Before starting yet another week I figured I better get caught up on my list of bloggable stuff. Of course, since I'm blogging that must mean all the kids are sick. Indeed, it is true. The kids suffered from an extended cold, which turned into some kind of eye problem. They would wake up with their eyes caked shut (not with actual cake, mind you). Our pediatrician prescribed Vigamox, but $85 later it didn't seem to help. It would clear up temporarily but then come right back. I then took Mason to Reno's finest ophthalmologist, who then prescribed Neomycin/Polymyxin B and Dexamethasone Ophthalmic Suspension, which only cost $4. It was obvious that our pediatrician did not prescribe this initially because he couldn't say it. After diligently administering this to all four kids for about a week everything finally cleared up.

But then they all got another cold. They've been fighting it for a few days now and I caught it. Emilie seems to be to only one who doesn't have it yet. I think everyone is on the rebound, which is good.

Last Saturday (August 29th) Emilie and I ran the Scheel's Spark-a-Delic 5k Run. There were a few others from the ward who ran. I haven't run 5k competitively since high school, so I my expectations for myself were pretty low. I pushed myself pretty hard and was proud to finish with a time of 28:27. Especially considering that I didn't do anything to prepare myself.

Mason and Jaxon have both done some pretty dumb things lately. I have a couple things about Jaxon to blog, but I need to include pictures. I'll save it for next time. As for Mason, I put him in his bed a few nights ago and he was not happy about it. He decided to fling himself over the rail of his crib, causing him to do a flip and land on his back. I know he didn't want to go to bed, but I'm not sure what made him think it would be a good idea to jump headfirst out of the crib. I think he got the wind knocked out of him, but didn't seem to be hurt otherwise. He calmed down pretty quick. And he hasn't tried it again since.

I'm going to call it a night and I'll shoot for getting the rest of the blogging done tomorrow.