{homebound}

and, not by the reason I would choose. Noah had a big bite from the nasty flu bug. He is down for the count. It hit in the wee hours of Friday morning. Dr. W's office let us come as a walk-in - I made it to the clinic from hanging up the phone in 24.5 minutes. And, of course I was not even dressed when I made the call. Test = +. A long, long, long wait for the Tamiflu to be filled. He had an upset stomach on the way over, but, did not succumb to that until we were back home again. Thankfully, since yesterday, no more of that. His highest fever today - was this morning - 103.4. Poor thing.

I was heartbroken that they would miss their long-awaited trick-or-treating tonight. So, I made a mad dash to Wally World this morning and loaded up on candy and a new movie. He's still totally lifeless in there and looks horrible. The cough is nasty - but, so far his lungs have stayed clear. I do not feel well, but, then again, I haven't really slept for days - so, I'm thinking mine is just a cold (again) and fatigue. The other two are faring well so far. Let's just keep it that way. I've been editing away, doing a little online Christmas shopping, snuggling, snuggling, administering meds and ummm....snuggling.

Although I often dream of being home all.weekend.long.....this was not the box I remember checking?

Stay well everyone!

{MIA.....again}

sorry for the lack of updates! (that is particularly addressed to Aunt J!:)

noah and I had a bout with "something" last week. it bit me worse than it did him, thankfully. i made it through the wedding and finally started feeling better saturday. now, it is major catch-up time to a degree that i can't even put into words.

just me and my santa coffee mug filled with peppermint mocha.

all will be fine.

at least, that's what i keep telling myself! so....i'll be underground for a few more days. :(

{despite.....}

such a sad loss this afternoon....but, last night before she zipped away on the jet-plane to make it for that nail-biting game...this super-sweet razorback cheerleader helped with our fall festival fundraiser in a big way. she drew a big crowd for this photo-op!! hmmmm......i can't imagine why? ha! thank you so much lexie! (spelling, i apologize) we sooooo appreciate it. you are a beautiful girl inside and out!

despite a small space and a very last minute make-shift backdrop...here are a few. i have only posted kiddos i know, since i have no permission to post :)

two of greenwood's finest......




look at sweet hudson!!!



okay, noah's feet have not yet touched the ground. he has called everyone he knows. he thinks he must still have her lipstick on his cheek. and, he has requested i have this printed and framed to take to school on monday. oh, yeah, he is pretty sure his teacher will put it on the smartboard. hmmm....





one of the sweet guys who saved noah's night....

{my heart could burst}

when my world is spinning, they slow it down.........so incrediably thankful.

{conversations in the car}

today noah informed me that "she was a REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY good teacher, when she wasn't teaching."

hmmmm....

{here fishy, fishy}

today we opted to skip out on the (house)fly-fishing and stopped in a local gas station for some minnows. problem is......evan. he's just like that big bunny cartoon who loves his pets to a literal death. poor molly - that girl hasn't a chance. it's a miracle she is still with us.

back to the bait.

evan CANNOT leave them alone. i am pretty sure they have shaken-minnow sydrome. he just took me to the little container they are sitting in - that sits in an empty flower pot. he has stabbed a stake next to the bottom edge of the plastic bag. a near miss. if it had been millimeters closer - he would have had a waterless bag of dead minnows.

flies, anyone?

{clarification}

in case my son noah informed any of your children on the playground last week that he had detention. well....he didn't. he thought he did because he had to pull a card. that in and of itself about caused him to stroke. so, apparently, he spent his entire recess thinking he had detention. then, he panicked because he didn't know where to go for detention. he asked a teacher and she explained because his teacher had not given him instructions on how to fulfill his feared detention requirement, she assured him he was probably safe in assuming he really didn't have it. well, he fretted all night. went to teacher #2 the next day as soon as he could because by then he thought he would be having detention (he was still very unsure as to what that actually meant) PLUS whatever comes along with the absolute worst offense (principal?) since he was certain he had skipped it the day prior?? she explained to him, he was safe. she had not assigned that fate to him.

poor guy. he wasn't even relieved because he had himself so worked up.