Monday started off ROUGH. My phone/alarm died during the night, so I woke up way late. We were one of the only areas to get hit with snow over night, so traffic was horrible. I got to work and realized I left by work badge AND all of the work I had done at home last week, at home. Not a good run for me. The rest of the day was pretty standard. Work went by pretty fast and the evening was low key.
The view, while stuck in traffic. Snow, snow and more snow!
Tuesday, we were all still dragging and adjusting to the time change. The girls did NOT want to get up for anything in the morning. Poor things. Also, it's freezing. It's feels like winter is NEVER going to end - Spring hits next week, but there's no sign of a warm up, and still plenty of snow in the forecast. Gross. This has been a long, LONG winter. One slightly entertaining tidbit from today - when I picked the girls up from school, Olivia's coat was SOAKING wet, CRAZY wet. I felt something in her pocket and went digging. She had her pockets packed full of ice. Apparently she was going to save it. Oh dear, there's plenty to go around! LOL.
The girls were twinsies for school today!
Wednesday brought exciting things for Amelia - she spent part of the day in preschool, starting to get acquainted with the room, the teacher, the flow. I can't believe it....my BABY, in preschool. How is it even possible?!? Olivia loved showing her around the room and apparently embraced the big sister role like a champ, which was really encouraging. Today also marks the 3 week countdown until we're spending a few days in Wisconsin Dells with our friends from Indiana. I CANNOT wait!
Thursday brought us MORE snow. Yes, MORE snow. Even Olivia was really upset about it - she just kept saying "mom, it's NEVER going to stop snowing" in the car. I think cabin fever is starting to hit the school pretty hard core too. Today I snatched up a StarTribune Steal for the circus, coming in a few weeks. I had also received a $5.00 off per ticket offer in the mail. My friend from work and her family are coming with us - combining the deals, we only paid $79 total for both families to go. YAY, love me some good deals! The rest of the day was pretty standard. The girls had a good week in school - Amelia is excited about her upcoming transition to preschool, and Olivia is still anxious to be in Pre-K full time. We haven't received any bad reports for either of them for quite a while, so that's AWESOME! Work has been the same ol', same ol' for Christian and I.
Amelia was very focused on her video tonight before bed.
Friday was a really busy day at work, so surprisingly, the day flew by. My mom and I visited for a bit when I picked the girls up and we made our way home. Christian picked up some Pizza Hut for dinner and we settled in for the night.
On Saturday, Olivia had her last swim class of this session. She actually did REALLY great. There are 10 skills she needs to demonstrate to move onto the next level - she mastered 7 of them, which I thought was pretty darn good for her first time ever swimming or taking a class like that. She's all signed up for the next session, of the same level, which starts in a few weeks. Christian had to work today, so Amelia came to class with us. This time she was pretty jealous that she couldn't swim, so I felt pretty bad for her. After class, we met my mom for lunch, finally took her out for her birthday lunch. Neither of the girls ate very well though - Amelia seemed to be exhausted, and I wasn't sure what Olivia's issue was. So, we packed up our leftovers and made our way home for naps. Christian got home right about the same time, and we both crashed for naps on the couches - exhausted household, that's for sure! After naps, we just had a low-key night at home. Watched some movies, ate dinner, did some coloring and relaxing. Olivia started to feel pretty warm, and was complaining that her stomach hurt again. We sent her to bed with a cooling pad on her forehead and some Tylenol - hoping she wasn't coming down with something....again.
I had to get a shot of Olivia's mad drawing skills at lunch today. I thought it was pretty impressive! My little perfectionist!
Sunday morning it was clear that Olivia wasn't feeling well. The girls woke up SUPER early. She was really warm, but no fever. She wouldn't eat and said her tummy hurt. I put a heating pad on her stomach, a cooling pad on her forehead, gave her some medicine and she slept on the couch for a while. She woke up bright eyed and seemingly ready to go. So, we all got ready and went about our plans for the day....we met her BFF's family at the Mall to get some pictures with the Easter Bunny and go on a few rides. We got some great bunny pictures - Amelia was terrified of him last year, so I didn't know what to expect, but she was a rockstar! The girls went on a handful of rides and had a blast. We all grabbed some lunch together and finally made our way home. During lunch, I could tell Olivia's energy was draining and she wasn't feeling well again. To make things worse, she burnt her tongue pretty bad while eating, so she was emotional over that. We were going to skip naps, but both of the girls passed out on the way home, so we let them take a short nap. We had some dinner, took baths and hung out for a while when they got up, then they were right back down for the night. Olivia was pretty miserable, so I'm not sure what to expect for the coming week...
The extent of our St. Patrick's Day celebrating - wearing green clothes!
With that, a fairly low-key week has come to an end. For some odd reason, I haven't posted much regarding Amelia's potty training. She is doing FANTASTIC! A few weeks ago, after using the potty pretty regularly for a couple of weeks, she told her teacher she wanted to wear underwear like sissy. So, we decided to give it a shot, and try life without diapers. We went day and night, diaper free, to see how she would do. She did great, 100% dry all day, and all night. We kept thinking it had to be some kind of fluke, but continued on with no diapers. Here we are, weeks later, and she hasn't had a single accident, day or night, naps or bedtime, playing or relaxing at home. I'm still in awe, and her teachers are SO proud of her (which always warms my heart). Diapers have never been a huge burden to me, but it's definitely nice to be rid of them after 4 years straight. She's such a big girl, we're so proud of her!
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