Mouth!

Kira gets so excited when you ask her to point to her mouth.  She is equal parts low maintenance and adorable in the entertainment department.

Mouth!

Mouth!

Max had another great day with grandma!

...and another afternoon like this with mom.

Max plucked the single bloom from the flowers downstairs, brought it upstairs, and told mommy they should hold it together.

Daddy told Max he was going to the accountant tonight, and Max said, "the Count?  Like from Sesame?"

Baths make everything better!

Cougar boys

Cougar twins

First time flossing!

Still fits! 

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Kira witnessed democracy in action for the first time today, and she loved it [the 'I voted' sticker]. Max got through the night with little incident, but had a pretty rough day.  He had some glimmers of his hyper, outfit changing self, but he mostly moaned and listlessly wandered around the house while mommy followed him around with a myriad of liquids and tried to keep his eyes glue to the television.  

Max insisted on sleeping in 'Uncle's room' aka the pull out sofa in the den.  We woke him up for medicine a few times during the night, but he did not wake up besides that, which was great.  

Max's meal selections consisted of milk, chocolate pudding, applesauce, melted ice pops in a cup, apple juice, Gatorade, and water.  He also managed a Dunkin Donut and several gummy bear vitamins.

Max made a delicious caterpillar cake with grandma.

 

It is tough to keep this kid in bed even if he is exhausted, dehydrated, hungry, and in pain. 

 J-E-L-L-O  B-A-T-H 

A midday bath was just what Max needed.  He felt good and had fun for 30 minutes while also getting the hospital stink washed off.

Kira was thrilled to see Max after school and she thoroughly enjoyed our walk to the primary election polls.  Max was not as excited, but he perked up a bit at the playground on the way home.  

Kira was hysterically laughing the entire time she was in the swing.  

Adios, tonsils

Breakfast of champions!  All the clear "foods" Max could eat before 9am

Kira munched on grapes while Max was still excited about his jello-only diet

The morning commute was exhausting

"This is my tunnel mouth doctor!"

Max put strawberry Chapstick in his mask to make it smell better.

Doctor dress-up

Let's see those tonsils one more time

All done!  Despite his open eyes, Max was fast asleep in recovery.  In fact, his eye lids were taped shut during the surgery because they were so open.  The doctor said that it is not uncommon to tape kids' eyes shut during operations, but that Max's wide open eyes were a bit unusual.

Chocolate pudding for the road, and for dinner and dessert.  Max loved the wheel chair and begged to take it home.  It was actually much easier to push than the stroller, but we could not fit it in the trunk.

Max is supposed to refrain from running and jumping for two weeks.  He could not go two minutes without doing either of those things.  Here, he is protesting his orders to stop running up and down "the court".

Sunny day!

So happy that it is so nice outside!

Shorts! This weather is as moody as Max

Pizza and pjs for Max and Timmy

Bambino in a basket

PJ kind of day

The kids stayed in their pajamas most of the day, but in a cruel twist of irony, no one did much sleeping.

The faces of nap refusal 

These two are becoming more alike everyday.  From their sense of humor to their insatiable appetites and insanely early internal alarm clocks, they are two of a kind.  

Max briefly changed out of his dinosaur pajamas to play Ninja Turtles with daddy

Mickey!

TGIF

Kira giggled the whole time she used her walker tonight.  She is so proud of herself and so are we!

Perfect time to measure Kira's height

Max had a great day at school learning about sea animals 

Night cap

Kira keeps getting bigger and Max stays the same! 

Kira took a step in the right direction (ha!) tonight, moving from furniture cruising to shopping cart cruising.  The cart is a slightly easier to move than the couch, so Kira walked all over the basement and gave her tush a little break.

Of course Max wanted to get in on the action

Morning scoot to pass the time between 6 and 7 am

Basement gym

Max played ball while Kira played in the locker room.  

Unisex locker room 

He shoots...

...he scores!