Brighton's trip to the hospital

Today we took Brighton to the hospital to have surgery done on his man parts. That's what I like to call them. We had to be there bright and early at 5:30, which means we had to leave the house at 4:45. I looked at the clock at least every hour last night because I was sure something would happen and the alarm wouldn't go off and then we'd have to pick a new day to do this all over again. Brighton woke up in a great mood. He was excited to get in the car and go. We go to Women and Children's and they took us on back to the Pediatric pre-op area. Brighton got his own little yellow gown to wear and had a great time being looked in his cage.

We played in the playroom for a bit, and then it was time to take him back. The nurse just held out her arms, he went right to her and sat with her on her hip while she finished talking to us. (That never happens with Brighton. He's the "drop off and hide" kind of baby.) So finally she took him away and we went out to the waiting room to wait.

The surgery was successful and I got to go back when they were just waking him up. He never cried. He talked a bit, drank some juice, threw it up, and dozed for a bit. After we had been in recovery, for a good long time, we got to go home.

He sat in his seat like a big boy, threw up all over everything again, and then fell asleep.

He moaned and slept off and on for about 7 hours and then decided he was all better. Since then he's been up walking, scooting, and acting pretty much like normal. It must be great to be a kid!

Never any time to write

Well, I haven't had a chance to write much in the past few months. I guess with five kids there is always something to do. Brad is on spring break right now, but we aren't going anywhere. Which is just fine with me. He's going to spend all of his time doing college work and I'm going to spend all of my time doing everything I do every other week. Things seem to work better when our routine is the same.

Since I last wrote, Elijah has started playing violin. He really seems to like it and is improving each week. Will took some art lessons and is looking forward to taking more. Briley is just Briley. Lucy is wearing her pull-ups just because. At least she is telling me after she goes to the bathroom that she is pee pee. Brighton is up several times a night, but that should be over in a few weeks. And that's about it.

So, many I'll write again sooner rather than later.

Big Girl Lucy

My baby girl is a big girl now. No, she is not potty trained yet, but she is sleeping in a big girl bed now with her sister. About 7-8 times a night Lucy will get up, run in our room, and yell, "

Briley's bothering me!" I wonder who is really doing the bothering? Although Briley does do her fair share I'm sure.Her is Lucy's pretty crib. (I am so glad I found this picture because I took down the crib, moved it into the boys room, and replaced all the purple and pink bumper pads for reds and blues. Then I realized I didn't have a picture of Lucy's crib.

These pictures remind me of a high school friend who use to go around an say, "You're so pretty when you sleep." I think he got it from a movie. But just look at them.

Don't they just look so pretty? And calm? And quiet? Let me stress the last part. Quiet!

Little Angels!

And here are all of the animals that sleep in the bed where ever they will fit!

Playing at Pride Rock

My boys love to build sets. They like to leave them out for days and have very elaborate stories that go along with them. Here is one of the latest animal sets that they have come up with:

The big stuffed lion is actually Pride Rock (after The Lion King movie) where all the animals live. The animals are all group according to their kinds.

Notice the line of elephants.

And the group of hippos.

Don't forget to check out the primates and giraffes

(which apparently won't stand up of carpet.)

Here we have the pride of lions. They are enjoying their kill.

Did you notice the Zebra's foot in the lion's mouth?

Even the cubs are eating.

This is apparently a carcass that was tossed aside because the lions decide to go after the whole heard of zebras. This is the hyena that is eating his supper.

And here is a poor little leopard that got trampled in the chase.

What are we teaching out kids?

Freckle Face Pancakes and Noodle Necklaces

I am one cool mom! Will had been asking about the pancakes that we had a long time ago with the smiley faces. So I bought the whipped cream and made them again.

Everybody loves these and I only have to cook one for each kid because they are so filling. (Each kid usually eats about 4-5 pancakes whenever we have them. Seriously!)

Notice Will's noodle necklace. He made it in Co-op. He has to wear a necklace everyday. He went shopping with his Paw Paw this summer and got to pick out several pirate necklaces. They eventually all broke. His Paw Paw just sent him some new ones in the mail. He now is always wearing one of them, along with a bead necklace that we can't take off without cutting and he does NOT want it cut off.

It's funny that he doesn't like his long hair because he thinks it makes him look like a girl, but yet he will wear this noodle necklace and thinks it makes him look like a boy!

Brighton

Brighton is at that really fun age where I can set him down and he is happy to crawl and explore for hours. He has also found our corner cabinet that holds all the kids plastic dishes. He loves to pull EVERYTHING out.

I'm always yelling out, "Where's Brighton?!" if he's not under my feet. Trying to keep the house baby proof with four older siblings is a challenge.

He has also started trying to fly. Here he is right before take off:

Life is fun and games all the time-almost!

Will's Experiments

For several weeks now I have opened up my freezer to find hundreds and millions of cups blocking the way to get anything out. Will has decided to perform experiments by freezing water in cups. He is so proud of his ice!

Here is a close-up of his frozen water:

And here is another one, only he stole Brighton's Cheerios

to see what would happen when they were put in the water.

Oh to be a kid again and have your only worry to be if the water would actually freeze or not!