Swing = Love

Sly Grin, a photo by here we wander on Flickr.

Aunt Kelly was Sawyer's hero for the day. She came over to visit and took the boys out into the back yard to play.

Their first stop was the trampoline for a little bounce therapy. Sawyer loves it, especially when someone bigger is in there to make him bounce really, really high. Mommy is banned after surgery, and Daddy avoids it for back issues, too. That leaves cousins and friends, and Aunt Kelly.

Next up was to quickly grab Aunt Kelly's unattended Cherry Pepsi. That makes everything even better, right? Sawyer is a notorious drink stealer, so this didn't come as much of a surprise. He waits until the second you're not looking and sneaks in for the kill. He almost always gets it.

And last but not least was the swings. Sawyer LOVES the swings. He's even taught himself how to push a little. Though he's never adverse to you helping him out in going really high. But he'll swing himself, or twist himself, and be equally happy.

Trampoline. Cherry Pepsi. Swings. Aunt Kelly rocks, and today was a good day.

Pretend Baseball

Have I mentioned Connor is incredibly sad that baseball has ended? So much so that when Aunt Kelly came over this afternoon to visit and took the boys out into the back yard, he made up a game of pretend baseball while bouncing on the trampoline. Sawyer says even the pretend version sucks (notice the hands over the ears). Baseball or no, it was a beautiful fall day in our part of the world today.

Who's Sick Today?

How Many Screens?, a photo by here we wander on Flickr.

It's a game we've been playing all week long. And we're all kind of tired of it.

It started with Sawyer the middle of last week. Nasty stomach virus going around school. He managed to stay at school, but it was messy. Xander followed late last week, but also stayed at school.

Monday morning it hit Connor even harder. He got sick at school, as in all over the carpet in the classroom. That was my first phone call of the week. He came home early Monday, and then stayed home on Tuesday just to be safe (low-grade fever Monday with the illness).

My second phone call of the week came on Wednesday. Xander was going through round two, also with a low-grade fever. He came home, then stayed home again today just to be safe. Tomorrow is still up in the air for him. Though clearly it's not stopping him from enjoying his screens (yes, wiped down with Clorox wipes after each session).

Musical sickness, apparently. Daddy even complained he wasn't feeling well after working all day (and night) yesterday. I told him it was just being assigned to the ambulance instead of the fire truck for his shift - that would be enough to do it for me.

This was all we needed as I continue to recover from my recent surgery. The last two days, I've done probably ten loads of laundry - sheets, mattress pads, comforters, towels, clothes, anything and everything that can go into the washer on sanitize setting. I've also gone through several cans of Lysol and several containers of Clorox wipes trying to keep things contained.

As much as I love fall, this part - the musical sickness every year at the change of seasons - I could do without.

Here's hoping it stops soon. Before it makes me sick, too.

Snapshot Sunday (Tuesday)

Twin Holding Area, a photo by here we wander on Flickr.

The actual photo is from Sunday, if that helps.

And the Season Ends ...

Batting Gloves, a photo by here we wander on Flickr.

Connor is already asking about Spring. His brothers are still cheering the end, which was late Sunday afternoon. Or at least they would be ...

This week finds all of the boys battling various stages of a stomach virus. Connor is the latest victim. After a big weekend, wrapped up with his last game of the Fall Ball season and dinner out with the extended family, we got a call 30 minutes into the school day that he had thrown up in his classroom. Nice.

So now we're eating lots of crackers, drinking lots of Sprite, and using a lot of Lysol at the moment.

Good times.