harmony...

boyz are both feeling better...not sure if it was antman/syl medicine or just the way things roll...tonight cam was dancing, a lot...he was telling grammy love you too...so different from last night's high fever and chills...tonight the boyz were following each other in their ride on's upstairs and downstairs...cam yelling ewie, come on...they were in ewie's crib for a full 15 minutes...and no one cried...rolling around with the pillow barrier and kicking their legs, side by side, one after the other...when I took cam to bed...ewie said night night baby, like he used to...complete harmony...no pictures to prove it...my camera was not around my neck : )

sick days...

not much sleep last night in the gall household...cam woke at 11p and 5a...ewie awake from 3a to 5a...cam had a temp of 101 in the morning so we went to the doctor today...luckily grandma and grandpa sprung into quick action so ewie, the 'roided up boy, did not have to join us...cam's tonsils are "huge," so now we are on the tonsillectomy watch...throat swab came back viral, so we will watch and wait...poor little huge tonsil fever boy...good news is ewie sees the allergist in just a few weeks and we actually saw signs of our happy ewie...we were all about comfort today...popsicles and ice cream help swollen tonsils, as well as, low blood sugar steroid moments!

lots...

lots going on this weekend...saturday morning started out with ewie at the doctor again...after making a medication list with doses and times for the next 5 days, I felt a little less overwhelmed heading out to celebrate mine and heidi's birthdays...although, walking into the site of cam wearing ewie's hat with a superhero cape just coloring by himself made the corners of my mouth turn up...luckily grammy arrived shortly after to visit with the boyz and babysit...keena popped over and helped...as I headed to easton, taking deep breaths and clearing my mind so I could enjoy this day...
so worth it...the long late lunch at bon vie with heidi and keena...the many stores of shopping...the laughing and such...we stopped by home to pick up our husbands and head out to eat sushi...such a good time...so thankful borucki could joined us, although we missed tim...the desserts at spagio were worth every calorie...
the boyz were excited we had our sleepover guests...cam was attached to uncle fritz all weekend, begging him to bring out the rc car...grammy brought the boyz their easter baskets and they were PUMPED!!
all in all GREAT weekend...as I told grammy, so much happens here, the moment is over when I get back with the camera...she said, the only way to be quick enough is to wear the camera around my neck...
as the final goodbyes were said, I thought the overwhelmed feeling would wander back...but it didn't...being with such good friends and family is like medicine for me...making changes to ewie's medication plan reminds me he will feel better soon...waiting for his allergist appointment reminds me their is hope to get to the bottom of this problem...even knowing this past year has been almost as many days sick as healthy for him reminds me he is still better off than so many other children... though there has been lots this weekend and lots this year, we have ALL made it through and now there is light at the end of the tunnel...

goodbyes...

goodbyes in our house are almost always entertaining...every day I am home with the boyz, Andrew heads off to work in the morning...each day, ewan stands by the back door on his stool waving goodbye, saying "bye dad dee", blowing kisses and watching every move of his daddy until he drives down the street...hardly ever with one frog boot and the spiderman mask on his head, but this morning this was what he brought to the party...as cute as it is, he can get in the way, actually blockade the door...keeping his father from leaving...on a rare occasion, cam will join him...lately, ewan has been applying this practice to when grandma and grandpa leave and today cam joined him...I know one day they will not even notice when people leave...or it will be like pulling teeth to get them to say goodbye...so we will just enjoy this little production for as long as it lasts : )

superhero basketball...

So after going to the Cleveland Children's Museum on Saturday per Nathan's request and having a BLAST...we headed to Panini's right down the street from Jacob's Field...essentially a bar, but served food and we sat at a booth looking out the window, which provided 45 full minutes of entertainment for the boyz, although Panini's probably had to call the window washer immediately after we left!

We headed back to Akron and had a visit from Aunt Heather!!  This morning at Aunt Pam's, the boyz have started organizing their piano playing...Grammy hopes they might be a famous duet one day...MPM offered her Margaux love...with no feet on the carpet, impressive!!!

After heading home packed with perfect dress up hand-me-downs...the boyz broke into the box and pulled out Superman and Spiderman costumes...Cameron had added a different belt but ditched that and the cape...E had the Spiderman mask on for a moment...I threw the boyz outside while Andrew was grilling...in their costumes, after Andrew asked, "can we just put their clothes back on"...but everyone had fun playing basketball in costume...a good sign for my Buckeyes who can use this superhero luck in this crazed March Madness!

Accomplishments...

Sometimes you have to identify your accomplishments...the never ending sea of toys, dishes and dropped food seems overwhelming everyday...then the snow melts and sun is shining, but it uncovers the never ending sea of yard work needed...and we have neglected this yard for almost 3 years now...doing yard work is a lot easier with two almost two year old boyz, than it was with two one year old boyz...and now it is necessary since they are EVERYWHERE...my mind goes back to when we moved into this house over 9 years ago...a neighbor asked me if I was a gardner...I said, "no, not really," she told me, "you have to be a gardner, since you live on Garden Road" ...see I had never thought about being a gardner till then, my mother and grandmother were gardner's...I really only ever assisted...but I took the responsibility of living on Garden Road seriously...it also made me feel closer to the memory of my mother and grandmother to tear away brush, dig in the dirt and make it look pretty...then it became 2007...we were so busy planning for these boyz, the yard became easy to ignore...I could not take it last fall, and one day I hacked out all of the overgrown bushes and left it in a pile in the middle of the back yard...then we got busy, it got cold, snow came early...and much to Andrew's dismay, the pile remained...after Christmas, we had been out of town, then visiting with friends, then my father-in-law got sick, Andrew had started a new job and the boyz were about to start a new daycare...in a moment of my sheer panic of being overwhelmed, my sister came over while everyone else was at the hospital, we cleaned the house, took down the Christmas tree and I had Anthony drag the tree back to the pile I had already created (much to Andrew's dismay)...so today I cleaned up half of the pile and the Christmas tree...it is not completely gone, but it feels like an accomplishment...cam started out trying to assist me for while, but then moved on...ewie had no problem occupying himself...he was outside...I felt a little closer to my idol gardner's and got a little excited about being a gardner myself again!

a trip...

There is no way to describe a day like today...but call it a trip! We went outside at 930 this morning...we started off on the back deck playing in the neat and tidy cottage and cars...headed to the yard, cars came down...exploring began...yelling in the back yard like the birds...hanging in our favorite lilac bush, which is more like a tree...plopped in the ivy, because they can...pulled the hand me down, still have not gotten a battery "jeep" out of the garage...ewan had first claim...but cam laid down the law and in cam fashion took complete control of the "jeep"...a few protests from ewan but not many, he was just so happy to be outside...grandma and grandpa came over bearing delicious irish soda bread...ewan was pushing cam in the "jeep" across the yard...and this was just 1130 : )

I take a moment to think about how it is so hard to pick just one moment to describe...I feel like I am in a dream on bright and sunny days like this...or a little tired from working 13 hours on Monday! They change so much every day...ewan was sitting on top of the sandbox by himself today talking and laughing, it was so cam-like...cam showed up in my kitchen, while the tv was on...it was so ewan-like...the afternoon was just as great...before bed, they had the popcorn popper (you push) and the alternative version from IKEA, running around the circle of the kitchen, playroom, family room, dining room...first following each other...looking for each other, then changing directions...it was a moment when I wish my eyes were the video camera...stopping to watch classical baby...side by side...shoulder to shoulder...brother to brother...a trip, which is the GREATEST trip I have ever taken!!