January Happenings

We certainly started 2018 off with a bang in the Dominican Republic and the fun continued all month long!  First up, a going away lunch for Alexis :( 

We see the most beautiful sunsets from our backyard!

Skating on the Bentonville square with neighbor friends:

Swinging:

Love the ClassDojo app for keeping up on what Trevor is doing at school!

On the snow day after Martin Luther King Day, Trevor's friend Mayah invited him to jump at High Rise then go out for a late lunch.  Trevor couldn't wait to get out of the house with the sickies!  And her Mom knew that Mommy and Ashley had been diagnosed with the flu but still said he could go because she would have already been exposed to it the past Saturday when Trevor went to her birthday party.

Well the following week we reciprocated and brought Mayah to CPE's Spirit Night at Chuck E Cheese.  Mommy happened to look up and see that Trevor was holding her purse!  He's going to make the best husband one day!

One day when Mommy and Ashley were coming home from dance we found Daddy and Trevor out for a run/hovercart ride!  Gotta take advantage of the nice weather when we have it!

Bitty Baby always has to match Ashley!  Aren't they the cutest dancers?

A special little treat with Mommy one day!  

We love the library!  Ashley loves the carts :)

Cheer!

Ashley loves learning DVDs.  Girl is getting smart!

When Daddy was sick the kids and Sophia escaped to the movies to see Paddington 2!

Trevor is starting the Learn to Skate program through the Dallas Stars so one night he picked up his gear.  For the cost of $80 he gets 6 one hour lessons and all the gear - skates, pads, jersey, helmet, stick....everything he needs except a mouth guard!  CRAZY!!  It will be good for him to learn to skate and if it becomes more than that then we'll figure out.  He's excited!!

On Tuesdays and Thursdays when we are home Ashley takes special care of Toby.  Here she is using Trevor's back scratcher on him.  #spoileddoggie

Kids had their dental cleaning appointments.  No cavities!!!

And a few pictures of Ashley from school!  This one was the day she and a friend got to have a special lunch in the classroom with their teacher.  She talked about it for a week!  She loves Mrs. Kylie!

And note who is always together - Ashley and Bria!!!  Good thing they are both going to CPE for kindergarten!!!!  

Scooting around Crystal Bridges

While Daddy was sick on Sunday Mommy took the kids to Crystal Bridges with their scooters to ride the trails and head to the square for ice cream.  It was the most perfect day to be outside!  Amazing 60+ degrees in January!  YES!!!

Interesting way to ride and brake!

Cheers!

Early Valentine's Day Photo Shoot :)

Mommy decided to save money and not have Valentine's pictures done of the kids this year since they will have pictures done at the end of March in Arizona.  But Ashley has this adorable Valentine's dress so we had our own little photo shoot in her room.  Pretty sure she could be a model, she certainly has the poses down ;) Where does she learn this stuff?!!  

Flu

It's been a bad year for the flu and it finally hit the Hillins house.  It started in Ashley's preschool room on Wednesday...lots of kids out.  Only 4 kids there on Friday, Mommy was surprised because Ashley was so healthy.  Well she should have knocked on wood because overnight Friday into Saturday Ashley had a high fever.  Saturday she was sick - chills, fever, etc but still happy.  Overnight Saturday into Sunday was another rough night so Mommy brought her into Mercy Convenient Care on Sunday afternoon and they swabbed her for flu and strep and yep, Influenza A for our little girl :(  Mommy started a fever overnight so they put her on Tamiflu too.  

The girls pretty much quarantined themselves and it seemed to work pretty good.  Monday Daddy stayed home from work which was super nice and helpful so that Mommy could rest and get better.  The flu is no joke.  On Tuesday the kids had a snow day from school but luckily Mommy was feeling better but we still stuck around the house and rested.  

We were so glad that the boys didn't get the flu but again, spoke too soon.  Trevor picked it up somewhere because 10 days after Ashley was diagnosed with it, he woke up with a headache (how it always starts) and got a high fever by the afternoon on Wednesday.  So to the doctor we went.  Got swabbed for strep and flu and Influenza A it was for him too.  Poor guy.  He even fell asleep at the doctor's office :(  So Tamiflu for him.  The stuff worked great for Mommy and Ashley but made Trevor throw-up after the first dose but after that nothing.  He stayed home the rest of the week but was totally fine by Friday.  Tamiflu is amazing.  

Then on Thursday night Daddy started complaining about a headache and on Friday he came home from work at 5:15 and went straight to bed.  He started Tamiflu on Saturday morning, slept all weekend and was okay to go back to work Monday.  We disinfected like crazy people and are just praying that the flu doesn't enter the Hillins house ever again!