mar 23-mar 31

March 23

I had another dentist appointment. This time I brought my mp3 player and it went pretty well. I had one filling done and got my teeth cleaned. Hooray for good music to serve as a distraction!

March 24

My Grandma and Grandpa showed up at our house unexpectedly and joined us for church.

March 25

Maddie played for a while after gymnastics with her friend, Samantha. My Dad & Maria were over for dinner. After dinner, Mike took Cal to a Model Rocketry meeting for 4H, while the rest of us stopped by school to see the Bible History projects on display. Cal and Kaycey each got a first place ribbon!

Kaycey loves reading to Sadie!

March 26

Maddie, Sadie, and I spent lunch and the afternoon at our neighbor's house. They belong to our church, and relatively recently discovered they live in walking distance. They have 4 kids, including a set of twins that were the due the same time I was due with Sadie (but they were born 3 months early...but they are okay!) The 3 of them will be in class together once they begin school. Their older two are 6 & 4, perfect playmates for Maddie, and also will be classmates with Maddie. And it's official, every woman out here is a nurse or nurse practitioner (including this neighbor!) I am the only stay at home mom in this town, I swear.

I went to work thinking I really need to DO something. I keep saying I want to go back to school, and I talk about it. But I have to DO it.

After work, I went to eat with my Mom. Had some tasty veggie burgers at Ruby Tuesdays!

March 27

I shopped all day. For what? I don't know. I'm so indecisive, and I'm tired of buying stuff just to return it.

For dinner we had spaghetti tacos. Yes, you read that right. The kids got the brilliant idea from iCarly.

The house is a wreck. A total disaster. Oh well. Not feeling great, so the last thing on my to-do list is cleaning it from top to bottom.

March 28

I decided to try to start a scrap night at church. I've heard of quite a few women being scrapbookers, so I thought a good opportunity for a night out. I hope we get a good turnout.

Cal's Sunday school teacher gave all the kids little vials of water from the Jordan River. Cal is really excited about it.

Maddie had a practice for her Spring Fling performance, and afterwards she went to sleep--for hours! All of a sudden, seemingly out of nowhere, she had a fever (103+). The kids have been coughing all week, except for Kaycey. A trip to the doctor seems to be in the near future!

March 29

Cal (and I) was up literally all night, after 10:30pm. His ears were in alot of pain (kind of out of nowhere). He finally fell asleep around 4am after a dose of tylenol with codeine (he had the prescription last year for a bad cough).

As soon as the doctor's office opened, I called. Made appointments for the 3 kids (Kaycey was at school, perfectly fine!) Cal, as suspected, had a double ear infection. Maddie had pneumonia again. Sadie had an upper resp. infection. And it's supposed to be spring?!?!?

March 30

My poor baby is coughing so hard and loud :(

We colored eggs, too. Nothing fancy, just good ole fashioned egg dye. Next year I would like to try something a little more exciting with them, though.

March 31

I went for a walk with Sadie and the neighbor. It's such a nice day...wish it would stay!

It's also the night before surgery...I'm super nervous!! I had a doctor appointment to discuss some things about the surgery.

Kaycey had her first soccer practice for the spring rec season. How pathetic. One-she is the only second grader on the team. The rest are first graders, most of whom have never played soccer before. Two-she is one of two girls. The boys run around and don't listen to the coach. Three-she doesn't know a single person, even though on the form we fill out the school name and friend's names. We are looking for a new team to put her on. Our rec. program is terrible out here. Besides the fact the price isn't rec department price either. I remember in Milwaukee county, rec department activities/sports were often around $35. Ours out here is $70. I'd rather pay a bit more and put her on a club team where she'll actually learn something from coaches who want to coach and enjoy it.

I overhear Maddie say, "I'm so happy I have a boyfriend. We're married!!"