November 7, 2008
Just when we have the strep out of the house, pink eye finds it’s way in! It seems like it’s going to be a long winter at this rate! Emily picked up pink eye from one of her friends at school. Over half the class was out the other day from various illnesses.
Today at my MOPS meeting it was Spa Day and we had a great time! I got a facial (it was an exfoliation, and I was going to get a massage and my eyebrows waxed, but I gave up my massage spot to another mom and I ran out of time getting my eyebrows waxed. Well, not so much as running out of time as it was I was talking too much and missed my spot! Oh well, I recently plucked them anyway. We had door prizes and I won the big one in the end, a facial at a local spa. 
Sounds great to me! I did get a bit of good news today though! My friend Sarah was moving at the end of the school year…today I found out that they are staying another year! That made me a happy girl!
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November 5, 2008
Yesterday, I took Madison for her routine appt to check her tubes. We go every 3 months. I knew from when I looked in there last week, the right one was out and just sitting in her ear canal. It was confirmed by her ENT. I was really hoping to make it one more winter with these tubes. She’s had them 1 1/2 years, so they have done very well, and at least one is still working well. The bad news is that she already has fluid collected in her right ear. So far, it’s not infected, but it’s pretty likely that she will start with the ear infections all over again. The tube has only been out about a week and already there’s fluid. That bites. So we are giving her Nasonex daily to help her nose to stay clear which will help her ears. I hope it works! My baby was miserable with ear infections all the time! She also had hearing loss because of the constant fluid in her ear. Even if she didn’t have an ear infection, she had fluid. I sure don’t want her to go through that again! She has only had 2 ear infections since she got her tubes. We are hoping to make it through this winter with no infections and then by spring/summer the risk for them is less. She used to have fluid and infections year round, so getting to warmer months may not help much. So the plan right now is to give her the Nasonex and follow up in a month. If she continues to get ear infections or the fluid just won’t drain, he will put in another tube. Once kids get to be about 3 or 4 their eustachian tubes start to point downwards instead of more parallel so if we could just make it through this winter…
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November 4, 2008
I was just watching the news a bit ago and learned of companies giving free food to people who vote today! All you have to do is wear your I Voted sticker to receive the offerings. Can’t beat that! Here is a link to people keeping up with the free stuff deals. Now go vote and get some free grub!
The list of free food!
Now I know I’ll be stopping by Starbucks and Krispie Kreme before heading to the ENT clinic! The Shane’s Rib Shack may be where Madison and I have lunch.
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November 4, 2008
This morning after I drop Emily off at school, I’m going to go vote. It’s quite handy that I vote at the same church where she goes to preschool. There’s no excuse for me not to vote! I hope the line isn’t too long since school starts at 10 and I need to be downtown for Madison’s ENT appt by 11:20. The lines usually move pretty quickly at our station though, so I’m not too worried. I also saw the sample ballot last night and there isn’t much to vote on this year. The president, a judge slot and 3 amendments to the state constitiution, for the most part. The other spots to be voted for are mostly incumbents running alone.
Like I said, after voting we are headed to Madison’s ENT appt. This may be her last one! She got her tubes in in May of last year. So she’s had them 18 months. They worked great for her with only 2 ear infections since she got them in. They made a huge difference in her life and I’m so glad we go them put in. I took her in last week to make sure she didn’t have strep like the rest of us. She woke up with a snotty nose and a cough and I don’t normally take my kids to the dr for that. Since Katelyn, Emily and I all had odd symptoms with our strep, I figured we would have her checked out anyway. So in the end, she just had a cold. I’ve never been so glad my child had a cold! When she checked Madison’s ears, I found out that her left tube is just out and just sitting in her ear canal and the other one was almost finished working its way out. So I’m guessing we are about done with the every 3 month appts at the ENT office!
After the ENT, we will probably go shopping. I need more toys for my Amazon store. It’s pretty bare in there. Then we will be back to pick up Emily from school hopefully a nap will be next on the schedule!
Well, I better go start the day!
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November 1, 2008
Yesterday mom came over to carve our pumpkins and hand out Halloween candy while we took the girls to trick or treat. At Katelyn’s request, I carved an Ariel pumpkin. Katelyn wanted to carve her little pumpkin also, so she drew the face and I cut it out for her. We had a lot of fun! Mom picked a cute skeleton to carve. I think they all came out great!
When Katelyn got home from school, she was asking mom about her choice of pictures to put on her pumpkin. Mom showed her the skeleton and Katelyn thought it was a bit scary, but still liked it. She called him a man with bones. This is the conversation that followed:
Grammy: Katelyn, do you know what someone with just bones is called?
Katelyn: Dead!
After the pumpkin carving, we had dinner and got the kids dressed to trick or treat. Katelyn went as Ariel, Emily was Snow White and Madison was going as Cinderella. As she was getting dressed, Madison freaked out about dressing up as Cinderella. She has never been into dressing up. So just wanted to wear her trick or treat t-shirt and jeans instead. At the last minute, I remembered that she will wear her dog costume around the house sometimes. So I got it out and she agreed! They loved getting candy from everyone and they also loved giving candy to the kids who came to the door. This was the first year that Jon and I could just stand at the end of the driveways and not have to walk them to each door. Here are a few pics of the night. The wigs were cracking me up!
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November 1, 2008
Since it’s the start of a new month, I thought I would try to get my act together. My calendar is getting full already and I need to be on the ball to make sure it’s all done. Since I have strep right now, I figured I’d use my time on the sofa wisely. Here aer some activities I found at Reader’s Digest. They provide fun ideas to keep kids entertained while you finish up the dinner.
Paper Bag Turkeys What you’ll need: Paper grocery bags, newspapers, construction paper in a variety of colors, child-safe scissors, child-safe glue. Have each child stuff a bag with newspapers to form the main body of the turkey. To make head and neck, and features, let children cut out the shapes from construction paper and glue on.
Find the Bird What you’ll need: A paper turkey or a stuffed animal, blindfold. Blindfold one child, then hide the paper turkey or stuffed animal somewhere in the room. With the blindfold removed, the child must search for the prized bird. The other children watching shiver from the “cold” when the hunter is far away from the turkey, and fan themselves as the hunter gets “warmer.” Allow each child to get a turn as the hunter.
Turkey Treasure Hunt What you’ll need: Index cards, crayons. Have each child draw three pictures of turkeys on large index cards. Hide the cards throughout the house. Give the kids 15 minutes to find as many turkeys as they can. The one who finds the most wins.
Pin the Tail Feather on the Turkey What you’ll need: Sheet of poster paper, markers, adhesive tape, fake feather, blindfold. Tape a homemade picture of a turkey to the wall at a height that can be reached by the children. Blindfold each child for his turn, turn him around three times, and let him try to place the tail feather in the right spot. Once he places the feather on the poster, tape it onto that spot. The child who comes closest wins.
Gone Fishin’ What you’ll need: Cardboard, metal paper clips, an empty bucket, a broom, string. Cut pieces of cardboard into various holiday shapes (turkeys, Pilgrim hats, leaves) and attach a metal paper clip to each one. Put them all into a large empty bucket. Have the children fish for shapes using a broom with a string tied around the handle and a magnet on the end of the string. The kid who collects the most shapes wins.
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October 31, 2008
The Tooth Fairy came for the first time. Jon pulled Katelyn tooth yesterday afternoon. I was at Walmart, but I’m a bit glad that I missed it. Pulling teeth creeps me out a bit. Loose Tooth Kate was pretty excited about putting her tooth in her new Tooth Fairy pillow and getting some money though! So this morning, we woke up to the sounds of delight as she saw the pillow with a bit of green in the pocket. Here’s the cute pillow mom made for her.
The little pocket is the perfect size for a little fairy to fold up some money and slip it in. There was also a bit of fairy dust still sprinkled on the pillow. Fairies are so fun!
While I was in Katie’s room taking a picture of her tooth pillow, I figured I’d snap on of her Halloween pillowcase too. Mom got the idea from somewhere to make the girls holiday pillowcases. They can have a festive pillow to change for seasons and holidays. They will also have a birthday one to have for their special day too. How cute is that? Anyway, this is the first one for them.
I’ll have to retire them for a year after tonight. We’ll be looking for some Thanksgiving ones soon!
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October 28, 2008
Katelyn has her first loose tooth. It’s her bottom right front tooth. It’s very loose! She can poke it out with her tongue at about a 45 degree angle from normal. She is really excited about the tooth fairy coming also. Mom made her a little pillow to put it in when the big day comes. I need to get a picture of it and I’ll add it here. It came out cute. She did a great job on it. So lately, Katelyn has been calling herself Loose Tooth Kate. It’s been cracking us up! She also has her sidekicks Enemy and Madman. It’s like we have a little gang around here!
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October 28, 2008
The other night after picking pumpkins, we joined mom and dad for pizza at thier house. They got the honor of having Emily for the night and the rest of us went home. The next day I was asking Emily about her visit. She was telling me what they ate for their meals. This is how the conversation went:
Me: So what did you have for lunch?
Emily: We had pizza!
Me: Oh, you had leftover pizza, huh?
Emily: No, it was pepperoni!
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October 28, 2008
Tonight I was looking for an MS awareness t-shirt. I don’t have one and I want one. There are some funny ones out there! I think that this is the one I’m going to get.
It’s not one of the funny ones, but it more something I would wear. I think it would be funny to have a shirt that says “I’m making MS my bitch” or something similar, but I’ll stick with this one. If I looked better in orange I’d get this one. Maybe I will get it anyway. It was designed by Tommy Hilfiger to raise money for research. I never knew his sister had MS also. Anyway, it could be my short sleeve MS shirt, even if Paris wore the same one.
While I was reading the Race to Erase MS website, I saw this for my nail polish obsessed friend, Kathy.
I wonder if it’s a cute orange or an ugly one! I may sport some orange toenails for a bit. Anything in the name of raising money for research, right?
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