4.13 Downhill until Vacation

By Cyndi
March 18, 2015

After we returned from the Carmeans, things started to go downhill one thing at a time.  First was that we realized our house sitter, who stays at the house while we are gone so Meigs has company, decided to have some friends over and stayed in all of our beds.  And that includes MY BED.  They used my toothpaste and the list goes on and on with about 10 things that was amiss around the house. To say the least, we asked someone else immediately to be at the house for our upcoming week long vacation.  She never fully admitted to what happened and we won't be using her again to house sit or babysit the fellas.

Then Zach got sick with diarrhea which resulted in being out of school for an entire week while we desperately tried to get his digestion back under control as vacation was quickly approaching.  He was still questionable up to 48 hours before departure!

Work was very rough during this time too and while I can't go into the details, my stress level was through the roof.

And to top it off, as Zach started to be on the mend, Meigs started having diarrhea!  Ugh, poor guy couldn't even make it to the back door fast enough.  We tried everything with 36 hours to go until departure, but with it not improving at all, we called for reinforcements and flew Nana out at last minute so she could stay with Meigs.  I didn't feel right leaving Meigs alone while our house sitter was at work during the day and luckily it was Nana's Spring Break so the timing worked.

So at 9pm Nana booked at flight, we finished packing to leave the house at 545am for Jamaica!

4.12 Friends ...

By Cyndi
March 9, 2015


After 9 inches of snow on Thursday, we hit the road Friday afternoon for PA to visit the Carmeans.  The fellas were SO excited to visit them as were Matt & I.  Its always so relaxing and fun for everyone.

We hung out Friday, enjoyed a play place Saturday along with baking hamantashen for Purim and home by early afternoon Sunday for more relaxing. The ride home was spent thinking of things we need to pack for Jamaica since we leave in 10 days!!!!

4.11 Anniversary

By Cyndi
March 8, 2015

I'm a few days late, sorry!  Work has been quite stressful and I just didn't find the time, so here I am, better late than never. 

Last weekend we celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary!  We celebrated as we have every year  with Lou Malnati's pizza and enjoyed a quiet afternoon while the fellas played on their ipads!

Perfect day!!

4.10 Lots more snow!

By Cyndi
February 25, 2015

Last weekend, we got 8 inches of snow!  Luckily it was a Saturday, but have no fear, it was still a disaster zone around here.

Matt safely made it home in his new ride ........ a Jeep Wranger and the fellas and I met him outside to help shovel.  The snow was fairly light and the fellas had some fun sledding at the end.  When we headed inside, I offered warm chocolate milk and was denied!  These kids!!

The rest of the weekend, we hung out inside and enjoyed the warmth.  The fellas were creative with tinker toys and lots of train fun!  The countdown for vacation is less than 30 days and shopping for all of the "essentials" is underway!  I can't wait to get away!

4.09 Valentines and a dusting of snow

By Cyndi
February 17, 2015

The lovely three day weekend, which became four days after a measly 3 inches of snow last night, was filled with lots of inside fun, pediatrician visits (yes, plural) and Valentine's Day!

Late last week, we noticed a slight rash on Zach's belly.  He had been acting fine but we wanted to have him checked out so we went there first thing on Saturday.  Zach was positive for strep, so we got him meds and headed home.

We remained on quarantine for the remainder of the weekend.  The fellas have done fairly well in their new beds and seem quite comfortable each morning when we go to wake them up.  After the doctor appointment we kept watching Tyler for the rash and Tyler kept having meltdowns each time Z had his meds.

So off we went, Monday morning during walk-in hours, back to the pediatrician to check out Tyler. He had some slight belly discoloration, though I doubted he would be positive for strep. He in fact did not have it, but at least now I would have the "official" doctor's response of, "You are fine and no meds for you."

On Monday evening we started to get snow.  Of course, all of the public schools closed and so did our daycare.  Ugh, thankfully, Matt was off work so he watched them while I headed to work.  They had a little fun in the snow and sadly I missed it.  Hopefully next time!

4.08 Big Boys!

By Cyndi
February 10, 2015

It is official.  At 3y10mo, we sadly said goodbye to sleepsacks and opened up the fronts of their cribs.  And now ...... at 4y2mo, their cribs have been converted into big boy beds!

First night was successful, hopefully the rest are!

Can you tell who is who?? :)

4.07 Winter Weekends

By Cyndi
February 3, 2015

I've been nursing a cold for almost a week now, so this past weekend was fairly low key.  I didn't have the energy for too much and the fellas were playing quite well around the house.  Almost too nice when they entered my personal space and I asked them for a massage and got one kid holding my foot and the other kid measuring it!  And then they infiltrated Matt's personal space with their lizards as a daddy play mat!

In other news, the fellas' passports arrived so it's official: Jamaica, here we come in 44 days!!!  I'll keep this short this week, so here are a few more pictures of some random fun around the house!