Masterpiece Theatre

So I have gotten to the point where I consider Masterpiece theatre to be one of the shows that I watch. I check PBS every Sunday night to see what they are playing and see if its worth staying up until 11pm for. Right now they are running through Charles Dickens books and we love them. (not so much David Copperfield, more so Little Dorrit and I hope they do A Tale of Two Cities since that is my favorite book) . . .(yes we, C watches them with me and in my opinion like them just as much). Some of them are not good, but when they are it either sparks a good conversation, or good laugh (quirky British actors, bad teeth, what ever lame freebie PBS is pushing with for you to donate money)

My only fear with this hobby is what other hobbies will it lead to. Am I going to end up enjoying people watching at Costco like my grandma?

Hole in the Rock

I love this hike. It fits our family well. It doesnt take long, so nobody gets tired, it not very steep so even if T did want to walk he could do it holding my hand, and there is enough variety on the trail to keep it interesting.

Here is the dead cactus

skeleton that is always

the kick off that my kids

enjoy bc who knew cacti
had skeletons.

Here is little cave #1 that

obviously has bears or bats in it.

When they are done they think

they are on the top of the world.

I love t-ball

N had his first t-ball game last week. Awesome. The highlights for me were:

1. watching him come up to the plate, and tap it before swinging

2. watching him hit the ball right to first base and running to third (makes sense)

3. seeing his eye light up after catching a good grounder, and throwing it "sooo far" to the pitcher

4. being outside with the whole family

5. having a concessionstand that actually charges what circle K would

Also this week, J figured out how to make

batwings by putting two capes around his neck

And T has started dressing up this week as well. I call these two bucket head.

Home at LAST!

Poor T was in the hospital this week from Monday-Saturday. He had RSV, Influenza type A, Bronchiolitis, and Pneumonia! Other than having a daily bought of frustration with all of the cords he was hooked up to (oxygen, IV, pulsox-better known as "lava toe" in our house (it is a red light taped to your toe that reads your oxygen levels) he was a real trooper. We are so happy to be home and be a family again. N and J are really good helpers when we give T his treatment. N holds the nebulizer to his mouth, I hold him on my lap and J thumps his back with this little plunger like thing. (the idea is to break up the mucus) T just is happy to have his brothers around.

Thank you to everyone for your help, concern, and prayers

T

Maybe next time Geico

This is the money we will be saving now that our town house is rented! Ha Ha Ha!

The Miracles of Modern Medicine

I realize we all get sick. I also realize that most illnesses have multisymptoms. Fortunately our last bouts of illness have all only had one symptom, until last week. Poor J woke up out of no where with "rapid onset croup". We've had croup before, but this was our worst. I thought he was having an asthma attack and treated him with "wheezy" our penguin nebulizer. When the second round of that didnt work I gave him the oral steroid we now keep on hand after our really REALLY scary asthma attack in January. I started packing for the hospital while we waited for the medicine to kick in and the on-call nurse to call back. Fortunatly, that worked and found out at the doctors the next morning, that croup and asthma are given the same oral steroid when in severe distress. Then we really started to snow ball. I talked to Martha (the on call nurse) every night this week, asking her questions like, his fever was 104.3 and the tylenol only brought it down to 103.9, is it safe for all 5 of these medicines to be given at once, he is still breathing 57 breaths per minute and nothing is slowing him down. Thats the one that landed me back in the doctors office. Poor J had croup, fever, asthma, ear infection, conjunctivitic, and pneumonia! Thanks to modern medicine, he still sounds like a seal, but feels much better.

Now little T has a fever, and N is barking. Ready for round 2 - DING!