Emily

Today when Paul came home from work the kids went running to the bedroom to hide so they could jump out and scare him. Well, Emily tripped and hit the bridge of her nose on the windowsill. It looks worse than it is. It hurt pretty good that night, but the next morning she said it did not bother her.

When a girl is tired...

I was working downstairs this morning and when I saw what time it was and that Reagan was due for her nap, I went upstairs to find her like this...

On October 17, 2011, she was so tired she fell asleep in the swing. Too cute!

Ice Cream!!!

This was suppose to be my ice cream, I think I had 2 bites!! Happy Mother's Day to me!

3 weeks later...

It has been 3 weeks since Maddie has been allowed to walk on her leg. She is still pretty cautious with it and limps on i. I am hopeful that in another week or two she will be walking normally. I am surprised that it is taking so long for her to walk normal again. I guess once bitten, twice shy... Need to build her confidence back up. I am just glad we do not have to go back to Dr. Piefer. He was a nice man, but Maddie was so upset every time we went.

Happy Birthday Paul!!

Happy Birthday to the best daddy and husband ever.  We celebrated with mint chocolate chip ice cream!!

RAIN!!!!

This evening at bed time, while we were reading books, it started  to get dark and the lighting and thunder started.  As the clouds moved in Nathan was getting excited about the prospect of  rain.  The kids kept looking out the windows and watching the lightning and listening to the thunder, it was a welcome sight.  At least I thought it was a welcome sight.  The kids excitement turned into fear as the thought of going to bed with the lightning and thunder finally hit them.  Emily was the first with the tears and crying about "it's too scary"  This then upset Maddie and Nathan started complaining that it was too scary and he could not go to bed.  Maddie settled down quickly, but Emily kept on (she is the dramatic one).   This upset Kayla because she wanted Emily to stop crying/screaming about the rain. After a while everyone settled and fell asleep, but what a night!!  No Reagan did not sleep through it, she was awoken by Emily.  It was a nice rain fall and we had almost 2 inches of rain.  HOORAY!!

Updates

Air Conditioner~
      The day that the repairman was here he fixed the air conditioner in 10 minutes.  It was a part he had on the truck and fixed it quickly.  The best part was there was NO charge.  The part was under warranty, but we thought for sure we would have to pay the service call fee, but no it was waived or as the man said, "Davis and David Weekly are going to take care of this bill for you".  I was so excited I think I thanked him and shut the door, maybe in his face!  Sorry!!  The girls were upset that this meant we would not be going to Mrs. G's house to sleep that night.  Emily even wanted to know if she, with Kayla and Madeline could still spend the night.  It was so nice to sleep in an air conditioned house.  We are so spoiled. 

Bella~
    The last few weeks that we had Bella here at the house she was slowing down, would roll in her ball for about 5 minutes than just sit there.  She did not eat very much and was just not the same gerbil we brought home in May.  I warned Ms. Ross that Bella may be coming close to the end of her time.  Well, this morning when dropping the kids off I saw the assistant teacher and she informed me that Bella had died.  The kids handled it well and asked where Ms Ross buried her.  I did not have the heart to say " In the trash", so I just said "I don't know where they buried her" and that was the end of the conversation.  I have to say a gerbil was a pretty easy pet.