Maybe I SHOULD be a doctor???

So the other day I was getting the kids ready for bed and Spencer complains of a canker sore. (He seems to get them often.) Anyway, he decided to finally take me up on my offer to put some medicine on it. I get the Anbesol and numb it, then some mouth sore medicine for cankers (kind of like a liquid band aid) and put that on and he says, "Wow, I can't even feel it!" So after that, he says, do you think you could help me get the wax out of my ears? No offense to Spencer and I hope not to embarrass him (he'll never read this anyway) but his ears really do produce A LOT of wax. Sometimes at school the kids tease him and call him "Ear Wax Man"! Anyway, he is sensitive to it, so I try to help him keep his ears clean. As I was doing this, Spencer says, "Mom, you should be a doctor." I couldn't help but laugh! So I can numb a canker and clean out some wax...maybe I should be a doctor if that's all it takes! :)

Spring Break...give ME a break!

Ok, so we decided to stay in Texas for spring break and at the beginning of the week, I had the kids each vote on their favorite activities to do during the week. We ended up having a really fun week, however, I am completely exhausted! I don't remember being so tired! Brian was busy at work, so was unable to join in the fun, so all of our "field trips" were done...ala Mom! So, I toted my 5 kids to the following Texas Fun Spots:

1. Fossil Rim: This is 1 1/2 hour drive from Plano and is a drive-thru Zoo. When we first arrived, it was feeding time for Zach, so we sat in the car at the entrance parking lot while I fed the baby, then it was finally time to enter the zoo. It was exciting to see the animals and also to see the kids be excited about it! We bought food and were able to feed the animals as we drove through. About half way through, we stopped for lunch, visited the gift shop and looked in at the petting zoo. Then the kids played in a giant sandbox while I fed Zach and then we finished our drive-thru and headed for home. All in all, this was a fun day for us, but I was very tired from all that driving! No breaks for me as I was the only driver I had brought along! Need to re-think that next time.

2. Adventure Landing: This is a fun place where we went mini-golfing and Spencer and Cami tried their skills at the batting cages. Spencer won the minigolf, Will lost 2 balls in the water, and Cami and Emma did great while I followed along with Zach in the baby backpack keeping score and also keeping everyone moving. Then we went to the batting cages where Cami and Spencer kit some balls and did pretty good and had a lot of fun! Then, with spit-up in my hair and hungry kids, we set off for a local park with a picnic, then went home and got in the hot tub!

3. This was to be a movie day, but I never got around to getting a babysitter, so we just played with friends, then went to the store and bought the movie Flicka and stayed up eating popcorn and watching our movie. Very fun, and a great movie, too!

4. Dallas World Aquarium: This was a day to go to the aquarium and meet daddy for lunch. However, we got off to a late start, and had trouble finding the aquarium, so missed daddy for lunch, but still enjoyed our visit with the sea life in landlocked Dallas, TX.

You may also want to note Spencer sporting his new glasses! Doesn't he look smart? After our week of fun, I was completely exhausted and couldn't wait for school to start again!