No School Today!

Its Presidents day and no school! yeah! it is a beautiful day and after a few errands this morning ( we all woke up after 10) the kids spent a few hours outside with the puppies and each other and didnt kill each other! ha....now Harper is playing his video game and Annelllise is playing with her Polly Pockets---I did a lot of cleaning in her room this weekend..I put everything in plastic containers to keep it all together and put all her Barbie stuff together--I love Barbies and I am so glad she is playing with them now..( I love to change their clothes HA) she wants Barbie stuff and new Polly Pockets for Easter so that should be easy...Harper is always easy just some form of video game...Harper and I got to spend some quality time this weekend..on Friday after picking the kids up from school we drove to Hazlehurst to let Annellise spend the night with Caki and Pop and Harper and Russell were so excited to play in their yard but it started raining and I did not want Harper to get sick again ( he has been sick off and on for the past 3 weeks) so Russell spent the night and Saturday morning I drove the boys to Raymond for a birthday party and picked them up a few hours later at the Childrens museum in Jackson and off to another birthday party at the Performance Sports studeo in Jackson..they had a lot of fun playing football and eating cake.....I was worn out..I had been on the go since that morning taking them here and there..after the party Harper and I went shopping at Target and another "girl store" bless his heart he hated that! then I came home and tackled Annellise's closet..luckily she wasnt here when I started because when she got here she kept pulling stuff back out of the garbage bags Ha! ( I filled up 2 big black ones) on Sunday after church, Caki came over and helped Harper finish his project for school It looks great and he did such a great job! THanks Caki for helping him! ( One of his days he stayed at Caki's house when he was sick they started it and she wanted to help him finish) Bert and Annellise had gone to Sams and bought them each a kite..they had lots of fun flying them and it was perfect windy weather...All in all we had a great weekend ....Tommorrow back to school and then Annellise is having her first "play date" her friend Olivia is coming over for a few hours to play in the morning and then at 2:40 when I pick up Harper his 2 friends Hayden and Kade are coming home with him and then I am taking them to Baseball camp at 4:30 to 6 so I have a busy day tomorrow not to count I have to take them to school, go weight at Weight Watchers and get a haircut all before I pick up the girls at 11:40...say a little prayer for Bert, he is flying out to Houston at 6 in the morning and spending the day with the Miskelly people then flying back at 6 tomorrow night , so he will have a long and busy day too..( I think they are visiting some furniture company there?) anyway .....I am going to iron and fold clothes ....( I think that is ALL I ever do!)

The Day After!

Thats what Ive been feeling like---these birthday parties are wearing me out and it seems like the day after is not good for us---last time Harper woke up sick after his party and the week after he woke up last Sunday with the flu and today he woke up with fever AGAIN---Yesterday was Annellise's birthday party--we had so much fun--it was at the Cheer Academy and they had a HUGE blow up thing with a maze and 3 slides--it was HUGE--and the kids has a great time! they were sweating up a storm---Annellise got so many cute things and I have spent most of the day opening things and she has played with all of it---we didnt go to church due to Harper running fever and Annellise and I slept until 12:00--I cant believe she slept that long--she was SOO tired....Alli gave her a gift card to Toys R Us so last night off we went--she got a Troy barbie doll ( from High School Musical)--its really neat because you put his microphone up to it and he starts singing---I think it cool----I am so glad she is getting into Barbies because I LOVE to play Barbies and dress them up--I am so glad I had a girl..But I love little boys too because I am so excited about baseball starting up--Harper has to get well because we have paid for professional lessons that start on Tuedsay so I hope he doesnt miss it--I might just be a bad mother and give him some Motrin and still let him go----ha--is that bad? right now he is asleep in the living room so hopefully he will wake up feeling better--he shouldnt go to school tommorrow and he might not but he has missed SO much school...I wonder if you can relap with the flu? Im sure its because he got too hot yesterday...He was sweating up a storm..( that is so corny when you write that) anyway we were so glad that Presley came--she is the sweetest baby--I wished they lived closer so I could get some Presley love more often.....Well I need toget off this computer and put up clean clothes and find a place for all these toys---where in the world are they going to go? right now they are all in the computer room where she is allowed to play with them..ha...she has taken her Hanna Montana makeup that I just opened and disappeared so there is no telling what she is up to or what she now looks like---she keeps me on my toes at all times--I can hear her singing in here so she is up to something Im sure...ha.......

Flu (part 2)--we live in the sick house!

well, now Annellise has the flu...at the time she has 102 fever and its not even time to get medicine again and Harper is still running fever...My morning has been very tiresome but I have to say we all slept until 10..yeah for me! anyway, when we woke up Harper had no fever and Annellise had 103..I gave her meds and put her back to bed then...SHE THREW UP IN MY BED!!!!Yuck!! I do not like vomit..at all...I will walk out on a patient at the hosiptal if they are throwing up well I am the only one here right now and I had to clean it up..( how does Bert get so lucky?) thankfully it hasnt happened again but when knows if any of the meds she took were thrown up ( probobly)..The bad thing is she is so excited to go to school on Thursday for her birthday and we have ordered cupcakes to take so say a little prayer she gets to go....she will be so sad...I am tired of sick people and to top it all off Bert went to the dr and has an infection too.....I am not very sympothetic anymore and I have to go to work tomorrow with sick people...DOES IT EVER END? and to top it all off my dryer is messed up and the repairman cant get here until next Wednesday....If you know me you know how much this is killing me I wash and dry about 3 loads a day ( we use LOTS of clothes) and now all it does is pretty much steam dry them and it takes about 2 hrs..ha..so I have learned to wash small loads which makes it about 6 loads a day now and we have a new puppy that is not housebroken yet so she has to go out about every hour...... I NEED A DRINK!...just kidding.. I love my sweet children and hope they get well soon..and I would clean up their vomit any day!!!! And not to mention Harper and I did 2 hours of school work this am and we have about 2 hours left but I am tired and I dont want to do schoolwork anymore! ha.....tommorrow Bert is staying home with them..do you think he will be able to do all the schoolwork? Probobly not so that means I have to work all day and come home to at least 3 hours of schoolwork..yuck! The only thing that could top it all off is I will wake up with the flu......

FLU!

Yes Harper has the flu...As I said earlier that I had to pick up Harper at school on Thurs due to a headache, well we have been waiting for the fever and it came on Sunday morning..I had gotten out of the shower yesterday morning getting ready for church and Harper told me he felt bad..he has been saying this since Thurs and I just assumed he didnt want to go to church...but no he had fever and by 11 am it was 101 degrees and it has been that ever since except at 2:00 am when it went up to 104 it scared me to death...they have never had fever that high..we put him in the shower and put ice on his head and about 30 minutes later after some motrin it went down to 102....so we were at the doctor at 8:30 this morning....Alli was at MEA and we went through the back door..( it amazed me that the parking lot was full at 9 when they opened)...anyway Alli did a flu test on him ( which he DID NOT like, they swab your nose) --it usually takes 10 min for results but his came back positive in 30 seconds....So now we are all being treated for the flu and poor Annellise ( they HATE any medicine that is white and chalky and guess what Tamaflu is and she has to take it and she doesnt even have the flu--I feel so bad) We all have to be treated and the medicine cost 35.00 each--so multiply that x4 --its crazy!!!! Harper is going to be home most of the week ( the dr said all week if he still has fever) the bad thing is we have to do schoolwork that he is missing and its A LOT....I feel like I am a teacher and that is like PUNISHMENT to me---to me that is the last job on my list of jobs--ha---Anyway..say a little prayer that no one else gets it and I can get my children to take the ucky medicine 2 times a day--that is PUNISHMENT for me to...the things you do for your children! Ha!----( Harper was so sad he missed the end of the Super Bowl last night--poor thing was so sick he fell asleep watching it with Bert and he was a big Patriots fan!!)

Where has the time gone?

Gosh, this last week has flown by...Harper turned 8 years old, we had a birthday party, Annellise was sick, Harper got sent to the principle's office , we had birthday parties to go to for Harper's friends, Harper got sick and had to come home from school, and today we went on a field trip----I am worn out...Ok let me begin with Annellise, she got sick last Wed..she woke up with 101 fever and coughing up a storm, of course it was on the day I was to go back to work ( I had been off for a week...ha) so Bert and I took turns that day. I stayed home on the morning shift and Bert took the afternnon shift. He took her to the Dr. and we had the "fever virus" I HATE when they tell you that..it just means that they dont know...Mom kept her THurs and she wanted to go back to school on Friday..we went to a birthday party on Saturday for one of Harper's friends and his big party was on Sunday..we had so much fun! 21 of his friends came and lots of adults...Every piece of the cake was GONE!!! he got so much stuff but lots of kids gave him gift cards and money so he bought himself an I Pod Nano ( I think that is what its called) he can download movies too and songs...He LOVES it..I never would have thought he would enjoy that....then on Monday I get there to pick him up and find out he was sent to the principle's office for talking ugly on the playground..It was 4 little boys and they told her they didnt say anything bad, one little boy said he said "crud" and "crap"...that is the extent of the bad language...now I might be a little crazy but I really dont think those are horrible words that get you sent to the office and Harper didnt even say them he was just there by association...so Bert was FURIOUS! the main reason was it was a she said he said sort of thing...the principle was believing a little girl and not the boys who told her about the 2 words I said above...Harper was crying saying that she would not believe him and he told the truth..Bert called the next morning and talked to Mrs. Brown ( the principle) and she said she was sorry and she handled it wrong...she even wrote us a letter...so on to the rest of the week..on Tues. it was Harper's real birthday so we went to eat..there is a new place called "Gatti Town" and we went there...it is lots of fun, pizza buffet and then a HUGE gameroom with LOTS of games..we has fun! On Thursday the school called and said Harper was complainin of a headache, they gave him meds but it got worse and we ended up going to get him..We did go to Wal Mart and eat at Ruby Tuesdays that night though..ha...so today we went on a field trip to see " Lilly's purple plastic purse" and it was soo cute! Annellise would have loved it....It was a New Stage and the actors were so cute especially the girl who played "Lilly" ---Hillcrest 2nd grade had made little purple purses and they were on display at the play...we then went to Gatti Town again and had lots of fun...8 year old boys are so funny and I had a lot of fun with them in the car with me ( I was a driver)...they are so cute and still so loving...Harper laid his head on my arm and held my hand during the play..I wonder how long that will last? I will miss it so much when he thinks he is "TOO BIG" to hold my hand...I just love him so much and cant believe he is 8 years old..Its hard to believe its been 8 years since I had him, it seems like yesterday..and my "little sweet pea" will be 5 next week...so we will be doing another birthday party next weekend..hers is at the Cheer Academy and they have a trampoline, jumping things, and a rock climbing wall..lots of fun and running around..they will sleep really good that night..ha....OH, Harper lost another tooth this week too..he has no teeth in the front bless his heart...