Fewer cooties more fun

First an update on the kids. They are both feeling better but still not 100%. Sara slept for 14 hours last night! Yes, you read that right, 14 hours!! We put her down at 7:45pm and she woke up at 9:45am this morning! Then to top it off, we woke her up after a 3.5 hour nap today! Apparantly, she needed some sleep!! Her fever has been in the 99's today so getting close to normal, which we're happy about. She is a little croupy but we're hoping with the fever going down it means she'll be feeling better soon! Iain is also getting better but still not quite himself. He just had a look on his face that told us he wasn't feeling great. He asked for a nap today which is also a tell tale sign that he's not feeling well. Luckily he has stayed fever free all day!

On a happier note, last night a neighbor dropped off a few things for Sara. They were getting rid of some things their son doesn't play with anymore and thought of her! I wish I had a picture of her face when she saw them!!! It was a combination of complete surprise and overwhelming joy! Look at this! They gave her an Elmo chair and giant Elmo. I'm not sure if I've discussed her addiction on this blog. Sara has a serious Elmo addiction! She loves everything with his face on it. Pillows, clothes, dolls, dvd's...you name it, she loves it! I'm sure that to her, these gifts were a dream come true! She sat in the chair for a good 10 minutes before she got up!

Posing with Iain!

The kids being silly! Notice she's still in the chair! She was happy to pose with her brothers but was not ready to get up or share!

This afternoon when Iain was feeling a sudden burst of energy, he decided he wanted to get the ramps out. We figured he is old enough to make decisions like that, to decide if he felt up to it or not! He did well for about 30 minutes, then decided to stop! Look what he was doing......teaching himself to do jumps off the ramp! He wants to learn the jumps so he can do stairs at the skate park! (You can see the stairs that he's striving for in two of the pictures from yesterday's post. The kids get speed then jump in the air over the stairs, land on their boards and keep skating!! ) I'm amazed at his determination to skateboarding. So far, it has been the one thing that he goes back to time and time again. How is he getting so big?