Weekend

Well, I have been so busy. We went to Oklahoma last Thursday evening and came home late Saturday night. We did Easter stuff there on Sunday and had my Mom's birthday dinner and stuff. Her birthday was Sunday. Easter was a lot of fun. The kids and I had water gun and water balloon fights! We were all soaked and had a blast!! Oh yeah...fun news! I am going to Washington D.C with Mom on the 28th through the the 1st. I can't wait! So far I have a pretty long list of everything that I want to do. I don't think we'll be sleeping much. I went there on a school trip when I was 11 or so but never as an adult. So, it will be so much fun to see everything and actually appreciate what I'm seeing. I hope we can get in to see the White House.

Ear update...

Sunday I checked the back of Madeline's ear to see how it looked. Well, to my surprise I saw metal in the hole!! So, after holding her down screaming and arguing with the doctor about whether or not it was in there...that earring back was still in her ear!! Needless to say I was pretty mad about it! We had an appointment to go back to the dr. yesterday because of her running a fever all weekend. Come to find out..that was because she has strep. The doctor (a different one) told us to just see if we can work the earring back out of her ear ourselves at home so we don't have to put Madeline through that again. She is busy pushing on her ear trying to get that back out of there! I agreed to give it a couple of days to see if that would work. I sure hope so! She gets to go back to school tomorrow. I just hope no one else around here gets sick with strep.

Taryn

I measured Taryn a couple of days ago and she has grown 1 1/4 inches since February 28th!! Man, no wonder she's eating so much lately!!!

Taryn and Momma

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3 yr olds

I have had quite a few interesting conversations today with my 3 year old. They have consisted of...why do we have a house?....why is Lillie a dog?....why do we have a head?...and so many more that I can't even think of them all right now. I love to see her mind working and thinking about everything so hard! She is such a great kid! I LOVE getting to spend my days with her and seeing her learn so many new things instead of a babysitter. I am so very blessed to have a husband who works so hard to make that possible. :)

Ears

Yesterday Madeline came home from school telling me that her ear was hurting. Well, I looked at it and thought it just looked like it had a small bite on the side of it and didn't think much else of it. Well, this morning as I was putting her hair up, I noticed a huge scab on the back of that earring and the entire side of her ear was swollen. After serious struggling, I got the scab off. I couldn't see the back of the earring. I thought it was inside of her ear. So, this afternoon we went to the doctor so she could check it out. She basically said that Madeline wasn't leaving there with the earring in her ear. As soon as Madeline heard this, the very LOUD crying started! After sitting for 30 minutes with numbing cream on the front and back of the ear, it took 4 of us to hold Madeline down for the doctor to take the earring out. She was screaming like I've only heard in a horror movie!! Who knew that an 8 yr old could be so strong! What a horrible experience for both of us (more for her obviously). That was right up there with watching her cry as they wheeled her down the hall to have surgery. What an awful feeling. So, after all of that Madeline now has no earring in and 2 weeks of antiobiotics to take. Yuck! Not a great afternoon to say the least!

Family update...

Just a quick update on the kids...Megan is still working at Tia's and really likes it. She is more than ready for the summer and no school! She is still my sweet little Megan (most of the time..lol). Oh yeah, she wants to start going by her middle name...Elizabeth. I just can't seem to make myself call her that. It feels completely unnatural.

Shannon was going to be in the one act play for UIL contest at school. We were excited about that and then.....report cards :0 She failed algebra. So, needless to say, she didn't get to be in the play. She was so upset. Her next play is Sleeping Beauty. Can't wait to see her in that. I am really proud of the young woman she has become. She is really good on stage. She has come a long way from being quiet, shy little Shannon.

Matthew just finished up his first high school soccer season. They lost their last game by one point. He was bummed about that. He played really well. Now they are running and "conditioning" in class. He is coming home very tired and sore.

Madeline is learning to play basketball with our new basketball goal. She really likes that so maybe that will be her sport.

Taryn is busy being a horse or dog most of the day. She just goes nonstop all day long. Some days it's hard to keep up. Thank goodness she still takes a nap! She is really into horses right now as you can tell from her bday party pics. It is so funny to see her imagination working like it does. My baby is really growing up so fast! There are some days that I miss her being small enough to sleep on my shoulder or on my chest. I miss that snuggling....and then I remember the yucky diapers and am grateful we are done with those!

Sean is still in Okla. during the week. I really miss him. It's strange to be here by myself with the kids all week. He gave me the new basketball goal for my birthday. I thought it was so sweet for him to think of it. I had been saying that I wanted one to play with the kids on for a while now. The last time I was in Okla. I played basketball with my nieces and nephews. Sean said that as soon as he saw how much fun I was having, he decided to get me one. I love thoughtful gifts like that!

Weigh In

Well, I was super nervous about my weigh in today. I have not done so well on the diet for the last couple of weeks. I was happily surprised that my weight had stayed exactly the same. At least I didn't gain any! :)

Taryn's birthday!

Taryn opening her presents (her horse ears had no hair) lol!!

Cake time!!

After bobbing for an apple, Taryn ate hers like a true horse!

This horse is winning the race!

Her horse cake.

Madeline's birthday!

Miss Hilary Duff in concert!

Madeline getting her Hilary tickets.

Her hot dog and french fries cake (her favorite foods).

Madeline is 8 years old!!!

Birthday parties

Taryn is turning 3 tomorrow. I can't believe it! I feel really old right now. She is having a horse party. I have made a horse cake and am working on headbands with horse ears and mane...and also tails for the kids to wear. We are bobbing for apples and playing a carrot drop game. I hope the kids have fun. I"ll put pics on here later tomorrow.