2015 - Week 33

Here we are, another week! Our week was filled with all kinds of random events and happenings.

On Monday we were off to work and daycare, as usual. With back to school quickly approaching (here for many other states already!), I’ve been getting a ton of good e-mails for sales going on. Today, I jumped on a couple and just about finished the girls clothes shopping. I ordered jeans and most of the tops they’ll need, shoes and socks. I think we pretty much just need leggings and sweaters and we’ll be ready to go! After work, I picked up the big girls…we made our way home, and I started dinner. Christian and Eliza met us at home just in time to eat. Eliza was pretty crabby, and was running a slight fever. I’m not sure where that was coming from, but fingers crossed it’s nothing…and passes quickly. Poor baby. She wasn’t even in the mood to cuddle, so eventually I put her down in her crib and she fell asleep. We played outside with the big girls for a while…they danced and rode their scooters and put on a little “Cheerleader” dance show for us. LOL, they’re so funny. They’ve both been begging to do gymnastics, which they’ve asked to do for a long time, so I started looking into it. I’ve always thought they’d be great in gymnastics – especially Amelia, but every time I’ve looked into it, I realize it’s SO dang expensive. WAY more than it should be. And our community never offered a program. Well, it turns out they do have a program now. I may enroll them in the class this winter, and see how they do/how they like it. If they seem to be into it, and interested – then I may try out a real school. We’ll just have to play it by ear, and see how it goes. Kids, nothing is cheap for them!

Tuesday was a pretty annoying day at work. I spent the morning catching up, getting some stuff going. The usual. Then, we got an e-mail from our supervisor. Now, I’ll preface this by saying, none of us are perfect employees. We all have that THING we do. Chat too much, personal phone calls, cell phone usage, being louder than appropriate, etc. Well, our supervisor, instead of just discussing the issues going on, with each person individually, she sends out a mass e-mail that just sounds ridiculous. Basically telling people no talking over the walls, cell phones, visiting and personal phone calls should be very minimal and “other noises should be kept to a minimum (i.e., the cougher in our office). Now, I know that I spend a good amount of time throughout the day on my cell phone…however, I don’t take breaks, or a lunch, so I use that time for when I’m late in the morning, and spacing out on my phone here and there throughout the day. While her note about cell phone usage may be general, and not directed at me…it would be a prime example of why she needs to approach each person directly. So, if it were me, I could explain why it may be. But, while she has a lot of great qualities, she is so passive, and, while I think SHE thinks she’s doing us all a great favor by being so, it really does not work out in her favor with any of the employees. So, knowing that in the end, the e-mail would do NOTHING to accomplish what she was really trying to accomplish, and just the general tone the e-mail left off (basically that we should all just be zombies at work), it was pretty upsetting. I swear, there’s always something frustrating going on at that place! Quitting time never comes soon enough! Today, quitting time came with a bit of chaos…I received a phone call from daycare, just as I was getting ready to leave. I was worried her fever had come back, but they said she woke up from an afternoon nap with a rash on her arms and legs, and it was spreading. They said it was kind of like welts, and she just kept getting more and more. Thankfully I was on my way out anyway, I so hustled to daycare to check it out. Thankfully it was actually starting to go away by the time I got there, but they had taken some photos for me. It looked exactly like the rash Amelia broke out in a couple years ago, when we determined she must have had a reaction to Olivia’s amoxicillin. But, Eliza hadn’t taken any medications, tried any new foods, no new detergents or soaps. It was a mystery. SO WEIRD! But, since they were going away, we didn’t worry too much. We grabbed the other two, and made our way home to get ready for soccer. The big girls changed, I let the dog out, and packed up some snacks and water. Christian took Amelia to practice, while Eliza and I were off with Olivia. Eliza was SO crabby, eventually just crying and crying through practice. So frustrating. I can’t really just walk away with her, Olivia is not old enough to be “left” at practice alone, so I feel trapped, worried that we’re driving everybody insane. I cannot wait for her to grow out of this fussy, in-between baby/toddler stage. I hate to say that, because I HATE the thought of wanting her to grow up, but I just want her to be happy and loving life. Oy! We all me up at home after practice, had some dinner, and tossed the girls in the bath. While getting them ready for bed, we did notice that Eliza’s rash seemed to be coming back a little bit. What a mystery! She fell asleep pretty quickly on my lap though, and everybody was off to bed at a decent time, so that was promising. Hopefully this rash mystery doesn’t rear its ugly head again tomorrow (well, ever really).

I just love this girl. While practice ended rough for us, it started with lots of sweet smiles.

Wednesday was a bit of a hectic day. We were all up at the usual times. Christian took Eliza and Amelia off to daycare and got them checked in. Eliza has one little welt left on her leg, from what I can tell, so hopefully it’s passing – whatever it is. Meanwhile, Olivia and I finished getting ready, and I took her to the dentist to get her fillings. She need one new filling, and one replacement. She is such a rockstar at the dentist; I seriously can’t hardly believe how well she does. The dentist just gushes over how amazing she does, which I’m sure helps. She’s a tough little cookie, that’s for sure. After her appointment, she was off to daycare for the day, and I was off to work for a pretty standard day. More excitingly, after work, I was off on a much needed dinner date with my long-lost BFF, Kari. I’m not sure why, but we just never seem to spend anywhere near enough time together, so it was so awesome to get together and catch up. And, the fact that our date place is Kahn’s makes it even more exciting. YUMMY!!!! We chatted, and caught up, and ate way too much food. Before we knew it, it was time to part ways and head home though. Meanwhile, Christian had to pick the girls up from daycare, and get them settled in with dinner all on his own. As soon as I arrived home, somebody stopped by to buy a few more random baby things (snowsuit, dresses, etc.). Still working on clearing out that room! Once home and finally settled in, it was basically time for bed. Quite an eventful day!

Another pre-appointment selfie - this time with my biggest baby

Today was middle child day. There's no way you could forget this feisty middle child!

Thursday started off with a long, LONG day at work. It was just one of those days…the clock ticked ever so slowly, all day long. I was really busy, catching up on a lot of stuff, but it didn’t help. After what seemed like forever, I finally “clocked out” and hit the road. I stopped at Walmart quick, picked the girls up, and got the big girls ready for soccer – for their first games of the season. Christian took Amelia, and actually helped coach her team as their actual coach was out of town. He was so nervous, and I wasn’t there to witness it, but I bet he did great. He’s much of kid-friendly than I am, and LOVES soccer, so I was sure he’d end up loving it (even though he was not very happy with me for volunteering him. Oops!). Meanwhile, Eliza and I took Olivia to her game. She had a chance to play forward, defense and goalie, so she got a shot at everything. And, she actually did really well. She is getting more aggressive and competitive each week, and is really loving forward. We just need to work on getting her to KEEP going when she gets the ball, and not stopping. GO TEAM! When we arrived home, it was actually quite funny. They both received their uniform shirts today. They don’t get to pick their number or anything; they’re just randomly handed out. Well, they BOTH ended up with the “#3” shirt, which was funny enough. But, they also both ended up being on “Team Blue”, the exact same shade of blue and everything! I mean, come on, talk about coincidence! The girls thought it was hilarious when we arrived home and they saw each other. Too funny. Eliza did better at the field today, but was pretty exhausted by the time we got home. We got all of the girls fed, and I got her to sleep while Christian helped the other two showered and get ready for bed. Seriously, beyond excited that tomorrow is FINALLY Friday!

Olivia's First Game of the Season

Amelia surprising us with the same color uniform as sissy - AND the same number!

Friday started off quite impressively…I was up, the girls were up, we were ready, and out the door ON TIME! So crazy! Traffic was a little worse than I expected, and on Friday’s I have to drop Eliza off at my mom’s, but if it weren’t for the two drop-offs, I would have actually made it to work on time and everything. SO CLOSE! Then, IT all hit the fan at work. Shortly after I got settled in and working away, “the coughing” took its toll on one of our other co-workers, and she let “the cougher” have it. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again…I KNOW it sounds so ridiculous to let somebody’s coughing bother you so much, but until you have to deal with it…listening to it all day, every day…you just cannot really imagine what it’s like. I’ve had to restrain myself from saying something many times. Some of us, including this woman that lost it today, have resorted to wearing headphones during the day. It’s just not OK, it’s not a healthy work environment. To make things worse, our supervisor wasn’t in the office today, so she’s really going to be upset when she gets back in. Needless to say, the rest of the day was a little chaotic, and interesting. Everybody who was in at the time had to be interviewed by the section director and I’m not sure what all is going to come of it. But, all I know is that I back up this woman 1,000%, and I feel so bad that she’s the one who just couldn’t take it any longer. It could just have easily been me on any given day, and I fully admitted that to our director. I can’t imagine what you could actually do about somebody coughing insistently, but there HAS to be something. Hopefully something positive will come from this unfortunate event. Before I knew it, it was time to say goodbye to this LOOOOONG workweek, and I was out the door. Eliza was still napping when I arrived at my mom’s, so she and I chatted for a bit. Eliza and I picked up the big girls once she was finally up, and Amelia was SOOOOO excited. She’s officially transitioning to the schoolage room, and got to go on a fieldtrip with the class today. However, she had a bit of a rough day. She was in the office when I arrived to pick them up, reading books with the director. Apparently she’s just having a hard time listening, and keeping her hands to herself (especially with her sister, I’m sure). Hopefully things even out soon.  We all stopped home, changed, packed up and were off to swim at our friend Mariano’s house when Christian arrived home. It was hot, hot, HOT out today, and it felt so good to get in the nice cool pool. Of course, the girls were in heaven, playing with their little BFF Bella. After some swimming and some playing back in his place, everybody passed out on the way home. Perfect end to a crazy day!

Amelia's Kindergarten Sunflower is Growing Fast!

Saturday was another pretty full day. However, with no morning sports, it was much less chaotic. Christian was off to work, but later than usual, so it was a quiet morning. I ran to the store quick while he got ready, and then settled in back at home. I spent the day watering the dying grass. It’s actually help up really well this year – I think the fact that it’s been so humid most of the summer has really helped with that. The girls and I had breakfast, I started cleaning up the kitchen/dining room and picking up around the house. We had lunch, and I got Eliza down for a good nap while the big girls watched some videos. Christian arrived home from work, showered, and we packed up some stuff and hit the road when Eliza woke up. Today we were off to our friend Misty’s house to grill and have a little playdate with her son, Rio. They met through sports, and Misty is a sweetheart, so we always have a blast hanging out with them. The kids played in the water, ran around and had a great time. We grilled and chatted and ate A TON of delicious food. It was a really fun, perfect evening. We were home pretty late, again, and the girls were all right off to bed. At least we haven’t been fighting anybody at bed time the last couple of days!

Slip N' Slide Fun!

Sunday was a busy day around the house. Of course, I kicked it off with my usual chores. Laundry, some more cleaning/picking up. What’s new?! We had breakfast and hung out around the house, a pretty slow start to the day overall. After lunch, I got Eliza down for a nap, and the big girls played outside while Christian cut the grass. Also per my usual Sunday ritual, I spent much of the day folding laundry while catching up on my shows. Not the end of the world, that’s for sure. The girls settled into the house once Eliza was up, Christian ran to the store for some groceries, and arrived home just as the rain settled in for the night. Hopefully we’ll get a break from the humidity with this rain! The rest of the night was pretty quiet…some TV, some videos, dinner and lots of relaxation. It’s been a long, busy, hot week – but I was SO not ready for another weekend to come to an end.  Already. So depressing!

We have Pumpkins and Cantaloupe Coming In!

Until Next Week! XOXO