Blabbering

Tyler is sick. He got a cough earlier this week and it just kept getting worse. He also felt a little feverish on Thurs. so I had been giving him tylenol. His cough got so bad and I could tell he was not feeling well. So I took him to the doctor on Friday and come to find out he has strep throat! I feel so bad. He was suffering way more than i realized. I'm glad he had such a bad cough, or I never would have known. Now he's been on the antibiotic for over 24 hours and is doing much better.

Tonight Brynlee just fell out of the tub. I had walked out for a second to grab hers and Tyler's pajamas, and the next thing I hear a plop. I instantly knew what had happened. She was trying to climb out, and like a wet fish, she just slipped over the edge. She only cried for a second cuz it scared her, but no marks.

Speaking of fish, she does the sign for fish now, too. She just loves animals, and so does Ty. If we had a fence around our yard, you can bet we would have gotten a dog a long time ago. We went to the pet store again today (in between sessions) because it's their favorite place to go, and on Saturdays they have dogs there for people to adopt. We just pet them. After the pet store we went and got frozen custard at Bobby's! It was only the second time we've been there since we've lived here. It is so insanely good. It is the most popular, and best tasting custard place in probably the whole state of Illinois.

I coaxed Kenny into doing a little spring cleaning with me this weekend. But he came up with genius plan to get out of doing too much: "How about we just do one room a weekend?" Whatever. As long as he'll help me I don't care how many weekends it takes :).

I absolutley love general conference. I always want to be so much better after listening to all the talks. It really is a wonderful time of year.

Kenny bought a miter saw off of Craigslist and had to drive to O'Fallon, IL to pick it up this morning. On the way, he nearly got hit by a really old lady who got on the freeway going the wrong direction! She nearly ran into him head on, and swerved, and then she nearly got hit by a semi! I sure hope that she made it home safely (and without killing anyone else) and I hope her family takes away her license. That really is scary.

Also about Tyler, he is such a worry wart. The past week or so, he has developed a pretty intense fear of the wind. I know that sounds hilarious, but it's not. It's so annoying. We can't just play outside anymore like normal children do. I don't even know where it came from, or why it bothers him so much, but it does. He is CONSTANTLY asking about EVERYTHING blowing away, especially him and Brynlee. It's very hard for me to calmly and continually reassure him that nobody and nothing will blow away. I've tried all sorts of ways to talk to him about it: The wind is our friend. Wind is nice to us. It just keeps us cool on hot days. The wind is just angels blowing kisses. We really like the wind, it's fun to have it blow on our faces. It makes the leaves dance around the yard. etc. etc. I know he listens and takes it in (because he repeats things back to me at later times), but he is not convinced. What to do?

He asks a lot of questions, and I try my best to answer them as literally, and honestly as possible to help him understand and learn. I made the mistake of explaining (after he asked) why we wear sunscreen. Now he thinks the sun is going to BURN us. He remembers all too well when he touched the hot stove. You might say it was burned into his memory. haha, good one. But anyway, it's more of a challenge to get him outside the past few days with the burning sun and ferocious wind and all. Nature is out to get him!