Mommy to the Rescue

N was sick once again! He got hit really hard with a nasty case of bronchitis and an ear infection. He appears to be mostly over it. He hasn't had a temperature in several days and his coughing has drastically reduced, but I don't want to get him sick all over again, so I'm still playing it somewhat safe and not taking him out as much as usual yet.

With that said...N and I did go to McDonald's Saturday night while D was at a toy tractor show in St. Louis. I know, I know... I even let N play on the indoor playground. Talk about germ city, but the child hadn't left the house in DAYS and we were both on the verge of going bonkers!! I used a serious (but safe) dose of hand sanitizer after he played and we washed his hands thoroughly when we got home. While we were at McDonald's N was able to figure out how to climb up to the top of the playground and slide down the slide. He loved it the first time.. Then he got alllll the way to the very top and got scared for some reason. I tried to talk him down, but he was crying "Help, Mommy... Help, Mommy." I looked around the playground at the other parents like "What do I do??" and one woman said... "We've all been up there, honey." So, I took that as permission to climb up into the playground to save him. I'm sure I was exceeding the suggested weight limit on the jungle gym, but I could not believe how wobbly the playground got the farther I climbed. When I got to N I took a quick survey of our options for getting down. Since there was no way N and I would fit down the steps together to get to the bottom, we went down the slide together. I looked at the slide and it didn't look to long or winding from where I was so I had no problem going that route.... Until I got in the darn thing and had no way of getting out.. That slide was twice as long as I estimated and had many more curves than I cared for. Urgh.. I actually felt sick upon reaching the bottom. Yuck. I looked at N and said "Okay, honey. It's time to go home." And he said "Put a shoes on, Mommy. This's scary playground." Too cute.

N and I went to music class this morning. N loves music class and has no problem dancing around in front of everyone. Today he did a first, though. He actually found a small plastic drumstick with a squishy red ball on top and held it to his mouth like he was singing into a hair brush. It was hilarious! He had everyone in the class laughing.

After music class I spontaneously called D and asked him if he wanted to head to Steak N Shake for lunch with N and I. His schedule was open, so he joined us. When D got into the car he asked N where we were going for lunch and N said "Steak N Cake, Daddy." D and N shared one side of the booth at lunch. At one point during the meal N studied D's face. He then pointed to different parts of his face and named them. He said "Mouth...nose...hair..eyes.....and very matter of factly...snot. Needless to say D and I cracked up laughing when he said it, but N kept a straight face and stood by his story.

Hope you had a good day, too. Take care and stay warm (that is if your not reading this from a warm, sunny, breezy place). -C