Casey's birthday and the chaos of the boys

Yesterday was Casey's birthday. He turned 30. He left me a list of things he would like:

1. Breakfast in bed

2. John Denver CD

3. Any John Grishom book we don't have

4. Fancy dinner

5. Alcohol!

6. Desserts!!!

Seriously??? Has he forgotten about two little guys names Asher and Cache? The pretty much ruin any plans you have for the day. You really have to roll with it and try to figure out how to stick yours plans in there somewhere. Anywho...for dinner I cooked crab legs, sauteed garlic and scallops, orzo pasta with dried cherries, fresh basil, ricotta and toasted pine nuts with chocolate mousse for dessert. We also had three different kinds of Sam Adams and wine. Three out of the six isn't bad.

Asher and Cache have been in terrible moods this past week. Asher still has the nasty goop coming out of his ears and wants you fix it. He points to his ear and then points to you like fix my ear mommy. Cache is just stuck to my leg ALL DAY LONG. If I don't hold him he sits in the floor and cries. I am not sure what has brought this on, but I am so ready for this stage to pass.

On another note, for some reason Casey is afraid for the boys to get dirty. This evening I was picking up dog poop (a never ending job..........) and I thought it would be fun for the boys to come out and play in the mud. I mean that was my favorite thing to do when I was little! I had to beg Casey to strip the boys and let them come out and play. Nuts, just nuts! According to his mom he never stayed clean. He was constantly dirty. We won and the boys came out and played naked-as-a-jaybird in the mud. --They had a blast. While we were outside Casey cleaned the house. What a nice surprise! Such a great hubby!!!

Insanity

Our life is truly insane. We were on the go non-stop before the boys and that has not stopped. We went to Amarillo this past weekend to help celebrate Ashleigh's (cousin) high school graduation. On the way up there Cache screamed. On the way back Asher screamed.

We even stopped at the Wal-Mart in Weatherford and bought a DVD player for them; thinking they would watch it. Nope. Not at all. Cache continued to scream while I was bored to tears watching Thomas the Train. I guess not letting them watch TV during the day is coming back to bite us.

I did take the camera this time! --A huge accomplishment for me but, I forgot to take any pictures. Don't you just love it??

Now that we are home, Asher is sick. He has the nastiest goop running out of his ears and nose. He is also having trouble with his asthma. All day I have been fielding calls from our many doctor offices trying to figure out what to do for Asher. Antibiotics for the ear drainage, oral steroids and more breathing treatments for the asthma, but what do we do about the attitude??????? I don't think Tylenol or Motrin works for that. Is there something moms can take when their kid's are sick to help with patience?

I guess we were given twins because we know what chaos is and could handle it. When I really sit back and think about it the addition of twins did not really add more insanity to our lives, just different insanity.