After all of the Christmas craziness wore off and family left and Daddy went back to work, we did what we could to stay busy and have fun with the rest of our time off of school. It got chilly and rained a lot, so we stayed inside and kept ourselves entertained.
Jonah learned to give kisses on command. Always adorable and fun.
Not sure this was one of my smarter Mommy decisions: letting the boys play in the paper shreds...
They had a blast, but cleaning it up took a whiiiiiiile. They helped. In the end, not something I will do regularly, but still fun. (....we did find paper scraps in strange places for the next week or so....)
January is time to come down and slow down after the crazy busy season of birthdays and holidays. The temperatures finally drop...it takes a while for winter to settle in for us in Florida. The cold brings dryer air too which is always means good hair days....for some of us.
Static much? It does this EV. ER.Y.Day in the car. Love it!!
(Eli's hair, on the other hand, always flattens out and looks a hot mess during cold days...especially if he has been wearing a hat or a hood.)
See, it really does freeze in FL. The Polar Vortex got us too, and it stayed cold enough all day that there was ice on the playground after school. The boys were in heaven. Only Florida boys would be so excited about ice. Eli was thrilled to find an inch of water that had frozen at the bottom of a bucket in our backyard too.
And just when I thought we were settling in to a nice, calm, smooth daily routine, we had some drama. Jude's fingers were accidentally shut in a heavy door at Mom's Morning Out. He was in some serious pain, so off to the doctor we went. And of course, we waited over an hour to see her. In that time, he seemed to be doing much better, but after checking him out, the doctor still wanted us to get x-rays. So we did.
Cute little bones, right? They looked fine to me, but what do I know. Thankfully, we got the phone call that all was fine. But when it rains, it pours. That evening, Jude went down for the count. He woke up from his nap with a fever nearing 103.
I was in no hurry to rush back to the doctor again...after all, I was convinced that the long wait in the germ infested waiting room had contaminated him in the first place.... I tried to see if he would rally, but after day 2 of fever, not eating, whining, and lots of sleeping I figured he was really sick and probably needed to see a doctor.
It was also around this time that I discovered a rash all over his body. The doctor was quick to make his diagnosis once the strep test (immediately!) came back positive and feeling his sandpapery rash: Scarlet Fever. Really? People still get that? Sigh. Some strong antibiotics quickly got him back on his feet. Jude was back to his crazy self within 24 hours of the meds. Thank goodness for modern medicine.
With all the lying around, Eli was climbing the walls....literally. Nah. He was just getting his cereal off of the top shelf. Doesn't everyone do it this way?
Boys. Crazy, I tell ya.
Things are finally starting to seem a little normal around here. Eli is rocking it at school. He totally brought home another straight A report card. Way to go, kiddo!
Wish January would slow down a little more cause it sure seems to be flying by. No? Not gonna happen, huh? Oh well. Then I guess I need to start getting excited about celebrating our little Love Bug.
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