Sick Days for the Quads.......and a Pretty Poem!!

We eagerly await the arrival of Amber delivering the quads to us each Wednesday!
All four of them got sick on Monday and were in the pediatrician's office late that afternoon.
After Amber determined they were at least well enough to spend the day with us, it was all systems GO! As soon as they get here there's a period of 'swarming!' It's like a hand full of busy bees as they hit up all their favorite places and find their favorite toys!

If it's warm enough - and it was! - they LOVE to go outside for awhile.

Trystan proudly carried our newest bird house out to hang up in front of the den windows.

It replaced one that had lost its flooring. Louis Dean will be mending it!

They helped me fill the bird feeders and then we did some sidewalk chalk.

Our daughter in love, Sherry, brought us over SIX nifty little chairs she found at the curb!

These are PERFECT for our little people!!!

Aren't these two adorable???

Since they had a late breakfast, we decided to try a little bowling before a late lunch!

The pins now stand up well thanks to Granddad filling them up a little bit of sand. Now we just have to find the right weight and size ball for them at this stage. The set came with two 'bowling balls' that will work just fine once they are a wee bit older!

Tuesday night after art class the ladies helped me set the dining room table back up.

I used a quilt Nita gave me in place of a tablecloth and really like the cozy look of it!

Works well with the natural fiber place mats and woven chargers.

After a lunch of tacos and all the fixings, I gave the kids their choice of napping place.

The guest room BED or the den FLOOR?

Guess which one they chose?

The den floor! Works for me!

I darken the room and put down lots of warm fuzzy covers.

Logan was admiring the Valentine tree while I was getting the 'bed' ready.

Little Kailey slept on the couch. She has been the sickest with this illness and was the first one to go to sleep and the last one to wake up.

This picture looks EXACTLY like Amber - 27 years ago now!

I have a Play Station of some sort in nearly every room.

Playing with the Lego table and blocks Aunt Deanie gave them - to be kept at my house!

Since Kailey was still asleep in the den, I took the other three into the guest room.

Who KNEW that a small TV would be a special treat???

We don't really have connections in this room but the TV has a built in DVD player.

They watched Shaun the Sheep!

Harrison looks like a little man here! Logan and Trystan and I all piled up on the bed behind him and watched the program. It was my first introduction to Shaun the Sheep!!!

For our art project, we tried our hands at Finger Print Art!

Let's just say FORTY little fingers opening all those paint pens and markers in a frenzy of pulling off tops and then grabbing another marker was a bit chaotic!!!

I have GOT to find a way to make this easier - for ME!

THEY had a ball!!!

We go from one activity to another - kind of like a progressive dinner!!!

As I was cleaning up the art table, the kids could hear Granddad singing.

They found their way to his 'music' room!!!

Now THIS room is a bit of a 'NO man's land!!'

Even so, the quads were welcomed in and then Logan proceeded to pull the door closed on ME!!

The special attraction was the amplifier and microphone Louis Dean had hooked up!!!

I see lots of singing into a mike in their future!

Our last activity is designed to keep them all in one place while I get dinner ready!

Louis Dean found the movie Garfield free on demand!

It proved to be a hit with everyone - children and adults!

Logan is MY 'Mini Me' and went with me to the kitchen to get the meal ready.

Poor little Kailey sat with Granddad for dinner.

She would say, " I don't FEEL good!"

I noticed when I was plating the food - everything was all the same color!

More or less! Sweet potatoes, Ranch Style Beans, smoked sausage in a 'blanket'.....only the mustard and ketchup added color! Even the root beer cake was a drab color!

Harrison and Logan had THE best time at dinner last night!

By this time Kailey was feeling even worse and was asking for her MAMA!!!

Then she started asking for Mama AND Dada!!!

Instead of doing baths at our house, I just packed my bag and went home with them.

Baths and medicine and the whole night time routine.

I helped Amber while Mike drove BACK to Irving to pick UP my bag!!

When we unloaded in Quadville he notice my bag was NOT in the SUV - even though he SAW Louis Dean bring it out! Come to find out, LD had set it inside the back window. Then he brought out my laptop and Mike again opened the back window but Louis Dean put it inside under Logan's car seat. As we drove off and the window closed - my bag fell out! It was misting rain and was sitting in the driveway WITH my iPad inside it!

All's well that ends well!!! Mike called Louis Dean and he took my bag inside the house and Mike picked it up.......driving from Dallas to Irving to Dallas to Irving and finally back to Dallas!

For some reason I just LOVE this picture!!!

I take photos all day long but my favorites in this entry are:

Kailey sleeping and this one!!!

They are all so entertaining - right after baths when we are trying to get them to bed!

Good MORNING!!!!

Kailey had a rough time of it last night as did Mama and Dada!

I got the rest of the kids changed, fed and dressed.

They didn't eat much breakfast so they were especially interested in MY coffee!

Cafe au lait - on the waterier and milkier side!!!

Reinforcements came in the form of GRANDDAD!!! He arrived and Amber left with Kailey.

Her fever had spiked again last night - over 104! Another trip to the doctor which resulted in lots of testing. So far all results came back normal. If she's not better by Monday they will do some blood work.

By the time they got home the others were sound asleep for their naps!!!

The REASON they were sound asleep is that Granddad rocked Harrison. I got Trystan and Logan down and THOUGHT they were nearly asleep when I slipped out of their room. 

NOT SO!!!! Granddad went in twice to find them climbing a bookcase after turning on the lights.

The second time he sent them scurrying back to their beds like little mice. 

He then proceeded to sit down and sing softly until they were sawing logs!!!

Kailey insisted she 'woke up' (after having slept late this morning) and didn't need a nap.

He worked his magic on HER, too!!!

I have been trying to record Trystan singing her ABC's for over two weeks!

FINALLY!!!

THIS would be my third favorite pic!

Little Logan wearing her mommy's shoes!

I often thought of this poem when Amber was a little girl.

I even had a framed print of part of it!

It still holds true for me as a Grandma.

A careful woman I ought to be:
A little girl follows me;
I do not dare to go a stray
For fear she’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot once escape her eyes;
What’re she sees me do,
she tries
Like me, she says,
she ’s going to be,
The little girl who follows me.
She thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every word of mine;
The bad in me she must not see,
The little girl who follows me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer’s sun and winter’s snow,
I am building for the years to be,
For a little girl follows me.

-Author Unknown

We left after traffic this evening to come home - stopping at Whataburger on our way!!

It was COLD in the house when we got here! 58 degrees!

Tomorrow will be in the 60's and 70's the day after!

That's it for the past two days!!!

We are both tired and ready for BED!