Winter Bugs

Germs SUCK! The last two months someone in our family has been sick. Is any one else feeling this way? We just got all the kids over croup, had about a week off and then last week Jace got an ear infection. Last Friday Logan had a mysterious fever for two days. Then Sunday Cameron caught the fever. However instead of getting over it like Logan he now has a terrible cough . I'm yet again sitting awake trying to reduce a cough, without any cough medicine, when I should be in my bed ASLEEP! Knowing I won't get any rest tonight or this morning (depending on when night actually becomes morning ) I decided to catch up on blogging, the kids memory books, etc. But seriously...our entire family needs to have a break from colds. My mom suggested putting us all in a bubble. At this point I'm willing to do anything.

But onto more HAPPY things.

Christmas talk...

Since the beginning of October Logan was talking about Christmas. Back then I told him that it was WAY TO EARLY to even think about Christmas. But he couldn't help himself. We came up with an activity that has occupied him more than any toy. Each day he will sit down and cut pictures of toys he thinks are neat out of a magazine. After cutting, he then will look at every picture and analyze how the toy works, how much it costs, and if he thinks the toy is worth keeping in his bag. Some days he will even organize his toy pictures into different groups. He has down this activity so much that Cameron has started to cut things from magazines too. He has over 100 pictures of toys in his bag. During the day we have LONG conversations on what he wants from Christmas and that Santa can't buy everything in his bag. On his own he said that Santa would choose three toys for him. Thee toys is a GREAT number! The only problem now is DECIDING what three he really wants. Today the three things he is asking for is: MP3 Player, a art case, and a remote control airplane. Tomorrow I'm sure it will be different. All I know is that no toy will entertain Logan for as long as the act of cutting out toys has. Maybe I can extend this activity by talking about his birthday clear in July...

Cameron told me to CALL SANTA because he needed to sit on Santa's lap and tell him to bring a pew pew (I'm not sure how to spell the sound he made) I said, what is that. He then pointed into the air and explained "the bird goes around and around and I shoot it, pew pew." Jared then chimed in, "He wants a Duck Hunter." Interesting...I now know what Jared and Cameron watch when I'm gone. Yesterday morning when it snowed he said, "I need to find Elk in the snow with Daddy." I think Jared has found his little hunting buddy.