Disney

I will get some stories up later, but here are a few pictures from our Disney Vacation last week.

First E.R. Visit

Well Boy 2 had his first visit to the emergency room on Monday. Carey was surprised he didn't have a file at Parkview yet. I guess all the things Boy 1 did to himself (Croup, broken collarbone, fall on his face etc. we became pretty skilled at addressing things.

Though we never learned how to do stitches. Within 90 minutes of being at daycare on Monday after our week at Disney, he proceeded to go head first into a window sill. The funniest part of it all is that Audrey was on vacation so there was a substitute daycare provider there. She felt horrible, but there was nothing she could have done to prevent it.....but it was fun making her feel worse over the past few days!

When Carey finally got a hold of me at work they were all ready at the E.R. She said they were about to start stitches. While driving to the E.R. all I could think of was I remember putting him in a white shirt that morning, I figured it would be covered in blood, but there was nothing on him at all.

When I got there the staff was singing the praises of how well Boy 2 was doing. The nurse said he was easily the best kid they have had in the past 3 or 4 years. Wow, this is the kid who whines at everything. I got there in time to see the final 3 of the 7 stitches go in, not one whimper out of him! The Dr. said kids that young sometimes have to be sedated in order to take stitches. Not Boy 2, some numbing gel and a little shot for good measure.

Halloween and Snow

So the boys wanted to be pirates for Halloween, well actually Boy 1 did and Boy 2 just wants to do what big brother wants lately. I do think Boy 1 will use this power for evil eventually. There is a cartoon on Disney called Jake and the Neverland Pirates, essentially it's Peter Pan.....with no Peter. So Carey again has an idea on how to "make" these costumes for the boys, whips out the sewing machine and presto you now have Jake and Captain Hook.

Though the picture doesn't really show it, the day before Halloween we got 5" of snow. I recall many years of having to wear hats and mittens while trick-or-treating or having to try to put some sort of coat under your costume but never trudging through snow. It only lasted for about 2 days, but it really sours your attitude when you get snow this early. It makes it worse when these two monkeys can't stop talk about how great snow is.