March miscellaneous

tongue twins

Leo & I can both roll our tongues.  Harrison & Jeff cannot.

Harrison at a classmate's birthday party.  It was a Frozen theme.

Leo received these Batman pajamas in a get well gift basket from his teachers at school.  He loves them!

Harrison recently had a dental check up.  He was so excited about his first ever x-ray.

At the park Harrison found a giant nail.  Then we fed the birds.

The birds were getting very close.  I didn't take the picture in time but you can see that Harrison jerked back when the bird came close to his face.

a warm day at the park with friends

 Leo had kite day at school.  He did a good job flying it.

Happy Birthday Leo!!

First of all, I can't believe Leo is 5!  He had a great day and felt very special.  I always let them pick out all the meals on their birthday.  Leo wanted chocolate donuts for breakfast.  I put his L E O candles in donut holes.  He got to open all his cards that came in the mail at breakfast.

I brought him a Happy Meal for lunch at school and that made him happy.

Leo decided to hand out little cans of play-do to all the kids in his class for his birthday instead of a treat.  He thought about what color to give each person.  He told me that after he handed them all out that everyone gave him a hug.

His teacher made him a birthday crown that he even wore through dinner.
Dinner was Chick-fil-A with ice cream for dessert.

Since our house is still very much under construction, we're having a little party with his cake next week.  He was fine with that; however, at 6:00 AM on his birthday he ran into my bedroom and said "where's my birthday cake".

March color days

March color days were yellow, green and orange.  Leo missed white day because of his surgery.  It was raining pretty hard on green day so that picture had to be inside.

Harrison had a pajama day and a sports team day.

 Team day was also the end of the quarter celebration.  Right before I got there Harrison fell on the blacktop and skinned his hands and knee.  It was bad.

the end of demo

We finally finished removing all the old subfloor and installing the new subfloor in order to be ready for the new hardwood floors.

The boys loved helping Jeff!  He gave each one special jobs to do.  Leo liked to saw and Harrison liked making sure the screws were tight.

Leo got to cut the carpet pad.

Harrison pulled up any staples left behind.

They both love breaking things!

And this was the LAST screw to finish up the new subfloor.

new video

Lately the boys have become very interested in what they were like as babies.  They ask us to tell them stories about them as babies, look at pictures, watch their videos, etc.  I thought they would like this little montage I made from some of their baby moments.

I asked them what their favorite parts of the movie were.  Harrison said when he blew out Leo's birthday candle.  Leo said when he grabbed the dinosaur.  All of them are my favorite!

St. Patrick's Day

Leo has finally started wanting real food so I took the boys to Sonic for corn dogs and green drinks to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.  I know that doesn't sound very Irish but they loved it.

Harrison wanted me to take his picture in front of the corn dog sign.

Leo's surgery

After a lot of sleep issues and through the process of elimination, we ended up at the ear, nose and throat doctor.   We were referred to him for snoring, sleep apnea and nose bleeds.  He sent us over for x-rays.

Within an hour, the ENT office called to schedule surgery.  They said the doctor would also cauterize Leo's nose during the surgery.  We didn't tell Leo about the surgery until the night before.  He was excited about breathing better and less nose bleeds.  Obviously he didn't fully understand everything that was going to happen.  They told us he could bring a few comfort items.  He chose his blanket, silly monkey and black Spider Man.

He was all smiles when they rolled him back.  They gave him gas to knock him out and then put in the IV.  His doctor came out and told me how the surgery went when it was over.  He said Leo's adenoids were huge and that he probably hadn't been able to breathe much, if any, through his nose.  He then told me that usually in kids they only cauterize one nostril, whichever one is worse.  Leo's were both so bad that he had to do both of them.  Prior to surgery the anesthesiologist told me that four was the worst age for coming out of anesthesia.  Boy was she right!  Leo was mad at the world and demanding to go home.  Eventually he calmed down enough to drink something and they let us go home.

Recovery has been a little rough.  I know it will take a while for him to get back to normal but he doesn't.  He's frustrated that he can't go and do the things he wants and is tired of being cooped up at home.  I know he doesn't feel good but it's hard for him to articulate pain levels.  He hasn't had much of an appetite either.  But, everyday has been better than the day before and I feel like he is getting back to his old self.  I know a lot of people were praying for him and I know it helped.  We are so thankful for a skilled doctor, nice nurses, a successful surgery and all those who showed concern for Leo.  He even received a care package from his sweet teachers and card from his classmates.

Chunky Sneeze

The boys earned another trip to Chunk E. Cheese (which I like to refer to as Chunky Sneeze).  We also felt like it would be a good final hurrah before Leo's surgery.

On the very first game Harrison played, he hit the jackpot and got 125 tickets!

I love Leo's intensity.

the big rat himself

They always enjoy this place so much!

Dr. Seuss week

Both Harrison and Leo's schools had daily Dr. Seuss activities this week.  Harrison chose not to participate; however, on twin day (where you're supposed to match with someone like Thing 1 & Thing 2) Harrison accidentally matched with his backpack.  He was okay participating like this.

 Leo, on the other hand, was eager to take part in all of it.

This day the kids were supposed to dress up like a Dr. Seuss character.  Leo is "blue fish".

 On Cat in the Hat day, they wore crazy hats.  Leo loved wearing his bull hat.

 On Fox in Sox day they wore crazy socks.   Leo has on banana and hot dog socks.