Tegan... The kid has definitely moved from the Terrible Two's into the... what would you call them... Thrashing Threes? Whatever you call them they are like the 2's but worse. UGH! I mean look at those eyes - you can just see him plotting his next mischievous adventure.
Hopefully it's a boy thing, that's all I have to say. HA! I'll stop there - at least as far as negative posting goes because T really is a sweetheart. 
Yes, he can really be a handful and wears my patience thin daily but he also does so much that warms my heart to its very core and beyond. The kid is just so aware of his feelings and emotions and wears them all on his sleeve letting them rub off on all around him (in a good way, of course). 
I don't know how many times he tells me that he loves me every day. I hear the phrase, "Mom, I just want you!" daily, too, and even though it's usually when I'm busy with dinner or cleaning or nursing or diapering or something it still means so much. The same goes for T's love for his daddy, too. He cries when Brendan leaves for work most days... especially lately with how early B has to leave and how late he gets home due to his extra long commute from the 101 and 41 bridges across the MN River being closed. Hopefully they'll open soon and we can all get more Daddy/Brendan time.For Easter we spent the weekend in Rochester. My parents and sister also joined us all for dinner on Saturday (worked better for us all to do our big meal on Saturday rather than Sunday).
The kids did great (aside from Tegan being overwhelmed at first and throwing a fit) - and the Easter bunny even caught wind of our early celebration and hid the Easter eggs a day early for us. Well, at least that's what we wanted the kids to think, but when we asked Tegan who hid all the eggs he quickly replied with, "Daddy and Uncle Joe!" 
However, it was the Easter bunny who delivered T's Easter present (yes, he got an Easter present - the kid is spoiled, I know!) We (B and T) decided that it was time that T get a bike with "pedals and brakes" (as Tegan calls it). He also wanted it to be red like Daddy's, so Daddy put in a call to the "Easter Bunny" (who the general public knows as Rochester Cycling and Fitness) regarding a red bike with pedals and brakes and E.B. reserved a red and black Trek 16" boys bike. 
I had to laugh, though. T was super excited when he saw the bike and then within 5 min it was no longer exciting and he was back to playing with the Barbie Jeep. HA!!!Following church on Sunday I insisted that we get a family picture... well, these are what we got. I'm sure that if we somehow meshed the 3 together we'd have a pretty decent pic (other than T pouting throughout all 3).
Sunday also brought egg coloring (yeah, we did it kinda backwards this year). And boy-oh-boy did Tegan ever get into that! I'll just let the pictures do the explaining on this one. :)
The past 2 days have been not quite as fun. T has been battling a nasty fever that has proven to require Tylenol AND Motrin to cool it down. The highest so far has been 102.8. We finally went into the pediatrician's office today because an hour after Tylenol his temp had gone up and not down. Countless tears, a few books and some real life reenactments of "The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor" later a strep test showed that T probably just has a no fun virus that just needs to run its course. For his braveness in getting his throat swabbed Tegan got an Arctic Blast from Dairy Queen and a sprinkle doughnut from the "Doughnut Store" a.k.a. Kwik Trip. OK, so the kid was really clueless what it meant to have his throat tickled so maybe he wasn't so brave in that area, but he did take it like a man until the test was done and then he was upset about how it felt - who wouldn't get upset. Strep throat tests SUCK! So the doughnut was definitely deserved and the Arctic Blast (basically a slushy) was my attempt to get some more hydration into the kid. Here's hoping and praying that he's able to settle down and actually get some good sleep tonight. He was cashed out on the couch snoring like a grandpa by 6:30 last night and didn't get a nap today due to the time of his doc appointment.
OK - how's that for an update? I know it basically only covers the past week or so, but it's better than nothing. I do have pics from one of our library visits I can share another time, too.
Love to all!!!
~j
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