So the mild little bug we have been fighting turned into a scary croup night for Trevor. Just trying to keep him calm was the hardest part. He was really working hard to breathe and crying made it worse, which made him panic, cry more…etc. It was a really bad cycle.
He would only sleep lightly and cry if I tried to leave his room for any reason. I ended up “sleeping” on his floor so that I could get him to rest and so that I could listen to his breathing.

This morning, he let me give him a nebulizer treatment with just saline. The moisture seemed to make his throat feel better.

He is sharing his mist with me. I have a terrible cough too.

We ate dinner in the cool air on the patio and waited for the ice cream truck. The boys got giant bomb pops to help with sore throats. Brendan is actually still doing OK. He isn’t 100%, but hopefully he will get better without getting worse.

I took a picture of the moon just because it was there and I could.

It is after 11PM and Trevor is still awake tonight. He is too uncomfortable to sleep and wanted another mist treatment. Brendan’s night nurse called out sick, so I am getting ready to sleep next to him while Bill and Trevor try to sleep in our bed. Bill has to leave for work at 5:45am, so this will get interesting. I hope Monday is kind to us.

The whole family is still fighting a little bug, but symptoms have been very mild even for Brendan. Our biggest enemy is cabin fever or boredom, so we went playground scouting again. I have seen this place from the road every time I go to Joann, so we went to check it out.

It has this giant snake of climbing ropes for younger kids, although it is still too advanced for the boys.

There is this 50ft tower of climbing craziness for bigger kids and adults. I can see Kayla and Ashley dangling on there.

They have nice playground equipment, but the boys didn’t care for it much once they spotted something else…

GIANT splash pad. I did not realize that it would be running today. I can not keep my boys away from splash pads. Good thing I had dry clothes in the car anyway.

The perfect shirt for Trevor… the bottoms reads, “My Parents”. That is how I feel today!

We were right next to “The Waffle Fry Store”

The boys inherited a cool bike trailer from Jack and Olivia because Jack is too big for it now. It will be perfect for this year’s Christmas light-seeing bike rides with both boys.

We did a test ride down the street.

Bill had to weld a custom mount to get the trailer to work with the three-wheeled bike.

And last, Brendan wanted to update everyone with his vocal skills. He says a lot of great words now but it is hard to catch it on camera. Trevor was in a time out (you can hear how he feels about that in the background).
He keeps asking for “Big Robot” because he wants to watch the movie “Iron Giant”.

Happy Thanksgiving! We sure do miss all of our family today and wish that we could be with them on this holiday. It was 85 degrees and sunny here today, it would have been the perfect place for everyone to be this year! 🙂

We so appreciate the Newton family for including us in their Thanksgiving this year. We felt pretty special, Tammy went out of her way to set up special things for the boys, and she cooked an awesome meal!

Taylor helped the boys color at their special table and make ornaments

Trevor said that he was eating out of a wheel! Brendan gobbled up lots of mashed potatoes and gravy before he started giving everything to the dog.

It was a great time to be outside playing with the hose. Trevor is trying to get the water with his “smacker” aka ping pong paddle

Brendan has only been to this house a few times before, but he remembered that there were cats and he was on a mission to find them!

Trevor ate lots of whipped cream for dessert

And then he started feeding the dog

Cody built the boys a giant couch fort just like he used to do when he was little

Can you spot the Trevor?

The tackled Cody to show their appreciation for the awesome fort.

The car ride home claimed one over-tired little boy. The other went to sleep easily too.

The whole family is fighting off illness. Symptoms have been very minor and we are doing everything we can to stay healthy. It was good to spend today with friends and we hope everyone gets well and stays well!