My Sick Valentine

How pitiful is this face?

Lincoln has been sick over the past few days. We finally made it to the Dr's today, and besides a nasty virus, he also has an ear infection. I am confident that his medicine is already working: he is already perking up. I am also confident he past his virus on to me and Dave. Happy Valentine's Day!! Even though we weren't feeling well, I had to something special for breakfast. I had fresh strawberries from my produce co-op, so I whipped up some yummy strawberry heart-shaped muffins.



I have been taking care of a sick boy, so I haven't had the chance to blog about a couple things. Did you notice Lincoln's hair in the first picture? It is super short, because I tried cutting it myself. It has been about a week, so the imperfections aren't as noticeable! I love what my MIL told me: this is the best time to practice cutting hair, when the kids are young, because they don't care what it looks like.

Last Sunday when I picked up Lincoln from nursery, he was crying and rubbing his eye. The nursery leader told me that he got some bubbles in his eye from the new bubble gun they used. I thought he would calm down after he took a nap, but things got worse as the day went on. He barely napped and didn't want any lights on in the house. Dave and I tried everything we knew to make it better, but he still wasn't opening that left eye. We were trying to decide if we needed to take him to the ER, when Lincoln said, "Mama fix it, make it better." I felt so helpless, so we packed up and drove to the ER. He was crying and still had his eye closed until...we saw some fish in the waiting room. All of the sudden, that eye popped open, and Lincoln was laughing at the fish! I found out there were 5 other people in front of us at the ER. A nurse said it was probably just a scratch, and the only thing a doctor would do is prescribe some eye drops. Dave and I decided we could wait until the next day to see his doctor and spend some of the money we saved from the ER visit on something else...

these fish!

Petsmart was closed, so thank goodness Walmart sells fish. Meet Ernie (orange tetra), Shay Shay (yellow guppy), and Chinook (male guppy with large tail...if fish have tails). Lincoln decided on the names, Dave and I only threw out suggestions and he kept what he liked. Shay is his good friend who has blond hair. When she came over the other day, she was so excited to meet the fish who shares her name. Chinook is named after a helicopter, no explanation needed there! Ernie from Sesame Street is orange, so naturally the orange fish is Ernie.

It was my turn to have the kids over this week, and we have been trying to do a lunch with the moms every other month. I hosted the lunch this month, so all the moms just stayed and ate when they came to pick up the kiddos. Dave was so nice to take Lincoln to Chuckie Cheese the night before, so I could get most of the lunch prepped. It was fantastic to sit and eat lunch with 3 other women! I feel so lucky that our kids get along well, so we could talk and laugh while they played.