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I need to find a groove for this blogging thingy. I like to write, but I wander. (or type... whatever). I was going to do a little bit every day. I am a slacker, true. So, I will recap the weekend and try to find a direction for my blog.

Friday night was super!! We had excellent seats to the Cavaliers game. They FINALLY won a game. The crowd was really into it. It was like a playoff game. When the floor announcer told the crowd to pump one arm in the air and say "Let's go Cavs!", everyone did it! I tell you what - it looked really flippin' cool!! Like a college football game! (Thank you, Penn State!) R got the tickets from a vendor and we mistakenly thought they were for the VIP Club where there's food and drink. So we took my Mom and Dad and none of us ate before going to the game. Kind of disappointed about the food. We got burgers and chicken sandwiches (OVERPRICED!!!) from the concessionaires. Very dry. We didn't have much time between work and the game. We would have eaten on our way had we known. Next time = more info prior to tip off.

On Saturday, we just relaxed. I think R went to the smoke shop. Then he took Pumpkin out in the snow for about an hour. She came in saying, "All wet!" Her little cheeks were rosy and she was grinning ear-to-ear. That kid loves to be outdoors. Before she went out, she asked Daddy to take her. She said, "Coat. Hat. Boots. No-pants. Gloves." She knows everything she needs to go outdoors! I love it. She gathers it all up, too. It's windy today (Monday) so I think she might blow away, but it's finally a little warmer. Maybe we can go outside later. Later Saturday, I was going to go out to see my friend Jay's band, Average Joe, but I got lazy. I should have just gone. It would have been fun. But I do like being able to go with R, instead of one of us having to stay home with the kids.

During the night, my Big Boy started to cough! He coughed all night and by the time I got him from J in the am, he was WIPED. He also had a fever of 102.9. Since one of his Autie traits is that he doesn't eat anything other than his "regular food" as he calls it, B wouldn't take Children's Tylenol. I knew it would probably help the fever. Finally, I had to give him a choice between Mommy taking care of him or the Doctors in the ER taking care of him .Wise child, he picked me. (Which warms my heart, of course). I added the Tylenol to his juice and he drank it. So that worked. Thank goodness! His little head was on fire! Funny, though, when I said it within his hearing, he was all like, "My head is NOT on FIRE!!". My literal little man. How I do love you. We sat around and watched Toy Story 2 about three times. (yipee!). We're in trouble if he ever gets really sick. We'll just cross that bridge...

R went to do the weekly groceries since he can drive again! Yay! How sweet, he got the kids Valentine's Day presents. A Buzz Lightyear doll for Big Boy and a "Ooh! Pree-y pree-pul" outfit. (pretty purple) for Pumpkin. Mom came over this morning to watch the kids since I called Ben off school and didn't want to wake him up to go to Grandma's. Hopefully, Pumpkin will remember her new clothes. She wanted to wear them today.

It amazes me how different from Big Boy she is. Not just in the normal gender specific things, but in her development. She can get dressed all by herself, sometimes the clothes are backwards, but she gets them right. Big Boy is 6-1/2 and still has trouble with the front and back. He is a little spoiled in that respect, though. We have done too many things for him. It's time to stop babying him. Pumpkin won't allow us to baby her too much any more. Cracks me up. "I try!" is the most common statement. I just put up my hands and say, "Have at it, girl!" She pretty much feeds herself and knows what she wants to eat. Says please and thank you pretty well now. She just seems to connect with life in general on a different level than B. It's hard for me to put into words.

Time to get to work. One of the guys made a mess this morning and the Production manager called in sick, so my boss has to fill in for the second or third day in a row. I can sense he's not thrilled. So I better keep things going right over here. Talk to you later, nobody!! :)