I want little hair!

On the way to school this morning, Callie kept complaining about her hair being in her face when she turned her head. She finally said, "I want little hair like you and daddy!". Poor thing! She has such gorgeous hair that I can't bring myself to get it cut. It's just so dry right now, that she has "fly away" hair and it's driving her nuts. I guess I need to start pulling it back more.

I'd trade hair w/ her in a heartbeat! :)

Halloween and stuff...

This was a fun Halloween (yeah, right). I had an upper respiratory infection and felt like poo. Emma went to be Thursday night w/ an obvious ear infection. So, the 2 of us spent Friday morning at the doctor's office. :) Luckily, Emma didn't act like she felt bad until she laid down. At any rate, both of us are better now (I'm still slightly stopped up).

We took the kids to the mall on Halloween night. That actually worked out nicely. We weren't outside in the cold (not that it was that cold) and the kids got more candy than they would have in the neighborhood. We spent about 30-45 minutes walking around getting candy and then the kids were ready to go home! HA!

This year, Josh was a race car driver; Callie was a witch; Emma was a ladybug (same as last year). They were all excited about going trick or treating this year. It was a lot of fun, even if we didn't all feel well.

Josh has a busy 2 weeks ahead of him (well, now about 1 1/2 weeks). He has a project due at school. He has to do a report and a diorama on the hammerhead shark. That should be fun!

He also has a Gingerbread house to decorate for Scouts. They take them to the Fantasy of Trees to sell. It was a lot of fun last year. Hopefully, we can do something pretty this year.

Josh also has to do a book report on a Thanksgiving book. I guess we'd better find that book soon! I don't think that one is due for another 2 weeks.

On top of that, the next 2 weekends are booked. Phil's parents are coming down this weekend and I'll write more about next weekend later. :)

I think I'm going to have a nightdare!

Just before going to bed last night, Callie said, "I think I'm going to have a nightdare tonight and it's going to wake me up. It might be loud!". The night before, she woke up and came into our room saying 2 spiders were in her bed trying to get her. Oh, the imagination this girl has!

That being said, Callie didn't have a "nightdare" last night...Emma did...or maybe she fell out of bed - we're not sure. All we know is she screamed for 20 minutes - a "mean" scream, not a scream like she was in pain. We're not sure if she was awake or not, but it was getting rather old at 2:00 in the morning. She finally calmed down and climbed into bed with us. She said she fell out of bed and hit her head and that's why she was crying/screaming. I'm not sure if that was it or not, but I was glad when she calmed down. :) She cuddled w/ us for a little while and then disappeared back to her bed.

This is the 3rd night there has been a child in our bed...we're starting to feel the lack of sleep (at least I am).

I hope tonight is much quieter and everyone stays in their own bed!!

Nice Evening at Home

Sometimes, I think someone comes in an possesses my children. Last night was one of those nights. First of all, our kids really do get along well with each other - most of the time. :)

Yesterday afternoon, the girls and I drove in. Josh immediately comes down to greet us (like he usually does). Well, when we went upstairs, he took the girls into the living room to play. I then heard, "Hey Callie! Come here! Do you want to watch Dora?" Josh usually gets a little cranky if we turn his shows off to watch what the girls want to watch. So, this surprised me a little that he was offering to let them watch Dora! Way to go, Josh!

Then, at supper, I ran out of Doritos (w/ my soup) and I just said, "Oh look! I ran out of Doritos!". Josh said, "Here, you can have the rest of mine!". Doritos are his favorites!

Before that, I told the kids were were having left over soup (again). Callie isn't a soup eater, so she told me she didn't want any. I told her I would make her a cheese sandwich. She told me she wanted a sandwich with just jelly on it. I told her that I had to put some peanut butter on it because she wasn't just having a jelly sandwich. Well, instead of throwing a fit, she said, "Okay, Mommy! Thank you!" in the sweetest voice!

I wish every evening was like that! Everyone was so polite! :)

Playing Catch up again!

We found out on Monday that Josh needs glasses. We knew he was possibly having some problems seeing in the distance, but we didn't realize how bad it was! He never showed any signs of not being able to see. His teacher did tell us he was having trouble seeing the board, which is what prompted us to go ahead and make him an appointment. He's blind as a bat (20/200). He should be getting his new glasses tomorrow or Friday.

Callie has a neurologist appointment on Friday - this is just a follow up to make sure she's doing okay. She's actually been doing just fine. Her temper isn't even quite as bad as it used to be - not perfect, but not horrible either. :)

Emma is getting ready to have a new "friend" join her in speech next week. It's another 3 year old child and both will be taught at the same time. It will be interesting to see how she does with someone else in there. I think she'll do just fine. Emma's a little social butterfly when she wants to be. :)

We bought another new dishwasher today (3rd dishwasher we've had since we got married 11 years ago). We got a Frigidaire this time. Let's see if this one lasts any longer than the others - HA!

September 9

How did it get to be Sept 9? Wow!

The kids are all doing great. Josh was released by his doctor yesterday. He said Josh could do whatever he wanted to on his leg - it had healed beautifully. Josh wasn't so sure he wanted to go back to gym, though. He still can't run and walk normally yet. The dr said it could be a good month before he's back to normal.

The girls are next in line to go into the 4 year old room. The problem? They won't consistently use the bathroom. They're never going to be 100% potty trained!

Funnies from the girls:

The other night, they were getting ready for bed. Emma discovered that she had several shadows of her arms. She thought it was pretty funny. Phil told her she was an octopus. She said, "No, I'm not! I can talk!". :) The next night, she and Callie both wanted to see if they could be an octopus.

Phil chanced the toilet handles the other night. Callie asked me, "Why did daddy get 2 new potty flushers?". I love the new term...that's all I'm ever going to think about now...they'll always be potty flushers!

Josh is loving 2nd grade. He has the most awesome teacher in the world. Ms. Hullander is great - she's a science teacher (probably have said that before) and she really gets the kids interested in all kinds of things!! They're working on a project right now to discover the origin of their name. :) I guess we'll start working on that one tonight. These kids are starting to really write...not just little sentences - learning paragraph structure and grammar. :)

I guess we need to take Josh to the eye doctor. He had a vision test at school and for the 2nd time, they said he might be having trouble seeing at a distance...it wasn't anything obvious, but it's happened twice now. The first time they just said to wait and see what happens...he doesn't show any signs of not being able to see at home. He does like to sit close to our bedroom tv, but he's right, you really can't see it from the bed (I can't anyway).

More Updates

I'm getting really bad at updating.

Let's see...school started on August 11. Josh is in the 2nd grade. He had to go to school w/ his cast on for the first 2 days. He got it off on the 12th and then went back to walking w/ the walker for about a week. He's walking pretty good now - still limping some, but getting there.

Emma started speech this morning. She'll be going twice a week during the school year.

I was taking Callie to school this morning (without Emma - Phil took her to speech) and she said, "Where's my sister? I want to see my sister, Emma!". I told her where Emma was and that she would be at daycare soon. She was really cute. :)

Emma burned her fingers over the weekend. The kids were at mom & dad's while Phil & I went out to eat for our anniversary (YUM). She touched a hot pot. She had 2 little blisters on her fingers. Luckily, she's okay and the blisters are practically gone.

Phil & I went to Calhoun's for our anniversary. Some good friends of ours gave us a $50 gift card for there (in appreciation for all the work Phil has done at church lately - church database stuff). So, we had an excellent meal of prime rib. It was nice to get out alone.