Week Two: 1/6 -1/12

Oh my goodness....an up and down week! We started the week cold, all bunded up, Cole was diagnosed with strep and then by the weekend, we were outside in shorts! These NC winters are crazy sometimes. 

So my poor Cole-man. On Wednesday, he seemed ok and we took him to school. By mid-morning his teacher texted me that Cole was having a hard day - crying, eyes red and puffy (asked if he had allergies) and he was just generally miserable. When I decided to come pick him up, she said I might want to make a doctor's appointment for him - so I did on the way. Then I got a call that he had a super high fever, over 102! My poor little man. =(  So we went to the doctor and when he looked at Cole, without runny nose / coughing he didn't feel it was the flu. Not out of the question but thought it might be strep. Cole had not really complained about this throat so that was a surprise to me. He had to do a strep test (throat culture) and that was not fun. Once he finished and Cole sat up, he threw up all over the place, including on me. Got it cleaned up and a few quick minutes later Doc came back in to tell us his test was positive. Oh no! Both of my boys will probably be just as prone to strep as me. I think I got it annually when I was little and get it about every two years as an adult. Ugh!! So off we headed to Target to get his prescription filled. While we waited, I let him go to the toy "island" - yes, it's so precious that Cole calls it the "toy island" instead of toy aisle. But it really kinda is an island in the store that the kids are drawn to!! With as bad as he was feeling, I couldn't say no to his request for a Lego set - I'm weak, what can I say?! 

This weekend was just the opposite.....nice warm weather and everyone happy and healthy. The boys played outside and helped Tim wash / clean my truck. There's a chance that we might be trading it in. I've put in for a vehicle transfer at CarMax so it should be here soon for us to test drive. No guarantee but we want to be ready. Amazing how my old truck looks with some love!!

This boys LOVES oranges!

Sweet bundled up brothers

Strep throat = Legos 

Eli's awesome art work from school - this one is definitely going on the wall!

Friday night we made aliens.....special request from the boys. This was Big Sam. It all started with a little alien figure that Eli got from the treasure chest at school. Since he wouldn't let Cole play with it, I made Cole one of his own! Complete with bendy pipe cleaner arms and legs. 

Hard at work

I think the boys were wiping dirt off, not on

Water, bubbles, boys - always fun!

They then decided to wash their own trucks.

Oh the cuteness!!

Isn't she beautiful?! 

Hard to believe she's almost 12 years old!!

These two really do love each other.

Simple hugs turn into wrestling matches 

and flopping all over each other! 

Week One: 1/1-1/5

Ok, so this is really 1/2-1/5 since I already covered New Year's Day - minor details!!

The start of the new year was kinda funny. I had on our family schedule that Eli was supposed to be at the Y on Thursday and Friday for Schools Out Special days. Well, it's a good thing his Principal left a voice mail for all the parents because he actually had school Thursday! I work for a neighboring school system and those students don't go back to school until Monday so I was seriously confused! So that was one silly move on my party......but that was only the beginning. Thursday night I also had in my mind that the boys had swim lessons (they have them every Thursday at 5:30). I was super excited to take them because I usually don't get to make it. So we got everyone ready and headed over there....only to find them closed. What?! So I checked my email and swim lessons don't resume until NEXT week. Where is my brain?!! It's going to be a long year if I'm going to be this forgetful. =) 

Saturday was a super fun day. A friend of ours was given two tickets and a parking pass to the NC State / Pittsburgh basketball game and asked if I wanted them. A super quick call to Tim and of course I said YES! The only problem was that there were just two tickets. So Eli & I went while Tim & Cole had some quality time together. Eli absolutely loved being at the game. It didn't matter that we were in the TOP row of our section (BUT our parking pass was front row - I'll take it!). We were there!! It was also fun to see some of our friends on the concourse at half time (totally coincidence). The Pack started off great but ended up losing 74-62. Eli had a great time regardless and, unlike the football game, we stayed the entire time. Super fun with my big boy. I see many more State sporting events in our future!! GO PACK!

 I had to go to one of our schools Thursday and saw this bike/car thing. I've seen them before but not up close. It's and Elf by Organic Transit . Apparently solar powered and pedal powered - $5k if you're interested!

Wolfpack Boy - his 1st State basketball game

I texted this to the whatever number to see if we could get on the Jumbotron - didn't happen. =( 

View from our seats - the cool thing was that there were huge tvs up there so we could see the game up close. We had no problem knowing what was going on though.  

Go Wolfpack! 

Like Mommy, Like Son! 

Warm ups 

Let's get this game going! 

Eli thought these students holding bricks up were hilarious.  

 He absolutely loved it!

And was completely wiped out when it was over! Notice the stuffed Wolf. Yes, I got talked into buying him and Cole their own mascots. I reasoned that we got the tickets and parking pass free so it was ok.

Blog version - Project Life 2014

So I'm pondering a new approach for the blog for 2014. I love love love having the documentation of our life on here but sometimes life gets super crazy and I find myself behind / playing catch up. One of my favorite scrapbookers, Ali Edwards (along with many other scrapbookers) does this thing called Project Life. It's a 2-page scrapbook spread for each week of the year. Thinking of doing my own digital version. I'm going to write about each week, include photos as I have them, and do additional / separate entries for the bigger stuff. Sometimes, I'll have something to say, show or write that I'll want to do a separate entry but I'm going to do my best to document the weeks. Things always seem crazy so I hope a weekly plan will help me stay a little more on top of my entries. 

I know it's going to be a great year. And I know the new plan will be hard for me to adjust to but as we're learning around here.....not all change is bad and it's good to shake it up from time to time!!

Here's to a fabulous year! 

Hello 2014!

Happy New Year!!

Not quite sure where 2013 went but we welcomed 2014 with a New Year's Day hike! This year the temps didn't cooperate for us to do a bike ride so a hike it was. Gotta start the new year off right. =) 

Eli and Cole were quite funny today. We were given all kinds of instructions for how this hike would be. Eli was to be first, Cole second, then Mommy and then Daddy in back. If we ever got out of that order, the hike came to a halt until we got in order. Hilarious! We started all bundled up but they ditched their hats, coats, poles and Camelbaks before it was over. Good quality family fun! 

Here's hoping 2014 is a super great year. I'm 100% positive that, with these two, it won't be boring! 

Ready to go!

Filing in line....

Before we started, Cole explained this sign to us and he NAILED it! He said "Go this way, Bring a friend, Hike with your dog and No bike riding". Guess the sign did exactly what it was supposed to do if a 4-1/2 year old gets it!

A little off trail fun

Snack break at the lake

Love my family! So blessed. 

Of course they had to get silly. =)

This was about when Cole's legs gave up. It took a while to get going again. 

Someone made a big "footprint" and the boys talked about what kind of dinosaur it might be. 

Mommy / Daddy selfie

These two......my goodness....love them like crazy and they drive me crazy!

After we got home, Cole decided to "call" his friend. He was jabbering away on the non-working phone. It just made me sad to think the boys will never know the kitchen phone with the LONG curly cord that you have to use to talk to your friends. Ahhhh, memories!