Sick Kids and Tylenol PM

So, last night on Halloween, I learned the lesson....never take a Tylenol PM when you have sick kids! Averi was sick and throwing up starting Wednesday night, and I thought that was the end of it right? Wrong....Right before I head out the door to take the kids trick-or-treating, Wyatt pukes everywhere. I was thinking maybe it was because we switched him formulas that day. But, I was wrong. I strapped him in the stroller, and proceeded with our plans. Half way down the block, he throws up again, and I knew he had gotten exactly what Averi had. Steve had gotten home from work by this time, so we backtracked home to drop Wyatt off. The rest of the evening was fun, with Averi plowing over the other kids at everyones front doors. When I told her that she couldn't push other kids, she just put her hand on her hips, sighed, and said, "but I want my CANDY!"
Anyways, when we all got home and settled Ethan, Gavin, and Averi into bed, Wyatt still wasn't feeling well. Me, being the paranoid mom that I am, stayed up with him for hours, being afraid that if I laid him on his back in the bassinet, he would throw up and choke to death. He finally fell into a heavy sleep, and I knew he would stay that way all night. So, at about midnight, I took a Tylenol PM. All I wanted was one good night of sleep. You see, I don't sleep well anyways, and between me being sick earlier this week, and Averi keeping me awake all night on Wednesday, I felt like I hadn't slept in days!.......Bad idea. I learned last night that you cannot be mother of the year and take Tylenol PM. It was probably three or four in the morning, and Ethan comes into my room to inform me that Gavin had started throwing up. Me, being comatose from the sleeping pill, just told Ethan that everything was o.k. I guess, or so I have been told by Gavin, that he came in a bit later to ask if he could crawl into bed with me, because he wasn't feeling well. I told him flat out NO! (I always let the kids sleep in my bed when they are sick.) Then, he proceeded to tell me that he is throwing up. Instead of getting up to help and take care of him, I just mumbled to him, "just make sure you get it in the toilet!" Of course, I don't remember any of this, because I was finally getting my one night of good sleep! My poor six year old stayed awake the rest of the night, with only his brother to help him as he was sick and throwing up!........Moral of the story? Shoot me in the head if I ever take a Tylenol PM again! One good night of sleep is not worth the guilt you feel the next day for letting your son throw up by himself with only his brother to help take care of him.....and if anyone is wondering where Steve was through all this? Asleep on the couch!:) (The kids finally woke him up early in the morining to help take care of the situation while I slept in!) Poor Ethan, he got it too starting at about eight in the morning!

When It Rains, It Pours

So last night, after successfully getting all the kids to bed, I started on my quest to finish studying this unit for my D&C class. I have tried to finish it about three times this week...and well, you know...with four kids and a husband that is never home....
Anyways, I sit on the couch and open my scriptures and textbook, and Averi comes out to the couch. I told her to just lay down there and go back to sleep. She started squirming around, and when I looked over at her, she proceeded to empty what seemed like the equivalent of three days worth of stomach contents all over the blanket, floor, and even down into the cracks of the couch! Poor little girl....this continued throughout the night. Low and behold, I am tired today and plan on going back to bed!

Halloween

Spiderman Gavin

Ethan really wanted to be an 'Army guy.' I told him to enjoy it now, because I will never let him join the military when he gets older!

Averi was so happy with her costume. She really wanted to be a 'pink butterfly.' She even let me put her hair up and curl her bangs!

Have you ever seen a cuter scare-a-crow!

I figured that I would post there a few days before Halloween, since my children have actually already celebrated the holiday twice! I always look forward to this holiday, mainly because I look forward to making Averi's costume. I knew that I didn't have it in my hands to make all of the kids this year, but I did end up doing Wyatt's and Averi's.

FHE At The Pumpkin Patch!

On Monday night, after a lesson on baptism, (which has been the focus of our FHE's, since Ethan will be getting baptized soon), the family, minus Steve went to the pumpkin patch. It was a new one out on Taft Highway that I had never been to before. It was real fun for the kids, and Averi especially enjoyed looking at the animals that were there.

The kids had to get their picture taken looking out of the pumpkin.

Peek-a-boo....look who I saw at the pumpkin patch!


Wyatt was just content to ride in the wagon, as long as he had a pumpkin in his lap!

It took Ethan awhile to pick out the perfect one.

Averi wanted to pick out about five perfect ones!

By this time, the kids were getting fed up with mom and her camera.

As we were leaving, I ran into Jason and Jamie, friends of mine from high school that live here in Bakersfield that I haven't seen in years! I stayed and talked with them for about an hour, and Averi immediately bonded with their son. When we got home she told Steve, "I have a new best friend!"

Steve's Birthday

Steve turned 35 years old on Friday! He requested the weekend off, and we had such a nice time. My parents took Ethan, Gavin, and Averi of Friday night. I cleaned the house really well, and then went and got Olive Garden to go. When Steve got home, we had a nice dinner, and then headed to Sears to get Steve a new pair of work boots. The ones he had were two years old and really thrashed! We ended up at Barnes and Noble to browse their books. We used to go on dates there a lot, and we can end up spending hours there.

On Saturday, we all met at Gavin's soccer game, and then my parents took the three kids back to their house again. Steve and I relaxed and read all day. We headed up to my parents in the afternoon, and got all four kids ready for trick-or-trunk at my parents ward building. Pappa and Grandma are saints to take all four kids to this activity, while Steve and I went out for the second night in a row.

We met up with Randy and Krystal and went to the haunted house at Sam Lynn Ballpark. Lets just say that after going through.....I realized that I definitely need to get out more. I was very scared! My stomach was actually in knots when we got out, and I think Steve's hands were squished from me squeezing them! He didn't complain though. Then all four of us went miniature golfing. It was a fun night, and made Steve and me realize that we need to go on dates more often!

Pumpkin Patch

I had the opportunity to go with Gavin and all of the first graders to the pumpkin patch at McMurray Family Farms on Wednesday. It was a really fun time, and all the kids were so excited by the bus ride! We went through the hay maze, the petting zoo, and finally a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch! Gavin has an amazing teacher, Mrs. Thornton, who always is so appreciative of parents help. I guess I don't see it as help since I really enjoy being around all the children. The downfall of the day was a serious allergy attack when I got home, but nothing a little Actifed didn't clear up.

Gavin and Savannah. She is our neighbor down the street....such a sweet girl. We have become good friends with the family, and I pick her up for school every day, while her mom brings home the boys from school in the afternoon. Her mom also watches Wyatt on Wednesdays, so that I can work in Gavin's classroom, and I watch her son on Thursdays so that she can do the same!
Gavin was so proud of his pumpkin!

He also got to pick out one for me!

Wyatt-8 months old!

My baby Wy-guy turned 8 months old today! He's such a good easy baby, and growing up way too fast! It sure is fun and refreshing to have a baby in the family, and as Ethan always exclaims, "I'm so glad Wyatt is out of your stomach!" Yea....me too!