Weird Wednesday

Today was a weird day to say the least!  I had arrangements made with our neigbor to watch one of her girls, Auni, for the morning as she was lucky enough to be on Christmas break a day earlier than the rest of her family.  She was to arrive about 7:15, by no means early for our household.  So I had my alarm set for 6am to get up shower, tidy up a bit, and finish some unpacking from the weekend.  7 came around and I'm done with my "to do list" so I have a cup of coffee, check email and facebook.....girls still sleeping!  Auni arrives we're watching cartoons and chatting.  Gets to be about 8am and she asks me "when do you think Sydney and Karsyn will wake up?"  I say, "they are usually up by now, so I'm not sure....."  Finally 8:15 I hear "mommy", Karsyn's awake!!  She usually isn't the first of the two to wake up.  Then 8:30 I hear Sydney "mommy!"  Ok, they have slept almost 2 hours past their normal waking time!  Got the girls breakfast and dressed by now its 9:15.  I had planned making cookies for a fun activity for us to do.  Auni was going to be leaving at 11:15, as Sydney had her kindergarten screening at Noon.  So time was running short, which I was not expecting!  Made the dough, cut out Christmas cookies, let them cool and frosted most of them before Auni had to go.  Then my friend Amy was coming over to watch Karsyn while I took Sydney to her screeing, which went fabulous BTW!!  Got back around 1:00, put Karsyn down for a nap.  Sydney and I colored and cleaned up.  By 3:00 Karsyn was still sleeping and I was tired so I asked Syd if it would be ok if her and I "rested" the couch until Karsyn woke up.  She agreed and before I could believe it we were both out.  I woke at 3:45.....Karsyn still sleeping.  Both girls woke up about 4:00!  After supper, a parts run for Patrick, bath, stories and a little Polar Express, Sydney asked if she could go to bed!!!  What!!  She never does that!  Of course you may go to bed!!  Lets go!!!  What a weird day!!    

Becker Christmas

Last weekend we spent some time in WI, where my dad lives.  Every Christmas for the Becker side stay in a hotel, have a present exchange and spend some time in the pool with the kiddos.  Usually in Winona, MN, this year we changed it up a bit and moved it to Eau Claire, WI.  We stayed at Hotel Metropolis, very unique rooms and a fun waterpark to boot.  After arriving late friday night we said hello to Grandpa and Aunties and put the kids to bed.  Woke up early had a great continental breakfast and off to the waterpark it was by 8:30.  Sydney was excited for the waterpark.  Karsyn....well had no idea and due to the loudness of the place was pretty timid.  Not leaving either Patrick's or my side for the first hour we were there.  Once she warmed up a bit it was a different story.  We couldn't keep her out of the water!  They have a zero depth pool with some small kiddy slides.  The girls would have stayed in there all day if the chorine wouldn't have been burning our eyes so much.  By 10:30 we called it and headed back to the room to clean up, snack and nap before the Christmas festivies started.  We had a banquet type room in the basement of our hotel for the gathering, which was attached to "Action City" a go cart, arcade, laser tag, etc....for the "big kids".  So Sydney got her fair share of go cart racing with Grandpa, Auntie Sara and whomever would take her, she loved it!  She is my "go higher", "go faster" girl.  Giggling and screeching with every turn!  After a fun filled day and not to mention a few presents we had the girls in bed by I think 9pm.  Exhausted!!  Got up sunday and had one last dip in the waterpark and it was time to go.  We then headed to my neice Ady's sunday school Christmas program.  Too cute!  Got back to Grandpa's in time for EVERYONE to take a nap before we had supper and more celebrating.  Monday morning woke up and packed up and left just after breakfast due to the winter storm advisories that were issued.  Man were they right!!  It was horrible!  We left at 10am and didn't arrive home til 6pm....usually a little over 4 hour trip.  We did stop a couple time to let the girls stretch their legs and give Patrick a break from driving.  We were glad to be home and off those horrible roads.  We lost track of how many vehicles we saw in the ditch there was so many!!  

Smarty Pants

So I've known for a while now that I have a little smarty pants on my hands.  Just wanted to share with you some of her latest stuff.

The other morning I was getting ready and Sydney was in the bedroom with me.  She asks me, "is daddy watching Handy Manny out there"  I popped my head out the door and said, "I think he's watching the news".   She says, "f you checked, why did you say I think?"   Ok.....  She's right, I checked therefore I should know what he's watching!  Geez!! 

On TV the other day there were some kids sledding and I said, "look Syd they're sliding"  she says "no mom its sledding not sliding".  Wow, again she's right its sledding! 

In a hurry to get the girls in their carseats one day I say, "Syd can you hop up in your chair while I buckle Karsyn in?"  She says, "mom its a carseat not a chair."  Again she's right!  I guess I need to really take the advice  give my husband.....think before you speak.  I'm not quite used to someone hanging on my EVERY word. =) 

So unfortunately my household hasn't been the picture of health lately.  Wednesday Sydney woke at 5:15 yelling "mommy, I puked. "  Of course my husband doesn't jump up at the chance to clean up puke so off I go.  Threw her in bed with Patrick while I worked out and got ready for the day.  I prepared myself for a day of Syd laying around and doing my best to keep the girls seperated as to keep the flu germs contained.  After a couple more puking episodes a two hour nap, toast and a bath she was pretty much back to normal.  Still quite pale but eating like a horse and wanting to do "projects".  That same day I noticed Karsyn coming down with a cold, then by Thursday Syd has picked up the cold as well.  Both developed nasty coughs.  By saturday Karsyn's cough sounded like a "bark", and would have coughing spasms, just miserable.  So sunday off to urgent care it was.  After the Dr checked ears, he discovered a ear infection in her right ear.  Then listening to her breathe, ordered chest xrays.  Ok.....  I was getting a tad freaked to say the least.  After looking at those he discovered a small spot that he called "the start of pnemonia".  Wow!!  I wasn't expecting that answer!  I guess I didn't know what to really expect.  He ordered a antibiotic shot and perscription antibiotic to follow.  She is doing much better, thank god!!  I'm ready to  wash my hands of these sickly germs and have a healty household once again, just in time for Christmas!  Wohoo!! 

Kinda Crazy!

Last weekend we ended up staying home, which was nice!  Saturday Patrick was in the garage all day making some kind of contraption for his 4 wheeler to go ice fishing.  So while Karsyn was napping Sydney and I went through the girls crayons and took out all the broken ones and melted them into "cookie crayons".  They actually look more like reeces peanut butter cups.  She enjoyed some "mommy time".  Once that was done and cleaned up, we got the idea from some friends of ours to go to Sertoma Winter wonderland.  Its a whole bunch of Christmas lights you pay $10 per car and drive on through and see all the displays.  At the end, inside, they have a Santa there to take pictrues with.  We went last year and Syd loved it.  Well as the day went on Patrick got involved in is project and we didn't end up going....I was kinda bummed.  We WILL go another day!  Some friends stopped over and we played some Christmas bingo which was a hit because our markers were M&M's.  The kids played and watched "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" while the adults chatted.  A fun night.  Sunday kind of a lazy day, watched the vikings....had some popcorn.  Then Sydney comes up to me and says, mommy we should make something with those "cutters".  So we made some Christmas cut out cookies and the girls had so much fun cutting the shapes and of course making a mess!! The only flaw was I had no frosting and whats a cut out cookie with no frosting???  Well its just not the same, so I searched all my cook boods for a frosting recipe and seemed I was missing at least one ingredient from each one I found...ugh!  So I picked up some frosting on Monday and finally got the cookies frosted on Tuesday.  Which with the frosting and sprinkles was another messy deal, but oh well.  I'm trying to be better about messes and not freak....deep breaths and counting to 10 helps! 

This weekend we are headed to Patrick's parents to process all the deer we got this year.  We make sausage, ground venison, and summer sausage.  With all the little ones now I don't usually get involved too much.  My sister-in-law Sarah and I will be on kid duty, which is just fine for me! =)  Although that can be exhausting in its self....  

Next weekend is my family's Christmas (the Becker side).  We usually go to a hotel and spend the weekend with my relatives.  Its a fun time!  We do a gift exchange where each person brings a gift then we draw cards and each gets a turn to pick a gift.  Then it gets interesting....at each persons turn they get a chance to steel someones' gift that's been open.  Its gets kind of wild sometimes. This year we are staying at a hotel with a waterpark in Eau Claire.  It should be fun!  We head down friday and stay at the hotel til sunday.  Sunday afternoon we head to my dad's and celebrate Christmas at his house.  We head back to Brainerd monday and spend Christmas Eve at our house.  Christmas day night we go to the Frericks' Christmas.  We spend the night at Grandpa and Grandma's (Patrick's parents) as it gets to be a late night.  Get up and celebrate Christmas with them.  Its alot of running....kinda crazy but I wouldn't change a thing!!