I'll have a Kindergartener again soon

Yikes,
Where oh where has the time gone? Seriously. I registered Braly for Kindergarten today & I'm not quite sure how I feel about the whole thing. Bittersweet I guess. While I am excited for his new adventure I am also sad that he won't be a preschooler for much longer. The way they are doing Kindergarten this year is new because of new requirements and I don't know if I want him in the full day class or in the half day class. It's going to be so much for him & yet I think he can handle whatever is put in front of him. He should be at the same school as Gabby so they will either ride the bus together twice or just once depending on how they place Braly (full or half day). Sure would miss him if he was gone all day though. Guess I'll deal with whatever level he tests at next month.

Is everyone sick??? a video & some pics

Sometimes I can't believe how long it has been since I blogged. Things have been crazy around here. Last Sunday Braly got sick in the evening & then was fine when we woke up. Then Gabby was sick all of Monday which was supposed to be a fun day since there was no school. She spent the entire day throwing up. Poor thing. She had a fever in the evening so I couldn't send her to school on Tuesday according to the school rules (though I know that some parents do it anyway). My stomach felt awful on Tuesday & Adam ended up coming home & had been throwing up & spend the day sleeping/throwing up. I held down the fort enough & thought I would get to go to bed & then Morgan woke up & spent the next several hours being sick. I ended up having to sleep on the couch with her so I could get to her quickly if she threw up. Good thing I did because she was laying down one of the times & was having a hard time sitting up with she started throwing up. 4 trips to the bathroom, 2 baths & 2 changes of jammies later she felt better & slept for a few hours giving me some much needed sleep. Needless to say I have not been exercising much over the last week/2 weeks & its driving me crazy. I've got to get back into the swing of it because I was doing good for so long.

Now onto some cute stuff. I shot a few quick videos of Braly singing some of his Letter songs that he's learned at Headstart.

Haven't posted pics of Gabby lately since she's at school all day. So here is a new one of her. She picks her own clothes out every week & last week she got a little more creative with her outfit choices. I think she did a great job!

Then she got Braly dressed in a pirate costume & he picked out a princess costume for her. I love when they take turns & play nicely together.

And here is Morgan sleeping in a very interesting way. She was walking back & forth while laying on my chair & I walked out of the room. When I came back about a minute later, she was sleeping. Completely zonked.

Some day off of school

Poor Gabby. She had today off from school for President's Day and it was NOT a good day for her. Good that she didn't miss any school because of it but I think it was actually the reason she was sick in the first place. This is the 2nd time this has happened to her in the last few months. Gabby wakes up & since she doesn't have school she figures there's no need to be on a schedule. So she runs off to play with her brother & sister until she's SUPER DUPER hungry and feels sick. She then tries to eat something & a little while later the nausea starts & doesn't seem to go all the way away for the entire day. I hate seeing her like this but I am hoping this is the last time this happens. Perhaps she will have learned from this small thing that ended up becoming a GIANT mistake. oops

Add Morgan to the mix with the cold that she has with a cough that doesn't sound so good when she runs & it wasn't the greatest of days. I had to pick up Morgan's asthma meds so we went to Shopko for a quick trip. Gabby insisted on staying in the car & Morgan stayed with her. I ran to Joann's to see if they had any cute super sale items & then out to the car again. Morgan was sleeping & Gabby was finally resting.

It's no fun making dinner when no one feels like eating it. We may just do leftovers tonight since I will probably have to dedicate more time to the sick ones. Pray for their speedy recovery please.

Guardian Angels

Morgan has been really into playing by herself after her brother & sister go to school. So I didn't think anything of it when she put on Gabby's mini pink backpack & was walking around the house. Then she went into the playroom & was playing for a little while.

what I am about to disclose is of great embarrassment to myself as a mother. I'm not perfect & I guess I already knew that but I did think that I had a better memory than I did today. Let me just smack myself in the forehead one more time before I blurt this one out.

Earlier today when Braly & I were waiting for his bus to arrive we were outside working on clearing some of the ice & water away from the sidewalk so that when it refreezes it wouldn't be quite so slippery. Well after Braly got on the bus & left I let Morgan come outside with her snowpants, boots, coat, hat & mittens on. I knew she'd get drenched in the puddles because she kept talking about playing in the water. I worked on the ice some more while she got herself wet & then we headed for the house only we went in the back door because I knew Morgan was drenched & didn't want to track all that wetness in through the whole house. What I didn't remember was that the front door was wide open & Little Miss Morgan knows how to open the door now. Ya know where I'm going with this one don't you?

We ate lunch, played a little & then I did the dishes & proceeded to dance to a few songs with Morgan & then sat down at my computer to organize some files. That's when Morgan went off to play with the pink backpack & whatever other toys she felt like playing with. Only after a little while she was really quiet. I didn't hear her smashing around any Dora House friends or talking all cute so I started quietly looking for her so if I found her doing something cute I could watch for a little while. Oh she was cute alright. But not doing something I cared to let her continue doing. I knew EXACTLY where she was as soon as I saw the extra sunlight coming in through the open front door. I quickly grabbed slipped on a pair of shoes & ran outside to grab her. She was dancing around with her pink slippers on & was wearing her pink backpack. She even had on her mittens (that were still soaking wet from earlier). She told me she was going to school/church & she wanted to keep playing in the water. Slap forehead again!!! How could I be so stupid & forget to close & lock that door? I brought her in the house & explained that Mommy was scared that she could get hurt outside all by herself & that she must NEVER do that again. Know what her answer was? "I so sorry Momma, I so sorry!" Obviously I forgave her & now I've got to work on forgiving myself about the mistake. Talk about a humbling experience and making me ever so grateful that I know she's got Guardian Angels watching over her when I'm oblivious to her sneaky act. You had better believe that door will be locked all the time now & all this summer too. whew!

She's currently tucked away sleeping ever so sweetly in her bed right now.

Our New Puppy

Morgan has been playing with these puppy ears since they came in the mail for Christmas from Grammy Bonnie & family. She has tried to get me to wear them but I'm not as cute a puppy as she is. ;)

I love watching her imagination grow & develop. Unfortunately she seems to be trying to give up naps & made it really hard for me to get her to rest yesterday. After reading, rocking, & singing to her she decided it was time for me to leave the room. I closed the gate so she couldn't come out...or so I thought, and came downstairs. I could hear her talking, getting books out & walking around & then I looked up & saw toes poking through the banister. She figured out how to not only open the gate but close it back up as well. Talk about sneaky. She could have gone in Braly's room & been really quiet & I would have thought she was still in her room with the gate still locked. So no nap for her but she did go to bed around 7:30pm and got up around 7:15am. Not too bad a night's sleep which makes me think that she will try to give naps up soon. Not sure I'm ready for that yet or not. We had fun coloring together though & playing puppy instead of napping.