Appreciating my kids on a new level

I have an ear infection. It sucks.

A new game and two cute boys

While the boys were waiting for their turns for swim lessons today, they played a new game called "stick the sock to the brick wall." It was created by John when he whipped off his sock and it stuck to the brick wall. (One of those "Eureka!" moments). It lasted a good 20-30 minutes, so you know it was fun!






Here is an unrelated picture of two of my three cute boys, looking particularly cute.

Christopher's vocabulary

I make no guarantee that what comes out of his mouth will sound like the real word to anyone not in our family, but here they are:
Batman
OK
No
If you're happy and you know it (HAPpee doh)
Hi
John (Dau)
Daddy
Mom

Just so you don't have to look at Christopher's battered face anymore

He's mostly healed up. The bug bite did go down in 3 days and he only has a small scab under his noes again! Hooray for fast-healing children!

When bad things happen to good toddlers

So Christopher had a really rough day yesterday. Tony and I noticed a little red bump on his eyebrow in the morning and just thought he bumped his head, normal for someone who is learning to walk. When he woke up from his nap it was twice as big. He was very fussy, so I called the pediatrician on call and he agreed that it was probably a bug bite. We put benadryl cream on it, and went to the library.
Then, in his new big boy shoes, Christopher stepped off the curb and planted his face on the asphalt in the library parking lot. I was later looking at his poor little swollen and scratched face and said he looked like he'd been in a bar fight. John added "And lost."
However, as you can tell from the photographic evidence, he remains in good spirits.

Lost

It looks like Blogger lost some of our comments on the previous post. Anyone else have that same problem? Back up your blogs everyone, as Pa would say!

Christopher's Ear Surgery

Well, it's finally done. A week later than we thought due to mysterious childhood virus number 873 (an unexplained 5-day fever).
He went back to school today.
The doctors installed ventilation tubes and removed his adenoids, which is exactly what Tony had. John just had tubes installed. (At almost the exact same age!)
Christopher already seems happier, and is moving around possibly better. But that may just be getting more walking practice. The doctor, a lovely red-head with a warm smile, told us that she got out the gunk (my word, I can't remember hers), and she actually shuddered when she said it. It has to be pretty bad to gross out a doctor whose surgery waiting room has a TV that presents live cataract surgery. Yuck.
Anyway, here are some pictures. Sorry for the blurry ones.
















He had a little bit of difficulty in the first period of coming out of the anesthetic. He wouldn't take any fluids, but later he slowly worked his way through the day eating and drinking in usual Christopher style!