Emma and Will... Sort of looks like a newspaper engagement photo!

Ethan the tree climber!

Um, not sure what is going on here! Perhaps Will is being attacked by the tree.

Paige in her trendy sweater!

The kids checking out the gigantic, scary spider that they found. Paige first refused to go check it out but caved from peer pressure.

Sophia wondering..."Is it nap time or snack time??"

Today was an absolutely beautiful day! Chris had a coach's meeting today (he is going to coach Will and Noah's soccer team) so we met him halfway for dinner. We got pizza and met at one of the boys' favorite parks. We drove past about 10,000 motorcycles on our way to the park which is only 10 miles away!! Today was the first day of Bike Week. Here are some pics from the park. Noah was the photographer in one of the photos, can you guess which one??

To give you an idea of how nice the weather has been here this week, on my way to work this morning, I saw more kids on their bikes headed to the beach with surfboards than I saw headed to school!

Our new bed FINALLY came today. I really like it so I suppose it was worth the wait!

Noah is doing much better! He is back to his normal self. Hopefully this will be the last round of treatments for him. Today after school the boys decided to do art projects and also created their own drum set. It was quite a noisy afternoon. Melissa and I went to the gym for the first time tonight. We are slowly learning the ropes. Chris just left to go.

Katie's new ride! Are you jealous Chris???

Noah has ANOTHER ear infection! Last night he came in our room and was tossing and turning. I asked him what was wrong and he said his ear hurt. I gave him Motrin and he went to sleep. This morning he said he felt fine so we took him to school. By afternoon, his fever started and school called. I took him straight to the doctor, and sure enough, it's an ear infection. She put him on antibiotics for 20 days this time and if it doesn't go away and stay away, she is going to put a tube in his left ear. Hopefully it won't come to that. All he wanted to do was go to sleep and we were at the doctor during nap time. After the doctor we had to pick up Ethan from school and drop off Noah's prescriptions. He didn't get to sleep until 2:40. He is still asleep now. Poor guy!

On a happier note, my bed will finally be in this week!!

Today was chore day- always thrilling! Oh wait, never thrilling, that's right. I went to Target and Super Wal*Mart this morning. I truly hate grocery shopping. Chris worked on the pool while I was gone. We have been neglecting it recently. Earlier in the week it reached 81 degrees and the boys couldn't get in because it was so icky. It's all clean now and ready for another warm stretch! I personally don't get in until it reaches 88 degrees, so I think I'll have to wait until April.

Chris gave the boys much needed haircuts after dinner. The boys all arrived at Chris' Barbershop with money in hand. They all asked for haircuts that would make them look like their favorite Power Ranger. So, you may get Noah confused with Yellow Ranger, Will confused with Black Ranger, and Ethan confused with Red Ranger. Noah was doing his cRaZy dance all around the house. He wanted me to take a picture of him doing it for everyone to see. That explains the picture of Noah.

Thankfully the week is over and I rather forget most of it! I'm just happy it's the weekend. Today was super cloudy and it is supposed to storm tonight and tomorrow. To be sure the boys got some run time in, we went to a park in Daytona. The boys really liked it. They have frisbee golf there so there are lots of water traps with cool old bridges going over them onto little islands. Plus they had a huge dinosaur to climb there which was an added bonus. The boys ran around on the bridges and playground equipment pretending to be on a Mystic Forces Power Rangers mission. After, we tried to get the boys some soccer shoes for their season that starts in a couple weeks, but of course we couldn't find all the sizes we needed. We held off getting any because we didn't want one of them to come home empty handed. I think Chris is going to try to find them online. After they BEGGED to go to their favorite "dinner place." Thanks to Pop-Pop Wayne it's Bob Evans. They were very happy eating lunch there and Will and Noah crashed on the way home.

Okay, I'm finally breaking down and going to the doctor. Today is the first day that I am fever free, but my chest feels terrible. I took the boys to Blockbuster and Publix and I wasn't sure I'd be breathing by the time we got home! I just hope Chris can make it home before it is time for my appointment. It wouldn't be much fun dragging the boys to the doctor with me at nap time!

Today has not been all that thrilling. Ethan went to Emily's to play for a couple hours. While he was there, Will and Noah went with me to buy a new dresser for their bedroom. The one they had completely fell apart. Since they still aren't the best with taking care of things, I just bought a cheap one. Eventually they will be responsible enough for nice furniture- hopefully! They all had fun helping Chris put it together. Luckily he got most of it done before Ethan came home and Will and Noah woke up from their nap.

I'm finally starting to feel better today. Yesterday my fever stayed around 103 again all day. Today when I woke up it was only 101 and after taking some medicine it went away and hasn't come back yet this afternoon. Now I just feel dizzy from all the medicine that I've been taking!

The pictures are of the boys helping Chris put together the dresser. One was taken yesterday when Ethan had his friends Emily and Spencer over to play.

The boys had a great time at the race. Chris is the true champ for taking the three boys on his own. I'm not sure I would have been brave enough. I gave them a mission to take a picture of the M&M car and they succeeded in doing it. They even said they saw it racing! The boys said that they witnessed a crash and they left before the real race even started! Since Chris was traveling with three cute boys, he got some special treatment. One of the bartenders worked it out so they could go watch the cars from the roof. He supplied them with earplugs and an official Hershey Kissables 300 pin! Chris got a lot of great shots- here are just a few...

TGIF!! The weather here today is absolutely perfect. It was in the low-50's this morning and is now 80 degrees. I love this time of year when it cools off at night and warms up during the day. The summer is not so much fun when it doesn't go below 70 degrees even at night for four months!

I still have a fever, but besides that and a cough, I feel fine. I had a meeting this morning 30 miles inland, so Chris took all the boys to school this morning. Will and Noah had a nap today at school and came home in much better moods.

Tomorrow Chris is taking the boys to the Speedway. His boss gave him tickets to tomorrow's race. The tickets allow you into the pits if you get there early enough. Chris is planning on leaving first thing to take the boys to see all of the cars. The race doesn't start until 1:30 so I don't know if they'll even hold out long enough to see any of it, but I'm sure they are more interested in seeing the cars than they are in seeing the race. The actual race they are going to is called the Hershey Kissables 300. Hmm...I wonder if they will be giving out free chocolate, I may change my mind about wanting to go! The tickets are for a box directly above the winner's circle and includes free food, snacks, liquor, etc. I'm sure the boys will take full advantage of that! I'm sure Chris will take lots of pictures so I'll post some tomorrow.

Poor Noah...he hasn't been allowed to nap at school for two days in a row!!! Yesterday Will crashed on the couch at 6:00 and I had to wake him up so he wouldn't stay up all night. Noah fell asleep the second he hit the couch at 2:15 this afternoon so I let him sleep for 45 minutes. They have been so grouchy and clingy because of it. I don't mind the clingy part, but the grouchy part has got to go. They better be allowed to nap tomorrow! I came home a bit early today because I wasn't feeling well. I picked Ethan up at dismissal and we came straight home. I, well actually Will had the honors, just took my temperature and it's 103! Paige had the same fever last night and threw up all night. Luckily, thus far, I just have the fever. I didn't eat yet as a precaution. I'm going to have sherbet and Sprite in a little bit. It's my favorite sick drink and luckily I bought some when we went grocery shopping this weekend!

Here is a picture of Will with Miss Chelsea. He loves her as well. There are loads more pictures on www.eggknee.net
(Kate, make sure you read Will's shirt.)