1 benefit of having sick kids

I guess one benefit of having sick kids and being stuck at home for the 11th day in a row, my blogging activity has increased. Below are 2 pictures that further illustrate parenting a 2 year old. These pictures were taken only moments apart. The first one was taken right after I had prevented her from stepping over a lamp cord, that she was going to trip over. She did NOT like being redirected. The 2nd was taken just moments later. Boy, they know how to lay it on thick when they want to don't they?














Funny Logan story. He ran up to me and said,
"Mom, I have to show you something on "Neighbor Aber Robbershood!"
"On what?" I asked.
"Neighbor Aber Robbershood!"
"Say that again?"
"Neighbor, Aber, augghhh! Neighbor, auggghhhh! Neighbor, what's it called again mom?"
"Mister Rogers . . . "
"Neighborhood, yeah that's it."

1 more Logan story: Yesterday as we were sitting on the couch he was touching my hair and he turns to me and says (in his serious Logan way),
"Mom, your hair is like Persian."
"Persian?"
"Yes, you hair is like Persian."
"Persian. What does that mean"
"I don't know.'
Then when I was getting Mikayla ready for bed he was standing by me, again playing with my hair (he's a very affectionate child) and says,
"Mom, your hair is like nectar."
"What? My hair is like nectar? What is that? What is nectar?"
Luke then interjected, "Nectar is what bees gather from flowers to make honey."
Both conversations were so funny to me. I was laughing so hard when I was trying to tell them to John last night.

Maybe I'll take a vote, what do you say? Persian or nectar?

DONWANCHU

As a typical 2 year old, her new favorite phrase is "Don-Wan-CHU!" (I don't want to). It's all slurred together into almost 1 word instead of 4. Needless to say, this is NOT my new favorite phrase. "Mikayla, do you have to go potty?" "DON WAN CHU!" "Mikayla, please sit down." "DON WAN CHU!" ARRGGGHH, 2 year olds are truly a test of patience! UNfortunately, her 2nd new favorite phrase is, "I-ont-ike-it" (I don't like it) Which doesn't really mean she doesn't like it. What it REALLY means is, if I say this phrase, I can get the things in front of me to change. For instance Mikayla asks for an apple. After I cut up and apple and place it in front of her, she pushes it away and says, "I-ont-ike-it!". What she hopes will happen is that I will then run back to the kitchen and give her a banana, but then she would most likely refuse the banana, and hope that I come back with fruit snacks. But what I know is that she does like apples, and she is just trying to assert her ability to change the environment around her. Luckily, I am usually smarter than a 2 year old. So when she refuses the apple slices, I just take them away and she gets nothing. And wouldn't you know it, 2 seconds later, she asks for them back and eats them all! Whew, toddlers have the unique ability to change a simple event, like eating a small snack, into an exhausting experience!

80% better

Saturday it seemed everyone in our house was on the upside of this flu thing. So I cleaned the house (again!) from top to bottom. Changed everyone's sheets, washed all the blankets, boiled toothbrushes, and opened the boy's window to get some fresh air in. But, I don't think it did much good. We got everyone up and off to church this morning, but after we got there I could tell Logan was lagging. After church we had an "Appreciation in Ministry" lunch for our Children's Minister, who is resigning. At the lunch Logan was really dragging, so John left and took him home. After I came home, Logan woke up from his nap and felt warm. I took his temp and it was 103.3. Poor guy! And I'm the bad mom who took him out in public! I hope we didn't infect everyone today! The good news is Mikayla and John are doing better and Luke seems to have dodged the bullet all together.

In other news . . . we are will be having a "Summer Activities Camp" at the southwest campus this summer. The lead team for this event met on Saturday morning and I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!! (excuse me) As I was preparing for the meeting I was going through old files from UCC's "S.A.C." I watched a highlight video we put together and I cried and cried! It was so touching to look back and see so many faces and relive great memories. Some things I'm looking forward to this summer is expanding the program (so far we have 13 different groups offered!) to include sports ,like basketball and volleyball! A luxury we didn't have space for at UCC. It's been 3 years since my last opportunity to serve in a role like this and I forgot much it energizes me!
I hope everyone else is staying healthy. Spring will arrive eventually, right?

All Quiet on the Wentz home front

Quiet? not a word commonly used to describe our household! But as the flu is making it's way through our family, quietness has settled in. It started with Mikayla, then John, and now Logan. When they're not sleeping they are sitting around in a Zombie like coma. So far Luke is going strong and is trying to dodge this thing! I can tell I'm fighting it off, but I'm the mom, I don't have time to get sick! So, as we enter our 6th day of a quiet house, I think I'm actually looking forward to the return of the noise that the Wentz house is accustomed to.

SNOW TAKE 2

Even better than a snow day . . . the day after when you have PERFECT packing snow! The kids had a great time making 4 snowmen in our yard. And 1 snow dog. Then they went across the street where John and our neighbor make a HUGE snowman. We ended the fun with some SNOW ICE CREAM, YUMMY! And then came in for WARM drinks!


Mikayla on top of the HUGE snow ball that became the Middle of our giant snowman.








Mikayla spent most of her time eating snow!









Mikayla in our neighbors back yard navigating her way through the snow!








The GIANT SNOWMAN!

In Da SNOW!

After almost 13 inches of snow, we had a SNOW DAY! It really was the perfect snow day, because we got enough snow to shut things down, but the weather was GREAT! The boys put their snow gear on and went out to play. And of course and the neighbors and their kids were out! Have I mentioned on here that we live on the BEST street? One of our neighbors came by with their snowblower and cleared our driveway, sidewalks and even part of the street! Our neighborhood is a real community. I could go on and on and tell you what I think contributes to that, but that is for a different post . . . Now for snow pictures!