Christmas Adam :)

10:39 PM

some may ask why there are more pics of Finn on this good ol blog of mine than the girls...

this is why....



enough said..... ;)

our elf, Buddy, made a really nice zip line in our house this week!  Finn enjoyed hitting him with the light saber like a pinata...i moved the poor guy....

I bought this train gingerbread kit thinking how fun it would be with the kids.
Liv was begging me to do it, and I kept telling her that we had to wait until I could get myself all ready for it...

little did I know...

This is what it was supposed to look like...



this is ours...i mean mine.  This thing was so stinking hard to do.  Add in a toddler trying to pick candy off of it and eat it, and then the candy balls rolling off the table and the dog getting it, and the 9 year old saying "this isn't what I thought it was going to be...why didn't you get a gingerbread house instead?"

so yeah....about 5 minutes after we took this picture, the thing fell apart...
dumb....


And, one of the best things about living where we do, is getting to see the deer in the winter.  I will never grow tired of this view, and I think mr Finn quite enjoys seeing them, too :)

Santa

9:07 PM

the fam took Finn to visit Santa tonight....

little guy was not too happy to visit the man with the big beard :(




mani pedi

9:05 PM

For her birthday, we gifted Olivia with a mani-pedi!  She had never been before, and had always wanted to!  We have been sick for far too long, but today was finally the day that we went!

We had the most wonderful hour....our lady was so so so nice!  Olivia LOVED it!





out of the HOUSE

8:02 PM

we went out for supper tonight...

all of us...

it was marvelous...




so i remember....

7:42 PM

asking Olivia to do her homework today, she says "i'd rather pee my pants than do ANYTHING!"  :)

oh, and Finn got croup, too...

whoo hoo!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!



hand foot and mouth

8:06 PM

this thought of this little virus has always given me the shivers.  so gross...

so, when we were told that a family in our church had it, i was just hoping we didn't get it.  

i mean, Finn already had strep and I had a super bad sore throat...

Turns out, sore throat and high fever are the first signs....

then, these little buggers...




Finn had a very mild case, and it didn't seem to wear him down at all.  


We were all still planning on just going on with our Thanksgiving plans to head to Wisconsin, until.....

I get called to pick up Olivia from school with a 102 fever and sore throat, very similar to what I had been having....  the next morning, I wake up to my hands burning and tingling, and I just know what it is.....so much awful!  This is how Olivia and I felt about it :(


Let me just say that I was in no way prepared for this virus.  I read a bit about it, but was not prepared for the horrible itching that comes from it.  I basically had to have my hands in ice for days.  When I couldn't take it anymore, I went in and got some big meds and sleeping pills.  Turns out that I also got an allergic reaction of some sort from one of the creams I put on my hands...

So, here is what my hands looked like through this ordeal.... yes, i took pics...



Olivia has a few spots on her hands and feet and some around her nose and mouth. Avery has them around her mouth arms and hands....


So, basically our whole Thanksgiving was spent looking at each other, sleeping, and itching. joy.



Our church family has been so kind in bringing us Thanksgiving supper, and flowers, and again a meal tonight.  SO wonderful they all are! :)


Here is where we are tonight....more pain.  Another part I didn't prepare for.  The peeling of the skin, which is very painful.....sigh....





Hopeful this is out of our house soon, because I'm going a bit stir crazy!!!

putting up the Christmas tree

10:15 PM

we're a bit early, but oh well!  this tree takes a looooooooooong time, and a loooooooooooot of effort.  Good thing I had helpers this year!  Olivia did a lot of it on her own!









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