Yuck...

We have had a yucky weekend here at the Madden ranch. The weather is yucky and B and B have been sick all weekend. Brody vomited twice yesterday and has had a fever off and on. They both have had diarrhea all weekend. Bryan and I said that if anyone asks what we did all weekend, we would say that we changed dirty diapers. At one point yesterday, we were changing dirty diapers about every 30 minutes:( Neither of them have really drank or ate much of anything over the last couple of days. Brynn will atleast try to eat stuff, but Brody refuses most of everything except fruit snacks. B and B have been laying around a lot and requesting to watch their favorite movies; The Lion King and Balto. We're hoping that we are on the downhill swing of this virus and that they start feeling better soon!

Crown Center

Yesterday, we took B and B to Crown Center to the Under the Sea Adventure. It was a big room filled with cut out wooden rooms with different mazes and play areas to stimulate an underwater world. It was way too crowded for Bryan and I's liking, but B and B had a great time running around. Brody quickly realized that he could take off running and hide in a million places that would make it difficult for me to catch or even find him. After several scary chases, we decided to leave and venture out around Crown Center. We stopped to check out the train outside of Fritz's Restaurant. I had to laugh when B and B sat down on the bench and waited for a second and they both said, "It's broken, Mommy." I think they thought they were going on a real train ride:( They loved the waterfall in the Westin Hotel and both would have loved to jump in. We also let them run through one of the tunnels that connects all the buildings together down there. They ran the length of the tunnel twice. Brody wore all three of us out chasing after him. Bryan and I often think he could run forever! Boy, is he fast too! Of course, neither of them would hold still long enough to take any good pictures.

Snake Saturday

Yesterday, we spent most of the day having a family day. We went out to breakfast at First Watch and it was delicious! Then we went to the Snake Saturday parade in North Kansas City. B and B had a really good time at the parade! Brynn enjoyed watching all of the different Africian American dance drill teams. Brody really liked the Patriot Gaurd (the group that protests against Westboro Baptist Church and their leader, Fred Phelps) riding all their Harley Davidsons through the parade. It was nice to hear people cheering for them! B and B thought that they needed to eat every peice of candy thrown toward them. I finally had to put a stop to that when someone dropped about 20 suckers in front of us. It was a really fun day and was especially nice to spend some time outside in the great weather!

Jesus

The above pictures are of B and B giving Jesus kisses and hugs. Brynn has taken a real interest in Jesus lately and talks about him often. Since our kids are a "monkey-see-monkey-do" duo, Brody is starting to take an interest in Jesus also, but not like Brynn. We have a crucifix next to our front door and several times Brynn has asked to give Jesus a kiss on the way out the door. Bryan said on Friday that she finally saw the "owies" on Jesus and was asking about them. Bryan said that he told her that Jesus got those "owies" for her. Bryan said she immediately became concerned and wanted to kiss Jesus' "owies" to make him feel better:)