Sick-o, cute pics anyway

Connor threw up Friday morning at 4:00 am. He was in the bathroom already and it only happened one time, but he has been laying low.

After he felt "so much better" this morning and actually wanted to eat/drink something, I gave him some chocolate almond milk.

An hour later, I found him on the floor of the living room and he didn't look so hot. I offered to carry him (all 44 lbs of him) to our bed. He agreed. Within 10 seconds of putting him in our bed, he threw up the chocolate milk without any warning whatsoever. He started throwing up again, but I already had him in my arms like a baby headed for the toilet. I consider it a huge success that only 2 drops got on the carpet! Most of it got on me and him. Poor buddy. He felt a lot better once he finished and wanted to take a bath. I'm sorry, I know it is gross, but I had to take his poor picture with chocolate milk all over him...and in the toilet too. That was all he had to "eat" in over 24 hours, so it looked exactly the same coming up as it did going down...still gross, but whatever.
He felt a little better later in the day and Declan was just playing on the floor and playing with his snowman blanket, so I got out the camera.

Poor Connor-man looks sick in the pictures, but they are still cute and worth sharing.

Double JJ Resort Weekend

We had a lot of family fun this passed St. Patrick's Day weekend at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Michigan. I honestly was more than a little skeptical of this Groupon purchase and tried to keep my expectations low. We had a wonderful time and it was a great place to go as a family!

The boys have matching suits but you can't really tell. 

both boys LOVED the hotel room...and having us all together in the same place.

day 2 at the waterpark while Brian kept Declan. This is when Connor whispered in my ear, "I love our little family."

check out those rolls!

Declan is delighted by Connor and finds him hysterical!

coloring in Sally's craft room.

schedule of events for Saturday. We did most of them.

Brian and Connor coming out of one of the big slides!

a little roping lesson :)

Declan and I took a little snooze while the "big boys" were in the waterpark.

Waiting to get his face painted at Sally's.

always smiling

painted face AND a balloon sword!

Family bingo. Connor won laser tag, the duck race AND bingo!

checking his winning spaces!

nice face.

Brian won blackout bingo and Connor picked out a frisbee for his winnings.

A little line dancing. :)

Declan's favorite time...in the room.

brother love.

love this face!

A "Wanted" Family. 

Waiting in the freezing cold for a pony ride.

Connor said this looked like an apple core.

Connor and an Eeyore look-alike! 

After freezing for half an hour, this is the closest we could get Connor to the pony.

Beautiful Blue-eyed Boy - almost 5 months old

Bumbo Bath

I am way behind on pictures, but here are a few from tonight. Declan LOVES his bath, but he can't sit well enough and he is definitely too big for his bath chair/sling thingy. We normally just bathe him on the floor of the tub, but I thought he would like to sit up and take a bath in our big tub.

FYI, Bumbo's float....even with a kid in them. I was glad Connor was in the tub with him and definitely didn't take my eye off him for a second!

The things 4 year olds say....

I am trying to remember all the funny things Connor has said this week. There is seriously never a dull moment.

I think it was yesterday he was telling me not to dance again. (I very frequently just turn the TV to "todays country" station and will dance with Declan in the living room.) I told Connor that he didn't have to dance and that he didn't even have to watch me dance, but that I was going to continue to hold Declan and "bounce" to the music.

Connor: "Mom, this is a living room in a house, not a dancing place." I think that was his version of "we do not live in a club...stop dancing"

There are more...some that I told my mom...I need to get her to remind me.

Oh, and we left Connor alone in the living room with a Costco sized container of blueberries. Big mistake. He ate the entire thing in ONE SITTING. I was sure that he was going to have bathroom issues, but I guess he has some sort of super bowel because to my knowledge there were no digestive issues.

Dancing

I was just dancing in front of Declan on his carseat.

Connor is playing with his cars on the kitchen counter. He stops and says, "if you want to dance, please go in the living room."

Poor kid is embarrassed by singing and dancing!

"Bam Soup"

Connor has renamed Ramen Noodle Soup, "Bam Soup". He lovingly refers to hitting as "bamming". I'm not exactly sure when this started, but maybe with a Disney Christmas special called Prep & Landing. I don't remember the exact context, but one of the characters in the show said, "Jingle Bam"....I digress.

So, he told me he wanted "Bam Soup" the other day. I had no clue what he was talking about. During moments like these, I often have to step back and attempt to think like my 4 year old. He helped me out a little when he said, "yeah, mom...when we were making soup and you let me bam it first." A-ha! I let him break up the dried noodles before putting them in the boiling water.

I will never call them Ramen Noodles again. Bam Soup it is.

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There are also "Bam Balloons": an awesome find at the Dollar Store with 4 in a pack. You "bam" the package and it expands until a tiny balloon explodes out of it. We got these for all of his classmates to put in their valentines....big hit for sure!!