We (me, Lyla and Reesi) took Grace for her 6 year old check-up on Tuesday. Grace was worrying about whether or not she would get a shot. It wasn't nearly as bad as last year though. You can read about Grace's shots from last year under January 2008, "Shots are not fun". Anyway, she started crying as soon the nurse came in. They checked weight, height and eyes first. Then she did the finger prick. It wasn't too bad thanks to the freezing spray. It did bleed a lot though. After the nurse left, the blood started running down her thumb out from under the bandaid. I had to clean that up and then the doctor came in and put a pressure bandaid on it. We talked about her growth and behaviors. She is 48 pounds and is 47 3/4 inches tall. Her weight is in the 68th percentile and her height is in the 89st percentile. Everything else that they checked looked good. Then came the shots. She only needed 1 shot but she cried more than when she was a baby even though they used the freezing spray again. The most difficult part of the visit was handling spunky little Lyla Belle while all of this was going on. She wanted to do everything Grace did...get undressed, pee in a cup, check her ears, eyes, climb on the table over and over and over again all while the doctor is trying to talk to me and sweet Reesi is trying to talk to the doctor about her new horse....you get the picture. She's definitely a handful! My saving grace was that they had us in and out of there in about 45 minutes from arrival to departure. After we left Grace was very pitiful. She said her thumb was sore and her leg hurt too. She wanted a treat. I had to go to Wal-Mart anyway so we found some $2.50 Valentine's Day stuffed animals. They both picked one out and everyone was happy.
Friday, February 20, 2009
The Dreaded Check-up
Valentine Party
I took the two little girls to Grace's Valentine party at school last week. There 4 different activities as well as a cupcake snack. They all had fun and I'm just glad Lyla and Reesi are allowed to participate as well.
They are racing to see who can unwrapp a hersey's kiss and eat it first while wearing mittens.
One of Many
Dear Santa...
A Sweet Valentine
In school Grace has been writing letters to people. She brought this one home last week before Valentine's Day. It was in an envelope addressed to Lyla. It was so sweet. It says, "Lyla is my sister. She is nice. I love her. from Grace"
A date with Mommy
While Eric took Grace on a date, I took Lyla on a date. She decided our date needed to be at Chuck E. Cheese. On a Friday night! I tried to bribe her with ToysRUs and a restaurant but she wouldn't go for it. So, off we went to Chuck E. Cheese during the busiest time of the week. I circled the building 4 times before finding a parking spot. It took us 30 minutes to get in the door and order a pizza at the counter! Then we had to wait in a line for every game! It was not my idea of fun but Lyla loved it. She didn't care about the massive crowd at all so I tried to chill out and enjoy our time together. We shared a pizza and she ate the same amount of pizza as me! She played games and had a good time. It was nice to spend some one on one time with my little Lyla.
A date with Daddy
Two weeks ago Eric took Grace on a Father/Daughter date. He found out about a Father/Daughter dance that was going to be a the Rec. Center down in Spring Hill. He asked Grace if she wanted to go. She was most excited about the chance to wear her "wedding" dress. The little girls were given a single carnation, the couples were introduced and their pictures were taken. The pictures were really bad though so we didn't get one. I took the pictures below before they left. They didn't go with anyone they knew so I think Eric was a little bored but Grace had fun. She ended up running around with the other little girls I think. It was a sweet thought and I'm glad Eric is building this relationship with his little girl. Little girls need their daddies!
Little Monkey
Lyla can now go all the way across the monkey bars by herself! Eric said she's been able to do it for a while but this was the first time I'd seen her do it. Look at her go!!!
"Let's have a picnic"
Two Mondays ago I was upstairs and the girls were very quiet. That usually means something when it comes to little kids. After a while Reesi came upstairs with 3 apples and started washing them in the bathroom sink. I asked what she was doing and she said they were having a picnic. I immediately knew I better check it out. I went downstairs and they were pulling everything out of the fridge for their picnic. Lyla had about 6 yogurts on the table, a whole container of strawberries, a whole gallon of milk (which they hadn't tried to pour, thank goodness), and several other things. I think Lyla ate about 3 yogurts and Reesi at almost all of the strawberries. At least it was a healthy picnic!
Pancakes in Pajamas
Church had their annual Pancakes in Pajamas for the preschool age a couple of weeks ago. We got up and headed to the church for some pancakes and crafts. The girls love going places in their pj's so they were ready and willing, even thought it was at 8:30am on a Saturday. We ate yummy pancakes and bacon and the girls played with playdoh, sorted candy hearts, made a Valentine card, and looked at books on beanbags. It was a nice way to start the weekend. Friday, February 6, 2009
Lunch
This is Reesi and Lyla having lunch on Friday at our house. They have actually played very well today. Lyla and Reesi don't get along very well sometimes, so when do do get along, I try not to interrupt them! I had planned on taking them to the elementary school to eat with Grace today. They were playing so well that when I asked them if they were ready to go and they said they wanted to play instead, I said OK. So, here they are eating later on. Notice Reesi's nice outfit...what you can't see is the pink sequined skirt and purple dress-up shoes that match her purple polka dot bra and pearls. They love to dress up. Scissor Happy
The girls are scissor happy right now. They want to cut all the time. One day in January Lyla cut the hair off of a big horse costume. I found her midway through the haircut and there was furry fuzz hair everywhere! Mommy wasn't pleased with that one. Then Reesi cut holes in her bedsheets to find out what was "under there"! Joni wasn't very pleased either. Then on Monday, Reesi cut her hair while she was here at my house! The crazy thing was that I was at the table with her and Lyla while they were cutting and I never saw her do it! We were helping the girls clean up later and I found the BIG chunk of dark brown hair on the floor! Joni...not happy again. Then today Lyla called upstairs to me to say that she was cutting her lion's hair. She was very quick to explain that she was leaning over the trashcan and putting each piece in the trash as she cut it! She actually did a pretty good job at that part. She forgot that the fuzz gets all over her shirt as she cuts though. So, here is her sweet lion after its haircut. It's head used to have a big, full mane!
How can you stay mad at that face for very long?Chuck e Cheese
Yesterday afternoon Lyla was invited to a birthday party at ChuckeCheese. She was really excited and so were Grace and Reesi. They went by default. Luckily, Joni was able to meet me there to help with the girls. At preschool yesterday Lyla's class had a pizza and pajama day to celebrate the letter 'p'. So Lyla was in her Lightning McQueen jammies and refused to change to go to the party. Oh well, you pick your battles.
We had fun at ChuckeCheese. They played and won a few tickets. For anyone familiar with ChuckeCheese, you know that the tickets don't go very far when it comes to claiming a prize. But, you can actually pick a big prize that takes like 300 tickets and just pay the difference with money! I have never revealed this secret to my children and had not planned on ever telling them! Joni took care of this for me yesterday afternoon. She made the fatal mistake of telling Reesi and Grace she would pay the difference for them to get the cotton candy prize instead of the plastic spider ring prize. So, Lyla had to have cotton candy too. Now, they will always insist and argue for the bigger prize! Thanks Joni!
Last night after Lyla was in bed I heard her singing happy birthday to the two little birthday boys from the party yesterday. How cute!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
A Rare Sunday in Febuary
Febuary 1 was very rare. It was in the 60's! Grace kept going on and on about how it was springtime. I kept telling her it really wasn't and that it was going to get cold again. She is so ready for spring and summer she can hardly stand it. My girls definitely love to be outside. Anyway, we met Joni and Reesi in a culd-a-sac between our two houses for the girls to ride bikes. Reesi got a new bike for Christmas and has recently discovered the joys of bike riding. The little culd-a-sac even has a park bench for Joni and me to sit on! Perfect! So, the girls rode bikes, played a little baseball and drew on the street with chalk. Lyla fell several times but never cried once. I finally took a picture after about 3 falls. One picture shows her checking her elbow for boo-boos after her fall. She's riding without training wheels and doing great. She's just a little, well, reckless is the only way I know to describe it. She goes full speed and tries to turn on a dime. That's usually why she falls, she jerks her wheel too quickly and looses control. She cracks us up. She has no fear! I've tried to explain to her how to turn more slowly so she doesn't fall. She has to figure it out for herself though. Grace figured out that riding down a little hill and then onto the road was fun too. There are pics of that below as well. Lyla had to try that too. Reesi did a great job with her new bike and I was glad to see all of them getting to ride together.
Driver's License for Grace
Last week Grace told Eric she wanted to drive. He told her she has to have a driver's license before she can drive a car. She ran off and came back later to show Eric her driver's license. Here is her license (or "lisins" for an emergent reader). Too cute.
