Snowfest 2012

A few weeks ago we bundled up and went to the Snow Fest in Frankenmuth with the kids.  And now that we've gone two years it's tradition in my book :)  We start off checking out all the snow sculptures around town.  There were quite a few that appealed to Shane, like this little house,

a pickup truck,

a shark (he's very into anything scary these days)

and this truck.

My personal favorite was this one from one of my all time favorite movies,

and if Marissa could see (or understand ;) ) she would probably have picked this banana as her favorite.

Here is a closer look at our little girlie all bundled up with just her eyes poking out.  As I was pulling her out of the car from her little nap in her carseat and was bundling her up and she was crying I was wondering how this was gonna all work out.  But we stuck her in the stroller and started moving and she didn't make a peep the whole time!  I kept asking Josh to make sure she was still alive in there!

Shane was such a fun age for it this year and he really enjoyed himself

even though it was pretty darn cold!

His favorite part might have been the fudge though :) 

We walked through some of the shops to stay warm and then had lunch at our usual, Bavarian Inn.  The waiters and waitresses dress up and play accordions and they make gluten free hamburger buns, what more could you ask for??

Here's little missy chewing contentedly on some of Josh's lettuce after she finished her banana.  As long as she can chew it, she doesn't discriminate!

One of Those Weeks

Last week was one of those weeks were I really felt like a mom.  Shane came down with something nasty on Sunday- fever, cough, puking, etc.  On Monday Josh ended up taking him to the ER because his fever had gotten up to 105 after giving him Tylenol all day.  He didn't test positive for anything serious thankfully, it was just a nasty virus.    The saddest part was just watching him be so pathetic and not himself.  I took this picture after I asked him if he wanted to lay in my bed and he said, "No, I just want to play.  I'm going to go play." 

After 4 or 5 days of Tylenol and Motrin and a lot of time on the couch watching Cars 2 he finally kicked the fever and is doing much much better.  Marissa had a low grade fever and little cough but nothing like Shane's thank goodness!!  I guess breastmilk really does work wonders.  This week was exhausting but I also felt really happy to get to be their mom and be the one to take care of them when they need it most (and Josh was really awesome too.  It is very nice to have a doctor-in-training in the house- though maybe not because I'm pretty sure he brought this home to us from the hospital. )  In the midst of all this Josh had a birthday, and is thankfully very easy-going and doesn't like a big deal to be made of his birthday anyway.  And sometimes it is actually a good thing to have a gluten-free spouse, because it is like a celebration in itself whenever I make something or find something delicious that he can have, like these little cupcakes I found in a new little shop downtown.  Happy birthday babe!