movie day

Ethan had a rough night, and his mild cold suddenly turned pretty nasty. So we are spending the day relaxing, nebbing and watching movies. We watched The Little Mermaid for, oh I don't know.. the 20th time in past few weeks, and here is Ethan's assessment of it today.
E: Mom, Ursula calls Ariel a princess.
Me: Yeah, King Triton is her dad, so she's a princess.
E: Yeah, but she's really a mermaid.
Me: Yep. She's a mermaid princess.
E: Yeah, she's a mermaid princess, but she's really a mermaid instead.

And I love the ending where he exclaims, "She's beautiful! They got a kiss!".

On a more serious note, I am so thankful that Ethan's at the age now when he can tell me he needs the nebulizer. I was just putting him down for a nap and he asked to do "breathing". I asked him if he really needed it, because we had just done it before lunch not too long ago, and he got really adamant and tense telling me that he needed it. I told him I'd go get the machine and be back in a minute. While I was upstairs he started coughing so hard he was gagging, and when I brought the nebulizer in his room it was like I couldn't get it set up fast enough for him. He sat very still for several minutes, breathing deeply while wearing his mask, and then told me that he was feeling better. I got a little teary at how grown up he is.

And here he is the other afternoon. He turned on all of the lights in his room, put his head under his bed (how else do you get a dark place to rest??) and fell asleep.

random stories

Last week I was feeling pretty bad by the end of the week. I called the doctor's office on Friday morning to get an appointment. They saw me first thing in the morning which I was really thankful for. Found out I had a sinus infection and ear infection, got my antibiotics and got out of there. Ethan thought it was the coolest thing going with me to my appointment. He is usually the one seeing the doctor, so the fact that they did all of the normal things (listening to my lungs, looking in my ears and nose, blood pressure, weight, etc) on me, that was pretty exciting for him to watch. As we were leaving the hospital he says "thanks for taking me on a special date, mom!" I'm glad that it was so entertaining for him :)

I also have been hearing him say this a lot lately... "mom, I need some chocolate." 

Spring is just around the corner, hopefully. Yesterday we got a small taste of great weather and we headed to the park. Ethan couldn't get enough! He was so excited to climb all over the playground and go down the slides. I have a feeling that the park will be often requested in the evenings as soon as the weather finally permits!

We also had a super funny conversation in the car the other day. We were going through a curvy road and Ethan says "wow, you're driving crazy mom". We talk about driving for a while and I finally ask "who's really a crazy driver, me or daddy?". You. "What? I know I am driving crazy now, but daddy's really the crazy driver, right?" No. Daddy drives faster. You drive crazy.

Thanks, Ethan. Good to clear that up.