Here we go again...stuffy nose, watery eyes, etc.

Marisa...Marisa...Marisa...mommy said not to kiss your brother...now he is home sick with your cold! Ethan was up all night because he had difficulties with getting comfortable and breathing.

Marisa got sick from being out Friday night for her friend's birthday. It was blistering cold out that night and Marisa with her friends were outside getting their pictures taken. Yes, it was not a great idea but oh to be young and foolish. I told Marisa to put on gloves and a hat but that would not do! One day, my daughter may realize that mommy is usually right...most of the time!

It's been in the low 30's and I hate having to take Ethan out. We didn't do much this weekend. On Saturday when Marisa woke up, we went to get food at the Vietnamese store off of 606. On Sunday, we went to Costco and then to a Korean grocery store. Marisa and Ethan stayed in the car with the exception of running in and out of the car to the house. Well, it was bad to be out on Sunday especially when it was raining really hard. I went and picked up some ducks and pork for our Christmas dinner. Marisa wanted spring rolls for dinner so it was good that we were able to get everything.

Monday, Van had a dentist appointment and needed to do an in-home repair in DC. After his appointment, we came home to pick Ethan up from school. We decided to ride along with Van to his work in Gainesville, Tysons and then DC. My children miss having daddy around since he's been busy with doing deliveries on the weekend. This was a chance for Ethan to see his daddy so we went with him on his job assignment. We finally arrived in DC at 4:30 so we sat around and waited for the lady to return home. When Van finally finished at around 6:15; our little boy was fast asleep. We decided to drop by Eden to pick up dinner. Marisa wanted wonton soup and I was not in the mood to cook so we picked up some roasted duck, roasted pork, Vietnamese coffee, and wonton noodle soup.

Last night, it wasn't until 10:30 when Marisa came into the room. I was trying to get Ethan to bed but he wanted for me to read to him. It was so cute that he was trying to repeat every word that I was saying…I love to hear Ethan’s voice when he makes the sound of the actual word! Yes, it was really late too but because Ethan had a late nap...he was not about to make going to bed easy on us. Marisa wanted to see Ethan sing before going to bed so she just hovered over her baby brother even though I had asked for her to not smoother him. She's sick and I just did not want Ethan to catch a cold from her...didn't listen so here we go again...stuffy nose, watery eyes, etc.