Final hint in the curtains

I took this photo a moment ago before bed. (By the way, Aubin is sporting her lady bug hat from last year's halloween costume.) Tired kids! Jumpy place was open today until 5 in honor of Columbus day....(SCORE!)We had dinner out with Dad, bath, and off to bed they went.
See those smiles? It's all about going to see "Thomas the tank engine" this weekend. Hooray!

Pic of the day

I don't have any pictures from this weekend, so I'm posting an old one that has been requested for some time now. Plus, I'm desperate to put up a new picture, because the one of Aubin is really creeping me out. No more pictures of the house of medical oddities. NO MORE I tell you! This picture is of our structural engineer Dad assessing the integrity of gargoyles on the 27th floor of a building in San Antonio. There was a concern that they would fall off onto the Riverwalk below.
I have exciting news.....we are doing something F-U-N this weekend. It's about time!!! I'll give you a hint......it has something to do with Alec Baldwin's voice talent, steam,....maybe I should stop there before I give it away.

Never a dull moment

This picture was taken a few minutes after the benedryl, so she was looking a bit better. Aubin had an allergic reaction to (something in) the cinnamon I put in her applesauce. She came up with a rash around her mouth last time I did the cinnamon/applesauce combo, but I chalked it up to just coincidence. This time the reaction was much worse with the hives and her skin turned purple-ish like it would if you came out of freezing swimming pool or something. I called the Dr., who said to give her benedryl and to bring her in to the office. She's completely fine now. I do still worry about future rections, though. Obviously I'm not giving her cinnamon applesauce. We'll just stay away from that.
Oh, YEAH. I should mention that in the midst of the chaos this morning, Hayden asked me if he could have a coke. (He's never had one on his own before.) Since his sentence didn't contain words like "knives" or "electricity" I said YES. (Whatever! I"m trying to keep your sister breathing!) So needless to say, Mr. H thoroughly enjoyed his first solo coke from the garage fridge (Dad's stash).

Out of the mouth of babes

H: "Mom, how old are you?"
LM: "I'm 33."
H: "OH. That's an expensive number, huh?"

Yeah.

Park pics

It was such a beautiful day today (upper 80's....and YES I dressed my kids in long sleeves..but it was in the 50's this morning (; ). The kids had fun rolling down a hill. Hayden said his tummy felt funny on the way home. Luckily, we averted a barf fest in the car and spared Dad from a before-dinner shop vac session. (Whew!)

Queasy bake oven

I remember LOVING the easy bake oven's goodies as a kid. Yuck! What planet was I on? As Rick said, "Anything you have to just add water to, can't taste good".
Another problem with the QBO? The ultra-tiny baking pan... roughly the size of your palm. The cookies come out in portions just right to satisfy 1 barbie. However, Aubin loves this thing and asks to play with it EVERY day. Luckily, I found QBO recipes on the internet so I don't have to pay $6.00 for barbie-portioned cookie packages. I should note that Aubin is particularly fascinated by the icing-cup in which to dip your cookies as seen in the top photo.

I'm back!

I'm doing tremendously better ....except.... well, let's just say I'm not up to doing the "seat drop" trick at the jumpy place any time soon. Like in this century. Ever.
Seriously, I'm doing great. Many, MANY thanks to Rick (aka blog-meister), my mom, Aunt Kathy and Aunt Jessica for all of their wonderful help and to everyone for all of the well wishes sent our way.
Here's a picture I snapped yesterday afternoon of H & A playing with Rick/Kara toys sent by Grandma Miles. Gracias!