Couple of Fun Stories

A week or so ago Jacks was in our bath. I went into the bathroom later and the floor was wet. When I asked him why, he said he there was a ladybug he put down the sink. Didn't think more of it until the next morning the ladybug is back on the counter. It looked dead so I put it down the sink again.  Later that night back in the sink bowl.  I put it down again, and let the water run for a while. The next night it was back on the backsplash. I showed Jacks that the bug he found didn't want to die. We tried one more time with the sink, not sure why, but we tried. Yet again a day later it was back, over by Brads sink this time. Jacks and I were a little freaked out and decided to just put it outside. Thankfully it is not back... yet.

If you are sick and you try and force it out too much or too hard, you can burst something in you eye and look possessed. Maybe a fun Halloween night look, but not for going on a week. 

I didn't notice anything until the morning when Brad looked surprised and asked what was wrong with my eye. 

Day 1, nasty but not too bad.

Couple of days in, it spread some and got a deep red. 

Today it is getting lighter, spread a little more, but I think finally on the mend. I probably have at least another week looking like this. Moral of the story, don't force things. 

This Week

About a week ago Beck asked what he'd have to do to get the dogs in his room. I told him  if he could keep his room 'mom' clean for a week they can go in there. He actually did it and now the dogs are in his room. He also has to clean their blanket often and air his room out. So far it's been going well and I think the dogs love it. 

Speaking of dogs, we had a fire alarm that kept beeping because the battery was about dead. The dogs did not like it at all. They ran into our room and sat under my desk most of the day. We didn't have a battery or it wouldn't have gone on as long. 

Emery was on FHE this week and she just wanted to do a project. We made a couple of cloud dough batches. The boys were good sports with it. 

We picked up or pottery and they all turned out really well. Jackson loves his. 

Jackson

We got a cubby for Jackson's room and Camden saw the box sitting on the floor and asked if he could put it together. He worked on if for a few hours and was able to get it set up by himself. He really enjoyed putting all the pieces together in the right spots. 

His room is so much better with it in there. He got a lot of Legos for Christmas and has been building with them a lot. After he makes something, he has to save it. 

This past weekend we did the first special night of the year, Jackson. We went to a clay place and painted pottery. He wasn't fully sure what to expect and I'm not fully sure what he thought of it in the end. 

This was how it first ended. I could tell something was wrong but it took him a while to talk. The plan in his head was not what came out. He was upset that it wasn't perfect. (he was also tired from the night before).

After talking with him for a little bit, we found something to make it more what he would like. Now we wait a week until we see the fully final product.

New Years Weekend

This New Years was a lot of fun, and very loud. During the day we rented a theater out and went and saw "Elf" with Paul, Jayson and their families. It's always a good movie, and was nice to have the theater to ourselves, and ....popcorn!

Then we took the boys to our house (Dawson, Creed, Zander and our 2) for a party there. Later in the afternoon, Bryan and his family came to have dinner and play games. It was a loud full house, but a very fun house. We all stayed up until 1am, at that time we told all of the kids to turn a movie on and hopefully go to sleep.

The next day we went bowling with Bryan's family and had some snacks. It was so much fun, a little of 'normal' life. 

Sometime during the weekend a game that Beck, Brad, Zander and Paul all play called Contest of Champions. One of the days the game was giving some sort of crystal out to get a player? I'm really not sure. Beck had to get online the PlayStation so they could open them together and let the other know what they got.