The Dentist...Part Two

So this occurred the afternoon of the dentist trip and Matthew was extremely excited to "play" dentist with a willing (or not so willing) patient. Really...Need I say more?? :)

Run For The Arts

Yesterday at Matthew's school was Run For The Arts which is a which is a program that helps fund the schools with resident artists and art programs. So for example, last years Run for the Arts helped to fund this year's week long "Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre" resident in Matthew's class were they learned about puppetry and made puppets and put on a production of "The Little Red Hen". (which, I might add, was pretty darn cute!)

So the kids were all excited about this Run for the Arts day, however, Matthew missed school on Monday because he has had a nasty cough/cold and Tuesday morning I felt it was rather questionable that he would even go to school and run. But he wanted to go, so there was lots of cough medicine and and away we went. Mason and I hung around so we could cheer the kids on and the kindergartner's 5th grade buddies got to come out and cheer them on as well. And can I say how damn proud I was of Matthew, who I told to maybe only walk one or two laps, ended up running 6 laps and has the marks on his arm to prove it! (ok, so he did have to walk some of the time, but still!) That was a mile and a half, and I will be first to say I am certainly not going to be running laps when I'm all congested and coughing! So yeah for Matthew!! Actually, throughout it all, I was quite feeling the motherly pride with all the kindergartners, as they all took this very seriously and did such a fabulous job.

The Dentist

On Thursday Matthew had his normal 6 month dental appointment and as I got the boys ready to go, I explained to Mason that we were taking Matthew to the dentist. Well, in true Mason fashion, he threw a fit because he figured he should get a turn too! (In the midst of all this, Matthew is thrilled to go since he knows he gets to pick out one of the little toys at the dentist office after his teeth get cleaned!) So the whole way to the dentist Mason is still complaining, but we survive, Matthew gets his teeth cleaned and they look good so as Jeannie (the hygienist) is cleaning up, I mention something about Mason's teeth. She informed me that we could get his teeth cleaned that day, she had time if I had time and I certainly grabbed onto the opportunity! I was sure Mason wouldn't last all of 60 seconds in the chair but he surprised me and got his teeth polished and flossed and let the dentist even take a look at them! I managed to get a picture with my camera on my cell phone of Mason enjoying his time in the dentist chair...he even sat there a few minutes after because they let him play with the little vacuum tube in his mouth. I'm not sure why that was such a thrill, but everyone left happy and that's all I cared about!

Oh yes...I qualify!!!!

See....I won an award!!!! Just kidding!!! I actually recently started reading this blog and saw this lovely award and felt I was quite deserving myself. My special qualifications for such recognition includes not achieving daily goals/chores because it's more important to be on the computer checking out other people's lives (read: blogs), very rarely commenting on said blogs since I really am busy and should be getting x, y, and z done, and also often not answering/acknowledging comments on my own blog. ( I swear angel jem I will respond one of these days!). So for these reasons and more, I nominated myself and won! Of course plenty of people can win....as I understand anyone is welcome to copy the button and list your reasons for being an award winning guilty blogger!

Sugar Hangover??

So Mason has informed me throughout the day today that he didn't feel good. And yet, he has gladly continued to dig into the Easter candy and listens to nothing I say about so much candy giving him a tummy ache! Matthew has ate his fair share of candy today too; and at this point I have let them have a lot and now it will be time to put some serious limits on the candy and detox my children. The kids really enjoyed Easter this year though, both egg hunts they did (one on Friday with Grandma Leslee and one on Sunday at Grandma Wade's house) and the thrill of their baskets from the Easter Bunny! And Matthew was very good (and very warned! last year he got into all of Mason's candy and toys before Mason had a chance to even see the basket) and didn't touch any of Mason's basket until Mason came downstairs to see it. So at least the kids were happy and now the parents pay for all the sweets that are being consumed.

On a side note, Mason has done so well with his big boy bed! Apparently, we caged him for too long in the crib (although I still sometimes think I would like to keep him there until he is 21!) but he loves his bed and actually stays in it when he wakes up until I come and get him. Yay!!!! So far, so good, because I was sure we were about to have a party boy at 3 a.m. every night.

Signs of Spring

These pics were taken last week....if I would have taken pictures yesterday since it was absolutely gorgeous ....completely sunny and 77 degrees out! The downer of course is that Andy and I are both miserable with a nasty cold. So the kids were outside enjoying the sunshine but Andy and I sat inside and complained, a lot! :) Hopefully we will both feel much better by tomorrow and hopefully the kids feel good too. (so far, so good on the kid front) Happy Spring and Happy Easter everybody!!

Big Boy Bed!!

So today the big boy bed was delivered and assembled and I have a very excited boy!! :) Mason immediately demanded all his crib paraphernalia to be placed on his bed and was disappointed that we had to leave right away to take Matthew to school. But he informed me that we would come back right after dropping Matthew off to "sit on my new bed!". So far we are trying out a nap on it (at the moment he isn't sleeping but I'm trying to be patient!) and we will see how night time goes....I actually am a bit nervous for this because we have had almost 2 years of restful nights but we paid for that with Mason's first year. Seriously, he didn't sleep through the night consistently until he was about 13 months old! He still doesn't really sleep through the night....often at 3 am if I wake up I will hear him playing in his crib. So now I'm hoping he will be willing to stay in his bed (or at least his room) during the night. The truth of how this all works out will be revealed in a couple of weeks...meaning if I'm totally exhausted, he isn't cooperating!