Name that rash

Did anybody guess what kind of rash Abby has? Well, it was worse this morning (despite the benedryl) and now was bright red and also on her arms and legs. That's right folks, we have the slapped face otherwise known as fifth's disease. Luckily she is not contagious now that she has the rash. She was contagious at the same time that she got her ear infection last week. The only reason we probably didn't know is because we were giving her Motrin for her ear infections and it most likely masked the fever that fifth's disease would have caused. It will take a while for the rash to go away, so expect those Christmas cards to be a little late this year!

Rash anyone?

As if we haven't had our fair share of sickness this season, Abby woke up with a rash on her face and back of her neck this morning! I called the nurse and described it and she is pretty sure that it is viral, but made me stop giving her the antibiotic that she was taking for her ear infections. I gave her benedryl around the clock today, but it didn't go away, so I know that it is not an allergy. she is not running fever, itching, or complaining about it, so I guess it is just this nasty bug getting out of her body. I just wish we could stay well. I have clorox wiped and lysoled my house so many times this season! She is going to school tomorrow becuase she is not contagious, but i feel for her! i kept her home today thinking that the benedryl would knock her out. It just made her a little sleepy, but she never did fall asleep, just got very bored! Please excuse the expressions that she is making in the last 2 pictues. She was chewing up her benedryl at the time and she HATES to take medicine! Poor baby!

Christmas Tree

I'll be honest, I really hate the work that goes into putting up the Christmas Tree. The girls decided that Sunday afternoon was a great time to put it up. Somehow they talked their Daddy into it and by Sunday evening, we had a Christmas tree up with little to no help from Mom, I'm sad to say! I really love having it up, but I just can't get in the spirit to do it. Needless to say that most of our ornaments are on the bottom of the tree because mostly the girls put them up. Here are some pictures of our 2007 Christmas Tree, Enjoy!

Thanksgiving and Festival of the Lights

This year instead of going to Steve's parents for Thanksgiving, they decided to come to us. We had a great weekend. The only mishap (you know we had to have at least one, Dana), was that on Wednesday night right after they got here and we ate dinner, Abby started crying that her ear hurt. We left to go to Mercy After Hours to get her checked out. As sick as my kids have been this year after regular hours, I'm surprised that we don't have a reserved parking space! We left there with a prescription for double ear infections! We went to Wal-Mart to get the over the counter meds he prescribed then went to Walgreens to fill the Rx. They call us back to say that the medicine is not covered by our insurance. Long story short, we had to wait till 5PM the next night and call back the Dr. at Mercy After Hours to call us in something else. Uggh! We had a great time with Tony and Cecily though and went shopping the day after Thanksgiving and took the kids to see "Enchanted". A friend of ours, Ronnie, came over for Thanksgiving dinner and then played Wii with us for a while. I have to say that Steve's parents got a kick out of the Wii! On Friday night, we packed up the van with my parents and Steve's parents and went to Chickasha to see the Festival of the Lights. We went 3 years ago and decided to make it a family tradition. Since we are usually in Mississippi or Michigan, we don't go until December with my family, but since the parents came here, we took the whole crew. We were looking forward to going earlier so that it wouldn't be so cold...WRONG! We took the kids snowpants, hats, gloves, the whole nine yards so that we wouldn't be cold. The girl's favorite part is the horse drawn carraige ride and the hot chocolate. Everyone always looks at us like we're crazy when we sing christmas carols while on the carraige ride. Could be that most of us have forgotten the melody and end up singing baritone! :( We saw Santa on our way to get hot chocolate and the girls got their picture taken with him. As we were walking inside, Jillian whispered to me "Mom, he's not the real Santa". I have to admit he was kind of scruffy looking, but at least she was polite enough to take her picture and not say it right to his face! :) Hope you all had a great holiday weekend like we did!

Happy Birthday, Daddy

My Dad's Birthday was on Monday, so we celebrated on Sunday night after church with popcorn and presents. He got an Ipod Nano and we got him the armband so that he can wear it when he takes his afternoon walks. The first picture is Dad just being a goofball. If you know him at all, you know that is not unusual! :) So glad that he could be home so that we could celebrate with him.

These boots were made for Walkin'

We were over at my parent's house on Friday since the girls were out of school for the Centennial celebration. My Dad had a singing engagement with his quartet for that afternoon and they were wearing their "western wear" for the show. He had his boots out to be ready to go, and the girls just couldn't resist putting them on. they were so funny!

Fall Festival

Last Thursday Jillian had a Fall festival at her school. I went along to help out. It was so much fun. They got to paint their own faces, pumpkin bowl, hula hoop toss, decoate cookies, and so much more. I didn't get too many pictures of Jillian since I was manning a station (pumpkin bowling). Here are a few just for fun! :)

It's A BOY!!!!

Yes, we have a new addtion to the Kumor family. He was named Brad, but we re-named him Max. He is very sweet and loving, yet likes to play. We got him yesterday and the girls are just thrilled that we finally have a pet. After having to "get rid" of our last cat, Pumpkin, I didn't think I would have the heart to get another cat. Max just melted my heart and Abby immediately went home to count her money to see if she had enough to buy him. I couldn't resist that! Steve is excited to finally have another guy in the house. So far, Max has stayed really close to me and meow's when I leave the room. I had to shut the door to the computer room so that I could work without him jumping on the keyboard. The girls just love him and are ready for him to sleep with them every night. So am I since he slept on MY pillow all night long and kneeded my hair! He does give good massages though! :) Well, I had better go pay some attention to him.

Jack Attack

We had a great time watching Jackson while his family went to family fun night up at Sonshine School. He really enjoyed tacking Steve on the floor. The girls decided that they needed to join in too! Jackson was really interested in the animal cracker that I was eating so I thought I would let him take a bite. He made this aweful face and acted like he was going to gag. Being the great babysitter that I am, instead of helping him I decided to take his picture. The first picture is his face right before his gag reflex got the better of him. Mean Cheryl!!! I did give him a bath before his Mom came to get him though!!! :)

Soccer is over

The soccer season has come to an end. We switched Jillian over to Mrs. Cindy's team so that she would actually have a chance to play (Cindy coaches 3 year olds). Jillian just couldn't keep up with the 6-7 year olds. She did awesome on Cindy's team and even scored a goal last weekend!! She definatly wants to play again in the Spring. Abby has told us that soccer is just not for her. We signed her up to try cheerleading for basketball games at a local church. I think that she will really enjoy that and it sounds like a really positive atmosphere! Thank you Daddy and Cindy for being such awesome coaches!!!!

Student of the Month

Abby was chosen to be Student of the Month by her teacher for the month of October!! We are so proud of her. Ocotber is the 1st month that they start picking the student of the month and they start in 1st grade. They had a little award that they gave her and a celebration breakfast. Here she is with her teacher and the principal. It was so cool!! She also got to go up on stage during rise and shine to get awarded a t-shirt for reading over 100 books so far this year. Her teacher let her go first since she had read more than anyone else in the class. Boy, we are proud of her!!

Pumpkin Patch

Abby's class went on a fun field trip to a local pumpkin patch. It sounded like fun, so I took the day off and went with her. I was in charge of her and her friend. We had a great time! We also got some small corn on the cobs. They told us that you could put it in the mircrowave for 30 seconds and you will have popped corn on the cob. It worked great, but as you can tell it doesn't all stay on the cob. Silly Mommy will use a bowl next time!

Halloween in a Nut shell

The girls had a good time at all the fun stuff that we did. We took them to Storybook Forest and to a carnival at church. I was a little disappointed in the Storybook forest because we went on a Saturday night and 1/2 of the buckets that we came too were empty (no candy). Not that we need it, but I would think they would keep a closer eye on them. Jillian was a witch this year and Abby was a cheerleader. We didn't really get to do much else as the kids were both battling illnesses as well as their parents. We had a fun time regardless.

Wii are family

My parents came over a few weekends ago for a family game night, and so we decided to introduce them to the Wii. Needless to say, fun was had by all. My parents are pretty good at bowling and baseball. I think we were all a little sore the next day!

Farm Day

Jillian had a farm day at her school. Thay all got to dress up in farm clothes and some people from the FFA brought a bunch of animals to their school that they could hold and pet. Jillian thought it was great and it was all she could talk about!