The Toothless Wonder

Little Sloan's tooth was barely hanging on. So I helped her out a little and it came out. She wasn't to happy about it.

A most stressful and drama filled day

Well today went a lot different than I thought it would. Aris woke up at 4:45 am and wouldn't go back to bed. So I decided to just wake up and stay up. I knew if I went back to sleep I wouldn't want to wake up when it was time to.

Sloan's school called a little after 11 and needed me to come and pick her up. Her sugar was over 600. I took her right to the doctor. I guess I kind of overreacted, but both her pediatrician and endocrinologist said they would rather me overreact than underreact.

Then when it was time to pick up Abby, long story short, she was no where to be found. Nowhere at all. So I tried not to freak out and I called Kirstin to make sure she had just forgotten to tell me someone else was picking Abby. Nope. So then we all went into panic mode. Come to find out she had taken the bus home. Thankfully she was OK.

I am so very tired. I just wanted to get some art started and some pictures taken. Maybe tomorrow will be a bit more relaxing............................yeah right. (P.S. I have a smile on my face because as hard as my day has been, I wouldn't trade being a mom, for the world.)

William Tell Overture and Laughing babies

Well I still haven't received the pictures from last nights get together, but as soon as I do I will post them. While I was at Hilary's today the played the funniest u tube video for me. It's a comedian mom who sings a song about all the things you say to your child in a 24 hour period set to the William Tell Overture. I have watched it about 8 times so far and it is still funny to me. I just giggle again and again. Then speaking of giggling, if you type in "laughing baby", you will see one of the funniest most adorable baby laughing as his dad makes funny sounds like "ping, bong, and bloop". There are a few other funny laughing clips of babies that we watched and Sloan, Abby, and Zoe just giggled and giggled the whole time. Sloan and Abby kept asking, "Can we watch it again?".
We got a lovely little Christmas card from Gramma Carol. She is a real stinker and likes to spoil us all. She is such a fun and spunky lady, I just really adore her. We were able to talk for a few minutes tonight. However our conversation was cut short because Dean called and then Kirstin, Abbys' Mom, called. I normally don't pick up other calls when I am on the line with someone else but Abbys' Mom and Dean don't call usually at this time of day. I plan on calling her this weekend.
It has been a good day Dean just got home and I think I will sign off so that we can talk about the day and stuff. No snow today, well tiny little flurries, but nothing to take pictures of. Tomorrow I will take some pictures of our festive holiday decorations and the kids. Goodnight all!

A lovely visit

I just got home from my friend Hilary's home, and as always we had a lovely visit. Hilary and I both have three kids all in almost the same age groups - or + a few months. So we can relate with the woe's and joy's of raising three kids. I can always count on her for a good listening ear. No question is too silly or stupid. I am so glad we are friends. Her Daughter Charlotte, and Zoe are a year apart. Charlotte is three. So they are just starting to play a little more when we get together. It's a lot of fun.
Today is an overcast kind of day. The forecast says it is supposed to snow. I love the snow. If it starts to snow, I will take some pictures of it and post them a little later on. Well I am going to go be lazy and take a much needed nap with the girls. Aris is in so much pain now that she's cutting teeth. For the past two nights she has gotten up for 30-45 min. in the 3 am -4 am range. So I will be honest I am a wee bit tired. Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I will write more later.

Cookies in Good Company

Sunday evening (last night) was the night of the cookie exchange at Carla's lovely home. I felt so honored that they invited me even though I don't work at FBCC anymore. Everyone made such yummy goodies and we all pigged out on cookies and veggie dip trays. At the end everyone took home about a half a dozen of each of the different treats that people brought to the party. We talked and laughed and had a lovely time. Once the holidays are over we are going to try and do a crop night at one of the scrap booking stores. That will be a lot of fun. Look for some photos to be downloaded later on today from this special event with friends that are like family to me.