Thursday, November 27, 2008

Mikaya was trying to get into the apple pie




he was caught with his hands on it! LOL


HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
















Well the bird was stuffed and eating, the pies were cooked and cut, and now everyone is sleeping:) Mike goes in at 2 am! At noon there were 4 tents up at Best Buy, people sure look for a bargain. Briana and I made our pies Wednesday night, we got our apples at McQueens apple farm and also made a pumpkin pie. It took us 3 hours but we got it all done. It is so hard to bake with M & M, they are into everything. We had to put all the chairs/highchairs out front as they use these as stepping stools to get to the countertops or the dining room table. When that doesn't work they use the drawers to get on top. It is always something around here. While I had the turkey cooking, Mikaya always tries and opens the oven so I always latch it so it locks, not realizing that it shuts the oven off! So the turkey had to cook an extra hour and a half! good thing we didn't have any guests coming as we ate 2 hours later. The kids really enjoyed the food this year. I made turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed and sweet potatoes, corn and bisquits, and had pie and cranberry sauce. M & M are following in mommy and daddy's footsteps and had ketchup with the turkey. Briana loved the pie and said she was thankful for mommy and daddy and her brother and sister. We count our blessing this holiday season and are so thankful for our children, our marriage, and our health.





Sunday, November 9, 2008

Trick or Treat







Halloween








Well Mikaya and Mackenzie were very excited to go trick or treat! they actually kept their hats on! Mikaya was wondering why he was just up like a polar bear and Mackenzie kept eating her tail! she was a whitte bengal tiger! and oh so cute! Unfortunately they were stuck in the stroller the entire time. It is to hard to have them noth out walking as they go in the opposite directions. So next year will be there year! Mikaya picked out his trick or treat basket and would get upset if I didn't take it up to a house to get candy in it. What in the world was I thinking to get them a costume that was white! good thing the chocolate came out! They trick or treated for about an 1 1/2 and loved it. The loved seeing the decorations, and the kids running around the neighbor hood, and we had such great weather, it was in the 60's didn't even need a coat, and luckily there costumes were very warm.


Briana on the other hand loved being tinkerbell, and for some reason she is at an age where she doesn't want her picture taken! LOL. It is so hard because I feel like i have to bribe her all the time, to get a good picture. She loved it this year! She was very polite and loved being able to choose what candy she could get, alot of people let her pick 1-2 pieces! Half way through we had to come back home and get her tennis shoes as her feet were sore from the tinkerbell shoes, I wonder why they make these so uncomfortable year after year. This is the last time we will buy em. At least Mackenzie will have some good costumes to choose from, hopefully she will be into the princesses like Briana.



Thursday, October 30, 2008

What a long month it has been!







We did manage to go to the mall and trick or treat, but there were way to many people there but the kids have fun. Trick or treat is tomorrow so we will be pumpkin caraving and that will be fun. here are some photos at the mall. Briana is tinkerbell, Mikaya is a polar bear, and Mackenzie is a white tiger.



Well what a long month it has been. Who would have thought that since Briana started preschool we would be dealing with sickness of 1 or all 3 of the kids. Briana started off with a cold, runny nose, fever, then she went to the Dr's and found out she had a double ear infection :(. From there it went to a cough and it got passed along to Mikaya and Mackenzie. Mackenzie had it the worst, she couldn't sleep due to all the nasal drainage that woke her up and caused her to vomit at night, after a few days of tghis I took her to the Dr's to find out she had an ear infection, she was put on an antibiotic, Mikaya was also having drainage from his ears so i called the ent, the nurse said to use his eardrops for 5 days and that should clear his ears up. So we treated both of them. After 5 days of drops his ears werer still draining, so i called the ent again, and he said that the tubes were working and that i should NOT use the drops. I told him I was confused because his office told me TO use the drops. He said to keep an eye on the drainage, so I did. Briana's cough continued to get worse, her nose continued to run, and Mackenzie continued to cough. Let's just say this led to no sleep for mom. The were not eating well, sleeping well, and getting to bed way to late. I took the kids in for a recheck and there 18 month check up to find out that the Dr did not put Mackenzie on the right dosage of antibiotics. And the funny thing is I noticed that but thought he must not have prescribed a high dosage because the ear infection wasn't to bad, well i was wrong. He gave her only 1 tsp instead of 2 1/2 so a waste of treatment, only to find out that it had gotten worse and was now in BOTH ears! Mikaya was still having the drainage and had ear infections in both ears. that they were infected so bad that there was puss around the tubes. The Dr said they both probably arent' hearing to well, sounds like they are underwater and that could be why there speech has not really flourished within the last month. Currently they say mama, dada, dog, woof, moo, etc. But i guess sounds don't count as speech. So they are both on another dosage of antibiotics and Mikaya ear drops, we will go back and see how they have gotten in 10 days. Briana is finally starting to feel better. She has finally been sleeping with no coughing, but guess what, Mackenzie has got another cold, so back to her coughing at night and to top it all off she is teeting which attributes to the draining. During this time I got something going on with my voice, could hardly talk without sounding like a frog! LOL. I felt fine just a little tired. We all got our flu shots and are hoping for a SICK FREE month. Everyone keeps telling me, well this is building up there immunity, well let me just say that it SUCKS!










Monday, October 20, 2008











After the parade we went to the pumpkin patch. Oh what fun to see! Mikaya and Mackenzie loved the pumpkins, Briana loved the haymaze and didnt' want to leave. We were there for quite a bit. They had pumpkins as high as $35.00 and all different colors, white, green, white with orange stripes. They has a pumpkin ride, ponyrides, animals and apple donuts.






Briana's 1st parade


as A Sylvania Twirling Star was on Sunday, at the Sylvania Fall Festival. She was so excited, and really had no idea what a parade was, she thought she was gong to catch candy. We explained that she would be participating in the parade and marching with her friends while twirling. We got there and lined up, she was excited to see the dogs, in costume, the different people dressed up and listen to the marching bands. Boy this brought back memories of my days in the parades. She did wonderful marched right until the end. Made Mike and I teary eyed to think of our 4 year old to be so grown up! The parade was quite the hike, we walked to entire parade on the sidewalk so she wasn't freaked out by us not being there. She was fine, she would look over and tell us NO PICTURES! So we would sneak pics! LOL. After the parade was over they had a snack and off to the pumpkin patch we went.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Briana's 1st day of school










The kids are finally sleeping.

Well I am sitting here with Mike enjoying a quiet moment. No feet running around, no noses needed to be wiped, no playing, just a time of silence. This is a rare occasion in the Siet house. Rarely do Mike and I get to sit and visit or spend time together unless it is 11:00pm at night. By that time I am usally exhausted and ready for bed.
Today started off getting the kids breakfast, dressed and then lunch. We then drove Briana to school. Stopped at Walmart and then came home and got the kids to sleep, while they napped I got a bite to eat, did laundry and put it away caught up on Young and the Restless, and then realized that it was time to go pick up Briana. We picked her up, and she had a great day at school today, came home and got a snack, went for a walk/bike ride, came home and got dinner, then Mike got home from work, fed him, played with the kids some more, went for a walk, got baths, and then put the kids to bed.

Here is an update on the kids. . .

Briana has been going to preschool for almost a month now, she loves preschool, she goes Mon-Wed-Fri 1230-300. She enjoys her new friends, and being the "helper" in the class. She loves painting, playing dress up, dollhouse, and having snacks. She went to her first birthday party of two twin boys in her class, and didn't want to leave. Briana has also taken up dance, and does Ballet once a week. She also takes baton class once a week and will be in her first parade this coming Sunday. She has been practicing her marching, counting to 8 over and over, while twirling! I am so proud of her, she does a great job.

Mikaya is growing like a weed, and is into everything. He likes to sit back and watch people or observe around him when at home. He also loves to explore getting into drawers, etc. I ran upstairs to get their clothes today and when I came downstairs Mikaya was in the bathroom standing on the sink playing with the water! I looked at him and said "What are you doing?" he started laughing while splashing water all over the mirror. He loves to be outside and feed the ducks, watch the fish, and play in the dirt. He defintely is all boy.

Mackenzie is playful and loves to dance. She loves her blankets and stuff animals- the more the merrier. When she gets tired she will get her favorites-Elmo, ernie, bert, kitty, doggy, rabbit, and 3 blankets. She loves to give hugs and kisses, maybe a few bites too! LOL. Mackenzie is also loves to get into things, her favorites are the kitchen cabinets and love to get into the computer if she can. Mackenzie is also a climber, her favorite place to climb is on my glass table, ugggg, this gets to be frustrating because Monkey See Monkey do.

If Mikaya does one thing, or vice verse, believe me, Mackenzie is right behind. At 10:00 at night this gets to be a little much. And then throw Briana into the mix, look out, it gets crazy in here.

I am doing good, there is never a dull moment around here, i am new to this blog thing so hang in there with me. I hope to post a few times a week.