Boogers and Tennis Balls

This used to be Jack's playground. His numero uno favorite toy. Alas, it has been replaced by the exersaucer. The other day we blew the dust off, pulled it out of storage (out from under our bed) and let him play with it again. He stared at the toy confused as if he had never seen the thing before. Slowly, Jack started half-way playing with it. He reminded me of an 11-year old riding the "It's a Small World" ride at Disney. Upset cause he's a little too old for it, but secretly LOVING IT!!! We did learn, however, to place the toy on the ground from now on, because this is how we found Jack after leaving him for a few minutes on the bed! We barely avoided his first tumble! AHHH!
Jack officially has his first cold. He didn't sleep well last night. I could hear some random outbursts, tossing and turning over the monitor. Nothing lasted longer than a few minutes, and he went back to sleep. But, I knew something wasn't right. This morning we discovered that Jack had some fun boogers glued to his face, and we spent a greater part of today wiping his nose. John and I had a discussion tonight about illness and the conversations/thoughts that follow after the discovery of one. Why do people (mainly parents) immediately start wondering where or from whom the illness has come? Why should it matter? "Oh, I bet Jack got sick from our trip to Target, cause I'm pretty sure I didn't sanitize my hands after pushing the buggy." or "So-and-so's baby had a cough and we were with them a few days ago, so that's what happened." Should we then take our speculations to the source and culture the bacteria(s) from Target carts and other kid's noses to chart out an action plan? I guess we're all trying to put the blame anywhere but on ourselves, huh:)

"The Island Packed" featured an article today about sleep disturbances. It listed several common causes such as bathroom breaks and snoring spouses. Under each cause were possible solutions. So I'm thinking sleep apnea machines and breathe-right strips would be under the snoring column. Nope. Instead, they suggested that you sew tennis balls in the back of your pajamas to keep you from sleeping on your back, which is the common snoring position. Can you just picture it? Thousands of Sun City residents rushing to the nearest Walmart to buy tennis balls and thread. Poor old men walking around the house tonight in their satin pajama sets, ruined (outfit and soul), with tennis balls stuck to their backs. Pathetic, really.


Another pitiful scene is that of Jack having to wear the feminine product look-alike that is pictured here. He's playing with the newest addition of baby products to the Ussery home: the Diaper Doubler. If you've been reading the blog regularly, you've read that Jack has a little bedwetting problem. Well, Jennie introduced us to the 'Dub' last week, and we're believers now. He's stayed dry 2 of the 3 nights that we've used it. The one night it failed was more of an adjustment issue on our part. Thanks, Jennie!

Go US women's figure skaters!!!! We're off to tune in.