My Funny Nephews

Click HERE to read a post I just had to share from my sister's blog. She has a couple of the funniest boys ever!! Enjoy.... By the time I was done I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard!

Riley's Doctor Appointment

It's been months, but I had mentioned that Riley was having chest pains.... pains that our old doctor said were just "growing pains." Well our new doctor didn't want to mess around with this, so he sent us to Wichita to a Pediatric Cardiologist, knowing that there wasn't the right equipment in McPherson to properly cater to Riley.

Overall, we weren't that impressed with this doctor, but he did 4 tests (EKG, Echo, Sonogram.... and another that I can't remember) and they all looked "boring." Which in the medical field is a positive thing. He wants us to keep Riley extra hydrated, and we can keep monitoring him to see what happens. His suggestion was to get a cheap stethoscope and listen to his heart next time he has another episode.

Here is Riley with a smile on this face and bed head.... first thing he did was get gooked up to about 10-15 wires, and he was still smiling! He did great!

We will see what happens.... My brother who works in the Cardiology center at KUMed, isn't so confident this doctor went as far as he should have. If things progress, we may have to go a different route.

First Soccer Practice

Reece had his first soccer practice tonight. He loved it. I actually didn't give him a choice... I signed him up and then I decided to tell him he was going to play. Once we started shoe and shin guard shopping he warmed up to it pretty well. Afterwards he actually told me, "Soccer Is WAY more fun than basketball. I held back my hurt and I will be very happy that he is enjoying this. Just hope it lasts...

A funny from after practice.... after he professed his love of soccer, Reece and I were walking back to the car and right before we hit pavement, he said, "Now here for the girly part...."

I looked so confused and he continued, "You know.... like high heels!?"

Hehe.... he thinks the way cleats sound on pavements sounds like girls with their high heels. Silly boy!

Scary Adjustment....

.... or my boy who calls "Wolf."

Last night was the FIRST night Reece had to sleep in his room all by himself. Due to spring break, and the fact that Riley does have a TV in his room the boys had been staying in Riley's new room and watching a movie and then falling asleep. Well, we are close enough to going back to school, I had the boys in their own rooms by 8:30 for the first true night of separation.

About 30 minutes later, Reece comes in to our room and starts bawling huge crocodile tears. The kind that congests you immediately. He tells us how scared he is, and about all of the noises he hears. Then he tells us that he wants Riley's room. HA!! I'm pretty sure we're being manipulated at this point. Or at least Reece is giving his all at trying to.

After trying to reason with him for a bit, and telling him that the noises he is hearing is mom and dad moving around and it's an old house.... not a single floor that doesn't creak, I agree to go lay down with Reece to try to calm him down.

Calming down did not follow. I offer to allow the closet light to stay on, or the lamp. I offer to turn on some music to drowned out the noise, and he wants none of it. He complains that Riley's room is lighter... so I offer to get blinds for his window instead of his dark curtains. Nope! That isn't enough.

We then go into the "talk" about Riley being older, and many times the older child gets certain privileges, first. I told him I had 6 brothers and sisters older than me, so I never got things first! This prompted him to complain about it not being fair! It's always oldest to youngest. Even with friends..... my mature rebuttal was, find younger friends! Ha!!

I told him how much I LOVE his room, and he tells me he doesn't. His is more fun and WAY bigger than Riley's.... Reece doesn't care. Reece has all of the toys, and again Reece doesn't care one bit! He did ask if he will ever get Riley's room.... I say maybe (thinking of Riley moving out) but it won't be any time soon. Of course, that's too wide open for Reece. "When do you think I will get it?" I told him a LONG time, and in my head I said, don't hold your breath.

When I finally gave up, and told him to calm down and go to sleep it all comes out. He likes Riley's bed, the stripes on the wall, and the TV. As I stated before, this TV will only be able to play DVD's. I then left the room...

This brings me to this morning. I asked Reece how he was, and he was good. I asked how he slept, and he said fine.... but he had a "nightmare." I asked what happened? And he didn't want to tell me, then he downgraded it to a "scary dream." Finally he told me he dreamt about dinosaurs. I don't know how accurate this was, but I told him if he ever got really scared he could come to me. I'm 2 steps across the hall.

Part of me really wishes I would have never put them in the same room..... EVER!!! But that's really just silly thinking. Reece is a clingy personality, and doesn't want to be alone.... EVER! And when it comes down to it, Riley got something new. Reece wants something new too! Here are the 2 rooms we are upset about.... really, aren't they both fun!?

Reece's room that I updated last June.

(See June 2011 blog for more.)

And the room Reece wants now.... My last summer 2011 project I worked on. I'm still putting things together, so I don't have an updated picture.

Growing pains for Reece will continue.... It's tough being the baby.

Spring Break

We are just a couple days away from getting back into the swing of school and work. Can't say we accomplished much.... it rained most of the time. We did get to have the boy's cousin, Aidan come for a couple of days..... and again it rained the entire time. They still had a blast! It was video games and Legos. I actually have to thank Aidan for bringing the excitement back with the Legos. My boys play and build, but only for a bit, then they just get spread out all over the floor only to be touched when I ask them to clean. I always wonder how they get back out all over, when I never see them play with them. Hmmmmm?

We did take some time to separate the boys. They now each have their own room. Riley was definitely ready for this, but Reece was less than thrilled. There is a TV in Riley's new striped room, and Reece doesn't understand that there will never be cable hooked up to this room, so he thinks that Riley will be able to stay up and watch TV all night long. He'll figure it out. Reece also has separation issues.... he will never survive alone in this world, which frightens me just a bit as he grows up. It's still a work in progress, so I am not ready to take pictures of Riley's new room. Jake is working on his shelf, to help organize. Oh, and did I mention in rained? Good thing the boys are best friends..... very little drama.

We signed Reece up for soccer today. Didn't ask him about it, just did it! We went to get the proper gear, and I think that made it a little more fun for him. This kid needs to try new things, he's just built for it!

Lastly, I have a funny to post about the new rooms.... the 2 closets back up to each other, and the boys shared this morning that they can communicate from there. Well, I was in ear shot this morning to witness the "communicating." Of course, YOU were probably in ear shot too! I hear a, "REECE! GET IN THE CLOSET!"

Then I hear, "I AM IN THE CLOSET!

And it continued..... "HI, REECE!"

And so on and so forth..... Lovely communication.... I literally laughed out loud.... they are little geniuses!! I hope we keep the communicating to a minimum for my sake.

I hope these last couple days don't fly by too fast, and when they do, I hope the time for summer comes just as quick!

4 Day Weekend

Well the boys and I had a perfectly planned 4 day weekend from school/work. It was perfect because I got to see the entire Big 12 Tournament, and we haven't had any extra days off from school since January, so my brain really needed this extra time off too. And while I flirted with the idea of completely vegging out all 4 days, I actually had some productivity.... such as these S'mores Mini Dippers....

So I modified it a bit.... I went a little more expensive and got huge Hershey's chocolate bars, and went cheap on the graham crackers. I don't regret the Hershey's.... I mean who doesn't LOVE Hershey's chocolate? I would not go cheap again on the graham crackers.... they wouldn't crack for me the correct way, which is why my treats don't win the "pretty enough for Pinterest" award. Truthfully, I don't like marshmallows that much, so I really didn't make this treat for me, but these were so addictive and yummy, I had a hard time sharing with my boys!! ;)

Yesterday, Jake and I got a little fancier with our technology.... we became proud new owners of IPhones. Jake was gracious enough to allow me to get the 4s with Siri, and Jake stuck with just the 4. Above is my first picture with my new phone. I mostly wanted this for the camera.... now I don't have an excuse not to take great pictures of my adorable boys. And no flash to scare Riley!! Yay!!

Then we actually finished a project from the fall.... Jake had bought these landscape bricks when they had a great sale on them, but we had to wait to do more. SO, yesterday we got busy and this after we bought our plants, but before we got messy, and here is after we played in the mud for hours! It rained on us, but it was so worth it!! Now I think we can say our yard has 1/50th of it landscaped to our liking.

(Please look past all of the other not pretty things in these pictures.... it's going to be a huge undertaking!! A little at a time!)

BEST Aunt EVER!

Last weekend, when I was lucky enough to go to the KU game, Aunt Jaime stepped up to help out with the kiddos.... She was originally planning on making it down Friday night to sleep over, which the boys just love it when she does, but it didn't work out that way. So, Aunt Jaime (who is the farthest thing away from a morning person) woke up at 5am on Saturday morning, only to drive down the McPherson and take the boys to breakfast before taking them on to Wichita.

Then they got to grub on this massive cinnamon roll from Neighbor's Cafe. From the reviews, this pastry looks way better than it actually tasted. I think they even had a chance to bring leftovers home, but declined. Oh well.... I think the atmosphere and company made up for it! 3 cheers for Aunt Jaime!!