This past week has felt unusually long.
Not bad, just long.
MONDAY
Dunan was a finalist in the 1st grade Bumble Bee Spelling Bee at school
We went over the words that morning before school.
He kept forgetting the silent 'h' in words like where, when, what.
So we worked hard on those silent 'h's' after a 'w'.
In the 3rd round his word was 'with'.
He spelled it "W H I T H"
I kind of felt responsible for that!
Oh well. He did good and had fun, so it was a success!
And he got a certificate at the end!
He was happy!
On the way home from the spelling bee that day, I realized that I hadn't given Ronan his medicine that morning. It was already too late to do anything about it, and I figured, "Well, I haven't heard any bad news yet, so maybe he's doing fine."
No.
In case there ever was any doubt as to whether or not the med's help him, there is no longer.
When he came home and I told him he didn't have his med's that morning, he cried.
"THAT'S why I was having such a hard time!"
It was a lesson in how much we are thankful for modern medicine when dealing with anxiety.
Monday afternoon brought Piano lessons, swim lessons, family home evening (which Hayden taught, and his friend joined us for), and I rushed off to Roundtable. I'm the Comm. Chair for our Cub Scout Pack, and had to submit some registration forms for an upcoming event.
TUESDAY
I was in a rush to get everyone out the door for school so I could hit the gym.
As I was backing out of the driveway, I realized I hadn't given Ronan his lunch money.
I had no cash in my purse, so ran upstairs to Brian's closet where our "tooth fairy stash" is kept.
In my efforts to reach up so high, I accidentally stepped on a bottle of 'Odor Eaters' shoe powder.
Which exploded.
EVERYWHERE!
The white cloud of dust was so thick, I couldn't see the ground for a minute.
It was everywhere.
All over Brian's shoes, ties, clean pants hanging in the closet, my black gym pants I had on, my shoes.
EVERYWHERE.
I just left it and ran back to the van.
Brushed off my pants, got the kids to school.
Luckily I spoke with a friend earlier that morning who reminded me that the pre-school registration was that morning, so I did that before the gym.
We were expecting a snow storm that afternoon, and the school's closed 1 hour early.
That meant that Ashlyn's pre-school, which meats from 12:30-3:00pm would close at 2:00pm now.
She didn't go.
That would of meant that Madelyn would of only gotten a 1 hour nap before I had to wake her up to go get Ashlyn again. I decided that it wasn't worth it (Madelyn normally sleeps 3 hours).
So, the kids came home early, but the snow didn't start until after dinner, and was pretty light still.
After the kids were in bed, I went out with some ladies to celebrate a friends birthday.
We went to the Cheesecake Factory and had a wonderful time!
When we came out of the restaurant (around 11:15pm) there was a beautiful white blanket of snow on the ground. I've never seen such sparkling snow before-it was beautiful!
That was a good night.
WEDNESDAY
The kids had a 2-hour delay due to the snow.
However Duncan and I did not get to sleep in, as we had to leave at 7:30am for his oral surgery.
He had an extra tooth up top that had to come out.
Brian had this same problem as a kid.
Duncan did very well, they kept saying what a great patient he was.
When he woke up, he asked why everyone left and they didn't do anything.
I told him no one left, they took the tooth out.
"No, you, the doctor, and 2 ladies were there, then I closed my eyes for a second, and only 1 lady was there, and everyone else left. They didn't get the tooth."
It took some time convincing him that he was asleep for 40 min., and that they DID get the tooth.
I showed it to him:
He said "It looks like a torch! I had a torch in my mouth!"
I have to say, it was hilarious watching him 'come to'.
He kept seeing double for a while, and kept saying the floor was coming up to his knees.
All went well though.
I gave him 1 dose of pain medicine at home, and he never needed any more.
By the afternoon he was up and running all over.
Ronan had a slight fever that morning, so he was home as well.
It worked out well, as they had each other to play with.
Wednesday is the day each week one of the kids plan and prepares dinner.
It was Morgan's turn, and she made homemade rolls and Clam Chowder.
Yummy.
Wednesday night was Relief Society. It was a unity activity. I felt bad, because there wasn't many people there at all. Maybe it was the snow on the ground that kept people away, but I felt bad for those who worked so hard to prepare for the evening. I had fun though, AND there was chocolate.
THURSDAY
Ronan had a dentist appointment to have his 'grooves cleaned' and sealants put on. During the process, they found 2 teeth with cavities. They filled one, using only lidocaine (Ashlyn lost movement in her lip for several weeks after whatever they used on her *note* I need to find out what they used). The other tooth with a cavity has a band on it to hold his retainer in place. So, we have to go to the orthodontist, have them remove it, go back to the dentist to have the cavity filled, then back to the orthodontist to have it put back on again. JUST what I need, MORE appointments to go to!
I feel bad, but I was actually happy that Hayden was home sick this day, as he watched the girls for me while we were at the dentist. Ronan of course tried to play it up afterwards, about how the laughing gas made him sleepy and he needed to stay home the rest of the day. Nope-off to school. After all, he was already home yesterday (and ended up not really being very sick).
That afternoon was "Father's Day" at Ashlyn's pre-school.
The dad's spent the day with them.
She loved it.
Hayden was feeling better by the afternoon, and went to scouts with us.
FRIDAY
Hayden got up with no problems (kind of a rare thing), went down and made breakfast, but came bolting back up the stairs sweating and white faced feeling like he was going to be sick.
I guess he wasn't better after all.
He never got sick, but slept the whole morning.
I took everyone else to school, and went to the gym.
Brian called and told me of this 'Model Home Furniture Sale' that he heard about at work.
It's only on Friday's from 8:00am-3:00pm.
He said if I wanted to go he'd meet me there.
Sure, I'm up for shopping.
So after the gym we met up.
I bought a new couch for the basement (which I've been wanting for 2 years)
Actually we put the new couch in the living room, and the old one in the basement.
I also got a cute hand painted cabinet.
I might be busy every Friday morning now (he he he)!
Duncan's class had won a board game party, and I went to help out in the afternoon.
Since Hayden was home I didn't take the girls to a friends, but put Madelyn down for a nap, and Ashlyn & Hayden watched a movie.
Can I just say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE having a child old enough to watch the younger kids!
It just makes some things so much more convenient.
I got to run to the grocery store as well, by MYSELF.
Friday night was spent playing video games with Duncan (he's wanted me to play with him for some time, and honestly I just don't get the game, but I still played). Then we stayed up late (which in this house means 10:30pm!!) with the older kids and friends watching The Sorcerer's apprentice.
Good movie. Good night.
SATURDAY
So, here we are, it's Saturday.
Ashlyn gave me this present this morning:
EVERY single piece of clothing she owns is in a pile on her floor.
I want to cry.
I'm tired of cleaning up this child's messes.
I have her clean them up with me, but at 3 I can't just send her in to do it.
It's 4:00pm and the clothes are still on the floor, because I haven't found the umph to tackle that yet.
Instead I choose to blog.
And go to a Dr. appt. with Ronan.
And the library with the 3 oldest kids.
Brian's been hitting the 'honey-do' list today, and I asked that Ashlyn could be his helper.
She went to the hardware store with him, and the dump.
And I had a few less messes because of it.
Love that girl, but sometimes it's good for her to be daddy's helper.
If you actually read all of this, sorry-it's really long.
But I guess YOU did CHOOSE to keep reading.
This was my therapy today, my 'down load' of the week.
Bring on the next one!
