Going on 6 weeks...

(Note: I wrote this post last week, then ran out of time before i could publish it.  Thankfully, we are doing better now.  I think.  Benjamin's nose did start running again yesterday…)

I'm trying not to count - its kinda depressing - but we are going on 6 weeks of one or both of the boys being sick.  I'm starting to get a little paranoid … what is going on???  we are normally a pretty healthy family!  It all started at the beginning of February with at ER visit with Joshua for croup … yeah, that created quite a few gray hairs.

Since then, its been a constant stream of ear infections, pneumonia, stomach bugs, and just for the cherry on top … an allergic reaction to the Zofran they gave Benjamin because he had been throwing up for 24 hours straight.  Yes, thank you, we are actually that pitiful.

At this point, Joshua is well, but teething.  Benjamin is battling a double ear infection, and I'm seriously considering not taking them anywhere for the next two weeks just to try to give our immune systems time to bounce back!

So, i've been brainstorming things to do in the house to keep us all occupied  … and keep from going insane!

I remembered a box of toys and books i had packed up back in November … mostly things that Benjamin had outgrown being interested in and Joshua wouldn't be ready for yet, but some good stuff too (A robot puzzle! yay!).  So i saw the box and thought, "For such a time as this!"

"This is my teething face." :(

I was impressed with how much
Benjamin's motor skills have improved.

It was only a matter of time till the whole thing got dumped out.

Benjamin felt it necessary to school Joshua in how "Trucks Go"
and Joshua was a very willing student :)

Huh? What?

This last one is my very favorite picture … cracks me up every time.  That book is missing a page so the words say, "Fire Truck says Wee-oo Wee-oo" but the picture is of a cement truck.  Benjamin just loves the book, but nothing gets past that Joshua!  Wait, Momma, that's not right!