The week in pictures

The last two weeks have been awful and frankly kind of <-disgusting. One thing that I learned is that one of the only things worse than being sick is being sick and having two sick kids. Evelyn had RSV and of course she's prone to ear infections so to add to the RSV she had an ear infection in both ears. The pediatrician gave her some antibiotics which cleared up her ear infections and then it was just a matter of waiting for the RSV to go away. With Evelyn very proudly showing off her new skill of identifying parts of the body -in particular the face- and having absolutely no concept of wiping her nose/covering her mouth/everything that aids in the prevention of germs it's no wonder Preston caught the RSV from her. And then to top it off Preston mysteriously got an eye infection. Let's just say it's been rough but on the plus side both the kids are almost all better and they are definitely back to their old mischievous selves.

Other things that happened last week:

Evelyn got into a box of sour skittles. I couldn't tell if she liked them or not. She would stick one in her mouth, spit it out seconds later, then grab another one and do the same thing. When I tried to take them away she cried.

Another day I heard Preston crying so I went to check on him and as soon as I walked in Evelyn shouted "I did it!" very excitedly - almost too excitedly if you know what I mean. I looked over at Preston and he was so covered in toys that I could barely see him. I imagine Evelyn was just trying to calm him down by giving him a stuffed animal.. and then another... and so on.

Evelyn learned how to get water from the fridge. Her potty just happens to be the right height so when she stands on it she can reach the button. Her new favorite thing is filling her little play pitcher up and transferring the water from one cup to the next, drinking a little in between until she runs out of water and has to refill it again. It's amazing what kids find to entertain themselves. I have to really keep a eye on her because as you can imagine this can get out of hand very quickly.

Evelyn had her first kind of intelligent telephone conversation. The highlight of it was watching Evelyn get all excited when she realized that her cousin, Eliza, was actually on the other end talking back to her. She kept repeating Eliza's name; Liza, Liza, Liza! and Eliza replied by saying "You're funny!". Nichole and I both tried to get the girls to say "I Love You" but the best we could get out of them was Evelyn signing it without saying a single word and Eliza whispering it back to her mom. It was pretty dang cute if I may say so myself.