A frightening episode for Jack (one of the twins) last week finally prompted me to make that appointment to the allergist. Come to find out Jack is allergic to Ragweed and hamsters. He came up borderline to trees and cats and mildly allergic to peanuts, strawberries, milk and shellfish. We went for the RAST testing on Friday and since those results can take up to 2 weeks, this is sure to be a very interesting Thanksgiving.

Funny thing is Jack drinks milk all the time and has eaten peanut butter and other peanut containing foods on numerous occasions, without incident. But who knows what prompted that scary episode early last Sunday morning. Jack awoke gasping for air, coughing which sounded like a dog barking, wheezing. It was so scary! His allergy could just be developing so for now we are to avoid all the food allergen at all costs. I still give him milk, but I think I will cut that out now as I have noticed he does have diarheaa often. As for the strawberries, well, I knew that. Both of the twins broke out in hives, head to toe after eating 1 bite of a strawberry. YIKES!

Well, in 2 weeks we'll know our fate as far as food goes.

Pop-Corn

I hope everyone had a great Holiday and fantastic New Year!
I'm going to start the year off, with probably one of the most hilarious stories yet, right from the mouths of babes....



OK....This is a good one...you will be cracking up


Jack & Sean were asking for a snack. Having NOTHING to give them I opted for the pop-corn, never my first choice but out of desperation it had to suffice. I grabbed the OPEN bag of Herr's pop-corn out of the pantry, from the wrong end, of course. So, when I pulled it out, pop-corn went everywhere! "OH SH**!" I yelled. Sometimes, when you're having one of those days, it just comes out. The twins come running. Jack, the first one on the scene, "Oh Sh**, Mommy?" Oops, you know how it is. "Mommy shouldn't have said that, go watch SpongeBob." Jack, "Oh Sh**, Mommy? That Sh**, Mommy?" pointing to the pop-corn on the floor. I've been a Mom long enough to know that it's better to just ignore it at this point, so I grabbed my broom and dust pan. "Go watch TV boys, Mommy is going to clean it up", I tell them. Sean, "That Sh** Mommy?" Really trying to ignore them, I started sweeping the floor when Jake (dog) comes over and starts to eat the pop-corn off the floor. I praise the dog for saving me from sweeping, "Good Boy, Jakie, eat it up." Jack, never seems to miss a beat, "Eat Sh**, Jakie. Eat Sh**." Now you know that I am, at this point, probably turning blue trying my hardest to NOT react to all of this. My 2 year old just told my dog to "EAT SH**!" What would you do? I pick them up take them out of the kitchen and we sit down to watch SpongeBob. The whole time they're going over trying to pick up the pop-corn while Jake is eating it. I usher them away numerous times, until, finally, they give up. About 5 mins. After Jake has finished licking it all up Seanie walks out to the kitchen, looks at the floor, looks at me, puts his hands out to either side, palms up, and says...."Where Sh** go Mommy?" AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! What have I done? LOL Still ignoring the whole thing, I pick him up and say, "Jakie ate all the pop-corn off the floor." Seemingly satisfied with that they continue watching TV, but suddenly remember they never got their snack. Jack jumps up and says, "Need 'nack Mommy". After all that, they never got a snack. Lucky for me there was still a small amount of pop-corn in the bag, enough for each of them to have a little snack bag full. I hand them their snack bags and as they watch TV, I called my Mom to tell her this story. I could no longer hold it in. We talked for about 5 mins. While on the phone Jack & Sean, along with Reilly have migrated to their room. I peek in they're having a "picnic" with their little bit of pop-corn. Seeing all is fine, I go and make my 2nd attempt at doing dishes. I hear Jack calling from his room, "Mommy, meer." As I begin walking towards the bedroom Jack comes running up with his empty snack bag, hands it to me and says...."More Sh** Mommy" LOL

And yes, that was it, I LOST it. Laughed my butt off for about 15 mins.

Moral of the story, if you're going to invite us over, please don't put out pop-corn!

And to think a couple months ago we worried about their delayed speech! LOL

Enjoy the song..."You'll Be in My Heart" from Disney's Tarzan performed by Phil Collins. I dedicate this to my boys..."For one so small you seem so strong" They are the epitomy of strength!