Here we go again...

Ethan is so sick- again. Last Saturday he came down with the cold and cough that Aidan had had the week before and by that night he was really not sounding good, so we took him to the Dr. who confirmed that his RSV/bronchial stuff was back. Back to 1am breathing treatments. He has been so miserable this week and to make matters worse, he finally cut his first tooth so he's been running fevers and crying all day long. Yesterday I really started to worry that he wasn't responding to the treatments as well as last time and since he wasn't sleeping and was constantly crying (both very uncharacteristic) we decided to take him in again. Because I can't cancel lessons right now, Brett came home early to take him and imagine my surprise when they got home and Brett said that he's actually improved dramatically and that his lungs sound great so we can stop waking him up at night to do the treatments and just do them during the day. I'm not real sure of my parenting skills- I think he's getting worse but he's actually getting better. Then last night he started running a fever again and woke up at 2 am and threw up all over me. :) Now I think he has the flu that has been going around. Whatever it is, he's miserable and I could REALLY use some sleep. :) Poor guy.

Tax season...

If piano teachers were accountants then this would be our tax season too. I have been so busy with teaching because we have festivals, recitals, competitions, ect.. coming up and so my days are filled with tedious nit-picking and extra rehearsals on the weekends. It's all very rewarding when it is over but in the mean time I have been extremely busy and worn out, which leaves little time to blog. We did manage to get away 2 Saturdays ago, though, for a fun afternoon of sledding with my family. I have been getting so stir crazy with this cold, snowy weather and it felt great to get out, be in the sun and laugh. We had such a fun time!



We were so tickled with how brave Aidan was- he was so excited to go down, he'd barely sit there long enough for us to help him. He only took 1 big spill that hurt, but still went down one more time by himself before we left. He had SOOOO much fun!


Aidan was so funny when Joseph or Brett pulled him up because he wouldn't sit up in the sled. It was like he was strapped down in the gurney. :)



Yes we fit 5 people in a 3 person sled. And yes, EVERY bump left us with sore bums! Still fun, though!