Who you lookin' at?

Ever wonder where these big eyes came from?

Wonder no longer!

All in all, a super fantastic, now we have pneumonia (but hey you get antibiotics for that), day!

Cops and Robbers....

The robbers are having a heyday....

Whilst our Sherriff is lounging around on his laurels (actually his tummy, but you get the point)...

Look out fever, your days are numbered, there's an old kid in town, ready to reclaim his territory(which is not the couch)!

All in all a super, seriously in the wise words of Buddy "I hate those germs", day!

A day of rest...

Today I took a much needed rest, I mean really, it's hard work taking care of a kid by yourself for so long, thank goodness I found a nice resting spot...

Unfortunately my resting spot pushed me off seconds after I snapped this picture. So I did what any self respecting person that needs a break would do, I went to my parents and found a really good resting spot. Unfortunately someone else already claimed it...

So we came back home and Buddy decided to find himself a great resting spot. Especially great when you have frequent toxic emissions that need to escape and you want to torture your mother...

In other news, the boy is still sick. Believe me if you could smell his toots you would completely agree! I have watched way more television in the last week than I think I have in the last 10 years, not even the good kind-all cartoons and not super fantastic on the fantastic scale. So to make me smile of our happier, less stinkier days I'm adding this picture that I found while I was perusing some old pictures...

That's right, I'm an amazing super hero, just call me when you're being eaten by a bear...in a kiosk...in a shopping mall...in Alaska (I know Buddy's happy he did)!
All in all a tele-tastic, seriously fever we're quite over having you as our guest, day!

Moving on up...

Buddy has been dying of boredom (which beats the dying of sickness), he keeps whining he wants to do something, but doesn't have energy to do anything! Hmmm, quite the conundrum, so with our few good hours today we did what any normal meningitis sufferer would do. We made gloop...

Then we made a high rise that George Jefferson would be envious of, complete with light of course (just in case a visitor is afraid of the dark, we're not of course)!

Unfortunately all that construction work can wear a fellow out.....

All in all, seriously could this fever last any longer, day!

Antipyretics...

That's right, I said it! I have a new found love of some of these drugs. Namely Tylenol and Ibuprofen. In a lovely cocktail mix every 6 to 8 hours, they turn my little pile of crying goo, into a little bit of this...

As long as his fever is down to a somewhat tolerable range, the headache is gone and the crying ends (yippee). Buddy has been such a brave boy and frequently checking his own temperature. I think he has super thermometer powers in this finger...

So for now, a super fantastic, you can never be cuddled too often by mom when you're sick day!

Therapy...

For kindergarten, Buddy's school sent out a letter saying that all he needed was a pencil box, some pencils, erasers and a few crayons. Yesterday, our masterpiece arrived...

Buddy is so fancy, it's got his name all over it, no really it does...

Sadly, I didn't order it in time to for his first day, so Buddy has been begrudgingly
hanging around the house for the last 3 days waiting for it. Those last three days have looked a lot like this...

What a great kid, he gets sick so no one will know that his mom didn't get his pencil box in a timely manner like all the other moms! He's an overachiever too, instead of it being strep like the doctor initially thought, Buddy developed a full blown case of viral meningitis (I'm so proud).
Anyway, he's on the upswing. Truthfully we've been to the doctors twice in the last 3 days and to Primary Children's ED last night and the previous two nights I slept with my hand on his chest(OK, not sure if sleeping is the right word, but you moms know what I'm talking about, counting respiration's, becoming the human thermometer). Today his temperature has slightly decreased and he has spent most of the day doing this...

Who knew an iPhone would have such a curative effect, like pet therapy, it's iPhone therapy (my catchphrase, I'm totally patenting it!)
So all in all a super fantastically, getting better day!

One day you're in... the next day it's strep...

Buddy has had a headache for two days, all night he had a fever, this morning his tongue looked like this...

Now we are home watching way too many movies and Buddy is begging to go to school. Yay school, I guess it really is cool. I'm sure Buddy will like it even better when his Mother of the Year award winner doesn't force him to go to school with a headache that turns out to be a symptom of strep (oopsy).
All in all a super fantastic, can't wait for school, day!

Launch Party!

The other day Buddy wanted to invite some of his cousins over for what he called a "launch party". Not sure where he heard that phrase, but I did ask what we were launching, his answer... "why singing and dancing of course!"
So here are a few pictures from Buddy's first annual launch party ...


Today was Buddy's first day of kindergarten (all day, every day), I would like to announce that I proudly walked him there, dropped him off and was glad that he was growing up. Like I said, I'd like to announce that, instead the instant I walked out the door I was a ball of blubbering mush and called my mother ( I won't say how many times). He on the other hand, walked in and gave his teacher (who happened to be his preschool teacher) a hug and then started scoping out all the new girls in his class.
Here's the only picture I could take before I broke down into a goo ball and embarrassed the poor boy...

(I think the look he's giving me is the, gee mom, could you hurry up, there are some important things I need to be doing.)
So all in all a super fantastic, growing up kind of day!

Squirrel Gravy?

I walked into my parents kitchen this morning to forage (don't judge me, I like my mom's) and she had a recipe book opened this recipe...

I know we're from the south and my sister and I have been known to fight over who eats the chicken gizzard(seriously it's good), but squirrel gravy? Really? Do those who make squirrel gravy need a recipe? So the question remains, what do you do after you eat your squirrel gravy? Well, since your insides are probably all twisted up, you just need to play a good ole' fashioned game of Twister to re-righten(I'm a nurse, re-righten is totally a professional term, trust me)your insides!

So all in all, a super fantastic, I'm including the rest of the recipe for your de-boning pleasure (you're welcome), day!

Innocence...

In six short days, my sweet little baby is going to start kindergarten. I'm trying to put on a brave face that it's going to be fantastic for him. Well it is, but I'm not sure I'm ready to give up my thoughts of Buddy being my very, very little boy. I guess they need to grow up sometime. At least when he goes to college he's already told me that I can be his roommate ( I was thinking about getting my masters anyway), and when he gets married, he's says he's still going to live with me (by the way, don't be jealous but he already has reserved seating for me in the engine when he's the engineer of the shinkansen). Hmmm, I wonder if he will change his mind? In the meantime, I'm getting all the snuggles and taking as many pictures of the evidence that he was little once that I can!

All in all six more fantastically blissful days of youth to go!

Embarrassed?

Sometimes when you have a "little sister" and you've been playing with her and your mother whips out the camera, the only thing you can do is turn your back to them and pretend it never happened!

All in all a super fantastic, we've got our eyes (at least we thought we did) on you, day!

Hanging out...

Today I went for a MRI of my back (no worries, just 15 years of being a nurse has finally gotten to me). I was placed in a long tunnel, with very loud noises, and held as still as possible (mind you I've seen many a MRI done, usually with patients that are totally out of it and moving around). I thought I was doing a good job, then I was told that I needed to breathe through my chest and not use my belly. Really? Have you ever tried to lay on your back and just breathe through your chest? I did for the next 30 minutes. I'm pretty sure it didn't work! Buddy had wanted to come too, anything with tunnels and loud noises has to be exciting, right?
Afterwards, I hand selected my favorite kids (OK, they were the only ones at my parents) and decided to play a game of who can break a bone first!






By the way, a girl next to us won! But I'm thinking climbing in an A-line skirt may not have been choice outfit of the year, but who am I to judge, I use my stomach muscles when I breathe!
So all in all a very super fantastic, climbing up the walls day!

Heaven...

Previously I posted that This is the Place was like heaven to Buddy, I changed my mind. Heaven is being surrounded by seven fantastically fun cousins and then having some of them play Lego's with you while at a slumber party at your house!

All in all, a super fantastic day!

Sea-sick...

It seems the kids ran into a rough patch while at This is the Place, somehow Hyrum is weathering the storm quite nicely.

Oh well, after a good tooth brushing, the kids enjoyed the rest of their adventure, minus the puking...





All in all a super fantastic, don't tell DCFS, day!

Stevie Wonder....

Buddy went to the eye doctor today, afterwards we kicked back with the cousins and took a bit of a road trip. I'm not sure, but I think he's fitting right in.

Sadly, my aunt and uncle left today, and for a treat I'm including a picture of them cuddling when they thought no one was looking (the kid in me that grew up around them wants to scream gross, I would like to say the adult in me has matured, but not really!)

So for now, a super fantastic, we love our family, day!

Shirts...

Did you know it was National Match Your Shirt Day?

Apparently Buddy is the only one who got the memo.
In other news some of my favorite people are here...



That would be my aunt Eva and uncle Buford(I swear I'm not lying) from Kentucky, and my sister and her gaggle of kids just arrived a few hours ago. No sweat though, with a large crowd like this Buddy has already taken well to his new job as the side line commentater...

However, we do need to report that Buddy has become a bit snobbish about those who have only four fingers to show for their age, it's five or above to hang with this crowd (check out Sara in the back, she is obviously of age, see the joy in her eyes)!

So all in all a very super fantastic, we're beat day!