Teddy Bear

Aunt Amy bought each of the kids a stuffed animal awhile back and keeps forgetting to bring them with her. She remembered when she came to visit on Monday.

Caitlin's bear is HUGE and pink. She immediately knew that it was hers saying "My bear" and "It's pink". Conall liked his bear, too, because it has a hat "that he can wear to go fishing at the cabin."

Punch the Fever Out

When Conall got home from school today he had 102 degree fever. He keeps saying things like "I want to punch the fever out," "I want to break the fever down," "I want to give it back to her (Caitlin) so I don't have it anymore," and "I want to give my fever way."
Boy, I wish it were that simple. I guess we're in for a couple of days of grouchiness (ahem, he**). He is such a bear.

Conall's New Friend

Grandma took Conall to Build a Bear http://www.buildabear.com/ this weekend. This was his first experience with Build a Bear and he loved it. He keeps wanting to go back and make bears for Caitlin and his friends (that's pretty sweet). He also wants underwear, socks and pyjamas for the bear.

Conall named the bear Thomas Charger Bearyhill. Thomas has clothes that fit him with a hole for his tail and shoes that are exactly like Conall's. Conall has given him a bath, put him down for a nap with a blanket, rode his tricycle with him, etc. He seems to have taken the place of the stuffed toy cat, Rusty.

Caitlin is also very enamored with the bear -- mainly because it has shoes that look like real shoes. I think we'll have to take Caitlin soon and let her get her own bear with its own shoes.

What Is It About Water?

Conall and I were enjoying a nice evening trip to the library tonight to pick up some books related to what he is learning in school this week. We had some great mommy and Bear bonding time.

On the way home, Stu called me to tell me how his last hour or so had gone for him and Caitlin. Stu was giving Caitlin a bath when he realized that she'd done it again! She'd pooped in the tub.

Stu tried to get her out in time, but wasn't able to, so he ended up holding her over the edge of the tub while she pooped. Isn't that such a lovely mental image? Anyway, not knowing what to do with a wet, naked pooping Caitlin, Stu took her to her room to put a diaper on. She then grabbed for the window, leaped out of his arms and face planted.

Daddy couldn't clean the tub while Caitlin was running around (been there, who could?), so he drained it, thinking it would make it easier to clean! Note to anyone who ever goes through this -- DO NOT DRAIN THE TUB WITH POOP IN IT! This makes it much harder to clean as the poop smears as the water drains and it then clings to everything. Always leave the water in the tub, then you can just scoop the poop. Can you tell I've done this before?

After sanitizing the now cleanest tub in the world, Conall is taking a bath. Caitlin is screaming at the top of her lungs because she doesn't want to go to sleep. I wonder if we'll get to clean puke tonight, too?