Now the big kids get the pukies...

Miles was feeling much better when he woke up Tuesday morning, but we still quarantined ourselves for 24 hours (well, except we walked to the park to play for a little bit, but outside = less germs). But then on Thursday night, both Ruby and Reid started puking within 30 minutes of each other! Ruby had it so bad her stomach was just hurting and hurting. She kept asking me to take her to the hospital. :( Thankfully after about the 6th time she threw up, she felt a lot better and slept the rest of the night. Reid only puked twice, but he got a 102 degree fever all of the next day, poor guy. Thankfully by Saturday they were recovered, but Andy started feeling sick. I felt nauseated on Friday but never threw up or anything, thank the Lord. It's so hard to take care of kids when you're the sick one.

 Swing time!

 On Wednesday the kids had friends from down the street over and had fun in the back yard.

Reid was hungry and made his own butter and jam sandwich!

 

 I got these headphones for the kids for school. School supplies were ridiculous this year! But they love their new headphones. :)

 She's so pretty.

 Miles says, "I pray like this..."

 Reid started speech therapy this week in Portland. His evaluation showed the sounds he makes are about equivalent to a 3 year old. :/ But he has excellent sentence structure and grammar, so that's great. We're working on the "s" sound for now, then we'll move on to "th" and "r" later. He'll get there! The boys had fun in the waiting room.

 So did Ruby, she colored Moana.

 I love it when they read...

 We got Olaf the bunny to borrow for the week. The boys had lots of fun with him in their tractor trailer. Unfortunately I started getting an itchy throat and congestion... I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to him. I took Claratin which really helped, but I guess no bunnies for us. I remember getting a bunny (Shadow) for a few days as a kid but Dad was allergic so we had to give it back.

 We walked up the hill and there are blackberries ready to pick! Yum!!!

 We had a play date with Dana and the boys on Thursday. We all had fun! They have tons of clover and a neighbor with bees, so there were a bazillion honey bees everywhere. I'm so surprised no one got stung!

 Miles loves taking out the tractors and playing on Reid's bed. It's the cutest thing.

 Playing restaurant.

 We went to check out the bulldozer across the street. The big kids started getting cranky... little did we know they were getting sick.

 We had gotten a new umbrella stroller to take to Disneyland in December, but it was a cheaper one and Reid broke the brakes on one side within a month (he breaks everything!). So we found this used Uppababy (the same brand as our big stroller) on Craigslist for just a little bit more. We love it! Andy's only concern is that it's the same color as the Disneyland rental strollers. Hah! I think we're officially ready to sell our big stroller, although it makes me sad. We've really loved that thing.

 Friday morning... I was so tired. They puked from about 9-1 or 2, so I was up during that, then I tried sleeping on Ruby's bed for a while just to be close. Thankfully they settled down and I slept the rest of the night in my bed.

 Reid got his fever in the morning and Ruby's temp was up a little bit on and off throughout the day. They both wanted to lay around though, so we had a movie day. Thankfully I had just gotten the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from the library! They loved it. We've been listening to the Narnia  dramatized version in the car and love it. I had to keep Miles occupied though... and did a TON of laundry.

 Feeling a lot better on Saturday! But we still had an at home day. We built a train track with some buildings out of Legos, Magna Tiles, and blocks.

 We missed Ruby's half birthday on Friday because of sickness, so we celebrated on Saturday with zucchini muffins. :)

 Ruby made this cute tea party.

 And we made garden art!

Reid's on the top (with a "tractor tree"), Ruby's on the left, Miles's on the right.

 Andy made us all milkshakes and we had fresh blackberries on Saturday evening.

 Milkshake mustache.

Sink bath!

 Andy was feeling a little better on Sunday, but still not great. So we stayed home and built a train track.

 Then we went to Blackberry Park for a picnic in the evening.

 Pizza!

 Mmmm

 Watching Mommy pick blackberries.

He loves blackberries so much he will try anything to get more!

A Day at the Water Park PLUS Miles gets the pukies

The kids finished their swimming lessons! They both made a lot of progress this year and had a lot of fun. We had a BLAST at the Wings and Waves water park on Saturday. The kids all loved it so much! Then we went down to Stayton for church on Sunday to see our old friends, and then Miles got sick on Monday...

Playing around... Hah!

He keeps taking off his pants before going to sleep. He was also taking off his sleep sack so we just stopped putting it on.

Reading stories to baby brother.

Waking up big sister.

We went to a school to play at the park and have lunch after swimming lessons.

Miles kept running and running on this bridge.

He always picks up trash at parks and throws it away.

Cuties.

The girls made some stew. Miles has been loving the play house lately and always makes me soup or something.

He is such a busy guy, he loves watching the washer fill with water, and dances when it starts agitating.

Ruby doing some steamboats and Reid attempting to put his head under. He didn't quite get there. Ruby was trying the crawl stroke by the end of the week!

Keeping Miles occupied.

Train time!

Reid had an audiology appointment which they require before speech therapy. His hearing is excellent and he had fun pushing the button and watching the different things activate. We started speech therapy for him this past Wednesday. He has trouble mostly with "r," "th," and "s/z."

Ruby put a bunch of her clothes in a laundry basket to play "house."

We made popcorn one evening and Reid wanted to make a camp fire. The weather has been cool and cloudy, so we haven't gotten to do as much outside stuff as we would have liked so far.

Ruby made a packet of things from her baby/toddlerhood so I can always remember her. <3

I took the kids to a Lego building thing the library was putting on.

Miles got a little bored...

...so we went to the toy store instead!

Ruby and Reid each got to pick out a prize for doing such a good job at swimming lessons. Ruby picked a cute romper (which she then wore for 3 days in a row) and Reid picked this Lego set.

We've been working on blankets and pillows for Samantha and Hopper. Ruby was a little nervous about using the sewing machine!

They tore down a house across the street and it has been so fun to go over and explore the tractors!

They're leveling the whole 1 acre lot, it's quite a project.

They love to warm up in the showers after swimming.

Another free school lunch. :)

We went on a walk, these guys are so precious.

Wings and Waves!! I really didn't get many photos, we were way too busy having fun. Ruby went on several of the big slides with Andy and I, including one called Nose Dive. It dove down in the dark and into this giant bowl. Yikes! We had so much fun though.

They all three loved the wave pool and we spent lots of time there.

It was quite loud in there. There was a huge bucket that would dump on the kids area and both boys kept their ears covered because of the noise.

Cutie. The water and air temperatures were just about the same, so we didn't get cold during the 4 hours we spent there.

We tried and tried to convince Reid to try a waterslide, but he would only go on the tiny baby ones. Finally right before we left we told him he really should try one. I had to help him to down and let go of his hands... and he LOVED it! He went a bunch more times all in a row.

Andy even took Miles down.

The kids had fun connecting with old friends at Foothills. It was good to see everyone!

On Monday we went to a park to meet some friends for a play date.

Miles played and played, but then started feeling sick and threw up. :(

We had a dr appointment already set up because he has a weird rash on his arm, so I took all of the kids. His rash is a little better now.

Of course, he threw up in the car twice... and then napped on me in the afternoon. Thankfully it only lasted about 5 hours and then he started feeling getter and was hungry.

The boys got these play dough sets for a belated birthday present and they've all been having lots of fun!