Medical Confirmation...

I thought I would use this forum on my blog to confirm some rumors that have flying around about current illnesses. I know you have all heardd the rumors that are burning up school nurses' e-mails about what illnesses are currently circulating in the under 10 world. You know the ones I'm talking about "99 teachers were out sick at Longview! 152% of 2nd graders with brown hair have strep throat. Every toddler in a smocked outfit at church had the bird flu!" You get the picture. I thought I would take this moment to address some of these issues.

I know right now you are thinking, "Wait, I know Sonja is a nurse but I thought Tonya was a school teacher. Besides being exposed to every germ under heaven on a daily low-paid basis and knowing the look a 4th grader gives you before they do something in the floor that will embarass them and send you screaming for the janitor before you join them, what does a former school teacher know about current illnesses? Oh yeah, she homeschools too how could she possible be so knowledgeable about what's going on in the schools?"

Let me address my credibility and confirm those rumors all at once with a simple timeline of my week:

Saturday: Jon continues to whine, I mean suffer from "strep throat". Wesley proves all over that he has the stomach bug.

Sunday: After staying home from church so we won't spread or acquire more germs: Will confirms about 10:00 p.m. that he has the stomach flu as well. While Jon and I work frantically to address that situation, Jackson decides to join in on the fun.

Monday: Everyone seeming better, we head to Granda's birthday dinner. We return home where Will decides to reiterate that he in fact does have the stomach flu- on my couch!

Tuesday: Jon comes home early due to my tearful phone call describing how the twins do nothing but cry.

Wednesday: I finally take a lethargic Jackson to the doctor to be told he has the F-L-U!

Thurday: A lazy-get-nothing-done-for-holding-kids-day (and by lazy I in no way mean to imply the relaxing kind of lazy).

Friday: After a sleepless night and a 3 hour SOLID crying fest from Will we head back to the doctor to find out his ear drum burst! Yes, you read that right-burst! Apparently, despite the fact that he ran no fever it was infected enough to burst! Talk about feeling like the Mom of the Year!

Saturday: My mom calls to inform me that Ashton (who was enjoying a little alone time with Gram) is running a 102 temperature with sore throat. I make phone call to doctor's office, "Hey, it's me again. Yes, I know long time no see. Our insurance card number is..oh, you have it memorized. Of course you do."


So, there you have confirmed illnesses by my one family. I hope you realize that if my "unsocialized" homeschoolers can pick up this many germs the rest of you better board the bus with Lysol in hand. You can also kindly send in some Clorox wipes to their teachers. Trust me, they'll love that!

I have to close to go get dressed to drive to you know where for the 3rd time this week. I'm seriously thinking about taking Welsey along just to challenge them to find a different thing wrong with him because I don't think I mentioned (because I didn't want you to think I was whining or else I would have told you that Jon has to be at a manager's meeting 13 hours today, a Saturday, and can't even take phone calls) that Wesley also woke up with a fever and is crying as we speak.

If you've at all enjoyed this medical update feel free to donate to the "Buying Doctor Myers a Beach House One Fifteen Dollar Co-Pay at a Time" fund!

Amen Sister...

Ashton: Mom, I know what my gifts are that God gave me.

Me: That's great. What are they?

Ashton: The gift of ballet because I love it.

Me: I agree you are good at...

Ashton: Oh yeah, and shouting. The gift of shouting.


I had no words for that one. Perhaps I should have been praying yesterday morning instead of mumbling under my breath not nice things when Ashton used her "gift of shouting" to wake up 2 very sick babies who had been up most of the night!

Look Who's 18 Months...

OK, actually the twins turned 18 months 2 weeks ago, but there hasn't been much bloggin' going on around here so I'm a little late! As you can imagine, getting a good picture of 2 tots is not the easiest thing in the world. I haven't even scheduled their 18 month portraits yet because I'm dreading it! So, I snapped these at my Grandmother's. This little swing was actually on my playhouse when I was little so I thought it was the perfect place to confine, I mean pose them!

So, 18 things I love about my boys:
1. They LOVE to read! They both bring me books and say, "book". I then have a lap full of snuggly kids who grin the entire time I'm reading!
2. They get ridiculously excited when they see a cat. Wesley says, "neow", and Will screams, "cat!"
3. Most mornings I'm woken up by yells of "Mama, nooooooowww!"
4. I melt at Will's blue eyes and Wesley's curls.
5. They actually get excited and run to the gate when I ask them if they want to go night-night.
6. Anytime I need sympathy from strangers I tell them I have twin 18 month olds!
7. I love dressing them in coordinating outfits- especially Will in blue and Wesley in green.
8. I laugh every morning at how Wesley only has waffles left and Will only has banana left then let them swap and eat each other's leftovers.
9. I love to hear them say Jackson's name and laugh so hard when he plays with them.
10. It is really sweet to watch them run to sit at their table when they see Ashton coming to read them a book.
11. They climb onto the couch, point to the TV and say "Wo Wor" when they want to watch Word World (hey, at least it's educational).
12.When Will's tired he lays his head on your shoulder with his hands behind his back.
13. When Wesley is actually still enough to cuddle he'll sit cheek to cheek with me.
14. You can get them to do anything if you chant, "Go Will. Go Wesley."
15. If they hear music or find a microphone they get their groove on.
16. When a song is over they throw their intrument down, throw their arms up and yell, "Woooo".
17. I have a lot of pride when I realize I survived twins for the last 18 months!
18. They make me laught and love them more each and every day.

Wordless Wednesday...

It's 9:15 on Thursday Night, What Am I Doing...

You probably think I'm watching my Tiv@, right? My 3 favorite shows in the world came on tonight. Alas, I'm not watching the Office, or My Name is Earl, or Burn Notice although I really wish I was. Instead I am sitting in the kitchen blog stalking and bored to death alone (except for a sleeping dog) with no adult conversation just like the rest of my day. You see my husband is monopolizing the TV playing Wi'i Sports. Don't get me wrong: I totally would respect if he had an urge to get some exercise or wind down after a hard day. However, that is not the case here. First off, he didn't have a hard day. He sat in a seminar for half a day and surprised us by coming home early. I got all excited imagining all I could get done around here with a little help and looking forward to the companionship. Instead, he lay on the couch and took a nap, but I digress.

Back to what he is doing right now. We had family bowling night. before it got started Jackson said he wanted to show me how bad he could beat daddy at tennis. I was changing Wesley's diaper and the game was over before I could really watch because Jackson skunked him! Jon knew tennis is his weakest game, and then came bowling. You see, not to brag, but Jon was a champion bowler and has way too many trophies to prove it. Tonight however, he was beaten not only by Jackson who also broke his record with 5 strikes in a row, but also by Ashton who informed him she was "born to bowl."

Which brings me to the question and reason I am missing Michael Scott and Joy, despite the fact that he has to be at work in less than 8 hours, my 35 year old husband is practicing his tennis game! I am sitting here ALONE (did I mention that already?) listening to the ping-ping occasionally broken up with a shout of, "I got my skill level up to 25!". Sad, sad, sad.

Will the Blogger...

When I was publishing my "Wordless Wednesday" post I noticed a post that had been saved as a rough draft. It said:


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Anytime he is allowed in the kitchen, Will climbs up to the desk and starts pecking at the keys on my laptop. He is actually really gentle and looks at the screen and moves his little fingers just like he is typing. However, I did not realize that his talents extended to somehow starting then saving a post on my blog??? Looks like I'll have a co-author on my blog before long. It would actually be a lot of help because I certainly can't keep up (I'm downloading 747 pictures to my computer right now!).

Obviously, I couldn't simply delete his sweet little typing. I just hope he's not mad that I published his rough draft??? I hope he didn't have more to say or I could be in trouble!

Wordless Wednesday...