I am so surprised how much these boys (minus Radley) love the snow!! I thought the cold would be too much for them, and I was shocked at how much and how long they have played outside! I have also been amazed how much snow we got this last week. I have never seen snow like this here. I tried to take them out one day by myself and that didn't go too well. Radley refused to put on gloves and a hat even though he wanted to play so bad. He would touch the snow and scream and his poor little hands were red and freezing. Needless to say, he didn't last long and all of us had to go back inside. When Kenney came home they were able to have a lot more fun! Radley and I stayed inside, and I snuck outside to take a few pictures.
Radley's inital impression of the snow.
His opinion quickly changed!
We didn't get much snow the first day, but enough to make some happy boys!
There was at least 6 inches of snow on the ground the second day and bigger drifts that made for a lot of fun. They discovered how much fun eating the snow can be.
Damon was obsessed with eating the snow.
Snowball Fight
Much better snow angels with more snow.
They were having a ball (pun intended, haha)
Damon couldn't figure out how to make a snowball with his mittens so he would carefully carry around clumps of snow and then throw them!
Kyler was jumping around like crazy and landing in the snow.
Snowflakes on the eye lashes!
I put on the only movie Radley will watch (Rio), gave him some snacks and juice, and ran outside super quick to take some pictures. He would just wave at me through the window.
Damon spent about 50% of the time laying on the snow like this. Then he started to lick the snow. I have never seen anyone do this before. I promise I didn't teach him this!
And Kyler soon followed!
The roads were pretty icy and slick so Daddy wanted something to pull the boys around in the parking lot. We didn't have much, and I suggested a laundry basket. Kenney decided to try a box first. It worked pretty well at first.
They loved being pulled around.
We also made the famous Lively Family snow ice cream. They ALL loved this!
Damon's face.... hahaha
Can you tell they liked it?!?
Cheese
After the box broke they decided to try out the laundry basket. It work really well! Kenney got them to pull each other, and it was pretty funny!
Well about 4:00 yesterday afternoon, Damon came up to me and said, "Mom there's a popcorn seed in my nose." Lovely! Damon had stuck a popcorn kernel up his nose! So I had Kyler come hold a flashlight while I tried to fish the kernel out. Damon was not about to let me fish it out using any kind of tool. So I call my mom and Papa Dude for some advice (they didn't have much experience in this department because girls don't do this kind of stuff!) We tried all kinds of things to get Damon to blow his nose and push it out that way. I tried to tickle him and cover his mouth and one nostril, which was extremely difficult and unsuccessful! Needless to say, we didn't get very far. I called the doctors office and they said I could wail until Kenney got home to see if we could get it out together. If we couldn't there was an after-hours clinic we could take him to.
Well once Kenney got home and we tried even more things including trying to make him sneeze, we couldn't get it. We dropped Kyler and Radley off at a friend's house (lifesavers!!) and headed to the after-hours clinic by 6:40 . We waited for 40 mins before the doctor finally saw us. She didn't have many tools in the clinic and decided to try and use nasal saline to flush it out. There wasn't enough pressure built up to push it out, so she sent us to the ER because they had better tools. The wait took FOREVER in the emergency room, and Damon would not sit still! He constantly needed or wanted something. He was crawling on the floor, pushing his car all over the place, putting his mouth all over the drinking fountain, etc.
At 10:30 they finally called us back to an exam room. Damon found a new place to explore and touch everything in site! He knew how that hospital bed worked within 10 mins of walking in the room! Around 11:15 the doctor came in the room. She took a foley catheter, stuck it up past the kernel, blew up the balloon that is part of the catheter and pulled. The kernel popped right out! Took less than 5 mins from the time the doctor walked in the room til the kernel was out!! The nurse gave us discharge papers and told us all she could say for treatment was to not put stuff in your nose! I think we got that message (hopefully Damon did, but I'm not too sure)! By 11:30 we walked out of the ER and went to pickup the other boys. Finally, at 12:00am we made it home!!
I thought our troubles with Damon were over... However, we were planning on going to the science museum the next morning around 10:30, but I wanted to look at something really quick at Target right before. The boys were running around and being crazy, and I told them they needed to settle down or we would have to leave and go home. Not 1 minute later, I was looking at something on the end of the isle, and Damon starts screaming. They were spinning in circles, and he hit the display shelf. He grabbed his mouth so I knew he hit it somehow. I go over to him and there is blood everywhere. He continues to scream and wipe blood all over his hands and up his sleeves. I try to go to the bathroom to see how bad it was and to try and clean up some of the blood. From what I could see he cut his gums, busted his lips and slightly loosened his tooth. We make it to the car where I called the dentist. He of course already had all of his emergency spots filled up except for 4:00!! They told me to try and put a cool compress on his mouth until he could be seen. Yeah Damon wasn't about to let that happen.
So we got home and settled down. I tried to get them to eat lunch early and take a nap. I knew we had all had a long night, and no one slept in of course, so I thought it would be better for everyone if we all took a nap! I set the mood perfectly for Damon to take a nap. However he wouldn't fall asleep!! Go figure! So we headed to the dentist tired and cranky! Walking into the office Damon trips and scrapes his knee so he's screaming before we even get into the office! Thankfully we got back pretty quick and the dentist said to just watch it, rub some antibiotic rinse on the tooth and make sure there isn't any infection or discoloring of the tooth! Phew!
I am hoping tomorrow we don't have to go see the eye doctor or any other medical professional!!
This kid is just too much!
He was happy as could be once we got into the examination room.
And there you have it, one popcorn kernel! Small enough to get in the nostril, but big enough to get stuck!
He was so tired by the time we got home, this is how Kenney had to carry him in from the car.
Don't spin in circles in the store and jam your face into the display shelves because this is what happens!
His lip doesn't look too big here, but trust me, it's swollen!
This is Damon in the exam room and explaining what happened and why we were there.
The Science Museum had a special Pirate and Treasure exhibit that we took the boys to over the weekend. They had fun doing things that pirates do! The highlight was definitely shooting the cannons.
Shooting the cannon to hit the other ships.
Digging for treasure.
Panning for gold.
Damon's piece of gold.
Kyler dressed as a pirate and showing his gold treasures.
Kyler doing a puppet show. His hair is peaking over the edge on the right.
Steering the pirate ship.
Damon crashing the ship! Look at that smirk!
I am so impressed with Radley's drawing skills. He can hold a pencil better than Damon.
Shooting the cannons they made with plastic cups and a balloon.
Radley trying to figure it all out.
Kyler with the pirate and the eye patch the pirate gave him.
The best of all three of them. Radley's face is just too much!
Here is a video of the boys shooting cannons at pirates. I love how proud Damon gets when he thinks he's done a good job!
There hasn't been a lot going on lately, but we have managed to find a few things to do, especially since the weather has been getting nicer. We found out a frozen yogurt place in town was giving free yogurt one day, so a lot of our friends got together to go get some! The boys loved that because they each got to pick out what they wanted. We also went to a dental fair with a lot of activities for the boys. They like to get prizes and candy!!
Kyler got chocolate frozen yogurt (his favorite) with green worms and sprinkled chocolate chips. Damon got vanilla with 2 different kinds of gummy worms. And I got Radley vanilla with gummy bears (hoping for the least mess without disappointing him)!
All the kiddos eating their treats!
Radley and his friend Olivia. These two ate everything in their bowls (Radley even drank the melted yogurt) and then went searching for more!!
They had face painting at the Dental Fair, and Kyler has been asking for months to get his face painted. He was really nervous when it came down to it, but he was so excited when it was done!
One red faced Spiderman!! His face had a slight pink tint after we wiped it all off!
Damon trying to win a prize.
Radley was not going to be left out of anything. He tried every game!
He even had to spin the big wheel!
The boys met the toothfairy. I thought for sure Damon would easily take his picture with her, but all of them were pretty hesitant to get close! Damon's expression cracks me up!!
These boys had some fun with cheese sticks.
"Look Mom cheese!"
Radley had to see what all the fuss was about too!
This just melts my heart! Isn't Radley so sweet holding his scriptures! He had to carry them into church and the whole time we were there! He's getting so big!
Radley also does front flips really well now! The flip is often a dance move when he starts dancing.
I love getting kisses from all my boys, but Radley is especially cute about it these days. It is so funny how he has to kiss both of my cheeks and turns my head to make sure he gets them both!
