Days of My Life

Some crazy things going on lately. A lot of randomness. I decided I really wanted to learn to make rolls. I have made bread. I make it all the time and it is extremely easy to do. I throw all the ingredients in my bread machine, it has a seperate compartment for the yeast, I put it on the dough setting and just like that...I have dough. I don't know why I want to learn to do it by hand but I have been trying and trying for awhile now. After many attempts, here it is. My dough, that I mixed by hand. There was a lot of dough so I also decided to try and make cinnamon rolls. I have never done that either and I really wanted to know how. So here was my attempt at that.

After many failed attempts, and I really do mean that, I actually got a pan of good rolls. YAY! Such an exciting thing for me.

They even actually tasted decent. YAY! I am sad I don't have a final picture of the cinnamon rolls. This is my friend Erin's recipe and she has a recipe for cream cheese frosting to go with it. They are to die for! Very good!

Another part of my life is Braden. I know I have said it before, but he is a constant from the second he wakes up to the second he goes to sleep, I have to be on top of it. He is so quick to get into trouble. Seriously, I think I had twins as a precursor to what Braden is. I could easily go back and have twins again compared to Braden. I have resorted to putting those contraptions on the door knobs in the house. My older children, as well as I, struggle with getting certain doors open. I hate them, but they are necessary.

I have put locks on the cupboards and the fridge. Yes, the fridge. Braden loves opening the fridge. He pulls things out and he likes to climb in. I am afraid the door will shut on him and I won't be able to find him.

The other day I was getting ready in the bathroom. I don't have a lock on the cupboards, however it was tied together and it isn't an easy thing to get off. Both Allen and I struggle with getting them off. I left to run into the kitchen for just a moment. I came back in the bathroom and there Braden was sitting on the floor with this pulled out.

He had put it in his mouth and he sprayed it. I heard him trying to spit it out. I just couldn't believe it. It only took a minute and a half, he had gotten the tie off and opened the cupboard. I looked on the back of the bottle. It said to drink water and call a physician or poison control immediately. So, I gave him water and called poison control.

I always use to wonder - seriously - what kind of parent would let their kid get into poison? Who would leave it out in the open? I found out a couple of things through this process. It doesn't necessarily have to be out in the open. Second, I am not the only person who calls poison control. I was actually put on hold for 5 minutes before I got through.

The nice lady that helped me told me that they don't have this poison listed which means they must not make it anymore. I couldn't find anywhere on the bottle where it listed the ingredients. She finally told me to just make him drink a lot. Anything he wants to drink to give it to him, as long as he is drinking. Then she told me if he starts drooling excessively - like a lot of drooling, I should take him immediately to the emergency room.

The lady called back a hour later. He wasn't drooling excessively so she decided he would be ok. So far, so good. But my goodness! I am ready to make a suit out of velcro and stick him places. So I know when I put him somewhere, he'll be right where I left him!

Also another random thing. The girls had a really good day together. It was so great. They were loving playing together and had a great time creating. They took pictures and wanted me to post what they had made. So here it is!

Anyway, crazy busy couple of months, but we are all well and haning in there!