What a Week!

We've had coughs and colds for a while, but Brooke started to get the full-fledged cold this week. On Thursday, Mommy got a call from daycare that Brooke was wheezing and sounded like she was breathing hard. Mommy left work in a panic to get Brooke. After a visit to the peditrician and chest X-rays, we were told to "just watch her and watch her breathing". It has been an epidemic winter for RSV, so thankfully that's all it was!! Brooke is sleeping in her bouncy seat in her bed to elevate her head, even though we've used her elevated Moses basket for a while. Brooke is almost too big for it - but she's actually "outgrowing it". Kylie and Neela were out of them at 3 months because they were scooting everywhere on their back -- Brooke's just getting a little too tall, but she still seems to LOVE it!

On Friday, we ALL stayed home with Daddy because Tracy's was closed. Neela and Brooke had a rough Thursday night (one of them was awake every hour), so it was probably best we stayed home. Kylie was well rested - and helped Daddy by putting herself down for her nap. When Daddy wasn't watching, she somehow got into the baby-proof cough syrup and dumped it all over the bathroom floor. Then, she put the cough syrup and children's tylenol in the loft fridge. While in there, she found the milk Daddy had ready for bedtime. She took a sippy cup, set it on Daddy's nightstand, climbed in his bed, and took a nap.

Saturday was our first day of Little Gym without Mommy & Daddy. We wore our ballerina outfits. We started off wearing our tap shoes, then switched to our ballerina shoes, then went into the gym. The biggest challenge for us was the transition from unstructured classes (OK, where we could "explore" as much as we wanted) to structure. We did pretty well for being the littlest ones in the class!! And, Daddy caved and bought us cheeseburgers afterwards - but we had to eat them at home because the tower was "getting cleaned" (how creative Daddy can be!).

Saturday afternoon was a challenge!! Brooke and Kylie took a nap, but Neela was not tired. She played with Daddy and Brooke while Mommy ran some errands. When Daddy was changing Brooke, Neela decided to "hammer" the front window next to the door (the most expensive window in the house)... and it cracked... guess what needs to be replaced now?? Then, she decided to reach WAY across the counter to get a permanent marker - she colored a "sticker" on Brooke's outfit. (It's a good thing Mommy knows how to use stainsticks!!!) After Mommy came home - and while Daddy was making supper - things got quiet again... Mommy came downstairs to find Daddy taking the cleaning spray (which was also WAY across the counter) out of the girls' hands -- they had been in the pantry "cleaning" the food! What a day!

Of course, Brooke added some humor... she woke up Saturday morning determined to show the world her super-long tongue. She spent all day sticking her tongue out and curling it under chin for anyone who would watch!

Sunday started with the big girls helping make pancakes, then they pulled all of the clothes off the drying rack onto the floor - so they could reach their doll house... oh what a joy!

When we weren't in trouble, we really enjoyed entertaining Brooke -- she smiled at EVERYTHING we did!

Hope you have a great week!!