Catching up the blog

I haven't been real good about updating the blog lately. Keeping up with the kids and life in general has left me more than busy. Megan was sick again with a bad cold at the end of last week which she more than generously shared with me, and since I really haven't been sick too much this season I decided to go all out and really do it up with a weekend in bed...ugh!! At least I have a great husband who loves me and was very willing to take care of the kids while I retreated to our bedroom to be left alone. Thank goodness I was only out of it for about 36 hours because I'm not sure how much longer the kids could have lasted on take out, twinkies and oatmeal cream pies. Ok, maybe they could have. I'm still hacking and coughing just in time for the start of allergy season in good 'ol Colorado! Mitch and I sound great! Between his asthma and me being sick and having a cold we are going to buy stock in Kleenex! Mitch also got his first allergy shot yesterday. He did really well and I think the anxiety before the shot was worse than the shot itself. Now we go every week for about 6-9 months and see how he is doing. For now, we have a few more days of Spring Break left that we are enjoying and trying to squeeze as much relaxing time out of as possible.

Mitch at his wall climbing class at the Apex last week

Look, he got to the top!!

Sinuses

Mitch has another sinus infection so we were back at our allergist this morning. He also missed school today since it is really hard to concentrate at school with a sinus infection, speaking from experience. While we were there the doctor and I talked again about allergy injections. It's not what I really ever hoped one of my kids would have to go through since I got allergy shots for about 10 years but since he has been struggling with this for a while now it seems to be the road we are heading down. Poor guy! The look on his face when the doctor said a shot once a week for about a year was NOT pretty. I'll break it to him gently that the whole process could take up to 5 years.

A very Magical Night

We took the kids to Disney on Ice yesterday. It was tons and tons of fun (even Frank was thoroughly impressed) and it made me want to book a trip to Disney right a way. Megan chattered on and on through most of the performance and was in love with the the whole princess portion. Frank bought her a rose just like Belle's and she gushed the whole night and even had to sleep with it...too cute! There was lots of boy stuff too and Mitch had a fabulous time as well. Disney sure does know how to do it right.

Mitch enjoying some popcorn
Megan aka Belle!

Learning to Ride

Mitch has been learning to ride a two-wheeler in the past few days and Frank and I have shared the experience of running up and down the street behind him as he tries with all his might to get the hang of it. Today after school he wanted to get a few runs in; after getting frustrated with me "because I just don't do it like Dad" I asked him what Dad does that I'm not doing and he said, "RUNS"!! I laughed and tried harder but he still said Dad did it better and that I need to go faster and stop holding on so tight.

It's another one of those milestones that is fun to see happening, but at the same time a little hard to watch. Mitch has grown up so fast in the last 6-9 months that it is unbelievable. He is such a little man sometimes and hanging on to that seat while running behind him just a little too tight seems easier than watching him crash and burn. If he's anything like me though, the bike will hit the pavement a zillion times, and eventually he will get it.

Friendships over 30

I am finding that the drama of female relationships really doesn't change whether you are 12, 16, 21 or 32. This fact is so annoying! In the last year I have lost two really good friends and have been burned pretty badly by these women. From afar I can see another burned friendship coming and I am trying to cut it off at the pass before it even happens. Whining to Frank doesn't help, going to other girlfriends is like gossiping so I have just been praying for this friend, hoping she will mature in time, and desperately looking for dark chocolate hidden in the depths of my pantry(because of small, crazy dog)!