It's SO hard to believe my little guy is turning 4 on Saturday.
We are gearing up for a birthday party tomorrow evening for his friends!
And boy.......there were the terrible two's but he is a ferocious four.
you know you are getting old when it takes this long to recover from Spring Break. I felt like I was in school again since we actually celebrated "Spring Break" this year. Now that our kids are school age, it makes since to get in a little vacation around this time of year.
Wednesday we left for Corpus Christi! And we had a FANTASTIC time. There wasn't a teenaged, spring breaker in sight.
Jayden loved spending time feeding the seagulls & both boys enjoyed being along the water, spotting ships, pelicans and fishers.
We spent Thursday morning at Texas State Aquarium where the boys loved the dolphins & otters. Then headed down to Padre Island National Seashore. The beach was almost empty so it was so nice & relaxing. There was NO seaweed in the water and the only jelly fish we spotted was dead. Granted the water tempature was about 60 degrees but it didn't stop people from getting into it. My kids included. It was about 75 degrees & a nice gentle breeze was constantly blowing. And with all the sand on the beach, you'd think the boys couldn't fight but low and behold they faught over the same pile of sand. But they spend about 2 hours just digging and playing. It was really nice. You wouldn't think you'd get as sunburned as Kreg and I did. We left miserable.
With Spring Break & Easter combined, we didn't get to stay long so we could head back to La Grange for the annual Urban family Good Friday fish fry. The boys went fishing where Hunter caught his first bass, all by himself.
Saturday morning was filled with the Annual Jersey Barnyard egg hunt where Hunter met and fell into love with a 'red' baby chick. And since Popo has been talking about buying a few chickens, Hunter was able to purchase his little chick to raise. The child was completely smitten and named the little guy "Big Red." All has been fine and dandy until my sister-in-laws dog thought the chicken was a play toy last night. I haven't had the heart to tell Hunter. Is it really fair to me to break the child's heart? He has been so excited about this little chick. And I was excited for him. ARGH. I really don't want to have to think about this one.
The boys spent Easter rockin' the new scooters the "Easter Bunny" left for them. And the boys spent more time fishing.
I'm really not looking forward to the start of school again tomorrow.............
and just in case you feel a need to help support Hunter, he's now selling Sally Foster cookie dough as a fundraiser. it's SUPER yummy.
A few pictures:
feeding the seagulls
on the pier
the awesome playground along shoreline drive
enjoying the peacefulness
beach buddies
jumping the waves
not sure who had the most fun
up, up and away
they could live here
fun at Port Aransas
his first bass
love at first sight
RIP Big Red
Rockin the scooter
Rockin the scooter
that's one big catfish
he was so happy
laundry is calling my name. along with the boys to head to the park to ride their scooters.
to a, losing it and b, hopefully finally having answers.
if an hour and a half car ride with both kids in the rain won't do a person in, sitting in a doctor's office for a mere 3 1/2 hours with 2 kids will.
ah.....my brilliant idea of taking Jayden to the Allergy & Asthma specialist during spring break wasn't my finest moment. but I figured, I was off & the appointment needed to be made.
but after those grueling 3 1/2 hours, I don't feel that much closer at the present moment of knowing what exactly is going on with my wheezing, asthmatic child. but I do know the worst is yet to come.
April 15th he's going to be skin tested. I pray then we have answers to most of our questions of why this keeps happening.
In the meantime, I'm washing everything on hot water, bagging up the countless stuffed animals, extra pillows & basically anything 'stuffed' in the boys rooms. I only hope NOW that maybe everyone will realize, you CANNOT give my children stuffed animals. The specialist has spoken and it all MUST go and shouldn't be given back. There's nothing worse for allergy & asthma ridden children he stated. Yes, Hunter is very, no, EXTREMELY upset, but I'm only trying to make him feel better & not wake up with swollen, crusty, bagged eyes.
and just when I thought I was going to enjoy spring break........
I do have a good reason for being a bad blogger this week.
Yes, that's how we spend our evenings and sometimes mornings and days.
I've had the reminiscent of a migraine for the past 3 days and the boys asthma & allergies have been flaring up.
And since I'm having some tooth pain, I'm spending my nights & days, grinding the heck out of my teeth and locking my jaw. Oh the fun of TMJ. I've got to find an Acupuncturist & quick.
Topled with it being SXSW, I've pumped out close to 100 candles in the past 2 days along with helping out at Hunter's school Field Trip Fundraiser Dinner in which I had to bake for the bake sale and then help make plates & sell dessert.
I finally just packaged up our extra nebulizer & sent it to school with Jayden. I've got to get work done at work instead of running around with inhalers.
I'm exhausted.
It's always so nice to be acknowledged for the efforts you put in at school events. I figure if I have the time, I'm more than happy to help. So I've been asked to serve on the School Board or PTC. Hmmmmmmm........am I ready for the challenge?
