The Suisse Family Robinson

I didn't think that tonight would be that great because there's not a huge age range in this year's contestants. But there was a surprising variety in song choice so all was good. Top performances- Matt Giraud and Adam Lambert. Judges didn't like him but I did- Kris Allen. Best performance from a 16-year-old ever on the show- Allison Iraheta. Not a big fan but he sang well anyways- Danny Gokey. Should get voted off tomorrow- Lil Rounds.

There's a wonderful 24 hour stomach flu going around and I was hoping that we would be untouched. But Lara was sick last Wednesday and then again with an ear infection on Friday, Reed came down with it on Sunday, and Vivi started throwing up this morning. I, however, am not sick thanks to my supercharged immune system. (I haven't been sick in over 6 years).

Even in the midst of all the sickness, Vivi and Lara remain cute as ever. Some examples-

Nursing Vivi when she is sick with the flu is quite the chore. I have to feed her every hour for about 3-4 minutes so that she can keep it down. One of the times I was nursing her she just stopped, looked at me, smiled, and gave the cutest little giggle ever! I wish I had captured it on film because it was quite precious. It was like she was telling me "Don't worry, Mom. I'm still cute." I find it very telling that even when she probably feels like crap, she's able to find the humor in life.

Lara has become quite the blabber mouth in the past few weeks. She'll pop out little sentences when I least expect it. Things like "Hold on!", "Don't move", "That's funny", and my favorite "No Mommy, I don't want to", complete with the eye roll. There are times when Lara is urgently trying to tell me something but I have no idea what she's talking about. Like this afternoon she was crying "Mommy, Vivi Fire!" It took me a few minutes to realize that she wanted me to get a pacifier so she could give it to Vivi. Very cute.

A side note, thank you to my wonderful husband who stayed up till 3:00 am Saturday morning with Lara and let me have a nap on Sunday afternoon even though he was still sick. :)

One of the Melaleuca products that caught our attention when we enrolled was their tooth polish. In the past, Reed would get these awful canker sores in his mouth. They would be huge, stay for 2 weeks, be very painful, and when they would go away more would take their place. It got so bad that he had stopped brushing his teeth because the tooth paste made the sores even more painful. Let me tell you, there is nothing more gross than a husband who has not brushed his teeth! We decided to give the Melaleuca tooth polish a try because it contained natural ingredients like myrrh and propolis, and none of the foaming agents that regular toothpaste contains. Reed discovered that he could directly brush the canker sores without any pain! The sores disappeared and now he only gets them about once a year (darn stress). He can now brush his teeth again and we all can live happily ever after.

So since I replied to this on another blog, I am obligated to post it on mine. :) I mostly did it because I like getting things, especially in the mail. But I will suck it up and try to be creative.

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.
This might be great for me since I'm not sure that 5 people read my blog. Maybe this is a good test.
The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog.