Pirates, stories and band aids

Micah is REALLY into make believe and fantasy play lately. Being his fabulous mother, I am often chosen as his muse. Fun stuff. M also likes to dress himself lately. He insists on wearing his shirt backwards so that he can complain that he can't see the picture on it. Some days he wears his undies backwards, too.

Last night Robert sat and read Micah a few books. Which, by the way, do not buy, Bad Dog Marley. It's awful, they're so mean to the dog and get mad at him for doing dog things. I'd throw it out, but Micah loves the messes Marley makes, so we just make it up as we go along. Anyway, while R and M read, Elias got into the dvds. I swear, this kid would be happy as pie to sit and take them apart all day long.

While Daddy and M read, I got E out of the movies and into the band aids. Band aids are a staple in our house. They can turn my grumpy kids into giggly people faster than lickety split. Magic things, I tell you. Good thing for me, the Dollar Store carries them cheap. I try and carry them everywhere we go. Bribery with them goes a long way. Shh, I didn't say that.

Bring in the Calvary

This has been the worst week ever.

Micah started running a fever Tues night and hacking up a storm. Until last night, he hadn't slept in days. He was up all night long, screaming irrational and unintelligible gibberish at me multiple times a night. It sucked! One night, I woke up to him frantically screaming that he was stuck. He'd crawled over my pile of clothes, heels and art supplies on the floor and was waaay back in my closet. How or why he did it, is beyond me.

In order to keep some sanity we did some survival stuff. I went to Wallies and bought Micah some silly stuff. "Gobbles" a snorkel, some new movies, snacky food and a magnetic board for his super letters. Which, btw, he is loving, b/c now he's like his buddy Alex.

As the natural progression goes, Elias woke with a fever yesterday and a coughing mess. He refuses to sleep anywhere but my boob. The joy! The fun! The only way he'll get the much needed nap during the day is when I use my mommy voice to tell him that I'm not picking him up. This ends in him collapsing wherever he happens to be and sleeping for an hour. Glorious!

Micah's fever is gone, but he still isn't well. Elias is a mess. Looks like we're homebound for yet another week. Lucky me!
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The top 3 things that make me want to cut my ears off when said are:

"I'm huuungry."
"Mooooom. I don't feel good."
"That's mine!"

To top it off, Robert worked all day Saturday and then took a guys night out. Yeah. You know.

I need a break or a Valium or a big bottle of wine. Maybe all 3.

Mothers' Day

Well, this is the 147697th time I've tried to upload pics when Wordpress starts acting up. Aargh! I'll try again in a month. I officially hate this server.