Monday was pretty much business as usual. The girls were off to my in-laws, we were off to work. Kicking off a 5-Day work week is never very exciting, but luckily, we're still swamped so the days go pretty fast. As usual (well, fairly usual) I left a tad early to get some shopping done. I did get a few super clearance clothing items for the girls, which was a fun score. Amelia is STILL about 1/2 18-24 month cothes, and 1/2 2T. She definitely won't get into 3T this summer, or probably this year. I got her a couple really cheap dresses. Olivia is in dire need of 5T summer clothes now, so we're starting on that. I met the rest of the family at home for the usual routine - dinner, a little play time and off to bed. Unfortunately, Olivia came home with a big black eye/rug burn. Apparently they were jumping from the couch onto pillows on the floor, and she missed. It looks horrible, but I guess after it happened, she went to look in the mirror, checked it out and said "Oh, well that's not too bad". Good Lord, this girl has had too many black eyes in her short life. What a clutz!
Her lovely rug burn...
The only time Chloe exists, when the girls are sleeping! LOL - the little sneak LOVES cuddling up with Olivia when she's sleeping.
Tuesday was a pretty low key day. Everything was pretty much as usual - Olivia started her LAST week of pre-school, and she's super excited about going up to Pre-K full time next week. Unfortunatley, she had a rough day today. She was apparently very aggressive with Amelia all day long, and wouldn't leave her alone. So, she got a nice talking to on the way home, and spent the night electronic-less, and was not happy about it. I seriously cannot wait until they are in different rooms again - I'm sure the teachers feel the same way. So, that was the biggest news of the day. The gardens still have yet to grow anything, but our pretty much complete lack of sun doesn't help. Hopefully in the next week things should finally change, and that should help. I can't wait to see how everything turns out. I'm so lame - I seriously check all of our plants, all of our flowers and the gardens every day to see how they are looking. God I feel old...Christian was off to a friends house to watch the Mexico soccer game tonight - I think that's the one channel he's dying without. LOL
Ms. Little-Sister-Bully, not happy about her evenings punishment (the black eye really adds to her bad-ass-ness).
She did cheer up a little when she realized it wasn't the end of the world when she couldn't use the iPad. She took Daddy's poncho for a spin! LOL
Wednesday was a bit of a rough day. I officially had my first migraine since the 4-day episode that kicked off all of the medical stuff a couple weeks ago. I started the morning off with a dose of Imitrex and Zofran. The Zofran really helped with the nausea, but the Imitrex didn't really do anything. A couple hours later I took another dose, along with the Naproxen (pain reliever). That did help, but the Naproxen is really hard on my stomach, I spent the night with bad stomach craps, but at least the headache eventually went away. So, I think I'll definitely need to take 2 pills when I use the Imitrex, along with a pain reliever. BUT, they only give you 9 pills, with 1 refill, because it's a little dangerous (they don't want you taking it all of the time). Which is why the doctor debated even giving it to me...she wasn't sure about doing that, or just going the daily preventative route - which is probably next if this keeps up. NO FUN! I did survive the work day, somehow. I picked up the girls and we made our way home. They've become pretty receptive to me not feeling well, which is great. They played by themselves until Christian got home and made dinner, while I relaxed on the couch. Not a fun day.
One thing that IS fun...now that the girls are in the same room, we get double the same art projects from them. It's really fun, and kind of interesting, to see the differences in their projects. Granted, the age difference plays into it, but I feel like you can really see their personalities in their work. Olivia, the perfectionist. Always the last to complete a project, beacuse everything has to be perfect. She takes her time, she's thorough, she has patience, and she has a real love for arts and crafts. I think she'll be our logical thinker, with a love of the arts as she gets older. And, Amelia, the free spirit. She's haphazzard, she's unique. She's busy and rushes through everything. She has a mind of her own and likes to do her own thing. She is definitely going to be our free-spirited wild-child as she grows up. Here are some examples - I bet you can figure out who each picture belongs to!
Amelia did take some time to make me this "Feel Better" picture tonight. What a honey!
My Little Love, No Longer a Pre-Schooler!
Friday was a good day. I ended up getting off work around lunch time because my mom had some plans this afternoon with friends. So, I met her and the girls at the park to pick them up. The girls and I went on a little walk around the area, down by the pond, and found a big family of ducks swimming around. We followed those duck all around the pond, the girls were having a blast. They both fell asleep on the way home, so we skipped lunch and they took their naps, while I sat on my butt and did nothing. NICE! After naps, we spent some time playing in the backyard. The weather was actually decent, which is a nice change of pace. Christian was off to the mall on a super secret mission (LOL - which just happens to be a couple days before my birthday), so it was just the girls and I all night. We played, had some dinner, and they were off to bed. I caught up on some shows and relaxed until he got home. We've watched a couple episodes of Breaking Bad, which we did pretty much every night this week...we'll be caught up in no time! But, it wasn't a super late night since Christian has to work in the morning.
One funny story from tonight. When I was rocking Amelia before bed (I still do, but just for a coupe minutes) we realized that they left their blankies at my mom's house. I told her "Well, Pooh is at Grandma's, you'll have to sleep with Elphie tonight" to which she said "No mom, I need Pooh. I don't want Elphie". I told her she's going to hurt Elphie's feelings and make her cry, that she could get Pooh this weekend. She tells me "Mom stop, Elphie doesn't have feelings! It's fine". Wow, she's too smart, and apparently I'm never going to be able to pull one over on her!
Some pics from the pond...
Spending time with my Girlies!
Saturday was a busy, long and very exciting day! Christian was off to work, as usual. The girls and I spent the day together. Olivia started her new swim session today, and we moved up to the 9:00AM session to get it out of the way earlier in the day. Well...it was a lot more work getting up, ready and out the door in time than I expected! LOL, we made it though. I LOVE her new instructors - they are by far the best she's had. There's only 3 kids, and they've all clearly been in classes for a while, so I think they were able to skip a lot of the BASIC basics, which was nice. Olivia had a blast. After class, we had some brunch and played for a while before nap time. Christian got home around 1:30..we did some quick cleaning around the house...dishes, kitchen, entry way, picking up - the usual weekend chores. Then, it was time to get ready. Christian informed me that my mom was taking the girls over night and we were heading out for my birthday. Off to play mini-golf, FUN! So, we got ready, dropped the girls off, and made our way to the course. I was surprised by our friends Nate and Gini, and Lorenzo. FUN! We had a great time, with lots of laughs, and I ended up winning (no, it doesn't have anything to do with it being by birthday!), WOOT WOOT! After the game, we were off to dinner...another surprise, at Khan's, my favorite! My BFF Kari, and our other friends John and Michelle met us all for dinner, so that was another fun surprise. Christian had ordered me a cake, and got me a new charm for my bracelet. LOVE IT! Lorenzo got me a personalized Twins jersey, with my name and my highschool softball number, super cool. After dinner, we made our way back home for a bonfire and a couple of drinks with Lorenzo, Nate and Gini. It was a perfect day....lots of laughs, catching up and tons of fun. Just what I needed! What a way to welcome the big 3-0!
New Session, New Suit. LOVE IT!
Mini-Golfing Fun
Dinner and Cake and Friends!
Sunday was a much more low key day. We got to sleep in and rest for a while with the girls at my mom's. Of course, I woke up with a headache...but, I knew that would happen. I have one drink and I get one, so that was expected. The girls came home around 11:00. My mom brought me a birthday present...a really pretty hummingbird feeder, and I can't wait to get it hung up. We played with the girls for a bit, had some lunch and they were off to take their naps. Christian got ready and was off to work...again. Today was just 3-8 for some training, but he was pretty tired by the end of the night. The girls and I just hung out around the house, played outside for a bit, had some dinner. Nothing too exciting. A nice calm way to end the week.
Olivia trying on my new jersey, and Dad's hat. She thinks she's hilarious, I think she's adorable!
We discovered our first full nest of the year. We usually get three by the end of fall. I can't wait to see the babies!
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