Life with the boys and their toys

With those big blue eyes staring up at me, nose runny and red, Jacob coughs and says “oh momma”. My heart melts instantly and I pick him up. He cries everytime I wipe his nose and all I can do is hold him close and tell him everything’s ok. I’ve tried to get him to drink liquids and make sure he’s eating his meals. I can tell he hates to eat because his nose is so stuffed and runny. Last night all he wanted to eat for dinner was the homemade hamburger buns that I had made for our “mini-hamburgers”. He practically jumped and ran to the bathroom when I told him it was “shower time”. I give him all the snacks he wants (that he’s not allowed to have normally) and make sure he’s dressed comfortably. A few days ago when he was with our babysitter I made sure he had a long sleve shirt on and some jogging pants, along with his spiderman bobble head slippers….I was very shocked to find him still wearing everything when I got home several hours later from work. Yesterday he wasn’t feeling that good after his nap so I made him a bed on the recliner (on the end of our sectional) and put on one of his favourite movies. He seemed to enjoy it and half way through the movie, he was up and back to his old self. Last night he got into so much trouble, he had two time outs within half an hour of each other.

He asked for an apple, and I said no. Then he kept asking for 5 minutes straight, so I caved, peeled and cored an apple, sliced it up and gave it to him. I went back to cleaning up the dinner dishes but when I walked around the corner to clean off a plate in the garbage I noticed the trouble he had gotten into with his apple. He chewed it up and spit it all out ALL OVER THE CARPET! That was time out #1. Time out #2 came when he took his sippy cup of diluted apple juice and spit it all over himself, the carpet and the furniture.

It’s strange how kids can go from looking like death to being full of energy and raise hell.