Sick Baby

I'm home today. Colin is under the weather & when that involves a fever it's a mandatory sick day. When I realized I would be home with him I thought about all the stuff I could get done while home. Make dinner, clean house, do some reading for school, laundry, and maybe even make brownies. Now as it approaches 2 o'clock, I realize I was overly ambitious. As you can read, instead of beaucoup productivity, I am blogging. Since I'm so physically close to the dryer I guess I'll fold the towels. Dinner - it's in the crock pot. Also, I read books to Colin & we built a tower with a space at the bottom so we could roll the ball back & forth through the tower. So I guess I'm getting some things done. Looking forward to the game tonight. GO PACK!!

I may have killed the blog.

Before we had our joint blog Kevin posted funny things on his individual blog. Sure, sometimes he let a little time lapse between posts... but he posted. Now it seems he does not post --bad news for loyal readers. We all know which one of us is the interesting writer of the pair.

Update. Natalie is adjusting to 1st grade. It definitely has a different feel to it than K'garten. Colin always wants to sing "bringing home my baby bumble bee" and I only know three verses. Kevin is running three miles almost every night and I want a bicycle. Similar to the treadmill that I thought would change my life, I believe the bike will do the same. The treadmill didn't work out as planned although it does fill the space in the corner of the bedroom. Let's hope I actually ride my bike.. when I get it.. which I hope will be soon.

Oh, and I hope Kevin posts soon too.

Learning Words

Colin knows many words although he cannot say them all. All of a sudden, he seems able to say lots of words he couldn't before today. I think he's finally realizing the power of words. For example, he knows when he says "ree-ree" I will give him some raisins and when he says "be-be" I will fetch his trusty blanket. Words like trees, house, Colin, cook -- all came rolling off his tongue today. Tonight when I snuggled with him for bed, he threw a new one at me... "kus-kus"... and then he gave me a big smacker. Love it!

Good Friday

Kevin worked late last Friday. I had everything planned. I picked up the kids, made dinner, cleaned a little bit (I'm always more productive when Kevin is working, not sure why), and was about to get the kids ready for bed. The night was going well until I heard the sound of a 30-lb 20 month old boy fall down the stairs. First I heard Natalie scream "Colin No!" Then a few thuds and thumps and finally some serious screaming.

There he was at the bottom of the stairs screaming in pain or fear - I didn't know which - and all I could do was tremble with fear myself and hold him, keeping one eye open for blood or swelling or irregular pupil dilation or broken bones. When things calmed down a few minutes later - and Colin was playing with Natalie - I called the pediatrician who recommended we get things checked out at the ER given the height from which he fell (about 10 steps high).

Inge kept Natalie at her house and Jim rode with me to the hospital. Thankfully all was well and we were out of there in less than 1.5 hours. That must be an ER first. Unbelievably, Colin doesn't seem to have any ill effects at all, not even a bruise or scrape. Someone was surely watching out for him on Friday... and I'm so very thankful.