So much medicine!

Two weeks ago Caden and Connor both had a pretty bad cold. Caden's cold was followed by an eye infection. Tom was convinced that it was just a virus so we decided to wait it out. Well yesterday he was still waking up with his eyes sealed shut and Connor had started to get it as well so I insisted that we go to a doctor. We found the hospital on our first try (a huge accomplishment in and of itself). The doctor said they both needed antibiotics and he prescribed a few other medications. Tom was with him as he wrote out the prescriptions so I was not able to ask what everything was for. This is what we came home with...

Does that seem like a lot of medicine to you? I was shocked! 4 medications for Connor and 5 for Caden, really? Plus, the pharmacy was doing a special. Buy one antibiotic get one free. So the next time we are sick we can just call our doctor and tell him that we already have an antibiotic. Lovely. We are definitely not in the United States anymore.

The icing on the cake was when we gave Caden all of the medicine and he promptly regurgitated. Needless to say the boys are not taking all of those medicines, it just didn't feel right. The entire Doctors visit was $80 and the medicine was $100. The good news is the boys will not be contagious when we get on an airplane in 48 hours! See ya'll soon!

The boy who lost Christmas

This is what Connor used to look like. His long, blondish hair was starting to curl and cover his ears. Tom decided to cut it...

And now he looks all grown up. I don't know why a haircut makes him seem so much older but I feel like my baby disappeared. He has also started hitting and throwing tantrums which makes him seem like a toddler (although he looks pretty darn cute in this picture).

Because I take Christmas away from Caden approximately 12 times a day I decided to make a chart to help him visualize what he might lose. I originally told him that kids who don't behave get a lump of coal, but he seemed to be ok with that alternative so now kids don't get anything if they misbehave.
The mall has bumper boats. He was all alone in the little pool going very slow and yet he still had the time of his life. Sometimes I wish I could be so content with the simple things in life.

I sent Caden to change his clothes and he came back looking like this. His own sense of style or the child of two fashion-challenged parents? You be the judge.

By the way, this time next week I will be back in Utah! I am so very excited!

A Rockin' Christmas

Today was Caden's Christmas program at school. They were performing 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' so he got to dress up as a rocker. He was pretty excited. He has some kind of infection in his eye (possibly pink eye) but we sent him to school anyway. I can't believe we are those parents...

Caden is the Rocker and Connor is handling the wardrobe malfunction. We were having a good morning for sure.
The program was pretty cool. They had their marching band play some Christmas songs as well as 'Party Rock Anthem.' There is nothing better than a bunch of awkward teenagers in band uniforms trying to dance while holding their instruments. Caden's class was super cute but the class older than him was hilarious. The girls did a little dance and they had them shimmying and shaking their bums. The boys in the class did a hip hop routine. I have not laughed that hard in a long time.


The one thing that I love the most about Hondurans is their commitment to family. When they have any kind of event their families show up. I was amazed that Grandmas, Aunts, Uncles, cousins, etc... all came to this little program.



I promised the Grandmas some video of the program. This one is pretty cute. Caden is third from the left.





I will try to post another video when the Internet is working better.