Please Pray

There is a family here in New Richmond that although I am not close with, I have met both mother (Jenn) and daughter (Avery) at the local library storytime recently, and we have mutual friends.

They found out last Friday that little Avery (about 18 months old) has an inoperable brain stem tumor, and has a very slight chance of survival, even with the radiation that they have begun today. This family needs your prayers for a miracle. Please help to spread the word to your churches, your family, and your friends. I cannot imagine going through this right now with my own children.

Thank you.

Caringbridge Website:

Precious Avery

Waterpark Weekend

Due to the fact that the winter was a long one, and we had pretty much been stuck indoors since the weather turned cold last October, we decided to take a weekend getaway at a local waterpark in Eau Claire, WI. (Metropolis hotel, Chaos Waterpark, Action City). Highly recommended, as our experience was a great one!

Landon and Bronson absolutely LOVED the water!

Bumpa Ken and Nana came for the weekend to stay and help out.

Bronson

Landon

Gage had a blast, too! He went down the waterslide all by himself the entire weekend! There was only 1 that he was tall enough to do alone, and the other one that he could ride on with an adult had a dark tunnel that he tried once, but wasn't a big fan of. For his age, the one was plenty for the weekend, along with all of the other water activities.

Mom and Bronson

One of Landon's current silly faces

Bronson all passed out in Nana's arms

Landon eating, imagine that!

Soaking in the spa

Landon

Bumpa Tom and Landon taking a little snooze

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The Easter Bunny even found us in our hotel!

Landon and Bronson got some puffs and bath toys...

And Gage had a whole basket of fun things.

Two more Gage conversations

I've really struggled with my little man the past couple of weeks. It has to be an age thing, as I have talked with several other people who have 3-4 year olds and some have seen the same behaviors. He's just been so sassy, and refuses to take no for an answer for anything, and whines...etc. etc. He has also thrown a few temper tantrums this past month which is really out of character for him. So with all of that being said, I really have to take these moments that make me smile and remember them, as these are all parts of being age 3...going on 12!

Due to the rain, we were stuck inside all day today which had both of us going crazy. I offered to play "house" with him, as I had heard him and his friend Ben playing that last night. Gage then tells me, "You be the mommy and I'll be the daddy". He "leaves" to go to work, and upon his return, I asked him, "So, daddy, how was your day at work?" to which he replied, "I just hanged with my coworkers".

I laughed out loud.

"Co-workers? Where did you hear that word?"

"My daddy told me about his co-workers".

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When playing with his matchbox cars and trucks, I picked up a blue truck and said, "I've got a blue pick-up" . Gage replied, "That's not a pick-up, it's a muddin' truck!"
I looked a little closer at the truck and sure enough, there were mud splatters along the sides of it. It most definitely was a "muddin" truck.

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After noticing that it had started to rain really hard again, Gage went to the patio door to look out. Within a few minutes, I noticed it was quiet, so I said, "Gage?" and found the patio door open. When I looked out back he was nowhere to be found, so I went to the garage door and looked in the garage. I called his name again and when he still didn't answer, I started to walk out toward the driveway. There I found my little boy, in sweatpants and a t-shirt, barefoot, and riding his bigwheel all around the driveway. It took him several minutes before he noticed me standing there, with my hands on my hips, pretending to be mad. I had been watching him stop and pick up worms, just chatting away to himself. It was very sweet. A very typical little boy, just playing in the rain without a care in the world.

Needless to say he knows he is not to go outside without permission, but I did let it go this one time, as he's usually really good about letting us know.

Numbers...

After Tim finished roasting a chicken on the grill yesterday, he brought it over to the counter and stuck a meat thermometer inside to check the temperature. Gage asked Tim what he was doing, and Tim told him. Gage then asked if he could check the temperature too, so Tim handed it over. This is what came out of Gage's mouth during the next minute:

"Oh, woah! That temperature is really high! Look, Dad! Look what time it says! Wow. That's a lot of money".

It made me smile.

On another note, I'll be posting pictures soon.

Easter Fun

Grandma and Grandpa Fox came for a visit last weekend, and although I was really bad at remembering to take pictures, I did happen to snap a few photos of Grandma and Gage decorating Easter Eggs. Gage had a really fun time, and I think this was the first year he seemed to last longer than 1 egg's worth of dye-time!

At daycare yesterday when encouraged to decorate an egg, Gage replied, "No, I already decorated eggs with my Grandma Fox!" and he wouldn't decorate anymore! Grandma got a kick out of this story.



On Saturday, our local healthclub, "The Centre" held it's annual Easter EGGstravaganza party. As the party has always been held indoors in the gym, we were not aware that they changed that this year and we did not dress the babies appropriately. Fortunately, I had my winter jacket in the car, otherwise I had short sleeves on...
We didn't stay too long, but we did get a picture with the Easter Bunny (a.k.a. Erin, one of the swimming instructors) who really likes my kids!

Happy Easter everyone!

Homemade Meatball Subs

In case you are interested, I made a good meal tonight and wanted to share. Just as an FYI, I "cook" approximately 2 times per week. The other days we just make do with what we have...
but for some reason, making a meal for Tim and I makes me feel productive.

1 lb. ground turkey
1/2 onion, diced
1 egg
3/4 Cup bread crumbs (I used Italian bread crumbs-you can buy in a can)
dash of milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp Italian seasoning

Mix all together, and roll into balls. I placed them on a pan and cooked for about 30 minutes (or until done) at 375.

Place meatballs on open bun on a pan. Spoon desired amount of sauce on top of them. (I used Classico Sweet Tomato Basil) and then placed a slice of provolone cheese on top. I placed in the oven still heated to 375 until the cheese was melted and it was heated through.

It took me less than 15 minutes to make the meatballs, and the rest took less than 15 minutes. Gage loved the meatballs, minus the marinara sauce, which he does not like at all.

Enjoy!

A Sick, Sick, Season

I haven't been able to post much lately due to the fact that we are still struggling with illnesses here at the Fox household. Therefore, I haven't even taken hardly any pictures!

Last weekend I was struck down with the flu for the first time in about 10 years. I honestly cannot remember the last time I was that ill and it was not pregnancy related. From Saturday afternoon through Monday morning I fought a fever, the shakes, chills, aches and diarrhea. It was awful. Gage had a touch of something on Tuesday morning as he threw up twice, and then Bronson started to act like he was getting sick by Wednesday. On Saturday, Bronson was diagnosed with another double ear infection, and as it hasn't even been one week since he was on antibiotics for an ear infection, we were told it was time to see an ENT. I will be taking him within the next week to see whether or not they will want to put tubes in.

Yikes.

I have nothing new to say other than this trip with my twins in itself has been an exhausting one, but when you throw the illnesses in on top of it, I'm cashed out. Pooped. Tired. Both physically and mentally.

That is all I have. My life has become anything BUT boring, but when it comes to this blog, it sure seems so!