"Don't Make Me Pull Over"

Everyone remembers their mom saying that at least once in their life.  "Don't make me pull this car over!"  Well, today that was me.  First time every having to "pull over" while driving. LOL  Cooper the sneak little rascal, has discovered how to unbuckle his seat belt AND Brodie's car seat.  He was tired this morning and in a terrible mood and continued to keep unbuckling the seat belts, so after many warnings we had to pull over, Josh got out, got Cooper out, and they had a talk on the side of the road LOL While they were out there Chloe kept saying, "Bubba bad boy.  Bubba buckle seat belt." Needless to say this was very effective and Cooper kept his seat belt buckled all the way to town :)  See, no need to spank people, no need to spank. (By the way we were pulled over in a very remote area so there were absolutely no cars driving by or heavy traffic etc., just to clarify LOL)

Anyway, we were on our way to town for a full day's worth of errands.  First we went to meet Grandma for lunch.  We went for chinese.   The big kids got to eat with chopsticks and Brodie devoured his chicken lo mein like he hadn't eaten in months LOL  After that we took off to America's Best to pick up daddy's glasses which, luckily, were ready.  We dropped daddy off to go inside and Cooper immediately asked to go get "chicken and fries" which is chicken nuggets and french fries even though we JUST ate.  Last week after we dropped Josh off for his appt we went to McDonald's because we hadn't eaten eat yet, so of course Cooper remembers EVERYTHING so immediately thought, "Well we're dropping dad off at the eye glass place so now it's time for chicken and fries".  So...me being the sucker that I am, I took them across the street to Burger King and got them chicken nuggets and fries, which the hardly ate any of of course LOL

Afterward (the main event for the day) we had a doctor's appt for Brodie.  All of my kids have been fighting off colds for about a month now.  I think I mentioned in the last blog that they all got colds mid May, had them for a little less than two weeks, then they started to go away, then they came back with a vengence.  Well the big kids are fighting it pretty well, but Brodie's little cough WILL NOT go away, so I made him an appt, and the doc prescribed him antibiotics.  Come to find out he has NEVER had antibiotics, so he made it an entire 13 months without getting sick enough for meds, which pleases me greatly because I am NOT a fan of antibiotics and think they're WAY over used by some people and WAY over prescribed by some doctors.  For some reason there are some people who, as soon as they get the sniffles, think they need antibiotics.  Um, no.  That's actually the exact WRONG thing to do.  Most colds or cold like symptoms, even when severe, are the result of a virus which CANNOT be treated with antibiotics.  If you have a cold virus and take antibiotics they will not help.  They'll do the opposite of help actually.  If you take antibiotics everytime you're sick your body will begin to build up an immunity to antibiotics over time and then when you finally DO need antibiotics they'll have to prescribe stronger and stronger ones because you've built up that immunity.  So...there's my "mini" medical rant, but anyway, Brodie now has his first ever course of antibiotics and I'm hoping he feels better soon.  She said his ears, lungs, and throat were clear, so no ear infection, pneumonia, or strep, but just due to the duration of the cough he gets the antibiotics.  Also, he weighs almost 24 lbs now :)

After that the kids wanted ice cream, so we took them to Dairy Queen (chinese, chicken nuggest, fries and ice cream....wow mom...).  Bro was asleep, but the big kids got to come in with me and they were of course mistaken for twins again. LOL I swear we get asked if they're twins AT LEAST once every time we're out, usually closer to two or three times.  First people assume they're twins, then when we say 'no' they assume Chloe's older.  Not sure why though...hmmm. 

Errands continue and we then went to the bank where I was actually VERY pleased with the teller.  We went to the drive up, but we could see the teller in the window and she could see our kids in the back.  Not only did she send out three suckers for them, but she treated us like a normal family and didn't bat an eye or so word in regards to the fact that we had a car full of three young kids.  We get the absolute strangest looks whenever we're in public, like people have never seen "a large family".  And not just looks, comments too.  I know most people mean nothing by it, but I still like to mess with them.  It's in my personality.  *insert evil laugh*  If I ever take all three kids somewhere without Josh (usually I'm with my mom) and a cashier says, "Wow!  You've got your hands full!"  I will respond with, "Yeah.  Now if I can only figure out who the dads are..."  Gets 'em every time.  LOL

After that we finished up the day by dropping by this wonderful park/fountain water park on the way home to let the kids play.  The big kids jumped right in, but Bro was afraid of the wood chips and would not leave solid ground...

On the flip side, when we went to the water part, it was Bro that was most interested in participating and Coop and Chlo that wanted nothing to do with the water LOL

Oh, and Cooper got to "pump" the gas LOL

Anyway, we FINALLY headed home and of course all the kiddos passed out on the car ride home.  Now daddy is exercising and mommy is blogging.  No wonder he's lost damn near 100lbs and I still look...like this LOL  He's losing inches and I'm gaining secretary spread... ;-)  Well, thanks for checking ladies and gents!  Be back soon with more Poston updates!