The Doings in Strange Town

D: Mom, can I put my brrr (ice) in my applesauce?
Me: No, that would be icky.
D: UGH!!!! Mom, I'm SO STRANGE!

J: Mom, I need to cuddle you!
He then pats me on the forehead, kisses me, and says, "Mom, you're a boy."

C: I call it the Denton-behave-in-ator!

C: I told them I was having trouble breathing because I really had to fart.
Thank you, comic relief!

Me: Good morning!
D: NO!

Me: Good morning! Time to wake up!
J: I can't!


(11/10) I had an appointment this morning, so the boys got to sleep in a little. Didn't help the big one's attitude any, but I certainly appreciated the extra time before I had to deal with it.


(11/11) Happy Veteran's Day! No school today, but we did have a doctor's appointment.  C has been cleared to go back to activity!  Huzzah!  He's still having some behavioral issues, which we hope are still concussion-related, but we're thrilled he can get back to good ol-fashioned playing.  We hit Frost for a celebratory donut, and then the park because OMG did the sugar hit in record time.  We played until we were popsicles and then headed on home for dinner.


(11/12) Work day for me, and Dad had the kiddos.  Traffic was all around ridiculous, and I missed my Zumba class again. Grr! C got to go back to hockey today.  It's gonna take him a while to get his legs back under him after being off for so long.  He had a pretty good practice ~ came off when he got frustrated, but regrouped and got back on.  We're keeping him at no contact for another week, and he's mad that "we're ruining the point of hockey".... but seriously, dude, we're just looking out for your safety.


(11/13) I worked from home today, and Dad wrangled the kiddos.  He had to go get C at school. If this is a preview to teenage years, I'm not excited.


(11/14) Hockey day for the twins.  C didn't have ice today, but did have a lot of homework to do, so we brought that with us.  D was looking really peaked, so I was good with him just getting suited up. He did pretty enthusiastically pick his number for hockey ~ D is #10 & J is #9 on team black!  Despite a whole lot of complaining while getting dressed that he didn't want to play, D had a great practice!  He scooted all over the ice.  No progress standing, but he was out there, and was engaged the whole time.  J was a total noodle, and sat next to the door for the entire practice. He was all excited to go to hockey too, so I'm not sure what was up with that.  We were supposed to go to my niece's birthday party, but both boys are hacking, and my brother's fam has a big trip coming up, so we stayed home today, and kept our germs to ourselves. We were super bummed to miss it, but also appreciated the lazy day to recoup.

(11/15) Granddad stopped by this morning with cookies and cake from my niece's party that we missed yesterday.  So I fed all the boys sugar before taking them to another birthday party to consume even more.  Fortunately, the twins were feeling much better today.  And even though Deedles claimed he most definitely did not want to go bowling, we all had a great time!  It was fun to catch up with Kathy and her family! I still cannot believe her youngest is six.


(11/16) Work and school day for all of us.  C had hockey practice this evening, and Dad had to wrangle all the boys on his own.  D promptly crashed and had a pretty epic bloody nose, because he obviously inherited my grace. C played with more heart than we've seen in a while. Seems he missed hockey more than he wanted to admit.