Sick Boys and "Real" Bowling!

What a week this has been! After Mason was sick Friday, but fine all day Saturday and Sunday, we took him to Jo's house Monday morning. Probably an hour later she was calling us saying he was throwing up. UGH! Luckily Matt was not all the way to work, so he turned around and picked him up. He stayed home that morning and I came home that afternoon. Matt was already planning on staying home with Mason Tuesday, and it's a good thing, because Zane woke up at midnight throwing up in his bed! So here we were doing laundry and giving a bath at midnight! Mason never got sick again and Zane only got sick one more time, at 5:30 in the morning. The boys had a "stay home" day Tuesday.

Lock up the markers or Mason eats them!!!

Mason doesn't like Zane to sit in time out alone anymore...

Mason "helping" me in the kitchen

Even though both boys hadn't thrown up for over 24 hours, I wanted to give Zane one more day to be sure, so we called Grandma Farmer to see if she could come stay with him Wednesday. Good thing we did...cause Jo got sick Tuesday evening! She was closed Wednesday so the boys stayed home with Grandma all day! They had a great time and I think everyone was glad to see each other!! She stayed another night just in case Jo was closed Thursday also, but she opened and had a pajama day!! The boys went in their matching monkey pj's. It was quick and easy to get them dressed for the day!

Zane & Lauren playing Mario Kart

Mason's "cheese" face

This weekend we wanted to get out since we spent all last weekend in! Zane has been talking about going "real bowling" (versus wii bowling) so we decided to do that as a family. The first bowling alley we went to was packed and didn't have any open lanes. It also allowed smoking inside, so it was very stinky. We decided to try another one, and luckily they had an open lane for us. Zane was SO excited he could barely stand it! He was excited to pick his bowling ball, put on his shoes, the works! Mason wanted to touch everything, walk all over, and eat. We held him most of the time so he wouldn't get in the way. By the end he wanted to leave, and was hungry! I do want to report that I was the winner of the night, with a high score of 153 (highest I've ever bowled, I'm not too good). I was so proud of myself! I think I'll be tough with a little more practice...haha!

All ready for "real bowling!"

The boys at the bowling alley

Playing games afterwards (Mason does pretend driving well!)

Man...bowling wore him out! Only 10 minutes from alley to home!

Zane's first try...

Zane-isms

• There is a commercial on currently for the movie "Tooth Fairy." Zane has a favorite part and has been quoting it lately. "Does this make my butt look big? HUGE!"
• One evening as Zane was playing wii, he walked up to the t.v. and said, "Are you joking me?"
• A conversation between Grandma Farmer and Zane during his bath the other night:

Zane: Was my dad my mom's girlfriend?

Grandma: No, your dad was your mom's boyfriend.

Zane: They got married last night.

Grandma: That's good.

Zane: Why does God do that?

Grandma: Because God wants every little boy and girl to have a mom and dad.

Zane: Like me?

Grandma: Yes.

Zane: Oh.

• After Grandma's day with the boys, the wii wasn't working right. I think they wore it out! That evening, Zane really wanted to play it, so he got the manual out. He kept looking at the manual, then go and look at the tv. He said, "Grandma, I think I found the problem." What do you know...it worked!
• This weekend Zane said to Matt, "Take that face off of you!" Where in the world?
• Zane and I were playing with legos in his bedroom and he told me that he was going to build me something. He said, "Here you go, your majesty!"
• This weekend we bought Zane's Valentine's cards to give to his friends at preschool. He got some with lollipops and I told him that he could have one. The next day he came up to me and said, "Mom, I want a wolly pop." I told him we didn't have any and I didn't know what he was talking about. He said, "Yes we do. You know, with the gift cards!"

Mason's Marvels

• Mason was playing with a train and I said, "choo choo." He went "oo oo!"
• Mason will show you his belly by pulling his shirt up and will stick his tongue out to show you!
• Mason can now give high fives when prompted! We're working on knuckles, but he doesn't quite get that. He just wants to hit your hand!
• When playing, Mason loves to stop, bend over and put his head on the floor, and play "peek-a-boo" between his legs! It's too cute!
• As you saw in the picture above, Mason does NOT like Zane to sit in time-out alone anymore. As soon as Zane heads to time-out, Mason follows. He will sit down right beside him OR in his lap. He thinks it's funny and it seems to defeat the purpose of the time-out...