Monday December 21, 2009

Well.....this morning Catcher woke up with a barking cough. Oh dear....!

So after we got our morning started, I took him over to the clinic hoping to get the same medicine that Tyson got on Saturday. We went in and came out 3 hours later. The clinic beds were full and it was at a stand still for a long time. I considered just going home, but the cough hurt Catcher's throat, so I stayed. Catcher did so well. He sat there for the entire time, not making a bit of a fuss at all. I think I was way more bored than he was. He got the medicine, and it helped out quite a bit. We then went home, having spent the entire morning at the doctors. I had promised Maiya she could go out when I came back to buy Kaitlyn's present (she drew Kaitlyn's name in the draw). So Maiya, McKenna and I went out to look for something for Kaitlyn. While I was gone, Alex (my sis in law) had brought over dinner because she heard about the kids being sick. How nice is that?! I then came home and realized that I had forgotten dish soap and an album. So I went out again, this time Kaitlyn came. She brought a bit of her money with her. She has been so good at saving it, but decided to spend a few dollars on herself for a treat. She decided she wanted to get some lunch for herself at the McDonalds in the Wal Mart. She even offered to buy me lunch as well. She is so thoughtful. She had even said.."Maybe if I don't buy myself McDonalds, then I could buy each of the kids a milkshake". I told her that was a very thoughtful idea, but that she should treat herself for once. I ate with ehr, but paid for my own meal, I didn't want her wasting her money on my lunch. She was so very proud of buying her own meal with her own money. It was nice to sit and eat out together. I got the things I had came for and then we headed back home. Grant had to get ready to leave for work by this point. We ate dinner and then had The Sherlock Family over for a Christmas movie and treats! We watched "Mickey's Christmas Carol". Our advent calendar slip for today was supposed to be "making a snowman" but the snow wasn't good packing snow and the kids didn't feel like playing outside today in the cold. It's too bad, because our friends the Siakaluks had given our family this very cool Snowman kit with a hat, scarf, buttons and nose that would've been fun to do our snowman with. We'll have to see if we get another chance to use this fun gift. So we decided that an indoor movie with popcorn, chips, cookies and hot chocolate was more appealing for our countdown today. It was fun!