A List of My Life

I'm not feeling very inspired right now. Spending all day home with three children, trapped inside because of snow and sickness can lead to that.

• Sassy has low iron. She went for her two-year check-up yesterday and failed the quick test with 9.1 (12 is normal). Then we went for more blood work. There was LOTS of crying! We are waiting to hear the results and how to correct her levels.

• Sassy is now also sick. She has had a fever of 101 since last night. I thought it was related to the shots she got yesterday but now she has a cough and a runny nose. Most likely she caught Bruiser's cold.

• It was a snow day today.

• Daddy had an early start and a late night at work today.

• Bruiser is on steroids for his cough.

• Tater is feeling left out since she is still healthy.

• My car is still covered with snow and my driveway is not shoveled.

• This is what my basement looked like last night:

* Did I mention it snowed?

Welcome to my life!!!!!

Randomness...

It's midway through January and life in the House of Sprout has not slowed down one bit! I keep waiting for the break in the clouds...but it never seems to appear!

Tater has returned and is back to school. Her tantrums are super nasty...I think she may have turned 13 while she was visiting Papa and Mimi! She is really having a hard time being separated from Papa...maybe we should just give into both their wishes and let her move in with him...or not so much! (If she could read this, she would say "You're so rude!!!!"...yeah, that's what she says...at 5!!!)

Bruiser is coughing again and spent most of last night entertaining me in my bed. He's tucked snuggly (with his weighted blanket) into his bed right now...but I'm not holding my breath. Right now tomorrow is a blank calendar day with thoughts of checking out the new neighborhood coffee place with a friend...but we may be heading to the doctor with Bruiser instead.

And total randomness...but my husband just asked me what was going on with my hair...it may have something to do with the fact that I haven't had a haircut since JUNE!!! Maybe it's not working for me anymore!

Oh, and Papa and Mimi bought a new house today. I would let them share this news with all of you (aka our family) but it seems my brother already made the announcement on Facebook...so the secret is out! Tater is very concerned that she will not be able to find her Papa at his new house...which maybe some of the root of the tantrums...she may end up in therapy yet!!!

And Sassy is busy being, well, sassy! She was knocked over last night outside a restaurant and has a fat lip...not unusual for my balance-challenged child! And I love this picture of her...no bum to hold up her jeans!

Have a happy Wednesday!

"We Want to Play in the Snow!!!!!!"

Which translates to "Mommy, spend 30 minutes dressing us all, put Sassy's mittens on 5 times, then come outside with us for 5 minutes until we are too cold, drag Bruiser inside because he wants to be just like Daddy and push his lawnmower like a snow blower, and then undress us as quickly as possible so the whining stops, and make us hot chocolate that is not hot!"

Yes, that was about an hour of my snow day!

All bundled up!

Sassy "What are they doing?"

Sassy "Why am I the only one now?"

Okay, Sassy DID NOT like the snow!

Probably because she couldn't walk with falling!

Poor thing!

Snow angel...how appropriate!

Still not liking it!

"Why do you keep taking my picture instead of helping me???"

"HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Okay, this is a little better!

Maybe a bit fun?

The snow princess

Does she look pitiful enough?

Making tracks!

Building snowballs!

The damage

Looks happy, doesn't he?

Action shot...right before he attempted to throw a shovelful of snow at me!

How did you spend your "snow day"?

Happy Birthday, Bruiser!

My little man turned 4 on Sunday...way too quickly for my liking but...there was no stopping him! We spent the day traveling to meet Papa and Mimi so we could get Tater back. Then we ended it with cake and presents and bit of football...every boy's dream day!

A rare happy sibling moment!

Riding the "ferrisol" with Papa and Daddy...inside the mall!

(Tater and Bruiser were there too but hidden down inside!)

Our friends, D and N, did a great job fitting Bruiser's gifts to his personality!

His new coat from Papa and Mimi!

Opening a gift from Mommy and Daddy...

and yes, when your birthday is a few weeks after Christmas, you get Christmas wrapping paper...deal with it!

Waiting for cake.

Blowing out the candle!

Daddy decorated the cake...it was supposed to be a long-neck but things happened during the decorating stage...creative licence, right?

Sassy, with a gentle smile and ice cream in her hair!

Happy Birthday, Bruiser Boy!

Snow Day!

Yes, it's 8:30 IN THE MORNING!

Yes, it's a SNOW DAY!

And, yes, we are UP!

Actually, we've been up since before 7:00...life with three little ones who are excited about the change in weather! No sleeping in...I actually get to sleep later on a normal work day!

Here are few shots of the snow that I captured before the wind REALLY started blowing...like just now when it sounded like a train rumbling through the neighborhood. It will be a long day inside but luckily Daddy gets to spend it with us!

Looking out our front door and across the street.

The decorative sled on our front porch.

A Sassy "Cheese" Shot!

Out the back door, looking at our clothesline.

Sorry for the lack of interest here...but this piled on our back deck on top of our recycling.

The other half of our back yard.

Tater wanted to know if it was safe to jump on the trampoline with the snow on it...I told her to talk to Daddy (it was 7am!).