I guess sometimes things happen in threes....

I wouldn't have believed it unless it happened here first, but the kids were in for a doozy of a weekend. And by weekend, I mean Thursday - Sunday. As I wrote about earlier, Gwen had a crazy ear infection that except for the medicine you never would have known she had. She is so unlike Trevor with ear infections. It is a good difference, and maybe it is because by this time, Trevor also was trailing off of his ear infections.

So anyway, on Friday, Gwen and I were playing around, and she always loves going upstairs, sometimes to pretend to tell someone to go to bed as if she is the mom. Anyway, I heard a thud at the top of the stairs and I knew she was coming downstairs, not of her own power. I looked up to see her on her head flipping downwards. Thank goodness our stairs are carpeted or it would have been a much harder fall. She landed on her knees and fell forward to her face, but caught herself a bit. She was crying after she landed, but by the sound of the cry, it wasn't from pain, it was because it scared her. I double-checked and asked her if she hurt anywhere and she said no. I wonder if her balance was a little off because of her ear infection, but regardless, she wasn't hanging onto the railing, and I reminded her that she probably should be doing that. And now she does.

Then on Saturday, Trevor was able to go golfing with Russ and his family as well as to a Wild preseason hockey game. According to Russ, he was fine at golfing, and then when they got to the hockey game he was complaining about his stomach hurting. He didn't eat much at the game and was saying he was tired. They left after the three periods were done and stopped by McD's for some food because Trevor will never turn down McD's. He eats three bites and asks Russ to pull over so he can be sick. But he doesn't get sick. He is probably really zoned out by the time they get home and he changes into his pj's and goes to bed. When I get upstairs to get ready for bed at about 11:30, I can hear Trevor getting sick. I go into his room to find him on the floor, out of bed getting sick. I rub his back, put him back in bed, clean up the mess and go to bed myself. Nothing else happens that night.

The next day, I had him eating a bland diet of toast and noodles, and he wasn't really that hungry. But when I told him that he got sick last night, he didn't believe me. He told me that he felt like he was going to be sick in the car coming back from the hockey game, but he did not remember being sick that night in his room. Sorry bud, but I would not make that up. Anyway, he never was sick again, but does now seem to have a cold. Don't really know what that is about.

So things happen in threes for the kids this weekend. I'm done for another year or so, thank-you-very-much!

I just have to be amazed

We were so lucky yesterday. It was such a beautiful day. I was planning on running an errand and then maybe going on a walk to the nearby park. But "Julie's mom" invited us over to their backyard for a playdate, and we happily accepted. So did a few other of their friends. It was already above 50 degrees when we were over there, so it wasn't chilly in the least. It just got warmer from there.

Trevor is finally at the age where I can expect him to be very well behaved around his friends. There isn't really anything that us moms need to be there for except to solve a little disagreement, but soon after the kids are running around and playing again. And in my case of a boy, REALLY running around.

Their backyard is fenced in, so even Gwen is pretty contained. They have a big swingset that she wants to climb up and slide down, so that's the only thing she really needs supervision with, but there are plenty of other toys for her to play with. They also have a raised sandbox that was a huge hit.

We made it all the way until lunchtime before we had to head home. I was barely able to keep Gwen awake to get home and eat lunch. But she cruised around for a bit before naptime, and then Trevor wanted to head outside again. So we then did some chalk drawings and then Trevor felt like running around the house a few times.

Then after naptimes, it was time for my golf opening dinner. It would have been perfect to play this week, but I'll take at least getting into the spirit from the dinner. It was nice to see all my golf buddies again.

It was just a spectacular day all around. And it seems like the weather is going to continue for another couple of days. It has been nice to see and feel it get warmer, but actually spending all the time outside like we did yesterday, REALLY makes a difference. THANK YOU WEATHER!!!!