My little sicklings...

It started on Sunday with Madison. She started having the worst runny nosie ever, I mean shirt soaking runny nosie! Then Monday she started to develop a yucky cough, so on to the Dr. she went yesterday. We learned that she had a red ear to go with the icky nose and cough. Poor thing! She is on an antiiotic now and a decongestant to help dry up that little nose!

It doesnt stop there...

This morning at about 10 after 7:00 a.m. Jeff went in to wake Matthew up. He didnt want to get up. But he had to get ready for school. We found that he had a small fever, sore throat and just general pain all over his body, so we called the Dr. and started him on some antibiotics too. His fever progressed through the day, and believe it or not, he ended up sleeping a good portion of the day. That is very rare for him. I am hoping that tomorrow will be a new and healthier day for him. At least he isnt throwing up like he usually does when he gets a fever!

Bethanie? I think her time is a comming. She was really ornery this evening, but maybe she is seeking attention???

My parents came to supper tonight. It was nice to have them over to visit me and the kids (Jeff was at school).

I keep forgetting to post this...

The other day Miss Madison learned to go down the steps to the back door. There are only three steps there so I moved the safety gate and taught her how to go down them. When you come in the back door, its like a split level. You can go straight and go down about 14 stairs or turn right and go up three steps. I moved the gate to the basement stairs so she cant fall down them, but she is doing very well on the three steps up into the kitchen from the back door! This kid is so with it. I can tell she is a thinker and a doer. Princess Bethanie never cared to do anything. She was fine to just be beside me and Mr. Matthew always preferred to do his own thing. But with Madison she just wants it all! Sometimes I am not so fond of her way of thinking. She can hardly wait to step foot outside this spring! She loves looking out that back door!

Right now she has a really icky nose. We are all kind of sick with winter colds, but her poor little nosey, I am wiping it CONSTANTLY. She is a good sport about it though and doesn't complain about it.

Matthew had a GREAT report from school for last week from his teacher, and Bethanie has started working on learning her second dance for the Spring Recital.

Our Time Away...

So on Saturday, Jeff and I went to Omaha Nebraska to the Winter Quarters Temple. It has been something like two years since we had last been to the Temple. It is so hard to get away when you have young children at home, especially when you have a high needs situation. I am so grateful for Jeff's parents because they take the kids and care for them while we are gone, and we know that they are in good hands, and can handle situations that may come up unexpectedly.

So, our trip was a Branch Temple trip that we shared with only one other family (a father and daughter and her non member boyfriend). We drove there separately but had lunch together and did baptisms at the temple. It was a nice trip. The drive is about 3 hours to get to the Temple, so we had at least 6 hours drive time, and I tell you, I missed those kids, but when we got back to Grandma's, the kids (especially Madison) could care less that we were there! WHAT A HEART BREAK!!! :O) Oh well. I still know she loves me, she just felt comfortable at Grammies. LOL!

This is the back of the WQ Temple. It is from the cemetery that is behind there, and you can see one of the headstones of a pioneer there in the foreground.

The Angle Moroni statue on the top of the steeple on the Temple.

Back behind the temple on temple grounds is a cemetery of many pioneers that were buried while on the trek west. There is a monument there with this very large statue of a pioneer couple. The grounds there are just glorious even in the snow!
We had a good time and it was very nice to spend some time alone with my sweet husband away from home for once!

Matthew's 3rd Grade Program...

Last night was Matthew's 3rd grade music program! It was such a delight. There are about 80 kids in his 3rd grade, and about 10 or so were given speaking parts, including Matthew! It is hard to see where he is placed but he is on the very left, first riser from the bottom in a dark navy shirt and two stars on his chest. The 1st picture shows him at the microphone doing is speaking part! He did such a wonderful job memorizing his part, speaking it clearly and he participated in singing, even a song with sign language! I am so silly with these programs because I get emotional and teary-eyed, and feel like a fool, but something about seeing my children perform touches me with such love and pride! I cant help, I am hopeless! :O)

Tomorrow, my sweet husband and I are going on a day out together....with no kids. We will be gone nearly all day, getting back around 6 or so in the afternoon. This is the first time in a couple years (at least) that we have been able to do this. I wont speak of where we are going just yet. But tomorrow night I will update it! I will even have pictures included! :O)

Nothing new...

except that is is verrry cold outside! Brrrr! What do you expect this time of year, I guess!

Miss Madison has decided that she is now throwing TWO YEAR OLD temper tantrums. I don't know what the deal is with her, but she has always been quite a drama queen, throwing her head back when she is mad, no matter what she may hit on the way down. Today she was mad because I wouldn't hold her while I ate breakfast, walked away and then proceeded to throw her head FORWARD nose first into the floor, giving herself a nose bleed. I really hope that taught her that she doesn't want to do that again because it almost killed me to watch her do that. Today she learned how to take the lid off of the crayola markers. Not a good thing, but it was really funny because she got green marker all over her hand. I showed it to her and it really bothered her that her hand was green. She tried to wipe it off, and when that didn't work, she went around shaking her hand as if it would fall off on its own. LOL! She is such a funny baby (unless she is throwing a head banging, nose bleeding tantrum!!!).

Bethanie had dance class this evening, and I just have to say, she is such a beautiful little dancer. I saw her costumes for her spring recital. They are so cool. One of the songs she is [tap]dancing to is "She's a Lady"and her costume is a lady bug. The other one is a ballet dance to "Twinkle Twinkle [little star] and she will be in a black leotard and a sky blue skirt. I didn't see the skirt but it will be quite elegant, I am sure. I just love to see her so happy, which she is especially during her dance classes, because it is something just for her, which she really deserves.

Matthew is doing well. We changed a medication for him on Friday, and I can see that so far it is really helping him to stay focused, happy and interested in things. I wish we didn't have to do meds for him but otherwise, I worry that he would be so UN focused that he would injure himself by his not paying attention! I cuddled with him tonight and he just had such a wonderful smile on his face, just a true happy little boy. It made my heart just MELT!

Jeff is so busy this week. He is working a ton of hours, he has a dental appointment and hour away on Wed. morning and class that evening (again, an hour away) and then he works Thursday and then he has three days off of work. Tomorrow (Tuesday) he is working one if his 16 hour shifts, which he needs to, but we all just really miss him when he is gone that long. It is getting easier though with Madison being more independent, and Matthew happier. Bethanie is always easy.

Oh, I was asked (so was Jeff) to give a talk at Church on Sunday. Maybe tomorrow I can get my thoughts together on it. I think I will talk about our Primary.

Life is a highway...

and we are speeding down it! Things have been C R A Z Y around here! I don't really know why, other than there are 5 people in our family, and we all have our own things going on it seems! Check out "Our Life With Asperger's" on the right side of the screen for updates on all that. But for the most part, Madison has been sick off and on all week with still very little desire to eat. At least she is drinking. Matthew is such a happy little soul! FOR THAT, I am grateful! Bethanie is totally enjoying school. Soon she is going to be featured as Star of the Week. So tomorrow we will be gathering some pictures of her for the bulletin board at her school for the outside of her classroom. The weather is FREEZING outside and I find myself longing for some sort of nice weather to open some windows. I am exhausted from a very long day of travel and so I am heading to bed. The weekend is here tomorrow and that always brings crazy times. At least Matthew is sleeping in more and more, LOVE IT!!!!