Upper Respiratory Infection

Nicholas has a cold and an Upper Respiratory Infection. He is not sleeping through the night along with his brother and so as a result neither am I! At least Nicholas has cough medicine with codeine in it, not that it makes sleep through the night but at least he is more comfortable. Those preschool germs - why can't parents keep their sick kids home?

What Next?

We have almost made it through the weekend without Jason. Nicholas has only asked a couple hundred times instead of the the thousands he usually does, where his daddy is. The only problem now is that he is coughing and his nose is stuffy. I can hardly wait for the baby to get it. We have been waiting for Uncle Markie to come so I can go to Walmart and get medicine. We have about a hundred different kinds of Tylenol but nothing for colds or coughs! I am keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have to miss school this week!

Where's Daddy?

So Jason has to go out of town until Monday and here I am with two children, a dog, and fish. I wanted Jason to tell Nicholas that he was leaving but he decided that I should do it once he was gone. As you can well imagine, this went over like a ton of bricks. Nicholas threw himself all over couch, while I was right next to him holding the baby mind you, and cried and screamed that he wanted his daddy. In the middle of flinging himself around, he ended up on the floor face down with a bloody nose. That's right, double the fun for mommy. Now he was not only throwing a fit but also bleeding. Then to top it all off the baby started screaming. How many more days until Monday??

We're In!

We have been waiting to hear since last Friday whether or not Nicholas was accepted to St. Stephen's Catholic School. The wait was like torture. We tried to follow the directions to find out what was happening but it seemed that everyone had a different story. Finally, this morning we received our call that he is in! I was waiting on pins and needles because Deanna and Kristyn had already received their calls and I was thinking poor Nicholas was going to be somewhere by himself! That would have been fine after a few weeks, but the first few weeks of school next year would have been torture without his Bash there! Now I am keeping my fingers crossed that we like it there enough to stay for Kindergarten . . .

Award Winner

Nicholas won an award at his school for being a good citizen. I went to "Chapel" this week to see him receive it. His teacher said that he is very caring and a great helper in class. She also said that she loves when he has to "smooch" me goodbye in the morning. She even mentioned the baby and how well he is adjusting and what a good big brother he is. We're so proud of him!

Back to School

Nicholas is so excited to be back in school after being off for three long weeks. He missed school so much he would make me pretend to be Mrs. Hight a hundred times a day. He also did his "homework" all vacation long which consisted of drawing with markers in a Spongebob coloring book. He's too much!

A Real Trooper

Poor Nicholas has been through a lot since the baby was born. I haven't been feeling good and my mom is here again to take care of all of us. Nicholas was at Kristyn's all day yesterday and then was sent off to Gymboree today so my mom could have a break and I could take a nap. He is being so good despite all of the trauma in his life! I guess this is just the first thing on his list of complaints for his future therapist . . .