Impossible Birthday Wishes?

When we asked Roo who he wanted at his birthday party this year he named just a couple of friend and his cousins who live in Georgia. We were wondering how in the world we were going to get his cousins from Georgia at his birthday party. Luckily, they were going on vacation to Maine and were going to stop at our house on the way back, the weekend before his party!

We didn't tell Roo and boy was he surprised when we asked him to open the door. He was so happy to see Maddie and Annabell. They came with a few of their friends that they went to Maine with and we all had a good time. We had a nice BBQ lunch and then spent the rest of the day at the pool.

Roo thinks he can swim even though he can't but was able to successfully navigate the big pool with several (lots) of pool noodles. We liked calling him noodle boy for the day.

Roo loved when we all sang happy birthday to him and said he loved the froggie cupcakes I made. Bug was my cupcake making helper!

Surprise birthday party #1 was a success. Looks like we'll be celebrating Roo's birthday all month long!

More from Roo

Grandma and Grandpa came over for dinner tonight and Grandpa was swinging Roo and Bug on the swings. Roo came in the house and said "Dad, you have to come out here, Grandpa's not listening." Roo wanted Grandpa to swing him higher on the swing. But really, Roo is the king of not listening these days, especially today, so it made it that much funnier.

Also, while they were outside, Grandpa told Roo that he loves him. Roo said, "you don't have to tell me that Grandpa, I know that." Pretty sweet!

Food Allergy and Fever

If I haven't mentioned it on here before, we've been trying to figure out Bug's random fevers for a while now. He had some last summer and then they seemed to go away after Baxter moved out. He started getting them again this summer, especially when we were in Maine and many evenings after playing outside. After lots of blood work and our pediatrician consulting with our food allergist at Hopkins, the answer is as we suspected and hoped for....yes, some food allergy kids get random fevers, especially in the evening and no, they're not sick. This was great news and we're excited to have an answer.

Nuts and Bolts

We got home yesterday and Roo greeted us while holding onto his wrench. We noticed that he also had 3 bolts. Daddy asked Roo where he got the bolts from and he replied that he got them from the their play place. Daddy looked over the play place with Roo and asked him how he got them. Roo proceeded to show daddy that he simply used the wrench to unbolt the bolts. Daddy reported to me that he needs to put the bolts back in and we instructed Roo that he's not to take anymore out or the structure may come apart. Looks like we've got a little structural engineer on our hands!

Roo's Quote of the Week

We're getting in the car and getting strapped in. Roo's really safety conscious and always makes sure he's strapped before we start driving (we make sure too of course). I ask if everyone is strapped in and ready to go. Roo replies, yes, we have to be safe, daddy's a bad driver. Gotta love it!

Here Little Puppy

Recently we've been playing with a little puppy. Puppy is also known as Bug. He likes to pretend he's a puppy and play fetch with Roo and bark like a little puppy dog. Bug puppy is very cute and very loving and easy to get along with. Wonder if Bug wants to be a puppy when he grows up; sort of like when Uncle Matt wanted to be a cat :)

Vacation Really Was Wonderful

We had so much fun while we were on vacation that I just asked Daddy if we could go to Maine again this fall. He asked me if I was crazy. It is a really long ride and we're also considering a job change so maybe I am a bit crazy. Regardless, vacation was awesome and the beach house we stayed in was great. We'll probably want to stay there again. What we really like about it was it was decorated in a very relaxing style just like our house and it was right on a beautiful sandy beach. These kinds of beaches are hard to find in Maine. We had to walk down over rocks to get to the beach, but during low tide you could actually play in the sand and relax in a beach chair or even enjoy the ocean without worrying about a strong under toe or the kids going out too far since it was shallow for quite a distance.

The location was great too because it was fairly easy for family to visit. We had a great visit on Thursday from Michelle and her daughter Allison and her daughter's best friend Eva. The kids had a blast playing together on the beach, enjoyed a yummy lunch together and then played in the house. Roo and Allison got along great and Bug loved giving Eva kisses. It was great catching up with Michele and we can't wait to see them this winter in our neck of the woods!

In all, it was really a wonderful vacation, we got to relax, eat lobster and see family and friends, and it was a much needed break from the craziness of work. And the kids enjoyed every moment of it!

Yes it's June, but Here are the Easter Pictures

I fell a little behind on blogging...only a little. Grandma and Grandpa came over on Easter and we had a fun spring celebration with the boys. I hid eggs in the yard and have very small easter baskets for each of them. I made some chocolate lollipops for them both as well as some chocolate eggs. We also made a nice brunch and everyone had a good time! Happy Spring!

Fever Me a Vacation

The title pretty much sums it up. We went to see Owl's Head Light on Friday morning and after we got home Bug just started crying in the car. I laid down with him on the couch and could feel him getting warmer and warmer. We both dozed off a bit and I have to say it was amazing dozing off with a great ocean view. When we woke up he was burning up and had a fever. We gave him Motrin and later that day when he woke up from his nap his fever was 104.3. Nice! So we called the ped's office that we saw in Rockland earlier that week and they saw us immediately. Shocker, no other symptoms but the fever. The doc was great though, said to give him a call anytime, day or night, if we needed anything. We alternated Tylenol and Motrin through the night and he woke up fever free the next morning. We have an idea that this is similar to last year when he got high fevers every 6 weeks or so which seemed to go away a few months after Baxter moving out. We're going to follow-up with his ped this week. For as bad as he was feeling, he did really well on the trip home!