One Down, How Many to Go?

Well today is an exciting day at our house!! Kaylee got in the car after school today and said I have something very important to show you. This is not unusual because every note sent home by the teacher is important to my sweet girl. I said okay and she handed me a Ziploc bag with a little red treasure chest in it. On the outside the teacher had written, "Kaylee lost her first tooth today after lunch!". I could not believe it. We knew the tooth was loose but I had no idea it was that close to coming out. My big girl really is growing up! One tooth down, how many more to go? I have to admit I was a little sad for a moment that I had missed the fun. I would have loved to see her face when the tooth fell out at lunch. What a special day! I suppose we will have to see what the tooth fairy leaves her tonight:) She could not wait to take a picture of her missing tooth. After I showed the picture to her she said, "Well I am still cute." Yes, you certainly are my sweet princess:-)

An Eventful Birthday!

This past weekend we went to Waco to celebrate a big Birthday for my Dad. I will not say how old he was but you could try to count the candles on the cake.

Note picture of my Dad being silly and warning his hand by the fire:) Of course the girls enjoyed his birthday because that meant cake and ice cream. I can only hope I look as good as my Dad when I am his age which of course is not a day over 45:) I love you Dad!!

I should have known when I woke Campbell up Saturday morning and there were red bumps on a lot of her body that we were in for a real treat. At first I thought it was just a rash since there had been no other symptoms. So we gave her Benadryll and were on our way. As the day progressed the red bumps got worse especially on her face. We decided to get a sweet nurse's input. She said take her to the minor emergency clinic so off we went. Note to anyone going to Waco there is no minor emergency clinic open in Waco after 6:00pm. Luckily one of my Mom's sweet friends has a daughter who is a nurse and she told us to go to Providence because their emergency room had minor emergency care. We did not have to wait too long just long enough to see a gunshot victim come in on a stretcher and the person involved in the shooting follow a few minutes later in handcuffs with at least 5 police officers around him. Of course that sparked a lot of questions from my 5 year old which I would have rather not answered but I think she understood enough. Campbell was just having fun walking from Nana to the fish tank and back again for about an hour. Once we saw the doctor he diagnosed her with Roseola which I thought was interesting since she never ran a high fever at all. The sweet doctor told me to keep giving her the Benadryll and I walked out wondering how much I just paid for that advice. Oh well, at least I would be able to sleep better knowing this too shall pass. I am afraid we did not get to do all the celebrating we had intended but we all survived.

My two girls love their cake!!

This-N-That

So much to do, so little time. That is how I feel lately.

I am really excited because some of my girlfriends from church have started a prayer group and I am loving it! I really feel like I am going to be forming some close friendships, you know the kind where you can pick up the phone whether you are happy or sad and call them even if it is in the middle of the night. Since we moved to Abilene I feel that that has been something lacking in my life. (Don't worry girls I will call before midnight.) My cup runneth over with those special friendships when we were in Dallas so I would have to say that is something my heart has been longing for here. I will always have a special friendship with my Dallas girlfriends because we have been through so much but I finally feel ready and feel like the adventure has started here.

The next thing I am looking forward to is Ladies Class. I loved going to Ladies Class in Dallas because I got to know so many wonderful ladies at PC whom I might never have met other wise.
I was not able to attend Ladies Class last year because it was on the day I worked. Well I went for the first time yesterday and had a wonderful time. There was so much experience, knowledge, and love for the Lord in that room yesterday that I cannot wait for next week.

Then there is the F.A.L.L. Ladies Day at church where I am on the food committee with some really sweet people. I have gotten to know people in the other committees and have had a great time so far. I just love walking into church and actually knowing people outside of my age group.I really feel that the day is going to truly be special.

Last but not least I am a MOPS table leader this year so I am busy with all the beginning of the year stuff for that right now. MOPS is a great way to meet other moms in the community and minister to them. This year's theme is "The Home Factor" and I think it is going to be an amazing year.

So those of you who have been wondering why I have not blogged that is what I have been up to. Maybe things will even out a little more after I finish registering my Dittos stuff.

Kaylee's Kindergarten Korner

Here are a few funny Kaylee stories from the past week...

* On Tuesday I got a rundown of Kaylee's daily schedule verbatim. She did not miss a thing including her "coffee break". She was quick to assure me that the students got water because they were kids:)

*On Wednesday Kaylee and Cary were walking to the car to leave for school when she asked, "Is it raining?" Cary said, "No Kaylee, why ?" with a puzzled expression because there was not a cloud in the sky. Kaylee said, "Well I think that it is raining." Cary said, "Kaylee it is not raining." Kaylee said in a very animated tone, "Well it is doing something because my legs are getting wet!" When Cary inspected further he found that her backpack was leaking because the lid on her bottled water was not closed all the way. She was right, something was going on.

*Also on Wednesday she had a substitute. I asked if Mrs. O was sick. Kaylee said, "I think she just needed a break from us." (Out of the mouths of babes.) She also got into the car that day with a long scrape on her leg. She told me that someone pushed her down. When I asked her who she replied, "I am just going to wait and tell Nana because she will come to my school and take care of it." I had to chuckle a little. After more prodding I found out that the child had been sent to the principal for pushing her down along with other things that had happened that day. Kaylee said, "I kept waiting for the principal to call me to her office to tell her what happened but she never did." I assured her that the principal got the truth out of the other student and the teacher so she did not need to worry.

I just love that we get to have such fun talks about her school day. It is one of the highlights of my day to hear all the things that have gone on. I pray that she always confides in us. Thanks for keeping me laughing Kaylee.

Campbell's First Day in the 2"s

Well today was Campbell's first day of school for the year. As you can see from the picture she was all smiles. I decided to take her through the drive-thru for some doughnuts on the way to school so she was very excited. Her favorite things to get are a sausage roll and doughnut holes. We talked the whole 10 minutes to school about Ms. Leslie and Ms. Lauren and her getting to see her nap mat. (She has been very concerned about her nap mat since we dropped it off at Meet the Teacher last week.) Campbell had Ms. Lauren last year so I figured that things should go pretty smoothly. I am most excited about Ms. Leslie because we have been friends for a while and she is such a sweetheart so I know that Campbell is going to love seeing her each day. We are so blessed that the Lord placed her with the perfect teachers for her. Once we got out of the car at school she wanted me to carry her backpack because it was too heavy. I thought that was funny since she has carried it around each day for over a week with the same amount of items in it. Oh well:) Once we got to the classroom she was hiding her face in my shoulder and being bashful which is normal for Campbell to do in a new situation. I passed her off to Ms. Lauren after a quick picture and left. There were no tears which was nice. I then was child- free for 5 hours! It was so nice to have breakfast with several of my sweet friends, run some errands, and then eat lunch with another dear friend. It is amazing how good you feel after a little adult conversation. When I went to pick Campbell up her teachers said that she had a good day. She only took a 20 minute nap which is a far cry from the 3+ hours she usually sleeps at home but I expected that. They also said that she would periodically ask if I was coming and when the class went to play outside she said "Mommy's car". Each time they were sweet to reassure her that I was coming back even though I am sure that they got tired of the question. Deep down I was glad that she asked about me:) I am so glad that she had such a good day with her friends.

Thank you Lord for the blessing that Campbell is to us each day. Please help her to have a wonderful year and adjust to sleeping on her nap mat. Thank you for Ms. Leslie and Ms. Lauren having such willing hearts to share their love and gifts with my baby. Amen.