What does that mean?

Over the last few days, the kids have said some funny things that have left me wondering...what does that mean?  I would love to go into their brains to see how they think. 

Situation #1-Ashlynn and Luke were eating Mac N Cheese and Luke was complaining it was 'TOO cheesy!'...of all things.  Ashlynn was happily eating her food and said, "Mommy, I Love this Mac N Cheese.  It is soooo cheesy it makes my hair feel like there is watermelon in it!" 

Ben and I laughed and then said, "What the...?" 

Situation #2- Luke ate a huge cookie and a huge glass of chocolate milk and then said, "Man, I feel spicy now!" 

What does that mean?  So funny!  If anything, moments like this help me 'lighten up' and to remember to smile, laugh, and breathe.  I need to remember these guys will only be little for a little while.

You Know You Have a Girly-Girl When...

...even the dinosaurs get a make over!  Luke was not happy to see this!

Seriously???

It's my blog and I'll gripe if I want to,

gripe if I want to,

gripe if I want to...

you would cry too if it happened to you.

Now that I have tried to be optimistic as I reviewed the positive things from 2009, I would like to give 2010 a kick in the pants!  My patience is wearing very thin...

It all started over 2 weeks ago. Luke woke up with a stomach FLU.  Not bad I think.  I can handle that.  Our family hasn't had a sick visit to a doctor for a year to be exact.  I think we must be doing a great job with handwashing and etc.  No one else got the flu and a few days passed.  Then Luke got CROUP for only a day or so.  Not bad.  A few days later, possible PNEUMONIA and breathing treatments and a lung steriod.  Ok...I am starting to think..."What the heck is going on". 

Luke gets better.  A few days pass...blasted PINK EYE!!!  Then, a few days later Ashlynn, Ben and I develop PINK EYE.  I send Luke to school thinking all is well with him.  He comes down with DIARRHEA and misses a few more days of school.  A few days later, Ashlynn and I get the stomach FLU on the same day.  Ashlynn and I both develop a bad COUGH to top it off.  After several hundreds of dollars spent on copays and medicine.......guess what???  Luke enters round 2 of PINK EYE on Thursday, Ashlynn throws up AGAIN on Thursday evening and Ben and I get PINK EYE on Friday AGAIN!!!  Is this a bad, mean joke? Did someone put a curse on us?

I would like to thank the Physician's Assistant who, when asked why our family keeps getting pink eye, answered me by saying, "You need to learn to wash your hands better."  Guess what dude?...YOU DON"T KNOW SQUAT. I would think a whole family staying healthy for one year says a lot about handwashing!!!  I would like to thank pink eye for being responsible for over $300 we have spent on copays & medicine and being responsible for my 'perfect attendance' child now missing the maximum allowed days of school.  Thank you pink eye for messing up my schedule for several weeks, making me lose wages at work and sending me out of our infested cave looking like a no makeup, glasses wearing, very pregnant, pink eyed DOG.  Thank you for zapping me of any and all my energy to prepare for a new baby in 5 weeks.  Thank you for giving me cracked and bleeding hands from all my HANDWASHING!  Whew.  Am I done yet?  Here's to one more week of pink eye...

Did I mention, the car broke down and required over $400 in repairs too?  Maybe it has  #*$@  pink eye too!