My handsome boys!

we went to a Baptism today for Meredith Grace! This gave the boys a chance to wear their new Easter outfits. They are so handsome 'if I do say so myself!'

project 365

We are at the end of the another month. I think I only missed 2 days this month, like I said before. No one is perfect and I'm doing my best to take a picture every day. Here are so me of the ones from this month.

First day of February vacation

Seeing as we really aren't getting a February vacation we decided to take the boys to the aquarium, which we were able to get passes from the library to go to, and since we have a season pass to the Children's Museum we decided to do both in the same day. The boys thought the aquarium was awsome! they loved seeing all the fish especially since they have watched Finding Nemo tons of times and we watched it in the car on the way up. After we finished up there we had lunch and went over to the Children's Museum. It was pretty packed, but there was a new curious george exibit that we wanted to see. So we saw the Curious George exibit and a few other rooms and decided to head home. After we got home we decided it was too late for naps and was actually pretty nice outside so the boys got to go outside and play for a while. Needless to say it was early to bed tonight!

Snow Day

The other day, we got some good sticky snow. The first kind of the season to be able to make a good snow man! As you can see from the picture Cameron went out but was back in the house in about 5 minutes. The combonation of cold and wet does not sit well with him. Brady stayed outside for about an hour and made the snaowman with daddy. I will be glad when spring is here and the snow is gone! I am very much done with winter!

Disney on Ice

For Valentines day this year we decided to make it a family affair. We took the boys to see Disney on ice. We started it out with a ride on the train. Brady thought this was awsome! he was all excited to see the "train master" and get a train ticket.

We arrived in Boston just in time to grab some lunch and get our seats and watch the show. The boys both loved it! They were so excited to see al the characters and when Buzz and Woody came out I thought they were going to jump out on the ice!

When the show ended we had some time before our train came so Brian went and got us a treat. he originally had gotten the boys chocolate covered Graham crackers and us chocolate covered twinkies. Well as you can imagine once the boys saw ours the graham crackers went right out the window. Cameron figured out how to eat the chocolate off of the twinkie and pretty much that's what he did.

We had a wonderful day!!! A time that won't soon be forgotten.

KEEP YOUR SICK KIDS HOME!

It isn't often that I rant on our blog. I try to keep it very positive, but something has been bothering me for a few weeks now. Now anyone who does in-home daycare will tell you that it has it's challenges. your house is taken over every day, and your children's toys get broken by other kids, and you make a lunch that doesn't get eaten and thrown away. These are things that come with the territory and I have learned to adapt to. The one thing that I am having a hard time with, is parents who send their children to my house when they are clearly SICK! If a child has a horrible cough and disgusting runny nose, please don't bring them to my house to spread their germs, especially to me(pregnant) and my children. I do MY part. I clean the toys, wash down all the surfaces with anti-bacterial spray, clean all the blankets and sheets, but I can only do so much. Please don't bring me your child and tell me that you were up with them all night because they were coughing so they should take a good nap me, or that they threw up yesterday but only once so they must be fine.
Something that really frustrated me was last week when I was really under the weather and was pretty sure I was getting the stomach flu. (something EVERY other child had had) except my own. When I called some parents to tell them, some very nicely said they would keep their child home for the day, Others responses put me over the edge, such as, well my kids already had it so the won't get it back and then sent their kid and kept them here late to boot! WTF! do people have no regaurd for someone other than themself. not to mention all thses sick children managed to get my children sick, Brady got bronchitis and I was unable to close and give him the full attention he deserved while he was sick. I decided to do this job so I could be home with my kids but at times I feel like they get the short end of the stick. So here we are about three weeks since all this sickness has begun and I am now getting sick yet AGAIN! I mean it's hard to avoid when it seems like ALL you are doing all day is wiping snot from kids noses! I have washed my hands until the are raw, quite literally, but I really can only do so much. So here is my plea, if your kids is sick PLEASE KEEP THEM HOME!!!!

** I do have to say not all parents send their children when they are sick. I do have a few great parents who keep their kids home when they are sick. and I'm writing this on their behalf as well as my own.

making pizza

Tonight we decided to have the boys help out and make their own pizzas. They had lots of fun, and were really into it.

A mom approved remedy!

So I have heard that if you put vicks vapor rub on a kids feet during the night to help stop a cough, it will help. I must admit I was very skeptical. Well Brady has had a cough for a couple of nights, the first night I gave him Delsym and he slept okay. Last night I had given him Delsym but still heard him coughing so I went up and while he was sleeping put the vicks on his feet and put his socks back on. well within 5 minutes he had stopped coughing and slept the whole night without coughing. I would definately use this remedy again before even giving cough medicine. I think I will try that tonight.