Halloween 2009

So, Bailey was home sick on Thursday and I still let her trick-or-treat. She was looking a lot better and she didn't have her fever. The weather was beautiful. Around 70 degrees, partly cloudy and NO rain. Even though I didn't like trick-or-treating when it wasn't actually Halloween, I did like the weather. Today is actually Halloween and it is cold and rainy outside. We always seem to be sick around Halloween. Bella still has her terrible cough (going on 5 wks now), Bailey has a fever that keeps coming and going, Blake just started with a cough, Brian is still not feeling the best and neither am I. I just want us to be healthy again! I am so paranoid with Blake's condition and sickness. I have to make sure to keep him away from potential swine flu symptoms. The nurse actually told me to isolate Bailey when she has a fever. Seriously, try to do that with a 7 yr old. It works for awhile, but eventually they want to be part of the family again :) The nurse told me it would be really bad if Blake got the swine flu since he has a heart defect. I am going to try to get the vaccine later next week if the lines are too long.

Anyways, back to my original post :) After all, it is suppose to be about Halloween! Bryson was Incredible Hulk for his preschool and a dinosaur for trick-or-treating. We didn't get any picts of him being Incredible Hulk :( Bella was Jesse from Toy Story 2, Bailey was an angel and Blake was a skeleton. I can't believe how much Bryson was into it this year. We usually take a wagon with us, but we took the stroller with Blake in it so the kids had to walk the entire time. I never heard them complain though. I had a hard time keeping up with them. This was the first year I was lagging behind them. All the other years I was in front of them and they were the tired ones! Maybe I'm just getting old :) The kids got a lot of great candy this year. We had a ton on trick-or-treaters. I ran out of popcorn by 6:30 and I still had an hour and a half to go. I had to use some of the kids candy to make it till 8:00. Thankfully there weren't a lot of kids after 7:00.

I'm glad the kids had a great time. I had a lot of fun things planned for the kids today, but with them being sick and yet full of energy, I have decided to tackle the house instead. I definitely would rather be making pumpkin cookies and other yummy things. Since we have a very busy day tomorrow and I won't be home much this week, I better get the house into some type of order :) I'm sure it won't last long though.

Going back to work

Ok, tomorrow is my first day back at work since having Blake. I am pretty excited, but a little stressed to see how Blake will do in his nursery class. I will only be working from 9:00-11:30 so he won't be in there too long. On Fridays I will be working 9:00-1:30. I will also be in the same building he will be in and I can check on him whenever I want. I also know the ladies who will be taking care of him and I know they will do a wonderful job. I guess my issue is letting someone else take care of him. Sounds silly, but I love being the one to do everything for him. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE getting "me" time, but he is growing up so fast and I don't want to miss anything. With him being my fourth, I realize how quickly they grow up and there is only a little amount of time when you are the main source of their information. Once they are in school, they get all sorts of other information and their focus changes. Anyways, that in it self can be a whole other blog!! I am looking forward to seeing my friends that I work with and getting back to the "real" world. I have been getting out of the house a lot, but am looking forward to making a monetary contribution, as small as it is, to the family.

So, tomorrow should be an exciting stressful day!! Hopefully more exciting and less stressful :)

Bella's new "do"

Well, Bella has finally decided to get her hair cut shorter than a few inches. I have been wanting her to get her hair cut shorter just to make it easier since she doesn't like to put anything in her hair. So, on Saturday Brian and his brother took her to get her hair cut and donate it to Locks of Love. It looks great!! I can't believe how much older she looks. She seems to be acting differently too. It's amazing how much she looks like Bailey from the back now! I'm glad I didn't go with her since I probably would have cried. She is the last girl to have the long hair. Bailey donated her hair at age 5 also. I am so proud of Bella!!