Easter...

So, here I am again. I found my way back to the computer...and I've got some more stories and pictures. I guess I'll start with the most recent and work my way backward...? We've had an eventful Easter this year. On Saturday, we were lucky to have breakfast at church and then some activities, including an egg hunt and the EASTER BUNNY! Camryn was quick to point out to everyone that the life-size bunny wasn't real. (Thank you, Camryn-stater-of-the-obvious.) After church on Sunday, we had a little hunt in our living room...due to the most unusual rain...hahaha. The kids had so much fun hunting that they wanted to continue setting up egg hunts for each other for the rest of the day! But, the mean parents that we are, we veto-ed that idea. Instead we put all the candy into one giant jar and looked at it for a while...and ate some. :) Then we it was 'put away', we went on to other activities. Little did the parent-folk know that the wee ones were helping themselves to handful after handful of the yummy loot. When we the parent-folk caught up to them, the jar was 4/5 empty! Then the real fun began! I'll save that story for later...

Another trip to Urgent Care

I'm trying to be a good mom...a good example...but sometimes things just don't work out like you/I plan. I went to clean the kitchen at church a few days ago and had 3 kids with me. (Not that that's anything new!) I opened the curtain between the kitchen and the rs room so that the kids could play in there and I could 'keep an eye on them'. Well, I don't ever recommend letting your 5 and 3 year olds watch a 1 yr old! They dumped out the diaper bag full of toys and goodies...and Sadie found all the little wrappers and garbage. You know, all the shiny fruit snacks wrappers and granola bar wrappers...Calvin and Hallie opened some string cheese for her to eat with her wrappers. (Is anyone beginning to panick?) So, I was done cleaning the kitchen and went into the rs room to begin to pick up when I saw Sadie with fist-fulls of 'goodies'. I started taking things away from her when she started to protest and then choke! I managed to get all the cheese out of her mouth and hands just in time to see the shiney wrapper in the back of her throat. At this point, mid screaming and choking and spitting up, I'm trying to do the finger swab to get the wrapper. I'll tell you, that does not work!! She kept choking and having moments of no breathing...I felt completely helpless. Finally, she stopped coughing and could breath well enough. I layed her down to try and look in her throat again and I couldn't see anything!

It was then that I determined that she needed to go to urgent care. But, of course, it was time for afternoon kindergarten for Calvin. I rushed home to retrieve the backpack and drove him to the school.

In the end, the doctor was very nice and reassuring. He said that her breathing/lungs sounded very good. That she didn't seem to be in any pain or discomfort...that he couldn't see anything in her throat. So.........he told me to watch for possible breathing changes and any fever (which might mean it has lodged somewhere and is now causing an infection). Do you think I slept much that night?

Thankfully, Sadie seems just fine. I suspect she will 'pass' whatever it was soon. I need to be more careful about what all my kids have access to, I guess. I'm so grateful to still have our Sadie with us!!!

This is my life:)

The Highs and Lows of Hallie

Yesterday, Hallie discovered that she could do a new trick on the rope swing. She found that if she stood on the side of Calvin's bed (the railing), holding the rope in her hands, and then jumped up onto the rope, she could reach another knot higher to swing on. (I realize this may be confusing to some of you who don't know what our kids' room looks like...) She was sooo excited that she called Camryn up to see just what she could do. As she completed the feat and continued to swing, she declared: "Camryn, I am so happy with me!" Gotta love the simple joys.

Now, contrast that with what has been going on today with Hallie. She emptied every puzzle out of the hall closet and put them all together...all over the kitchen (floor, table...). And she didn't bother to put any of them away when she was done. Then she got the leggos out and bowls and a plate. She was giving them a bath, of course. And this 'bath' ended up all over the floor. And she didn't bother to put any of this away...or clean it up. Then, she went up stairs and emptied our linen closet of all the towels and sheets that she could reach. And then, got into my conditioner and body wash. She took it to her room and poured it out under Calvin's bed. Thank you, Hallie. (I just bought the stuff like 3 days ago.) Need I go on?