little man tomorrow.  We have a busy day Saturday.  We can't afford to have a sickie on our hands at our fundraiser breakfast. 

(yes, I just went into his room, snapped this photo and uploaded it. it's what i do.)



 It has now come to my favorite time of the day.  Time for bed :)

Wednesday

• I slept in till 7 o'clock this morning.  Yes, 7 o'clock.  That never happens in this house.  Jared is usually bright eyed and bushy tailed by 6 or 6:30 a.m.  At the latest.  Today, I had to wake both boys up.  Not sure what that was about.
• After we dropped Jakie off at school and came back home Jared and I decided to spend a little time outside in the crisp morning air.  Ohhhhh how fabulous it was.  Until I got stung by a bee.  That flew up my shirt.  Right smack in the center of my, well, cleavage.  I screamed when I looked in my shirt and saw that sucker!  I smooshed him as hard as I could because I was so angry from the pain of the poke.  And no, I don't regret killing him.  I'd do it all over again.  I'm still ticked about it! ...I was closest to my Dad's house so I went crashing through his back door and into the bathroom as he's saying, "What the heck is wrong with you???" The bee was gone but the sting was totally visible.  Fabulous.  Great way to continue the day.  Woke up late and now a bee sting.  Come out of the bathroom tell Dad I got stung by a bee, pull the neck of my shirt down to show him the enormous welt and he says, "Yep, he stung you alright"  Gee.  Thanks Dad.  I had no idea.
• During the commotion of the bee sting...I somehow misplaced Jared.  Yep, I lost him.  Went back outside yelling, "Jarrrrrreeeeeeedddd, wheeeeere arrrrrrre yooooouuuuuu?!"  No response.  Back into Dad's house...Nope, no Jared there.  Back into my house...I hear nothing, I see nothing.  Check his room and there he is quietly sitting on the edge of the bed playing with his finger skateboard.  Glad he wasn't worried about me or anything :)
• I did 5 loads of laundry.  5 loads of laundry is nothing.  Why is it that just as soon as you think you're caught up on laundry, you turn around and the pile is ginormous.  AGAIN.  In every room.  (Once again...wishing I had a laundry service.) 
• 12 o'clock: lay Jared down for his nap. 

• 12:30: Crap!  It's Jakie's minimum day!  Jared doesn't usually take naps on minimum days.  Too late for that.  He's OUT.  Bah!  Oh well. 
• 1:30: Start the wake-up process.  He's not happy.  So I'm tickling, I'm talking, I'm poking, I'm beek-a-booing.  All while Jared is very softly shooshing me.  Saying, "Shhhhh, Mommy, I seeeeeping.  Don't talk uh me." 20 minutes later I finally got him to get up and headed out the door.
• Sat down at the picnic table just as Jakie's class door opened.  Perfect :)
• Mix in the usuals...dinner, homework, lunches for tomorrow.
• Last minute trip to Wal-Mart for Whey Protein...You're lucky I love you Michael.  I hate Wal-Mart after dark.  All Wal-Marts :/
• Michael's getting sick.  No bueno.  I drugged him and forced him to bed early.  Now it's my turn.

10. 10. And 10 more.

10 things I'm looking forward to:

1. Saturday night.
2. Our Applebee's Fundraiser for Jakie's travel ball team on Saturday.
3. Michael's baseball game.
4. Fall.  Because I'm so over summer.
5. Spray painting.  Anything + everything.
6. Having a clean house.
7. Sleeping in Sunday morning till 7 if I'm lucky.
8. Our 9th wedding anniversary on the 28th...But really looking forward to a night out with the hubby the following weekend.  Not sure what we're doing.  Where we'll go.  Or, who will watch the boys.  Oh wait.  My Mom will gladly take them.  Over night even.  What was I thinking?
9. Spending time with my Mom this weekend.
10. Going to bed tonight.  Yes.  I'm already looking forward to going to bed.  Don't judge me. 

10 things I did yesterday:

1. Went to Starbucks.  Jared is all about his "coffee" aka Vanilla Milk with Whipped Cream and Ice.

2. Met my Mom at McDonald's for a quick bite before she went to work.  Wish we had more time to visit :(

Jared went crazy when he spotted Ma's car pull into the parking lot.  "Mommy!  There's Ma!  There's Ma!  See her?!" 

3. Went grocery shopping.  A sweet middle aged couple fell in love with Jared in 1.2 seconds while we were in the store. So much to where they honked, waved and yelled, "Have a nice day Little Man!!" as they were leaving the parking lot... He made their day. He kinda does that for me too :)
4. Picked up Jakie from school and when he climbed in the truck he spotted a McDonald's Happy Meal ..."Awwwwwwwwww, Jared got McDonald's?!?!" I said, "He sure did.  But Ma got that one for YOU too!" He was, shall we say, elated.  And quickly yelled, "Yesssssss!!!  Thank you Ma!" He yelled it so loud I'll bet she heard him all the way in Ontario.  Ma is all about spoiling.  If there's one thing she is, it's a great Grandmother.  With or without the money she spends.  But there's no way she would've left without getting something for Jacob too, even though he wasn't there.  And I was sent home with $100 for Michael to buy clothes and a little something extra for the hubby and I :)
5. Made 4 lunches.  Even though there's only 2 boys that go to school and 1 man that goes to work in this house.  Why,  you ask?  Because Master Jared insists on it.  That's why.  Every morning before we walk out the door to take Jakie to school, he goes to the refrigerator and grabs his lunch bag.  Even if we're coming right back home.  It makes him feel special.  It's what he likes.  It's what he wants.  And in this house, and pretty much every house he visits, he gets what he wants.  (most of the time)
6. Had pizza for dinner because I just didn't have the time or energy to cook before practice.
7. Counted fundraiser money and wished it was all mine.
8. Went to Jakie's practice and had frozen toes by the time we left.
9. I didn't do the dishes today...I hated myself for that when I walked in the kitchen.
10. Kissed the boys about 10x each while they were sleeping because some nights, I just can't get enough of those cheeks.


10 things I wish I could do:

1. Run without having to worry about how much pain I'll be in within the next few hours.
2. Buy new furniture.
3. Sing.
4. Buy a house with a pool.  And grass.  Lots of grass.  I miss grass.
5. Move out of state.
6. Hire a laundry service that would not only wash my laundry, but fold and put it away.  Life would be so much easier.
7. Go to sleep and not wake up until my alarm goes off.  I constantly wonder what it would feel like to sleep a full night all the way through.  What I would feel like.
8. Eat *sweets* everyday and have no negative effect on my body.  Ha!  Fat chance, Thunder Thighs.
9. Send my boys to private school.
10. Buy a new car.  In cash.  Because car payments stink.

L.A. County Fair

Saturday we went to the L.A. County Fair with Grandpa Darrell and Grandma Aracelli.  It was the first time for the boys and I.  Fun day with a whole lotta walking!  Quite a few pictures to share:

This was one of the first things the boys spotted within the first few minutes.  Jared didn't want to look at it.  He didn't want to take a picture with it.  He wanted to RIDE in it.  He demanded that I pick him up and put him in.  Not gonna happen Sweet Cheeks.  A picture with it will have to do.

 Mr. Boss doesn't need a stroller.  He can walk.  By himself.  Without holding anyone's hand.  What was I thinking?

 Penny pressing.  I'm wondering where those are right now.  Hmmm.

 dad, son, grandson #1 ...at the horse track.  Jared and Jacob won $2 each!

 My heart :)

 One of the only pictures of me from this day.  Like it or not, I had to prove that I was there, somehow.  Thank you Jakie :)

 Chubs was bored between races.  Really bored.  He wanted the horses to stay out the whole time. 

 Feeding the goats was a highlight for both boys.  Jared thought it was the funniest thing when they bombarded him.

 Grandma Aracelli had just as much fun as the boys.

I was shocked at the amounts of food that these goats ate.  They acted as though they hadn't eaten in over a month.  Must be pretty tastey...

 We finished just in time to have our picture taken with these cool guys.

 That's Jared up there.  On stage.  Milking a goat.  With Grandpa D.  We all tried to force Jakie to raise his hand so he would be picked to be called up.  Not happening.  No way.  I wasn't surprised.  I wasn't disappointed.  It's the way he is.  Shy.  The Daddy wasn't pleased.  But Jared was cute as a button up there with his big 3-year-old-self!

 Left to Right: Grandma, Grandpa, Jared, Jason, Jacob

 One of us was scared of the dinosaurs.  We didn't understand that they were pretend robots :(

 BUT, we loved this little baby dino that was just our size :)

 Clearly, this boy wasn't scared.

 Finally, it was time for the "Quwaygwound" as Jared called it.  These boys were beaming the entire time we were there.  This, makes me happy.

 This was one of Jacob's favorite rides.  He loved it.  But, one of us didn't love it after the second time it went around.  By the time it was over, we were crying.  A lot.  The machine operator, didn't care.  At all.  I'm sure he'd seen a 3 year old crying 100x by the time Jared got off. 

 Spent.  We thought he was out for the count.  Until Daddy put him in his car seat and took his shoes off.  Then the flood gates opened.  "Daddy!  Don't take off my shoes!  Put 'em back on!  Daddy!  I want my shoes!" Total meltdown.  He knew the day at the Fair was over once those shoes came off and he wasn't happy about it.  I should've taken a picture.  But truthfully...I was spent by this time.  Ready for home.