Monday, December 21, 2009
Tylenol and ER
Three boys, 5 years in and only one ER trip (Aaron’s stitches at 15 months) as of the last Fri… not too shabby. On Saturday we were getting the boys ready for the basketball game and heard a medicine bottle rattle. We ran down the hall to find Carter had gotten the Tylenol out of my purse and opened the CHILD PROOF lid. Adam swept his mouth and ½ fell out and the other half was chewed up but cam out. I called poison control – they asked me his weight and the milligrams of the Tylenol. They determined 4 was the toxic limit for his weight. I was pretty sure he did not swallow any but she asked if I was 100% certain. I was 99% certain – but better safe than sorry. So my mom and Michelle picked the boys up for the game and Adam and I took Carter to Clark. We did not have to wait long – they took blood right away to test his levels. I left the room while they took blood – I feel my boy’s pain WAY too much – but my little guy did not even shed a tear!!!! While they were waiting on the result they brought us in a cup of liquid charcoal, which would absorb into the stomach and protect it from the Tylenol. The first few sips we confused him by giving him a drink of chocolate milk then the charcoal. We got through about ¼ of it that way. The other ¾ - well…. how would you like to drink a cup of charcoal???? I held him with my fingers between his back teeth so he could not spit, while Adam squirted it down his throat with a syringe. We could only get through about ½ the syringe before my fingers were raw from his teeth. It was either this or a tube down his nose – we were really trying. We got it all down – we were all a mess!!! They came back in 4 hours after the ‘possible’ ingestion and retook his blood – still no tears!!! These results like the first showed his levels at zero. Six hours later we were home – but better safe than sorry. BTW Carter had a blast. He waved to everyone in the neighboring rooms and entertained all the nurses during his visit.
PARTY TIME
This year was a milestone birthday. No more family/home parties – we did it big this year. We invited the boy’s entire preschool class and a few other family and friends to Puzzles Fun Dome. We had a Power Rangers themed party. We ended up with 15 kids counting our boys. We invited 21 school friends so we had a pretty good turn out. The majority of the girls from their class come – I think the girls get into it a little more – ha! We started the party in the bouncers until everyone arrived. Then we went to the party room for cake and presents. They got lots of cool ‘boy toys’… power rangers, transformers, bakugan, cars, racetracks and much more. After the party room they got to play for about another hour on the bouncers and they played mini golf. Everyone really had a blast and I had a blast coming home to a clean house!!!! Their big gift from us was a TV and DVD player for their room. They are really enjoying it, it kind of makes their room their special little place.
Aaron - the lady's man
Christmas Activities
We kicked off the holiday season with Thanksgiving dinner at our house.
Aidan and Aaron got 'orange pop' out of fancy glasses. It was quite a holiday treat!
After our HUGE fest we sat down to the Black Friday ads! Black Friday – oh I have been waiting for you all year!!! My sister and I made our picks and mapped out our route. We got up at 2:00AM and headed out to Old Navy for the 3AM opening. We did a drive by and the line was a little more than liking. Kohl’s had more ‘early bird’ deals so we headed there first. We were in line early enough to get a cart – BONUS!!! We were out of Kohl’s by 4:45 and we headed to Target for that 32” TV for $250. A little wishful thinking – but I did manage to get some other great deals. We finished our day up by 11AM and headed home with about ¾ of my shopping done and lots of money saved. Now that is what I call a productive day!!!
Linds and me checking out the ads
This Saturday we had tickets to Jack Frost. This was the second play in our season tickets pack and I just love this family time. All of the boys enjoy the plays – I love to watch their expressions when the actors request their interaction. Santa even made an appearance. On Sunday we headed to the Santa Safari at the Zoo. We have done the Christmas Zoo activity for the past 4 years – it is now part of our Christmas tradition. This year we ate cookies, made a craft, sang songs, sat on Santa’s lap, visited with a real penguin and new this year took the Santa Safari. They had 8 different stations set up around the zoo with an animal petting/viewing and fun facts. We collected a stamp for each station visited. We really enjoyed this addition to the Zoo activities this year – even though it was quite cold!
Carter clapping after a song
Singing songs with Frosty. Aidan is such a good big brother!
We finished our fun filled weekend with a trip (our second) to the Charlestown Square to look at Christmas lights. Of course I think I enjoyed it the most – I just have very fond childhood memories of looking at Christmas lights. Maybe it’s just the boy in them – but it is not as exciting for them as I would like it to be J.
Carter update
Carter is our funny guy around the house. At dinner he loves to do silly things to make everyone laugh. And the more they boys laugh the more he does. On that same note, he absolutely idolizes the boys. He asked where they are all day when they are at school and he is home. He gets SUPER excited to go pick them up form school. It is so much easier with them around because he just follows them around. We actually cannot believe how much more advanced he is than the boys were at his age. He plays with all the boys toys, he knows how to make even the remote control cars run. His favorite thing to watch is Power Rangers, and he has got the moves down! He has also decided he is ready to potty train. I did not even have a potty seat for the other bathroom or pull-ups – but he did not have time to wait for that stuff. If we are home he has been staying dry and going into the bathroom and getting his seat out when he needs to go. He pooped in the potty three times the other day. I have to have him trained for St. Paul preschool next fall – no more worries!!!
So Carter’s new saying is ‘on man’. If you tell him no, he always replies ‘on man’ with such disappointment. We have to turn to laugh every time – it is the funniest thing.
Belt testing
They were BOTH finally ready to belt test for their orange belt. I have to admit I was a little nervous they had a table set up with 4 judges. They had to follow the black belt leader and then individually perform the moves as they were called out. I was totally impressed they got all of the moved right!!! Both my boys passed with flying colors. We celebrated at Bob Evan’s – the boy’s choice and then had cookie cake at home. They also got their first starter pack of Bakugan – a huge hit! The next day they were in their room for over an hour playing with these things – we did not hear a word out of them.
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