short and sweet

Quick update today, and no pics because I don't have time to upload them.  I think that both of th boys are feeling better from their ear infections, but Aiden is having a hard time with his antibiotic making his tummy hurt, and as a result his bottom is hurting too.  So far, even though I have slathered on at least an inch thick of butt paste, he still has a pretty bad rash.  I am going to give him some yogurt tommorrow to see if that helps a bit.  

I was very proud of Michael tonight.  On the way home from grandma's house I told him that we were going to do something different for dinner tonight.  I told him that I have a different kind of chicken to try.  Of course that threw him into a bit of a whine fest.  I told him that it is the same kind of chicken that he normally eats, it was just cooked a different way.  After a little explaining, I gave him a choice.  I said that he could either eat my chicken and get a surprise after, or he could eat his normal chicken nuggets and not get a surprise.  After a minor fit about that he said "How about I eat my chicken nuggets and then I get a surprise, how about that choice?  I like that choice."  I kind of laughed and told him how clever he was but that he didn't get to make up choices.  I gave him the choice once more and said " you can have your choice, but I don't want to hear any more whining about it."  He did good on the way home.  I think I sparked his interest because when we got home he kept asking to see what kind of chicken it was, and I was putting the groceries away so I didn't have time to get it out immedieatley.  He took a bite off of his plate and ate it.  Then I sat him down in te living room to eat his dinner, and he ate almost all of it.  He had roasted chicken and corn.  Cool huh??  He got a brownie after.  He was a happy happy boy.  He even went right to sleep when I put him down.

This morning Aiden woke up at 5 and wanted to talk and play.  He would not go back down, so I got up and let him bounce around for a while and ended up nursing him back to sleep about 7.  Michale woke up at 8:30 and came and woke me up.  So I didn't get much sleep at all.  Hopefully I will tonight if I ever make it over that way.

Here is a couple of just random cute pics.