The kids Christmas Break started with a half day on Friday, December 16th. They have two weeks off. Yeah! We've been trying to do fun activities and projects mixed in with the normal business of cooking meals and doing laundry and cooking and running kids to the ER and cleaning up throw up and grocery shopping and going to the Ward Christmas party and stuff like that. Yes, you read that right. A couple of those events stand out in my mind as well.
The first was the emergency room run we got to do Sunday night, Dec. 11. We had just come home from church and the kids were dancing to Christmas music in the family room while Tory started his 4 loaves of homemade bread (yes, he bakes us 4 fresh whole wheat loaves of bread each week...on top of everything else he does. He's pretty much amazing.) and I started dinner. We heard crying. It was Dallin. Then he said his head was bleeding. He had crashed into the TV cabinet on the top of his head. We got him into the kitchen. Definitely a lot of bleeding. Tory couldn't handle it. He says he can't handle head wounds. I've seen him pass out too many times in our almost 11 years of marriage (caught him and saved his life a couple times) so I sent him out. But not to worry...he was already on his way out. About that time Dallin was crying for water because he was so thirsty and then puking and white as a sheet. Definitely in shock. It was a good inch long and wide open. No butterflying that one, especially on the head like that. So off he and I went. He was much calmer by then and said it didn't hurt. He did great there and the doctor originally thought he'd put three staples in but made it with just two. He'll be getting them out tomorrow. OK, kids...no more ER visits! I'm getting way too familiar with that place. That goes for you, too, Tory! (I've taken him there more than anyone else. Geesh!)
Well, about 4 nights later or so, we were woken up by Austin saying he had just puked and didn't make it to the toilet. He did make it to the bathroom. Just not the toilet. Ugh. The whole bathroom is only like 4 feet wide! How could he miss?! Oh, well. He left our room to go back to bed and Tory and I were gathering the courage to get up and check the damage when we heard a scream. Dallin's scream. We ran for it, afraid that he had split his head open again. He had gotten up to go to the bathroom and slipped in Austin's puke on the floor and fell. He was OK, thank goodness, but entirely covered in Austin's puke from head to toe. We helped him up and he just lost it. When he was done he said he had never thrown up that much in his entire life. (At least he made it to the toilet.) Pretty much the sickest thing I can think of! I would have thrown up, too! Oh, my gosh! Seriously! Can you even imagine?! Poor kid. He jumped in the shower and my most wonderful husband in the entire WORLD cleaned up the puke that was now spread EVERYWHERE in the bathroom! Picture slip-n-sliding, splashing...yep. Took an hour to get it all cleaned up and bleached, etc. All I know is thank goodness Austin at least made it to the bathroom. Not a single drop on the carpet.
So amid all the fun and not so fun...some of us are a little tired out! These kids are dropping like flies around here! Falling asleep in the craziest places. Here are a couple from last week. So funny.
I was on the computer and Beckham was just playing around next to me. Just seconds later it got really quiet and I turned around to check on him and this is what I found!
I couldn't believe how fast he fell asleep! Tired baby!
This was just yesterday. A friend of mine watched the kids in the morning and I picked them up at nap time. I was getting everyone situated once we got home and realized I hadn't seen Claire for awhile. This is where I found her. I can't believe she fell asleep like that!
I don't even know how her head was staying up like that.
She was breathing sooo loud! LOL Her nose was all smashed up against the side of the couch.
Now THAT is one tired little girl who needs her naps every single day but especially after playing hard with a little friend!
Sometimes I feel like I could drop asleep like that. I have a hard time going to sleep before Tory gets home. Like right now. It is 12:58 AM and he's still not home from that late job...and I'm still up. Ugh.
We all need extra sleep around here. Some of us take it where we can.
