halloween fun

Every year we go trick or treating at Cory's office and have lunch with him. The kids love it and they even had a spook alley this year which was way cool and Spencer, of course, was terrified. That's my boy!

Little bumblebee! We went to Parker's school and watched the Halloween parade and dressed up Spenc and Mataya yesterday.

Coming home from Cory's office today, the boys were digging into their candy. Spencer had me open a couple of things and then he hands me a little bag of atomic fire bombs. I told him it was too spicy and he insisted on trying it anyways. There is no point in arguing with a 3 year old....you really get no where. So Parker and I looked at each other and then at Spencer as he attempted to eat a fire ball and he tried for a good 10 seconds, his face was priceless. He tried chewing it really fast hoping the spiciness would fade, but it didn't and he had to spit the remains back into the little bag of heat. Don't say I didn't warn you Spencer boy!

rice cereal..take 1

The time is upon us...the beginning of new chapter.....baby food! Here's how it went:

"Dad, why are you documenting this? And for the love of all that is good and decent what is Mom trying to make me eat?" "Oh, no she's getting more!" "Okay, I'll be a good sport and pretend to like this. I know how Mom likes a good photo op.""I can't pretend, this is awful!"

Hopefully Mataya doesn't share Spencer's enthusiasm for food...maybe 'rice cereal take 2' will bring better results. Those "Lexi" arms aren't going to grow themselves!

friends at the park with doughnuts.

We went to one of our favorite parks with some friends last week. We went and got some awesome doughnuts before, it was a great afternoon.Parker made a friend while we were there. He and this girl were on the tire swing for a long time. Her mom called her over and told her it was time to go and she came back over and in the sweetest voice said to Parker, "bye Parker." It was so cute. He later said that she was his girlfriend.

Spencer and Logan. It was a little squishy in the swing. These boys are getting big!

Having a little chat.

Mataya hung out in the shade of her flower for the afternoon:-)

apples....

We had our annual apple picking party at my grandma's house in Kaysville. They have two huge apple trees in their backyard and they enlist our help picking them and we go home with plenty of apples as well, so it's a fun time. Here are some of my favorite pics from the day.

Mataya amongst the foliage
Yes, I got in the tree to get the apples!

The neighbor dogs provided a lot of entertainment. They were playing with each other and jumping all around.
Cute girls!

Parker climbed up the ladder to help out.

Um, Melissa you might want to wash that first:-)

G.G., Alli and the little girls.

Red and green.....mmmm, yum!

Playing with some grass.

Me and Spenc!

Running around having a grand time.

Mataya snuggled right into Alli and was sucking her thumb is was so cute. Allison is such a great helper!

I'm bugged...

I found out tonight that the H1N1 nasal swab test is 20-50% accurate. Um...okay?! Why even do the test? Parker, who is 5 and has asthma, "tested" positive for it Wednesday and two days of taking Tamiflu is fine. Why perform a test that is so inaccurate?

I got all this information from a doctor tonight that I went to see because I am sick. He said the only way to get accurate results is to send a sample to the C.D.C. (centers for disease control) and results can take 2 weeks to get back. And that test is only performed on people who are hospitalized for the flu.

I would normally "tough it out" because I'm so tough. (I really am ask my Dad:) But because we have a 4 month old it is a concern. So our primary goal at this point is to keep Mataya healthy (if we can). It is still likely that we have H1N1 present in our home because having the flu in October is unusual.

I'm bugged that there is a lame test that doesn't give good results. And that insurance companies and people without insurance can pay for something so useless....makes a lot of sense, right?!

I promise my next post will be more exciting, less passive aggressive, and include cute kiddo pics!

That is all....thanks for listening.

it was only a matter of time....

Parker has H1N1.
Or as it's known on the streets "Swine Flu".....the last available swine flu vaccines were given on Tuesday in Davis County. 10,000 people showed up, there were 1400 available. I decided not to take me and the kids because I knew our chances would be slim.

The reason there is such a shortage is that there weren't enough vaccines ordered. Who is responsible for the amount ordered? *President Obama......that's change I can't believe it.

Anyway, we've got Parker quarantined in his room. He's on his top bunk with food, movies, and beverages. I worry A LOT about that kid because he has asthma. He had pneumonia and a bronchial infection when he was 9 months old and hospitalized for 3 days. It's scary to see your child so sick and struggle to breath and I know the swine flu can hit people hard that have other medical conditions. We are just hoping and praying that it is mild for him and also hoping that the rest of us don't get sick....especially 4 month old Mataya.

They call me the "Hand Washing Nazi" at my house, but sometimes it's just not enough....he's in school so it was really only a matter of time. We left the doctor this afternoon with a prescription for Tamiflu and Wal-mart didn't have it. Walgreens didn't have it. Thankfully Albertsons did. So all you parents out there....if your child has a fever there is a good chance it's H1N1 and a fever indicates that it's contagious. Get to the doctor and have them tested.

So Parker, I hope you get well soon lil' buddy!

*I swore I would never mention Pres. B.O. on my blog, but it happened. I guess Cory is rubbing off on me:)

more to come

We've had a couple of glorious days and I will post more pics later about all our fun times...but for now I'm off to watch a movie with the hubs.