Good morning

I woke up this morning to Eli saying "Mama, something is yucky, come look." I see him standing in the hall in a John Wayne stance and realize he has had an explosion. *sigh*. He wears a pull up to bed so thankfully it held some of it. So I get him in the bathroom and oh my gosh, yuck o Rama, I started gagging.
Day 6 of the worst stomach virus I've ever experienced.
So I give him a shower and start the sanitizing routine we have come to know all too well.
I walk past Ava, who is watching TV in her jumperoo, and hear "I poo poo". Oh yes, she had, and the diaper couldn't contain her explosion either.
So she gets a bath.
I finally get a chance to check back on Noah, who is still pretty sick, and he is asleep in the recliner. No poo though. I lay him in my bed. And then start more sanitizing.
Sorry if this is nasty. I just needed to vent. It has been crazy doing this alone the past 2 days, but I am thankful that we are getting better, as bad as this morning has been.

Thankful for help

Since early Saturday morning, a stomach virus has invaded our home. Ava was sick from 12 am Saturday until about 5 pm today. It was pitiful. I woke up feeling yucky and have been sick since about noon. Eli came home from Pa and Nanny's after getting sick around 6 pm. Three out of five and it ain't been easy. But in times like these you see how blessed you are. My husband has taken such good care of us, seriously, he is such a man of service. I can't imagine doing this alone. Also thankful for my Mama for helping even when I told her I didn't want her to get sick by coming over until Jason got home from church. I guess the motherly instinct to care for their children overrides care for yourself no matter how old they are. Noah has been at their house all weekend and told me it was like "vacation" again. I pray protection over all my family against this yucky virus. 30 days of thankfulness will resume when this passes but today I am thankful for helping loving hands in time of need.

30 Days of Thankfulness Days 1 & 2

Several people on Facebook are posting 30 days of Thankfulness. Well I am gonna blog ours, yes ours because I have already made calendars for each of my family members to write something on each day. So yeah, uh, top that. Totally kidding. Anyway, yesterday and today:

Me: my wonderful husband. He is a crazy man who makes life really fun and he is the best husband and father I could ever ask for.

Most handsome dork EVER! ;)



And today was my babies, hmmm, shocked aren't ya? :D

Noah: yesterday: his new nerf basketball goal he got from his PAJCH pal Josh.
Today: his Mario costume.



Eli: yesterday: luigi
Today: going to Pa and Nanny's and the Library.

Ava: yesterday: Nap
Today: chocolate. And I swear that's exactly what she said, no prompting. She's my girl. :D

So I have to take back my words if you read the previous version of this post, lol.  Jason added his this morning. 

Jason:  Yesterday: Me, wonderful me. ;)  Today: The 30 Day of Thankful Calendars. Aww. 

Halloween Candy idea

I'm on a roll today. I was sorting through the kids candy. It is unbelievable how much they got from just our neighbors, my sister, and Nanny, unreal! I sorted it out into chocolate and candy type products then had this idea: pre-made movie candy bags!! I have a huge stash of these popcorn bags and I just filled it with an assortment of candy and we now have movie candy, for FREE!! These would also be a good idea for a movie gift basket for someone else.

Art display

I have been getting lots of good ideas from Pinterest lately.  I came up with one of my own that incorporates the Command wall hooks that stick and removing the clips from the end of those department store pant hangers(I saw this idea on pinterest as a chip clip). I had the boys art all over my kitchen door that goes into the garage because I could use magnets but it looked really messy. So I had the idea to hang those hooks and the clips had a liitle hole on the back so here is my new door and a close up of the hook and clip. I like it a lot better. :)