What is it??

Who cares!!! What every it "was" my boys got it and are finally getting over "it"! Yeah!!!! I took them both to the doctor yesterday. I tried sending Cody to school as he hadn't had a fever since Saturday AM but after an hour the nurse called and said he needed to come home. He was sneezing and she said "looked uncomfortable". Ok. I was calling the doctor anyway and when I finally got through - I decided to take them both just because I was going. Dylan had the fever all day on Sunday but by Monday it was touch and go. The doctor decided he probably had something viral and to just watch it. Happy to report as of today - he is fine! Appetite and attitude back! :) Cody I had sort of self diagnosed. You do get to know your kids. Whenever Cody gets a head cold - it turns into an infection. His nasal passage is so close that the germs just stay put. The doctor did say that at the on-set of the illness he probably had either the flu or H1N1..but they did not swab him for it. He had had his last fever 2 days from our visit with the doctor. So it would not of done any good. He had all the signs: headache, vomiting, cough, fever....the doctor did say that having the flu shot probably helped him along. Thank goodness! He agreed with a sinus infection and gave him amoixicillin and today he had a full dose. He is back to himself also.

Watch out teachers - they are all yours tomorrow! :)

My sister had her surgery. It lasted about 3 hours. She has a lot of internal stitches but only 3 marks on her stomach that only required a steri strip to close. She came home today but felt a little more worn down today. Her blood pressure was dropping - not exactly sure why. Possibly from the pain meds she was on. They switched her to Darvacet and that seemed better. Unfortunately, she had to come home with the catheter still in as she is not back to peeing a 100% yet. The doctor did tuck her bladder so he figured it was probably just a little more swollen than normal. She should get that out on Friday. Resting at home is so much better and I know Karly and Connor were excited to see her. Now, she needs to get better so I can have my shopping partner back! :)

Halloween festivites / sick kids

The Halloween festivities are all over. We had lots of fun this year with the boys being in school. Tyler had his party on Thursday. He wanted to take cupcakes so I baked em and Daddy frosted them. He had fun with his friends.

Thursday, Cody had ran a temp on and off all day. By the end of school, he came home and hit the couch. I was hoping it would end at that. It didn't! About 11:30, he woke up getting sick. Then again at 2am. No school for him on Friday which also meant he had to miss all of his school fun. He was so sad as he really was looking forward to wearing his costume. I'm a room mom in each class, so I went back to help out in Dylan's class. It was so fun to really meet some of the kids that he talks about all of the time. I over heard one kid ask him "is that your mom"......I remember always loving when my mom could come to school for events. Kids love that! As his party was winding down, Cody's class was just starting. Even though he wasn't there, I thought I would stop down and help. His teacher is so sweet and was shocked to see me. She said she missed him and was so sad he wasn't there. Me too! She rounded up some stuff for me to take home to him. I went back for the parade and got Dylan all ready. The kids looked awesome in their costumes. Brought back so many memories of my parade walking days. As I was standing in front of the van, Cody's teacher came by and was really hoping that I had brought Cody to watch. The kids wanted to stop and say Hi. I love his teacher!

Halloween day was good to the boys. Cody woke up feeling much better, still tired, still coughing but the fever was gone. So they waited as patiently as they could till it was time to go out trick or treating! The Smith's came down and my mom for pizza and then it was time! Costumes were put on and we were off. The got lots of candy and had fun. Brett and I just strolled together as they went from door to door. They have the routine down pat. Connor was a little slow and brought up the rear but he did great. When we thought it was time to stop, Karly, Tyler and Dylan didn't want to stop. So they kept walking while Connor and Cody went back home.

This morning Dylan woke up with a fever. It's been hoovering around 100 and he's been on the couch for most of the day. He's coughing and not eating. I know he doesn't feel good when he doesn't eat. He always eats! :) Tylenol seems to be working but only lasting 4 hours. Just waiting to see what day Tyler gets it. I know it's coming. :(

Today was also the last day of football games. Yeah! I get my husband back on the weekends now. We have missed him! And I must note that he got extremely lucky this year.....he did not have one game in the rain. It might have sprinkled but he never got soaked. Very lucky and probably won't happen again.

So what is up in the coming weeks. ..... Tanya has to have surgery tomorrow as she is getting a partial hysterectomy done. Gonna be a long recovery but hopefully it goes quick for her. Cody goes to Syracuse on the 9th for a meeting with Dr. Tatum and with Dr. Dillingham for an adjustment to the expander. Not sure why Dr. Tatum wants to see him so my nerves are already kicking in. Connor has his 3rd birthday and then there is Thanksgiving!!! Yum, Yum! I love turkey day. I love the food, especially my mom's turkey! And of course...the countdown is on till the big man comes!!!!

Wiggles Show

What a fun fun night we had. Kind of neat that it was just Tanya and I and our youngest. That doesn't happen often. We had decent seats for being FREE! The little boys aren't into having all that stuff to eat - so we walked out of there with $15 stuff Murray guitars and that was it. Not bad for a Wiggle concert. Especially when we took Cody and Dylan a few years ago we spent $50+ a piece on the tickets.

It was a great show. Great back drops...lots of acrobatics, not only from the Wiggly dancers but also the Wiggles themselves. And they are getting up there in age. They sang a variety of songs from all of their different DVD's so that was cool. Connor and Tyler had a blast! Tyler said his favorite was Fruit Salad and Connor loved Hot Potato and the drums. They rocked it out together on their guitars while Murray sang "Play your guitar with Murray".

Sam and Murray went around the audience and said Hello's and Sam came right up by us. He stopped by our seats and Tyler got a very personal Hello from Sam. That was very very cool. When Cody and Dylan went, Murray came up by us. I think it's great that they do that for the folks that are sitting up in the seats and not on the floor. Honestly, I was happy we didn't have floor seats. Kids were all over the place and it just looked like utter craziness. But the kids all do have a great time.

Toot.Toot.Chugga.Chugga.....Big Red Car!!!!Tyler with his Murray guitar! (and thank you big brothers for being twins and having 2 wiggles shirts. :)Connor and Tyler dancing to the WigglesConnor doing the "cook-a-doodle-doo"Rockin out to "Play your guitar with Murray"...... All over....awesome show!

Toot.Toot.Chugga.Chugga...We are going to the Wiggles!!!

It all started a month or so ago when I found out the Wiggles were coming to our own back yard. Figures.....when the boys were 3 we took Cody and Dylan and drove to Albany to see the show. However, they have gotten older and have out grown them. Tyler never really got that into them. So I wasn't going to buy tickets to go. Then the radio stations started giving away tickets so Tanya and I would listen, call and get close but "no cigar".

Tonight, they were giving away the last sets of tickets. The catch was you had to go to the store, wait around for the hour and maybe your name would get called. So off to the store we went. Now as true fashion....with the last name of "luckey" that doesn't bring me any luck when it comes to winning stuff. It's a jinx and it goes the opposite way. They were giving away 2 pack of tickets when the second name called was "Tanya".....Yippee!!!!! Connor and her were going to the show! Then they called "Karly".....she was so excited! She wanted to win something so bad.

This next act just touches my heart deeply. She "gave" those tickets to Tyler and myself so Tyler could go as he has never been. She too went to the Wiggles show back many years ago, maybe she was 3ish. I love her. She has the biggest heart of any 8 year old I know. She is the best big cousin that my 3 boys could have. She talks about them to her friends and teachers like they are her brothers. They fight like siblings. I wouldn't have it any other way! She was the "1st" in our family and the only girl (lucky her) and cause I'm not having anymore and won't have a girl - she is my girl too! I must say she has a great head on her shoulders for being 8 and I can't wait to watch to her into a young women.

I love you Karly Jane!

Pumpkin Carving '09

It's funny how far we have come with the pumpkin carving. First it's all Brett and I who create, cut and let's face it - just get excited. Ok, maybe just me...Brett humors me! :) Well this year, we supervised. The boys are old enough to do most of it themselves. I got smart last year and put down a plastic table cover on the table. I remember when I was young, we used paper bags from the grocery store. Well now you only get plastic or use recycled. I hate spending the money for the birthday parties on the decorated table covers but if you can re-use them then all the better. So, we lay that down....put all the guts and goo on it and clean up is a piece of cake! Brett cut off the lid and the boys went to town scooping the insides out. Then we drew the faces they asked for and they got the knife. Yes, 3 little boys with knives was pretty scary but they did a great job. They followed our lines and cut out the eyes and nose. After we drew out the mouths, they were "tired" so Brett and I cut 3 mouths. I think they did a great job!

Tyler scooping out his pumpkin..

Everybody is busy cleaning out the pumpkins..Cody and Tyler cutting out the eyes..Dylan is very serious about carving..They are so proud of their pumpkins....Aren't they awesome! Pumpkins all a glow!

Cody lost his first tooth

Yeah! Cody is so excited to have finally caught up to his brother. The tooth has been loose for a little bit but Cody was nervous to have it come out. He would work it a little with his tongue but that's it. So tonight, as I was telling the boys not to screw around cause somebody would get hurt.......two minutes later Cody comes crying with blood on his hands. After quick review, I told him his tooth was out. But "where" was the tooth??? Got a washcloth to help the bleeding, checked the clothes....then Dylan says "my sock got caught on his mouth"....(ah hah, so the sock did it)........checked the sock, no tooth. Cody was getting sad thinking the tooth fairy wouldn't come without a tooth. I told him we would write a note. We went back to the "scene of the crime" (the porch) and got on my hands and knees and I found it! It is safely under his pillow and waiting for the tooth fairy to arrive!!! :)

Cody's missing tooth!

Cody holding his tooth

Caught off guard....

So today, I had a conversation with the grade-mom in charge of Cody's class room. She is the head person in charge of communicating amongst us volunteers for parties and such. (first experience with that too)....But as we were talking and because you don't have much inter-action with the parents as we did in pre-school, I asked her who her child was. She said "john". Oh Ok...I've heard Cody talk about him but that's it. She says to me "Who's Cody, what does he look like?"....

I'll be honest, I wanted to say "he's short"..........ha,ha,ha....but then thought "duh Kelly all the kids are short - they are in Kindergarten". I hate to admit I came out with "he has blondish/brown hair"...(Yah that must of narrowed it down for her)..............but I will be darned if I was going to say "He's the kid with scars on his lip". I almost told her that but then thought I will not/can not describe Cody to another parent of which I don't know and who doesn't know Cody that way. He is way more than those scars. I'm not used to describing my kids, either they are with me or people just know what they look like. So I have to come up with something. But she caught me way off guard! So go ahead....ask! "What does Cody look like"????

He:

• has blondish/brown short hair
• has an amazing smile
• has big brown eyes
• has long eyelashes
• wears a blue winter coat.
• carries a Pokemon backpack

If you happen to notice he "has scars" then good for you! If you wanna know why, ask! But I will not describe him that way!