Beetlejuice

Christian played with beetles, and bingo, he got some red spots. It took us a while to figure out the probable cause of the spots. He has been letting too many beetles crawl all over him. Calamine seems to be doing the trick, though there did appear to be one new bump this morning. Keep your fingers crossed he does not inherit the allergic tendencies on my side of the family.

Mr. Crabs

Yesterday, we planned on eating at Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. Christian was extremely excited because he has found a love of Shrimp! Every place we go that has shrimp, he orders it. Unfortunately for him, things changed mid-day and to celebrate his Aunt's Annie's birthday, she chose to go to Pizza Inn instead. Christian was not happy with this development at all. So much so that he started crying and refused to get out of the car. Eventually, he was forced out, but he kept crying and burying his face in his arms. Half way through dinner, I forced him to get out from underneath the table so he could help me get more pizza since carrying anything and crutches don't mix. He held the plate above his head while he continued to cover his eyes. I was hoping that would get him interested in eating, but it didn't work. Eventually Eli threw a fit, Christian joined his brother and Mom outside. About the time everyone finished eating Christian calmed down enough to come back in and eat. So I sat with him while he ate cheeseburger pizza (with a pickle on it), spaghetti, pineapples and desert pizza while everyone else waited outside. After he ate he was fine for the rest of the night. We found out later that he was upset because he didn't get to have shrimp. We promised him we'd go this weekend when we had time. Apparently shrimp is that important!

Mr. Cranky

Christian has been waking up cranky every morning, biting off our heads until his dad tickles him. Not sure what it is all about. This morning, he wanted to know why he has to keep wearing the same colors. I told him I ordered him white and red shirts, but they hadn't come in yet. He was not happy about that.

50!

That's how many boxes of candy we sold for Christian's school fundraiser. Thanks to Annie for helping sell candy, and thanks to everyone who ordered. Christian will now receive many perks, including the chance to win some money and an invitation to an ice cream party. He is one lucky kid! There is also hope that we will sell some candy next year for Christian and Tori.

Mommy, Ollie, Tori Day

What was supposed to be a Mommy Tori Day turned into a Mommy, Ollie, Tori Day. Ollie was very tired on Sunday, fell asleep on the couch around 8 and went to bed. I checked on him around 9 and he had vomited. I got him up and stripped his bed, while Huts bathed him. We put him in our bed and we both slept with him at various points of the night. He woke up, drank a lot of 7up and ate little He felt good enough to have some fun with me and Tori and went to school this morning. Poor guy. He had no idea that he puked or got a bath the night before.