Wild Ride

This week started out as a wild ride.  Jeremy was out of town until Wednesday mid-morning.  Unfortunately, Tuesday, I started the day with a car that wouldn't start.  It turns out that my starter had gone bad so, obviously, when I got a neighbor to help me jump it, it did nothing.  Thankfully, despite my stress of having to deal with it on my own, I had family, friends, neighbors, and preschool families who showed up to help me with various parts of my day.  A neighbor, who is a mechanic, ended up coming to my rescue when he got off work at 7pm and delivered me a fixed car at 10pm.  I went to bed feeling so blessed that while the day definitely didn't go the way I hope, it ended up being ok in the end.

Wednesday and Thursday were uneventful and then Friday Elsie had a surprise in store with a strange ring that appeared on her back.  After panicking and texting Jeremy, my mom, and sisters, all of whom were stumped, I called the doctor and scheduled an appointment for her. Turns out the doctor was just as stumped as everyone else.  She concluded that maybe it was a very strange bruise or maybe it was a strange reaction to a bite.  In any case, we were just supposed to keep an eye on it and thankfully it seems to be improving.

Saturday was an excitement filled day, as we finally had a break from baseball and were able to have a birthday celebration for C.C..  She has had a little bit of friend trouble as of late so we opted for a girls day with just a few close friends, rather than a big party.  

She got to call all the shots and we had a whole afternoon extravaganza.  We started with a trip to 7-11 for slurpees.  Then we came home for a foot spa and nail painting session.  Once our nails were dry, we opened presents and decorated mini cakes.  We only had one disaster of a cake completely falling apart.  The rest were pretty successfully decorated.  We then had pizza and cake (a separate one so they could take the cakes they decorated home).  We rounded out the evening with a movie and then some jumping on the trampoline.  Five hours after all the girls showed up, we wrapped things up and I took them home.  We were all wiped but I think it was just the party Carrigan had hoped for so that's what really counts.

Today is Mother's Day and I was awoken by sounds of my children in the kitchen.  I did my best to keep sleeping but as soon as my eyes popped open, my children appeared at my bedside.  I had not yet taken out my mouthguard or even sat up before I was handed a cup and a plate of food.  I managed to get them to agree to take it to the table so I could at least have a second to get up.  They made me an egg, a piece of toast, a couple pancakes, and some blueberries, along with some very strong and tart lemonade.  When I questioned them about the lemonade, they said the only other option we had in the house was fruit punch and fruit punch wasn't good for breakfast.  Apparently lemonade is.  I was very touched by their thoughtfulness.  Now Jeremy is working away in the kitchen on a deluxe dinner and dessert and they have all gotten me gifts that I can't wait to open.  I am definitely feeling the love.

I would like to say that this coming week should be a little calmer, but looking ahead, we have 1 doctors appointment, 3 dentist appointments, kindergarten roundup, two PT appointments, 3 baseball practices, and 1 church activity on top of our regular work and school schedule.  Welcome to the end of the school year when everything gets crammed in.  Wish us luck!