5 On Friday

1). Shane is getting over a pretty nasty virus/ear infection that had him out of commission for day and a half. He spiked a fever on Wednesday morning which had us at the pediatrician's office Wednesday afternoon. By 2:30 we had a prescription for Amoxicillin, along with a diagnosis of an ear infection and a viral sore throat. As we pulled into the parking lot at Target to fill the prescription we had just gotten, the poor little guy threw up all over himself and his car seat! Needless to say we turned around and headed home, where I got to not only give Shane his FIRST bath of the day, but I also got to spend 2 hours taking apart, and cleaning, the car seat! The poor kid crawled up in my lap and fell asleep immediately after his bath and we took it easy the rest of the day. Daddy stayed home with him yesterday and GramZ is coming up to spend the afternoon with him today. His fever finally broke yesterday afternoon and he's back to acting like his old self now, but we opted to keep him home from daycare today for the added reassurance.

2). Yesterday morning when Daddy and Shane were playing out in the backyard, Shane headed over to the swingset so that Daddy could push him on one of the swings. When he got there he noticed that there was a little puddle of water sitting in his swing. The little smarty pants quickly grabbed his Daddy's finger, led him back into the house and into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen he stood in front of the counter and pointed up towards the roll of paper towels that was sitting there! Once Chris grabbed the paper towels, Shane again grabbed Daddy's finger and led him back outside and back over to his swing! Once Daddy wiped off the swing Shane was a happy camper as he swung away sitting on his nice, dry, seat! This little boy seriously amazes us sometimes!!!

3). Speaking of swings, until the party last weekend, Shane wouldn't go near the swings on his playground! The only thing he wanted anything to do with was the slide! How quickly that all changed once he saw all the other kids going on the swings and on the glider! Too bad that hasn't worked for the pool!!

4). I ran across this goofy picture of Chris and I a few days ago while cleaning out some of my online albums. It's one of my "famous" do-it-yourself numbers!! I thought I'd post it to switch things up in here during our 5 On Friday! It's not ALL about the little guy ya know!! (Ok, so maybe it is all about the little guy . . . )

5). And for the exciting news - we're off to Sesame Place this weekend! That's right! We're off for a family fun filled weekend of Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert & Ernie and the rest of the Sesame Street gang! We're leaving tomorrow afternoon and will spend the night in a hotel about 10 minutes from the park. We'll hit Sesame Place early Sunday morning and hit the road to head back home that night! GramZ and Grandpa are nice enough to stay at the house for us this weekend so that our girls have some company - thanks, guys!! Plan on seeing LOTS of fun pictures next week!!