Project Life Tuesday ~ February 15, 2011

Sunday, February 6th: Super Bowl Sunday! Packers versus the Steelers. In a nail biter of a game, the Packers managed to squeak a win, to become the World Champions! Mommy was super excited, and I think Daddy was too, although you will never hear him admit that!

Monday, February 7th: Matthew is still getting over his sickness from last week. Ryan seems to be doing much better now that he is on antibiotics. The boys playing with their Mickey Mouse train they got for Christmas. 

Tuesday, February 8th: A trip to Target today and Mommy picked up something she hopes to start using soon... but only time will tell. Mr. Froggie the potty! I think it will be a while yet, since they both are not talking much yet. I will probably end up with two boys just getting potty trained before going to school. Whenever they are ready, at least we will be ready!

Wednesday, February 9th: Matthew seems to be slowly getting better. At least he has slept the past few nights all the way through, without Tylenol. No fever anymore, just a lot of congestion, same as Mommy and Daddy. What a fun cold this has been!

Thursday, February 10th:  Mommy bought a step stool the same day as she bought the Froggie potty, and this has been the worst decision she has made. Allowing them to have further reach on our sacred counter top has caused too many problems, and the step stool was put away soon after this day. Here they got a hold of a roll of paper towels and were throwing them all over the kitchen floor. That I was not too upset about. It's the coffee mugs and scissors that they brought over to Mommy that made her "lose" the stool. It can come back out when they listen a little better. 

Friday, February 11th: Daddy went to the doctor today, he has a sinus infection caused by the cold from the boys. Matthew is much better, he looks like he will not need to go to the doctor too. Mommy should go to the doctor, but is also waiting a few more days to see if this clears up on it's own. Matthew feeding Peanut, not something we usually encourage, but it was too cute. Ryan, my Mountain Goat, can now crawl up into his highchair on his own. He keeps Mommy on her toes!

Saturday, February 12th: Aunt Heather, Uncle Pat, Katie and Ilona came down today. We went out to lunch at Steak n' Shake, and thought about going to the Magic House with Heather and Pat, but that would be right during the boys' nap, and with their colds, we decided to just wait until everyone was feeling better before we go. The boys had fun playing with their cars from Steak n' Shake after their naps, taking their duckies for rides. 

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Project Life Tuesday ~ February 8, 2011

Sunday, January 30th: No picture and no journaling for today. I must have been on vacation today and completely forgot my project. I could insert a generic picture of our life in here, the many loads of laundry and dishes... the destroyed house with toys as far as the eye can see... but I am sure you can survive without one day of pictures. :) Whoops, I lied, here's the picture from that morning... the date was wrong. Matthew and Ryan helping daddy vacuum the kitchen.

Monday January 31st: The snowstorm of the century is on it's way... or so the news people say. The boys had their First Friends group in the morning, so mommy dropped them off to play, and she ran around town looking for salt. Too bad St. Louis was completely out of salt. And the grocery store was a madhouse. So mommy's three free hours turned into about a half hour to catch her breath before turning around to get the boys. Then we were off to catch a quick lunch, and to the doctor's office to get Matthew's stitches removed. We were scheduled to get that done tomorrow, but with the snow and ice on its way, the doctor's office called and rescheduled. The pictures are from First Friends, I snapped them before the boys realized I was there. Playing happily with the new toys.

Tuesday, February 1st: The storm of the century turn out to be a flop here. We got 4-6 inches of sleet, which compacted into 1-2 inches of ice overnight, so that was not fun. But we did not get the 10-20 inches of snow they were calling for. Darn! Jason did get 1/2 the day off from work though, so it was nice to have him home with me and the boys. Matthew's scar looks really good now that the stitches are out and the cut can breathe.

Wednesday, February 2nd: Three pictures for today. The first one was two sick, and cranky boys. I know, I am such a mean mommy, feeding them food... what a crime! Ryan is sick, again. He's running a mild fever, refusing to eat and has a runny nose. I am not sure if this is the same as what Matthew just got over, or something new. We just can't seem to stay healthy this winter. Wishing for an early Spring!!

Thursday, February 3rd: This is going to be a doozy of a cold for Ryan. Lots of congestion, still running a mild fever, and CRANKY! Matthew has the sniffles now too. Oh boy.



Friday, February 4th: Our second trip to the doctor this week. Fun! This time it was for Ryan, we decided to bring him in since he just hasn't been getting any better. He has a mild ear infection, and we decided to go ahead and treat it since he has been sick all week, and this would be his first time on antibiotics. Matthew being a daredevil... no wonder he was the first one with stitches. Of course, Ryan climbs on the tables (and chairs) too, I just happened to catch Matthew doing it today. Movie link for today too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcpSEkmqwZE

Saturday, February 5th: Matthew is sick now too. He has what Ryan has. Runny nose, congestion and fever. Great. Ryan seems to be getting better, although he is still not eating well and cranky. At least the fever is gone and his nose is clearing up. I am including a picture of the pup since I didn't take too many pictures today. Not a very relaxing Saturday!

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Project Life Tuesday week 4 ~ February 1, 2011

I have to admit, I have been really good about taking the pictures, but I am slacking a little on the journaling everyday. So I may have to make up some things that we did on these days... ;)

Sunday, January 23rd: Packers versus the Bears. It was war in our house, since Jason is a Bears fan, and I am a cheese head. Grandma and Grandpa Peterson bought the boys Bears and Packer jerseys for their birthday, so we thought this was perfect for today. We'll make sure we have one of each fan, unless they both are smart and decide to love the Packers too. (By the way, the Packers are going to the Superbowl!)

Monday, January 24th: Mommy had a doctor's appointment today, so we met daddy at the office and went out to lunch afterward. Matthew is helping out with the laundry.

Tuesday, January 25th: I am sure a lot of fun things happened today, but all mommy remembers is our trip to the ER. Daddy, Matthew and Ryan were playing after we got home from dinner, chasing each other through the house. I think a combination of running and new shoes caused Matthew to trip and fall, hitting his head on his little wooden chair. We got the bleeding to stop pretty fast, but with the swelling it was not laying right, and we knew it would scar unless it was stitched up. So off to the ER we went, right at bedtime. Four hours later, an exhausted family is home with a little boy with four new stitches. The first pictures are prior to the accident, the boys were playing with a new puzzle we just bought and mommy's cookie sheet.

 

Wednesday, January 26th: Matthew is doing OK today, but you can definitely tell his head hurts. Both boys took a 3.5 hour nap today, with mommy. They haven't slept that long at nap time yet. Mostly because if I am awake, I don't let them sleep more than 2 hours. Otherwise Ryan refuses to go to sleep at night.. thankfully they were both so tired from the night before, they both went to bed OK tonight. I am sure this won't be our only trip to the ER in the next few years. Here is a picture of Matthew's battle scar.



Thursday, January 27th: Ryan decided he wanted to be in on the attention too, so today he got his thumb caught in the laundry room cabinet door. Matthew and him were playing in the cabinets, and he had his thumb right along the edge that hinges open, and got him thumb stuck when Matthew opened the door.

Friday, January 28th: One of those days where I forgot to jot down some news from the day. Whoops! Matthew had fun playing with the diaper box. He would try and crawl into it, and play hide and seek with mommy. Ryan, my daredevil, used the box to climb up onto and get things off the laundry room counter top. Each day, we find more and more of our "safe places" get busted by Ryan. Movie night tonight. We all watched "Cars," since that is the boys' favorite movie.

Saturday, January 29th: The boys and mommy went outside to play in the melting snow. Today it was around 40 degrees, so we had to get out to enjoy the warm weather. Mommy made a snowman for the boys, and they had to help put his hat and eyes on. They mostly just helped take them off, and hand them to mommy to put back on, but it was all fun. Daddy worked on the stairs in the house while we were outside.



I hope you all have a wonderful week. Let's hope ours isn't as exciting as this past week!

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Project Life Tuesday week 3~ January 25, 2011

Pictures for the week of January 16-22.

Sunday January 16: Ryan must be teething again, he has tried to bite Matthew at least 4-5 times today already. He usually only starts that up when he is having teeth issues. Mommy got in a cleaning mood and cleaned out the pantry! Amazing! It has been at least 2 years since I last took on the pantry, and boy does it look nice. Now daddy needs to get the doors on and it will finally be done!

 

Monday, January 17th: Today was the boys' second trip to "First Friends" a church daycare that they go to every other Monday from 9-12. This way mommy gets a breather, at least every other week. In the pics for today, Ryan was playing with his penguin, and giving him hugs. Matthew petting Peanut.

Tuesday, January 18th: Ryan, Matthew and daddy playing after daddy came home from work. The boys and I tried to go to the craft store today, but the boys were unusually fussy. So that made that trip pretty short.

Wednesday, January 19th: Ryan is going through a phase where he does not want to go to sleep at night. He will be laying down and almost asleep and when you walk out the door, he pops up and starts trying to climb out of his crib. Tonight he succeeded in falling out. Jason and I try to watch him closely until we are sure he is asleep, but he fooled us tonight. Hopefully that will be a lessen learned, but I think with Ryan he needs a few bumps on the head before he starts to listen.

Thursday, January 20th: We got snow again last night. I think they said somewhere around 8 or 9 inches. The biggest snow storm in ages. Matthew lined up all his oranges at lunch today. He's definitely a problem solver. 

Friday, January 21st: Another long day of Ryan and Matthew fighting over toys, and Ryan biting. Some days the boys will play like angels, and I can get some things done without having to watch them, and other days... well at least by the time they are in school they will have grasped the concept of sharing, better than most kids!
 

Saturday, January 22nd: Daddy took the sled out of the attic so the boys could go "sledding." We haven't attempted any hills yet, but just pull the boys around the yard. They seem to enjoy that. Afterwards we let them run around in the snow. They really didn't want to go back in the house. The terrible twos and tantrums are daily things now.

I hope you all have a wonderful week! Go PACKERS!

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Mr. Smarty ~ January 20, 2011

I don't know if this is normal for a 20 month old. I may have a little genius.



This is from lunch today, Matthew was lining up the oranges, so that each faced the same direction even. It must be from all those "Little Einstein" cartoons.

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