Allergies, Colds, & Strep Throat

In January, things started to warm up (seasonally REALLY early) and we were either sick or in between sickness. We laid pretty low. 

 

 

 A rare outing to the park on a 'not sick' day and Jane came too!

Lucy and Nora had a dance recital one Saturday afternoon so I ditched the boys and went to enjoy the show. Jane LOVED the music and danced her little heart out the entire time.

 

 

Those are all the pictures I have from January. Like I said, low key.
In February, sickness still plagued us.
 

 Ollie got strep throat, but once he was cured of that we've been well since. Hallelujah! I took him to Jamba Juice once and he liked about two sips of it and then was over it - how he reacts to most foods.

One morning, Oliver went from sleeping until 9 or 9:30 {what he has done for a long, long time} to waking up at 7 - 7:30 every morning since. This picture was taken from the first time I found him playing in his room and scavenging for food from the kitchen.

I found my old stash of Lego's and obsessed over building an awesome castle for the next 24 hours. 

 

 Another park excursion on a well day.

 For Valentine's Day I made sugar cookies. I gave Oliver a cookie and he ate the frosting off the top. Then he ate the cookie. A little unconventional.

And A LOT messy.

 Trying on Bapa's glasses...

 

 

 Seriously, Ollie - never grow up. When he is 16 and asleep, I am going to sneak in his room and put Tupperware on his head to remind me of these days.

 

My handsome little Valentine and I on Valentine's Day!

 Lots of indoor activities during this time of sickness. Many a forts were built, played in, and destroyed.

Ollie loves The Lego Movie {as do his parents - it is quite clever} and we found this for a steal of a deal one evening. Ollie loves to play with the "double decker couch."

 A trip down to dad's property to watch all the big tractors and bull dozers make the land look beautiful again.

 It had been a while since I bought Cheetos...

 Along with waking up earlier, Ollie has changed his tune on Cadbury. While he used to be totally impartial to him, he has finally become his best buddy. He loves to take naps with him, pat his head, give him treats and tell him "Who's a good boy?!"

Ollie got well from strep and I got my allergies under control just in time for our Disneyland trip!!!

More to come!



Mud Bath

Last week was made up of gorgeous weather. We went to the park four times and "Bapa's Wonderland" (the property on the river my dad's family owns) three times to throw rocks. Ollie was in pure heaven and I enjoyed doing something other than play Lego's, etc. The first trip down there Ollie quickly slipped in the mud. It was very amusing. He can throw rocks all day into the water and he loves going pee on "Bapa's Wonderland." He even told me he doesn't need to go to "Dumbo's Wonderland" - aka - Disneyland because he's been to "Bapa's Wonderland" instead.

 

 

 Looking north. There was so much water, I couldn't believe it.

 

 Looking east at Red Mountain.

 And looking west.

 After a mud bath came a real bath.

 The next day we went back and took Grandma and Grandpa. We saw a parasailer in the distance. 

 

 Who then landed in the far corner of the property. I wanted to go for a ride myself.

 

 Ollie tried to carry this rock that was as big as him up the hill so Grandpa could throw it in the water. It was quite amusing.

 Then on Saturday, we took Jordan so he could see how much fun we had been having all week. We picked up a pizza and had a little picnic among all the dirt and rocks.

 

 

We've decided we better go whenever the weather permits before it gets too hot.