Wisdom from my walk

Hey Darlin…. I installed a new plugin that should make adding pictures easier…. let me know what you think. It’s at the same location as the other picture thing, but there’s a link to your flickr photos!  Luv ya.

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originally uploaded by Amy McKenzie.

that’s zeke in there if you couldnt tell. We had dress up yesterday at preschool. it was So much fun!

Bo didnt want to take this boy scout shirt off! 

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originally uploaded by Amy McKenzie.

this was yesterday..his strange look is probably cause he was tired

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originally uploaded by Amy McKenzie.

this was 6 months ago….

Zeke started wheezing pretty badly today.  he did some yesterday but acted mostly ok, he’s been really clingy again.   I didnt think too hard about it til this morning at preschool when he sounded really bad.  I was reminded that when we did go to the dr last time and his oxygen was low, I didnt think he sounded that bad but he was really doing badly breathing wise.  So I came home to find we only had one albuterol left, so he got a treatment before nap time.  he sounded a lot better but i know that he probably would need more before bed if his cold didnt let up.  So….since we have had a hard time w/ walmart lately and I remembered the new kroger had an ad saying if you transfer a prescription you get $20 in free groceries.  So…dean dropped off the old prescription, and luckily for us his prescription was on their $4 list, so we spent $4  on his meds and got $20 in free groceries.  we’re hurting pretty badly financially these days(we can pay the bills, but then there’s no money for daily essentials), so it was a big deal that the med was so cheap and we got free stuff we needed from the store!!   I think our next trip for my refill I need before the end of the week is going to be the same deal, so we’ll be able to get more toilet paper and milk and maybe even a pack of diapers all for $4 for the RX.   and to think we didnt know how we’d get through til payday w/ the lack of funds in the bank.   God is so good!   :-)   now if kroger would just pay our water bill for us….

oh other good things….my friend and are have swapped kids so we can both make it to curves both today and yesterday.   I joined last Monday, and have worked out there 5 times since then, so 5 times out of 7 days is pretty awesome to me!!  I feel great surprisingly, and I’m even doing a one mile walk video at home too every day.   So I’m getting a really good work out in twice a day, and a break from my kids while I go to curves.   it’s so odd to have someone so close by, she lives across the street, to be friends w/.  In balto. my best friend lived about 15-20 minutes w/ traffic away, and we tried to do meal sharing some but it was hard.   childcare swapping got hard too sometimes since it sometimes didnt make sense to go back and forth due to the distance.  So having someone  who lives right next door almost and is willing to swap kids so we can get some free time and exercise is awesome!    not to mention, it’s been fun getting to know each other more.  and I just love her little boy, he’s one but is definitely enough of a baby that I can get my baby fix!   he’s come up to me w/ his arms up for me to pick him up a few times this week, and it just melts my heart.  I mean when my own kids do it it can get old…but when a little guy who barely knows you can look at you and know he can trust you…well it’s great!     But w/ Zeke being clingy he’s been getting a little jealous.

Dean’s in bed, he hurt his back somehow this week.   there was a moms night out tonight and I stayed home because he couldnt pick up the kids and I didnt want him to hurt himself more, that and I have tons to get done this evening.  tomorrow’s going to be really busy so there are things that must get done before tomorrow evening that have to get done sometime, which will be now while the boys and Dean are in bed.    so  no more procrastinating for me…back to work…

as always more on flickr, but here’s a few:

Zeke and I playing

he’s almost 3, he’s potty trained himself mostly at this point, he evens “stands up” like a big kid too, all on his own doing!

6 going on 13….just learned how to do the monkey bars, his girl “friends” do it way better than he does! he’s a scholar not an athlete!

he’s pushing 30(in March 2008), but I still think he’s hot! even w/ a full head of grey hair, I like it in fact! 🙂

Ugh…I hate having sick kids.  we have plans to work at church this weekend….but I’m thinking we might get stuck inside all weekend w/ sick kids.   Caleb’s on his way home from his grandparents, he was supposed to spend the night, but he says his stomach hurts.  (at least I dont have to clean up if he gets vomitting, he can at least make it to the toilet!)  the boys have red bumps on them…dont think it’s chicken pox but dont really know.  definitely looks different than the eczema they all have.     I know I shouldnt be so selfish and I should be more concerned about having sick kids…but I was really looking forward to the weekend.   gotta run…calebs home.