All talk and no pics

Sorry, I have no pictures for this post.  We recently went to St. George for the holiday weekend with family and I forgot my camera like a dope.  Oh well.  We've had a few interesting things happen this past week.  On Thursday, Tyler had his Valentine's Day party at school.  Well, I got a call around noon saying that Tyler had puke all over him.  So I went to school as fast as I could and they said it wasn't Tyler's vomit, but another kid had thrown up all over him (and it was ALL over him--shirt, pants, socks and shoes).  Guess who the kid was?  None other than Eric's commanding officer's son!  It was so gross--the nurse hadn't done anything to clean it up so it was up to me (probably due to legal issues).  Now let me tell you that if you think it is bad cleaning up your own kids' puke, it is a million times more disgusting cleaning up a different kids' puke.  Plus it was bright red (due to an overload of Valentine's Day candy no doubt).  So, it was an experience.  

On Friday we left for St. George.  We had a great time while we were there except for night times.  We were staying in a hotel and those of you who've done so with 3 little kids knows what I mean.  Here are Eric and I, trying to tame the battle between Tyler and Jacob sharing a bed ("He's on my side!  Stop kicking me! Give me some covers!") , keep everyone quiet so Maggie would sleep in a pack n' play that takes up the entire vanity area, and laying there no later than 8 p.m. in the dark with nothing to do.  It made for a few sleep-deprived nights (as if my sleep hasn't suffered enough lately!).  But the days were a blast.  The boys had so much fun with their cousins, Maggie loved the attention from everyone.  We shopped, hiked, and just enjoyed some company and civilization.  

One sad story from our trip, though, was Jacob.  He was sick with a bad cough/cold and congestion.  The first night we put him to bed but he woke up about an hour later just crying uncontrollably.  I took him in bed with me and Eric went in the bed with Tyler.  I couldn't get Jake to stop crying and he started grabbing his ear saying it hurt.  Then, and this broke my heart, he started crying, "Take it off mommy!  Take it off!"  When I told him I couldn't take his ear off he cried, "Get the scissors and take it off mommy!"  I felt so bad I wanted to cry.  It was so sweet at the same time.  After a while, we realized we had to do something so Eric got dressed and went to a store and got some medicine (don't we love daddies?).  Eventually we got Jacob to sleep, sitting up in one of the chairs propped up with pillows and blankets.  It was quite a night.  

One quick side note is that Jacob has a cute new saying.  He doesn't really say, "Woo hoo" anymore, to my dismay, but he has replaced it with a new phrase, "all the day."  I have no idea where it came from but he uses it all the time.  "I take a nap all the day.  I eat french fries all the day.  I get dressed all the day."  It is so funny, he drags out the all so it is more like, "aaaaaallll the day."  Makes me smile.  One of those niblets of joy we mommies have to find in our day.  I know this is a long post, sorry, but that's all.  Now I will go have a snack...all the day.