March 18, 2011, at 9:59 pm | A computer glitch prevented me from blogging last night – sorry about that! It wasn’t going to be a very exciting post anyway…just more germs to report. Becky is now on her sixth day of tummy troubles (which the pediatrician’s office assures me is normal for this virus), but thankfully she’s been in better spirits in the afternoons and evenings. She did so well tonight, and I was so invigorated by the warm, nearly-spring weather, that I took the girls out to the park for the first time this year. We were all so grateful to get out of this germy house!
The girls still haven’t quite grasped that the season change should be accompanied by a wardrobe change, so they insisted on wearing their woolen winter hats outside. And I still haven’t quite grasped that warmer temperatures lead to melting snow which leads to soggy ground, so I neglected to insist that the girls wear their boots outside.
The end result? A gloriously muddy mess.
Yes, the girls’ shoes are all but submerged in slime in the above picture. The girls were so thrilled with their stomping grounds that I didn’t have the heart to stop them. I guess that’s what a week of indoor nursing does to me – it turns my judgment into one big mud puddle!
March 16, 2011, at 10:09 pm | Well, Becky still hasn’t made a recovery. In fact, today was by far her toughest day yet. She struggled to make it off the couch all morning.
By the afternoon, she had rallied somewhat and was finally keeping food down. I was thankful to see a little spark in her eyes again. She crashed again this evening, but I imagine she was just worn out.
On a lighter note, Susie’s health is still holding strong. She doesn’t seem to be displaying any signs of illness…that is, unless it’s gone to her brain and that’s the reason for her inability to put together a matching ensemble!
Please pray Becky feels better and the rest of us stay healthy. I’m hoping to give a more upbeat update soon!
March 15, 2011, at 10:14 pm | Becky’s still on the mend. She’s not quite back to normal yet, but I’m hopeful it’s only a matter of time before she’s back to her crazy, goofy self. Until then, my efforts to separate her germy self from her sister have been rather unsuccessful. They’ve been cheek to cheek – it’s sickly sweet!
March 14, 2011, at 11:00 pm | Becky came down with a stomach bug yesterday, but after a rough start this morning, I think she’s on the mend. I really can’t complain; this is the first stomach-related illness we’ve had in the house in nearly a year, and Becky has been a model patient. In the midst of her struggles this morning, she pitifully kept insisting, “I’m OK. I’m OK.”
Becky has indeed found an upside to her illness, namely: Pepsi. My mom (my blessed go-to nurse at all times) suggested I give her some flat cola to help soothe her stomach, and Becky was instantly on board with that idea. Maybe a little TOO on board. You’d think from her ear-to-ear grinning that she had discovered she could drink candy. Which I guess is a pretty apt description of Pepsi!
March 13, 2011, at 10:08 pm | We’ve had no further progress on potty training.
But…it’s not all bad.
I get to keep all the incentive M&M’s for myself.
March 11, 2011, at 11:22 pm | 
Susie (on left): “Silly sister, let me help you with that iPod game.”
Susie: “See, this is how you do it. Push the button right here.”
Susie: “Don’t feel bad for not figuring it out yourself. Here’s a hug for you.”
Becky (on right): “Wait a minute! You lost the game for me!”
Susie: “All in a day’s work.”
March 10, 2011, at 10:01 pm | 
Susie: “Nana, would you like to see my naked baby doll?”
Susie: “Here, I’ll dress and swaddle him for you first.”
Susie: “Here you go – all bundled up!”
Nana…no words, all smiles.
March 9, 2011, at 11:10 pm | 32 weeks and counting!
March 8, 2011, at 11:36 pm | 
Wanted: A structural engineer to shore up shaky towers
Also Wanted: A fashion designer to shore up shaky fashion choices. The child loves stripes!
March 7, 2011, at 10:42 pm | When my mom was watching the girls for me last month during her visit, she attempted to help the girls make their own candy necklaces out of Fruit Loops cereal. However, the girls were more interested in consumption than creation, so the activity was put on hold. Yesterday, Susie spotted a picture in a parenting magazine of a girl wearing a candy necklace and she told me she wanted to make one. So today I broke out the Fruit Loops and tried again. The craft was actually a great way to work with them on their manual dexterity as well as impulse control and delayed gratification (I almost sound like I know what I’m doing! In the moment, it was more like a: “Can their stubby little fingers figure this out before they give into the temptation and eat everything and end up with nothing but a piece of string?”).
I was impressed that it didn’t take long before they were threading the cereal without any assistance, and that they even refrained from sampling the cereal…that is, until I gave Becky permission to eat a broken Fruit Loop. Once she got a taste, it was more like a thread-one-eat-one process.
The finished product was very cute, and Becky immediately decided that the necklace was better used as a snack than a decorative item.
Susie, on the other hand, was very pleased with her hard work, and wanted to show it off to the world. Here are her proud poses:
Her necklace actually remained untouched for several hours, because she urgently wanted to show its entirety to her Grammie and Grandpa. Once we called them and “showed” Grandpa the necklace via iPhone Facetime, it was gone in thirty seconds!
I was trying to brainstorm a more healthy version of this necklace activity that I could do with the girls next time, but then I decided that would take the fun out of it. Who wants to wear vegetables around their neck? And what vegetable, or fruit or anything wholesome for that matter, comes in a large, convenient circle anyway? Sugar high, here we come!
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ABOUT US I'm blessed to be saved by the grace of God, loved by my wonderful husband Jim, and embraced by my twin girls, Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy and my sons Jimmy and Danny. I started this blog in May 2008 when I was hospitalized for pre-term labor at 24 weeks gestation. The Lord allowed me to keep the girls inside until they were 34 weeks along, and on July 27th, Rebecca made her debut, followed by Susanna, five minutes later, on July 28th. We ecstatically welcomed Jimmy into our lives on April 25th, 2011, and Danny on August 31, 2012. This blog has been a personal journal of faith and motherhood and the only way I can remember which child did what and when. Thanks for stopping by to share in my Faith and Joy! Feel free to e-mail me at: [email protected]. |
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