House of Infections/Christmas in October

Well it has been quite a week in the Parks' household. It started out with TJ getting taken back to the doctor because, despite finishing 10 days of antibiotics, his sinus infection/coughing was not getting any better. So we went back to good ol' Pediatric Wizards, and to get some x-rays, to make sure that no fluid was in lungs. Thankfully there was "only" fluid in his sinuses, so back on a different antibiotic we went. Well, because the infection in his sinuses backed up into his tear ducts, I also self-diagnosed him with pink eye. And, of course, Olivia picked it up from him. Terry and I alternated days staying home with them while they were recovering from pink eye as they were not allowed to go to school because it is highly contagious. Whoever decided that eyedrops were an effective way of administering medicine to toddlers were WRONG. Although Olivia doesn't mind it, TJ literally acts like he's fighting for his life everytime (3x a day) we have to give him the eyedrops. (Somehow, this has also translated into him strongly disliking me brushing his teeth.) Only 3 more days of this hopefully. We sent them back to school after 48 hours of eyedrops because after 24 hours they were supposedly no longer contagious. Oh yeah, and while all of this happened, Terry started getting sick. He went to the doctor and was diagnosed with something contagious and is also on antibiotics. I started to have a very bad sore throat but decided to ignore it because I didn't have time to be sick.

So my off Friday from work could not have come at a better time. I treated myself to Waffle House in the morning before heading to Wal-Mart to pick up a few necessities...picture below.

I put these together in about 1.5 hours...it took me twice as long to put together the first one, but then I got the hang of it and zipped through trike #2. They kids LOVE it. It has working blinkers and lots of sounds.


Money well spent.

Last week my parents brought bean bags and a very cute alphabet table that they LOVE. I tell you, it's been like Christmas in October for them.

In other news, Olivia is becoming quite the little lady. She loves to put on her own shoes (she has velco Mary Jane's) and whenever I am giving them both something (their clothes, a cup of milk, etc) she always points to TJ's and says "TJ's" and proceeds to give him his before she takes her own. It is very sweet. On the opposite end of the spectrum she is very into screaming "MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE" at the top of her little lungs...which isn't very loud to be quite honest. It is pretty funny to tell you the truth... Also, TJ definitely is counting to ten and identifies some of his colors. (Thank you BCC Montessori School!...again, money well spent!) I truly believe that Olivia also knows how to do this, but is just holding back.

Not sure what we'll get into today. The fair is next door to BCC's campus, but I'm not sure if I want to take them since I am not a fan of the fair myself (except to get my annual funnel cake and candy apple). One of Sarah's previous posts has made me feel a little guilty/selfish so I may try to take them anyway. As I have been told many times since they were born..."it's not about me anymore!" I'll let you know how, or if, it goes!