Ear Tubes

This morning Bug had a new set of ear tubes put in. His first set lasted well over a year and made a huge difference so after his second ear infection in his right ear, which seems to be the problematic ear, we decided on a second set of tubes. When I was asking our pediatrician whether or not she recommended them, she didn't even let me finish the sentence and said definitely yes unless we want to see here once a month this winter.

We got up early and got ready and got Bug up and headed to the surgery center. We got there and they took us back almost immediately. We had several different nurses come in and review what was going to happen, confirm who he was and confirm his various allergies. The doc arrived a few minutes late, this time as expected since he was late last time too, and they took him back for surgery. Fifteen minutes later he was back and a few minutes later they went over the discharge papers and we headed home.

I think we left the house at 630 and were back by 830!

They said everything went smoothly and that he definitely fought them when they were trying to put him under. That's our Bug!

When he came out of surgery and back to us he was really calm and wanted his balloon the nurse made for him, so they had to go back and get that. After that we headed home.

He's napping now and has been for about 3 hours. When he wakes up we'll have to do something fun before Roo and Daddy get back home!

It's always good to get surgery over with, no matter how short it is, it's still disconcerting when your child is having anesthesia.

Adventures in Potty Training....

Bug is starting to get more interested in the potty. When he was at the sitters we discussed having him start potty training and I was going to send pull ups for him but as soon as we decided to send him to school we decided to hold off. We knew that potty training was a big part of what the kids would learn in the 2's room. After his first week he started coming home with lots of stamps on his hands. Turns out Bug is very motivated by stamps and was doing great going pee in the potty. He started to occassionally want to pee in the potty at home too, which was great. I went and got him a pack of Buzz Lightyear underwear, to which he responded "I wear diapers." Hmm.....so he's continuing to do great peeing in the potty, waking up from most naps dry and showing even more interest at home. The school asked that I bring in pull ups for him since he was doing so well. I pulled a few out of the pack to save for at home. Doesn't look like he's used any from the pack at school or home and we're still getting the same "I wear diapers answer."

Peeing in the potty is great but getting him to poop in the potty, now that would be awesome! I've been asking him for a while now to poop in the potty and over the weekend he tried a few times but relented that "it's so hard," to poop in the potty.

On Sunday the kids were brushing their teeth and getting dressed and Bug proudly walked in with a towel in his hand. What was that I was looking at, was that what I really thought that was? Yes indeed, Bug was so relaxed brushing his teeth on their red stool that he pooped on the stool while brushing his teeth! Too cute and he was so proud. We told him that he was doing great and to try to get it in the potty the next time.

Yesterday morning while we were getting ready for work, the kids were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. I noticed that Bug was hiding behind the shower curtain and asked him to try to poop in the potty if he needed to go poop. He took off his diaper and I helped him on the potty and he pooped on the potty! We were all very proud of him, even bubba Roo.

It's funny, Bug insisted on wiping himself, though I made sure he was clean after his effort as opposed to Roo who for the longest time insisted that we wipe him. It'll be nice to have 2 potty trained kids in the house, but we're not rushing Bug into underwear or pull ups, he'll eventually tackle that part when he's ready.

Pumpkin Patch

With all of the yucky fall colds the kids and the parents have had, we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch on a fall weekend like we planned. On Thursday after school and work we took the kids to Snead's. We decided to try a different pumpkin patch than we normally go to as we heard this one has a lot of animals and activities for the kids. We got to the patch around 4:30 and we set off to find pumpkins. The patch didn't have many pumpkins left and many looked like the chickens were eating them.

Did I say chickens, oh my, the kids loved the chickens! Bug thought the chickens were his friends and he wasn't much bigger than them either. He said "hi chicken, hi duck" to all the chickens. He thought the brown ones were chickens and the black ones were ducks! Roo was hilarious and jumped up and down and waved his arms up and down as he said hello to the chickens.

We found a couple of small pumpkins in the patch and then headed towards the other area of the farm. The kids got to play in a straw teepee sort of thing, pedal around on mini John Deere's and say hello to the emu's and horses. We all eventually found pumpkins we were happy with.

It was a really fun evening and we'll probably head back there again next year in addition to the other pumpkin patch.

Pumpkin Time at School

The kids preschool enjoys making pumpkining as I like to call it fun for the kids. Roo's class went on a field trip to Belvedere Plantation to go pumpkin picking and Bug's class did pumpkin picking in the field at the school. Both classes went on a tractor ride at the school as well.

Roo's field trip to Belvedere got cancelled when it was originally schedule be luckily there was enough time left in pumpkin season to go on the field trip the following week. We had a blast on the field trip and spent the rest of the day hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa.

Bug's class picked pumpkins together in the field at school and once I scan the picture, I'll post the picture of him picking his pumpkin. He was really proud and happy and seemed to have a great time with his friends.

The school has pictures of all the kids on the tractor, I'll have to see if I can scan those in as well. All in all though, they're having a great fall and loads of fun at school!

Happy Birthday Uncle Matt

Uncle Matt turned 30 today. He's really old now. Or as Roo would say, that's a lot! When we were planning his birthday party I asked each of the boys what they wanted to get him. Bug's response was simply, cake. Roo said, all the toys and cars I want to get him. And I asked about whether we should get him cooking stuff too, and Roo said, yes, all the cooking stuff I want to get him.

We had a good time at his Oktoberfest party at Aunt Linda's house yesterday. Roo and I went and Daddy stayed home with a sick Bug. All the food was really good and Roo didn't want to leave when it was time to go. He was having too much fun either wrestling with his cousin Josh or showing cousin Rebecca how to use the Leapster.

Happy 30th Birthday Uncle Matt!

Mom of the Year-NOT!

Yesterday Bug and I were at Wegman's doing our weekly grocery shopping and getting everything we needed for Uncle Matt's Oktoberfest birthday party. Bug is my grocery shopping buddy, he's a lot of fun to bring along and is usually really good the entire shopping trip. He always gets something when he comes with me and we just have a nice time together. Bug usually likes to spend a portion of the shopping trip in the lower basket of the cart before he moves to the seat by where I'm pushing the cart where he'll usually lay his head down and rest.

Yesterday he was trying something new and was stacking his yogurts in the bottom portion of the cart while he was sitting there. He was very excited about his stacking and so was I. As we were walking down the beer isle to find the Paulner Oktoberfest for Uncle Matt, Bug stood up in the cart. I immediately told him to sit and stopped the cart to go over to sit him down. Before I even stepped to the side to go to him, he flipped off the back of the cart and landed head first on the back of his head on the floor. It was horrible.

A Wegman's employee witnessed the whole thing and rushed over to help me. Luckily, Bug didn't even have a bump. He was definitely not at all happy about it and I was able to calm him down by tucking him into my shoulder and holding him closely and snugly. The store took an accident report and gave us ice and asked if there was anything else we needed. Bug wouldn't let me put the ice on his head or even touch it and kept asking to go home. I asked them if I could pick up my groceries later and they stored my cart in the beer fridge.

I called Daddy on the way home to tell him what happened and started to cry. Bug said not to cry and said "I am so sorry."

When we got home, Bug walked up the stairs and happily told Daddy that he banged his head on the floor. After Daddy checked him out, he was super excited to tell Roo what happened. He told Roo and Roo told him "don't worry, I'll take you to the hospital whenever you want." These boys are a riot. I felt like puking the whole time because it was just such a terrible fall and I kept reliving it in my head.

I did have to go back to the store and pick up the groceries and finish the grocery shopping. Whew, what a stressful day!

Potty Time for Bug

Bug has been getting interested in the potty recently. He's really enjoying going potty using the little baby potty before he gets into the bath. On occasion he'll ask to go at other times. We're not putty any pressure on him. Roo didn't potty train until he was 3 1/2 but he did it all at once, day and night and very rarely had an accident; I can probably count on one hand the number of accidents he's had. Bug has a long way to go before he'll be night time potty trained since he still goes to bed with a cup of milk. So, we'll go with the flow. The daycare he's starting at focuses on potty training in their 2 year old room, so hopefully it'll really build his confidence and interest and he'll want to wear the cool Buzz Lightyear underwear we got him!

First Busy Fall

This fall will be a little different than our autumn's of the past. We have scheduled ourselves to be pretty busy. Roo started at his new preschool last week and has enjoyed it so far, they start their actual preschool portion of the day this week. I'm hoping he continues to build on what he learned last year and gets even more confident with his hand writing. Oh, and that he includes the number 13 when he counts.

We also have both boys in sports. Roo is in soccer for the first time in a couple of years and is on his friend Connor's soccer team. So far he really enjoys it. His practices are on Thursday's with games on Saturday mornings.

I took Bug to Roo's last practice and couldn't keep him off the field. The only soccer available to kids under 3 is the tots soccer at the field house. So I signed him up and he had his first session this past Saturday. He loved it! He absolutely loves kicking and dribbling the ball and had fun participating in each of the different activities. The kids were all worn out by the end and I thought for sure he wanted to go home but instead wanted to continue with our normal Saturday trip to Wegman's. He took a good nap that afternoon!

And today Roo had his first swim lesson. He was so funny in the car on the way there asking me to stay with him the entire time because he's shy. We got there and they were put into groups based on their swimming ability so he and one other little girl were with one instructor and life guard. I left and exercised a little and then came back his his instructor nodded to me that he was doing great. He was so happy, smile on his face the entire time he was in the pool. It was great and hopefully it'll continue to go well!

I'm excited for our busy fall, it's great to have the kids learning new things and participating in group activities. Stay tuned for pictures from these fun times!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Hope you're having a great day golfing. We all love you very much and look, we made you a cake! :)