Update on the kids

JOSHUA--
I'm doing Josh's in red since that's his favorite color. He has started to return to his normal routine and following the rules of our home much better now than when we first returned from our trip to Indiana. I think he thought he grew up a ton while we were there and has attempted to do many things on his own. His biggest achievement -- or in my opinion, his biggest mess -- was when he made his own chocolate milk by pouring the milk into the Nesquik container. He was quite proud...I am still trying to clean it up:P He will resume preschool this week and is looking forward to learning about the weather and having show and tell. He always gives me a hard time about going but his teachers assure me that he has a blast while he is there.

ZACHARY--
Still trying to be like his big brother Zachary has to now have Lightning McQueen race car underwear over his diaper. He loves to be with his sister mostly and keeps her entertained quite nicely. Zach is pretty much a happy camper and if he's ever sad, all I usually need to do is turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse that I have saved on the DVR and that cheers him up. He has been quite concerned this weekend about Ammon, the little boy we take care of during the week. He will all of sudden come running to me asking where he is(on the days that he's not here). He's so worried but it's pretty cute. Zach still likes to carry every tiny thing he can. He especially loves batteries and we haven't been able to find a replacement just yet for those.

ALLIE--
We had to take Allie to the doctor this week due to a cough that seemed like was not getting better. I guess it just sounds worse than it is. We just wanted to make sure that it wasn't in her lungs. She was having a hard time sleeping so that's what prompted us to get her in. We started giving her Benadryl and that seemed to help with the sleeping part. She is still not walking yet but her dad saw her take a few steps and turn around in a circle! She is just loving being an explorer right now and makes it known when she doesn't like her brothers taking something away from her.