Sinus Surgery Superhero Meets Bacterial Kryptonite

Low grade fever, chills, all over body aches = 10 day course of antibiotics.

Nothing like a post-op infection to kick a superhero's hiney and hamper any serious recovering.

I just want to say I love my oldest daughter! (I love all my kids of course!) Jessi has been an amazing help and has taken over in the afternoons looking after the little ones so I can rest and recover quicker.

Matt and Trent are in Kentucky this week - they always miss out on all the fun.

Tonight it was Flash Flood and Tornado warnings. The kids and I hung out in the basement and watched a movie during all the "excitement". We watched "Men in Black" and Sadie commented that she was glad she has never seen a cockroach as big as the bug in the movie. I am very grateful for that also!

Sunday Special - June 7th

Sinus Surgery Suggests Superhero Shenanigans

Batman only wishes he were as cool . . .

Today's Sunday Special brought to you by the letter "S" and by:


Saline Spray and Starlight mints.

Nathan's Adventures in Same Day Surgery

I had to get up really early.

Got my binky

And my zebra buddy - they gave me new buddies too, a couple of frogs!

I helped take this picture - see my finger?

They also gave me this really nifty bracelet for my ankle - I kept trying to take it off. Sadie drew smiley faces on my legs so that I would remember to smile.

"Ready to go?" the nurse asks. My part was easy, I got to sleep!

Afterward, mommy held me until I was ready to go home. Here I am in the car - new tubes in my ears, I can hear! I'm all ready to go now - got my buddies, my blanky, my binky, and my cup of juice.

The end

Sadie Rose Turns 6! (Belated Birthday Post)

Yes, I am a bum - a blogging bum. I plead camera woes. I plead scheduling woes. I plead my camera batteries died and I can't find the cord woes. I plead exhaustion. What??!! You say you don't care? You say you need your fix of cute little Schucklets - because what is witty prose in the face of such scrumptious chubby-cheeked cuteness? Okay . . . please accept my apologies for being a blogging bum and as a show of good will, I give you the following pictures to satiate your cravings for all things winsome. (And no, I did not save you a piece of cake - remember, I'm a bum!)



You may have noticed the wardrobe change. Poor Sadie, her birthday fell on Wednesday! Wednesday night is Cub Scouts, Young Woman and Older Scouts (and daddy gone to Scouts). We celebrated in shifts. I let her open one of her presents right after dinner before everyone left. Then I got them in pajamas (or not - since cake was involved!) and when everyone was home again, we finished our party.

As you can see, lots of pink, princesses and ladybugs! All things Sadie!

The Cake

Mama said use my spoon.


Now we are Six

Happy Birthday 6th SadieBug LadyBug
April 15th, 2009

(Now, that should hold you until I can get the Easter pictures up. No whining!)

Sunday Special - ala Monday May 12th

After 4 years and 22 broken brackets - bracefree as of 5/5.

Now we just have to make sure he wears his retainer like he's suppose to!

Sunday Special ala Monday - April 13th

Before

After

I documented Adam's propensity for peeling in a prior post. (If you click the link - be prepared for more of an almost 3 year old clad only in a diaper with strips of wallpaper). In preparation for refinancing our home and locking in a nice low FIXED rate - we decided it was time to do something about the peeled and graffitied kitchen walls for the appraisal. Adam peeled and Sadie drew. I forgot that I wanted to take a picture of her gerbil people before they were forever painted over - they use to make me so happy. Gerbil people make me smile. Oh well.

I think it looks nice - definitely a great deal better!

So, for now, my kitchen walls look much improved!

Logistical Nightmare (Or why I hated Math Word Problems in High School)

One family, two adults and six children. Children A-C all have soccer practices. Two of them have practices that begin at 5 pm. One has practice at 5:15 (child B). They practice on 2 different fields in different locations. Practices for Child A & Child B end at 6:30. Child C's practice ends at 6pm. Adult One is assistant coach to Child A and Child B's soccer teams that practice at the same time in different locations (Adult Two questions the efficacy of this arrangement.) Child D has a school play. Child D must be at school at 6:10pm nicely dressed and the performance begins at 6:30pm. Everyone typically eats at 6 pm every evening. Child C and Child D must be met at bus stop at 3:40pm. Child B has Honor Choir after school and needs to be picked up at 4:15 pm. Adult Two has Choir Carpool this month and Seminary Carpool this week. Adult Two will arrive home from Choir Carpool at 4:45pm. Child B also has a job walking dogs after school from 4-5pm. Child F is scheduled for daily hungry and tired-because-I-refused-to-take-a-nap meltdown at 4:30pm. Both Child E and Child F are on schedule for massive diaper blowouts between 3:30pm and 5 pm. One or both should occur after being strapped into minivan and when Adult Two is already running 5 minutes late. If bedtime is at 8 pm, how long will it take for Adult Two to be absolutely drooling, completely insane?