The boys are dressing up as The Incredible Hulk and a pumpkin for Halloween this year. Zachary is the Incredible Hulk (or as he calls it Incredible Hunk) and Ben is a pumpkin that we originally had for Zachary 6 years ago.
Monday night we bundled them both up and went trick or treating uptown to local businesses. Each year the uptown area of our town closes down the street and local businesses open their doors for all the kids. Mike works up town and I used to work for the Chamber of Commerce so we know all of the businesses and can trust the candy they hand out. After we usually go to a local pizza shop called Goodfella's because their pizza is YUMMY but it was too crowded this year and their place is tiny - not very stroller friendly so instead we let Zachary pick and he of course chose Burger King. Blah.
When we got home it was a mad rush to get baths, jammies on, bedtime books read and then off to bed. I am very persistant about Zachary's bed time, he is a grouch to wake up in the morning. Ben doesn't have much of a bed time yet, usually between 9-11 he doses off for a few hours and then it's our normal wake, nurse, sleep, wak,e nurse, sleep schedule.
Monday night was different, he fell asleep around 8:30 and woke up at 11:30. I nursed him for about 1/2 hr and then he started screaming NON STOP. We tried everything. So after a few hours of him continuing to scream it was about 2:30 a.m I decided it was time to try a car ride. I drove around for about 15 minutes and then brought him back in the house. Once we got inside he woke up again crying. I decided to leave him in his carrier and I put him next to the couch, I laid on the couch and rocked the carrier so he could sleep. I did this for 3 hours until it was time for me to get ready for work. He wouldn't let me doze off, if I stopped rocking then he'd wake up cry and I'd start rocking again. I never thought of his swing, I guess because I was too scared to take him out of his carrier in fears he'd scream again like he had been. When I got home from work yesterday I noticed Ben's ear looked like it had gunk around the outside of it. I checked and his little ear was draining, I immediately told Mike to help me bundle him up because I knew it was an ear infection and I wasn't going to mess with him getting worse or another night of him being uncomfortable sleeping. I was correct, he has a severe ear infection and was put on an antibotic for 10 days. :-(
Zachary has never had an ear infection. I hope that this is the ONLY one Ben gets! I don't want to have to deal with cronic infections.
Tomorrow night is Trick-or-Treat in the neighborhood where Mike grew up. We always meet as this parents house and go with some of our friends and Mike's sister and her family. I am going to opt to stay back this year with Ben so he's not out in the cold weather. I hate not to go along with Zachary becasue I know Mike (becasue he's a man) won't take pictures like I would. I'll have to make sure I get plenty of pictures before they all go. I think the list of costumes will be, Incredible Hulk, White Power Ranger, Cinderella, Spiderman and Indiana Jones. I love seeing kids all dressed up! Since I found my camera cord I'll be able to post pictures this weekend I hope.
My boss has been at a conference all week so I've been BORED out of my mind. I've done all of the work I needed to do. The crazy thing about this place is that people stick directly to their job description and don't bother to do anything that they are not technically being paid to do. It drives me nuts! Since I'm bored I've tried to ask others in offices around mine if I can help them with anything (shredding, phone calls, stuffing envelopes, copying, anything!) and no one will let me because it's not "MY" job to do! Earlier the copy machine jammed and since it's right outside of my office I offered to help with the jam, I was told to leave it that it wasn't our job to clear the jam I'd have to wait for the copier tech to do it. Again, something I could have easily done but wasn't allowed to do. I guess I should just quit complaining because if I did have something to do I wouldn't have been able to update my blog!
Just a little shout out to my Aunt Peggy in Texas...if you are reading this. :-) Hi, love ya!
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