lazy sunday

Sometimes, we don't do anything out of the house on a Sunday and it is up to us to entertain the boys while the boys also find ways to entertain themselves.

As can be seen in this vid, storytelling is Kelvin's "thing". Also, you can also see how J & A differ in how much attention they pay to the storyteller.

Swiper no swipe[sic]

For those who haven't seen Dora the Explorer, there is a character called Swiper the Fox who is always swiping things. The way to stop him is to say "Swiper no swiping" 3 times. If he gets caught, Swiper would say "Oh, ma-an".

40.2 degrees C

This week, Aaron was sick. It started out with a high fever that went as high as 40.2 Celcius (104.36 Farenheit!!). I couldn't believe that it was an accurate reading and it crossed my mind that the thermometer had broken down. We quickly threw him in a tepid bath and luckily, his body temp cooled down by 2 degrees right away. With medication, his fever was under control but was on and off for another 2 days. The doctor diagnosed a throat infection. By the fourth day, his fever was gone and left him w/ a cough and a runny nose. With the two boys, we basically go through the common cold or the flu once or twice every six months. Last year, there was a consecutive period of two months in which A & J took turns in passing on the flu to each other and then to each of the adults in the household. The worst part is administering the medicine, especially to Aaron. Although you have all seen him chew on anything, he is actually quite picky with his food. To see him fight against the medicine, bystanders would think that he is undergoing torture. I've tasted each of his medicine and a couple do taste awful. Yet, he even rejects the ones that are just sweet. Just hearing about taking "tim tim" makes him literally run the other way.

He totally lost his appetite this whole week and only managed 2 oz of milk each time and rejected all solids. Whilst I don't know what his weight was before, I think he did lose weight and now weighs 26lbs and measures 33.5 inches in height. We heard abt a theory that a child's height at age 2 is half of his adult height. There are 3 more months until Aaron turns 2, I wonder if he'll grow any taller? We are waiting to see if Jerry will turn out to be at least 6 ft tall as he was already 3ft tall at age 2. It will be interesting to see if the theory holds true.

Anyway, the good news is, Aaron is recovering and hopefully, he'll be back to his old self after the weekend.