Well, I decided I should write an update now since you never know what could happen in the next 3 days. Although, knowing my luck, I’ll have plenty of time to update you on all our “adventures ..
Monday June 2 was my trip to the tire place. I decided to make the appointment as early as possible so we could come back and still get things done. We left by 7:30 am. Our appointment was at 8 am. We got there with 5 minutes to spare. They were done by 8:45, I ran one errand and we were home by 9:15am. Plenty of time to get a lot of things done. Except I was exhausted by then and so we did nothing!! We ate again, everyone was hungry by then. The kids played. We did naps, a little school, I took a nap and then it was chore time and dinner time. When Scott got home we went out to the backyard and did another family clean up. The kids were awesome and we had a ton of fun. For dessert I made a Greek pastry we had eaten on Saturday that we all loved. It basically turned out to be fry bread made into balls and soaked in honey. It was amazing and VERY YUMMY!!
Tuesday was very low key. Nothing on the schedule. We made up for the lost time from the day before.
Wednesday June 3, was my “busy†day. We had P.E. in the morning. It was the last one till the end of summer and so we did a picnic. I made some cupcakes for all to share and it was a very fun, relaxing event. We didn’t get home till 2:30. Enough time to get our chores done and dinner cooked before Scott got home and Jaime and I ran off to Dance Recital Rehearsal. We got there in enough time to realize it was HOT in the dressing room and we could not hang out there except to change. Jaime and her class did well during the practice and we got home about 9:45pm. ***After dinner, I was bathing all the kids and getting them ready for bed so Scott could put them to bed as soon as he wanted to. I had Jaime, Niah and Afton in the shower and Milo and Alix were goofing off. I didn’t mind because it gets too crowded with all of them together. Anyway, just as I was getting Afton and Niah out (Jaime was already done) Alix comes bursting into the bathroom crying and blood coming from her mouth. She was way too upset to talk so I had her spit out the blood into the sink so I could see what was wrong. She spit 3 mouthfuls of blood into the sink before her mouth was clear enough to look at. I still had a hard time figuring out what she did. I had Jaime get back into the shower and help the little ones finish rinsing and then got them out (this while Alix is spitting blood into the sink). So what did she do? Her and Milo were trying to navigate the upstairs with their eyes closed. Alix decided she’d try and climb through the opening between her bed and Niah’s bed (they have bunk beds). She was about to go through and then somehow brought her head down on the bottom of the opening and bit her tongue (I figured out later she bit it all the way through). The blood finally stopped and her tongue was sore and bruised, her lip was swollen and bruised and she had a little cut on her chin. She was one miserable little girl. After a quick shower and a lot of love she finally calmed down. Anyway, when Jaime and I got back from the rehearsal she was up crying. Scott said she had not slept well since he put her down and he was trying to put some orajel on her tongue. Finally we were able to get some motrin down her and then we sat up for about 30 minutes trying to help her calm down. Both girls finally got to bed about 11pm.
Thursday was another “busy†day. I had my ob appointment at 9:30pm. I dropped the kids at the babysitters at 9. Got to my appointment on time. The dr was running 30 minutes behind. That’s fine. I read a good magazine….. Everything is fine. The baby is in position and I have another appointment next week. After grabbing the kids we came home and had lunch and naps. We had enough time to do some school and then we got ready for piano. After we got home from piano we made dinner. After dinner I got the kids bathed and Scott helped me put them to bed. I ran to the store for some last minute groceries while Scott mowed the front lawn. We actually had everyone in bed on time, even us!
Friday, today, was a busy day. We wanted to get as much cleaning done as we could so that when Grandma and Grandpa Thompson arrived, we could just enjoy their company and not worry too much about cleaning. The kids were awesome! They had everything done by 12:30 and even some extra stuff. We spent the afternoon eating lunch, doing a little bit of school and then watching a movie (after all, we didn’t want to dirty the house we just cleaned!!). I took a little nap in preparation for tonight. Scott got home at 4:45, the babysitter came at 5. We did a quick run down and we left by 5:15pm. We took Jaime and Alix out for dinner and then we headed over to Jaime’s dance recital. Scott and Alix found their seats no problem, I got Jaime down to her dressing room (with fan in hand. There was NO way I was going to spend another night in that hot dressing room. During and even after the show I had moms and girls thanking me for bringing the fan!), no problem, we went to change Jaime, NO TIGHTS!! AHHHHH!! I run upstairs, ask Scott to run to the nearest store and buy some. Even then he wouldn’t have made it back. Lucky for me there was a mom there from Jaime’s dance class who said she had an extra pair of tights and Jaime could use them. Yay for mom’s with extra stuff!! The recital went off without a problem. Everyone danced well and all the girls enjoyed themselves. Jaime felt like the queen of the night. It was also fun to go out to eat with just the older girls. It’s a much different experience than with all 5 kids. We got home by 9:30pm and the babysitters reported that all was well. They fed the kids, took them to the park, bathed them and put them to bed. AWESOME!! I took them home while Scott put Jaime and Alix to bed. We put the finishing touches on getting ready for grandma and grandpa and now Scott is out getting them at the airport and I sit here tapping away at the computer.
Scott has been awesome this week on working on my to do list. He has pretty much wiped out most of the list. The things left a big projects that require a Saturday to do. I’m so grateful for him and his willingness to do the things that need to be done and he does it with a smile and he even involves the kids if he can. What a great husband and father I have. Thanks Scott.
Ouch for Alix! I guess her imagination came back to “bite” her this time! I hope she’s doin’ ok now. I hear that tongues heal quickly.
Sounds like you are just about ready for the baby! I keep thinking to myself…what am I going to do when there are 3?? Your example reminds me that it can be done, why you make it seem like ANYthing can be done (with a little help!) Happy labor and delivery, I hope he/she comes quick now that most things seem ready and the grandparents are there. Babies are SO exciting!!
Hi Alix, Sorry about your tongue. Hope that you feel better soon.
Hi Jaime, I heard what an amazing job you did at your dance recitial. You look so cute and grownup in your outfits. You’ll have to show us your dance when we see you all. Maybe you can teach Katie your dance.
We hope that everything goes smoothly for you. We are thinking about you and we miss you. Love Always, Erinn