My Sweet Little Boy

I found out today that Nathan has the flu. Poor little sweetie started a fever on Saturday morning so I took him to the doctor today. All three of the kids got their flu shot so I was very surprised that Nathan has the flu.

Saturday morning he was a little sluggish but he still is up and running around with his brother and sister like nothing is wrong. Lenny has always been the same way when he is sick. They don't give me any indications that they are sick. The fever is the only way I could really tell this time.

I've had to cancel all of our playgroup plans for this week because I don't want to take the chance of him sharing it with someone else. Let's just hope too that he doesn't share it with Lenny or Brooke.


Lenny was reading a book to Brooke the other day. Nathan decided that he needed to listen along with them so he climbed up on the couch to sit near them.


Brooke and Nathan think that they always need to stand on their toy box and wave to our neighbors, Bob and Joanne, when they take their dogs outside. It is so funny. They do it several times a day and even knock on the window to get their attention.


As I've mentioned before, I'm often called in to where Lenny is to "check out the damage" from a crash or to see what happened to one of the engines. This time he came running in to me and said, "Henry's driver applied the breaks just in time." This is what I saw. He came very close to running into a cow. I'm sure a few minutes later he did and all of his freight cars and what was in them went all over the tracks. It happens all the time in our house.


My Little Seagull

From the time that Brooke found her voice and started "talking" she has made the loudest squealing sounds. She sounds exactly like a seagull when she does it. This is very true. I say it all the time and anyone who has heard her would agree. Even if you talk to me on the phone and hear her in the background, she sounds like a seagull. It's kind of nice sometimes. If the kids are driving me crazy and I need a little get away time. All I have to do is close my eyes for a few seconds and I feel like I'm at the beach. Then all is well again. She mostly makes the sound when she wants something or she is trying to get your attention.

I always try to video tape her doing it but can never get it on camera. The other night I tried again and got a little of it. Of course, she saw the camera and was acting like a good girl and was being quiet. But when she does make the sound, it's always very loud.