Chez Mui Richard

Happy birthday weekend to Laurent. We took the kids to see Brit Floyd (and Chloe’s first concert!) down in Atlantic City.

The kids and I volunteered packing some donated food at the hotel before visiting the Lego Store for the first time.

So we went to see an ENT specialist to see if we could figure out why Sebastien gets an awful croup-like barking cough each winter (like is he more susceptible than Chloe bc of something in his throat?) and also to see if there is a reason causing him to make the snorting sounds he makes.

Inteoduce the microscopic camera wand that they put up Sebastien’s nose and into his sinus and throat. CRAZY. And Sebastien had zero notice and was SO BRAVE and sat still through the whole time. I think we were mesmorized by the video since we got to see the same thing at the same time as the doctor. ice.

What we learned is that his nose and throat tissues were already very inflamed – possibly from allergies. So the doctor advised a daily dosage of allergy meds during peak season to avoid the swelling of these tissues. The snorting she said she believes is from Sebastien trying to clear all the sticky mucus in his nose and sinuses and suggested we keep rinsing with saline through a neti pot daily.

Originally I had thought Sebastien would not want me to post this video but he insisted lol. Get ready for some ick.

Chloe and her bestie, Eliana, are only 4 days apart (Eliana is older) and so we planned an overnight in Princeton to get the kids together for ice skating, swimming and dinner.

Happy 12th to our eldest! Time is FLYING! Next one is officially a teenager (even though she claims to be one already lol).

We got all cleaned up for a wedding dinner party at a Chinese restaurant. Not too shabby lol.

Just in case you didn’t think it was.comd enough… first time the kids (and myself, but not Laurent) saw ice in NY Harbor!

Frozen pond in Prospect Park

Snow from the last snowfall in our backyard!