If you all wouldn't mind keeping Sean's mom in your thoughts and prayers. Her surgery is Monday in Boston to remove the remaining tumor.

Thank you all so much,
Kristin

It's been a couple of weeks now and Wesley is still coughing. Poor little bear. He doesn't seem sick other than that though. His school had a play where the theme was 5-2-1-0. "That's a funny way, to count you say?" per his song. Five fruits and veggies, no more than 2 hours of TV or computer a day, one hour of excercise and zero sugary drinks. See? I was paying attention. I was in shock though watching Wesley before and after the play. That kid is a stud. Little girls were hugging him, school aged girls were coming up to him and hugging him. Teachers and mom's were calling his name. It was like he knew every girl in the place. So funny! Finally a mom behind us and her older daughter were talking to Wesley saying they wanted to take him home with them. I finally turned around and asked them how they knew Wesley? The mom said what a little charmer he is and is always telling girls how pretty they are, or how he likes their hair or earrings. DUDE! Where does he learn this stuff. I mean, he always tells me he likes what I'm wearing or that I'm pretty but I had no idea it spanned the corners of Gorham! He will tell a waitress he likes her earrings once in awhile and loves to watch her studder and blush but I just didn't know he was wooing all of Maine! I just couldn't believe how many girls knew him. He knows more people than I do!

So, Quinn and Wesley did great at the concert and that is where Wesley claims a boy coughed on him and that is where he got sick which I'm sure had nothing to do with it. The whole school was coughing. But it did result in Sean and I having to cancel our V. Day getaway and our winter trip to Camp Sunshine which was a total bummer. I just couldn't justify him coughing on kids who were recovering from cancer or who had low blood counts. So instead we made a last minute trip to New Hampshire to make up for it. I didn't mind him coughing on healthy kids ;0)

So we went up to North Conway and stayed at a hotel that had an indoor and outdoor pool. Collin and Quinny rolled in the snow and then jumped into the hot tub outside. It was cool to be sitting there while the snow fell. The next day we decided to go to Mt. Washington and take a trip up in a Snow Coach which has big treads for wheels. We made it to almost 5,000 feet up but then it was too snowy and the road was closed. Mind you there are no rails or anything keeping you from plummeting off the edge of this skinny road. You all know me and heights. I was shaking. An hour after the ride was over, my hands were still shaking. At one point the driver tells us we can get out and take a picture but to stay close to the kids so they don't go over the edge. Also to watch their noses and if they start getting white, frostbite can happen and to get them back in the van. Nice. We jumped out, got a quick pic and jumped back in the van. It was very beautiful though. Amazing mountain views covered in snow. So we made it back down and had lunch. Our plan was to take the kids tubing next but when we went back outside the wind was whipping and it was so cold. We decided to get a hotel for the night and come back the next day to tube. So we swam some more and went to dinner and just hung out. The weather was nicer the next day and the kids had a great time tubing at the bottom of Mt. Washington.

The next day we were home and I just have to boast about something because I said I would. We took the kids candlepin bowling. For those who don't know, it's a New England thing where the balls are small and fit in your hand (no holes) and you have three chances to bowl. It's weird at first but better for kids because they can hold the ball better. Anyway, in 19 years I have NEVER beaten Sean at bowling. He kicks my tail everytime. Candlepin or regular bowling, doesn't matter. The first game he beat me by one pin. I was sooo mad. But guess what good people. I kicked his butt the second game! Wahoo! I know it's not a big deal, but if you know how competitive he is, it was wonderful. 10th frame I was trash talking so he would get nervous. I told him if he lost, I would post it for all the world to read on Wesley's blog. So...I just had to stay true to my word ;0)

We had a snow storm the other day so the kids got an extra day off of school. I will include pictures below. If you can see, that birch tree that is bent over usually stands straight up.

Well, not much else happening. Wesley has his IEP meeting so hopefully it will go well and they won't tell me Wesley spends too much time flirting.

If you could, we have good friends whose daughter Emma has FA. She has almost the same things as Wesley with the ear canals and kidneys and tiny like him. Same age. They've gotten some scary test results back which are the ones every FA parent dreads. If you could just keep them in your thoughts and prayers. They need strength and guidance as to what to do. Thank you my friends.

Hugs,

Kristin