He's BAAACK

So Matthew is back! It's amazing how kids can bounce back so fast! He's on an eating frenzy and his energy is back. He seems to not be having any side effects of the surgery at all. Over the weekend we went to his friend Owen's birthday party and ate a whole plate of pancakes after eating a bowl of cereal before we left. He basically munched all day long and enjoyed apples, bananans and peaches as his afternoon snack... then ate a full dinner! Even though he is still a little picky eater (only wanting Michellini's Wheels & Cheese, Chicken Nuggets and Peanut Butter, Jelly & Fluff) he is at least eating in quantity. Hopefully he will change his eating behaviors soon. I'm sure it will all pass eventually, but he does enjoy the healthier snacks like fruit and yogurt. So I guess it's not all bad. He does eat healthy at school, so that is a plus.... we dont feel as bad knowing that he eats the organic foods and veggies at school.
His voice has changed since the surgery and for the first time he has slept 2 nights in a row without waking up for one reason or another and has (so far) not snored in 2 nights! He seems much happier in the morning the last few days...up until this morning when it was time to go to school. Unfortunately, Andrew & Matthew have seemed to switch bodies! Andrew is happy to go to school without many complaints and is so much easier going than Matthew. Matthew used to love school but ever since his surgery, he does not want to go to school. Hopefully this will pass. But over the last few months he has been a little brat complaining about everything and has showed signs of separation anxiety... something that has NEVER bothered him before. Maybe it's just a little late coming on than most kids. The preschool teachers note that a lot of children go through this at this age. I guess it is age appropriate for him to be feeling this way, but he was always so easy going before, that it has taken us by a bit of a surprise since we had no idea that it would happen to him. I guess it is normal and healthy, so we'll just grit our teeth and chug on through this just like all the other obstacles of parenting!

Andrew apparently only had a little bug. After throwing up that night, he has been fine since. He is feeling fine now but started with the sniffles over the weekend. I guess it's to be expected this time of year and we've been lucky with the both of them since they have not been sick at all this winter so far. So, I guess that this is to be expected now. Sean's not feeling well either with a bit of a cold coming on and with the weather being below zero or teetering on it, he is freezing his buns off today at work. So we've been running the humidifier all day and night and are hoping to get through this with out any missed school or work. It's about to be a busy week for me since I will have to cover for someone that will be out of work due to his surgery and have to stay late a few nights this week along with being on call.

Otherwise, we had a great weekend... Friday night, my parents came to watch the boys and we enjoyed a night out for a change. We went to a local pub and had munchies and drinks, played some pool and then went bowling. It's been a long time since we've been bowling and I must say... For everyone who knows Sean, he is very competitive... I OUT BOWLED HIM!! He'll hate me for this but his first game he only bowled 86!!! I bowled a 175 (somewhere around there)!! It's amazing I cant remember exactly the score but all I know is that I beat him and he'll never live it down now! He did beat me the second game but overall total... I still WON! LOL.
Anyone reading this will have to help me rub it in!