Lucky me!

Look what Jimmy sent me today!!!

Asthma Sucks

Little Ali had a MAJOR asthma flare (as I call them,I don't like the word attack - too scary) Sunday night. Thank goodness we have great nurses at the Peds clinic who got her in to see her doctor early Monday morning. She was on oral steroids for a few days and is back on inhaled steroids indefinitely. Poor baby, she was wiped out Monday afternoon! The meds did their job well and by Tuesday she was greatly improved!

Preschool

Here are some pictures from Ali's first day of "pretty school" as she calls it. She LOVES going. I have heard of children who begged to go to school, but didn't believe in them until Ali!




I'm ready to go!


Waiting for class to start...


Look What I Made!

Letting go

I think this picture says it all.

Poo-Flu

Below is a copy of an email I sent to Jimmy today. It explains why there hasn't been an update to yesterday's post. Or pictures of Ali's first day of preschool. Sweet Little Ali passed the plague on to us (and her visiting grandparents!) 10 days ago and I still feel crummy. Forget about the swine flu - we have what I call the Poo Flu, 'cuz you just feel like ----!

Jimmy,

Can you call our nanny and have her pick up the girls, make dinner, do homework, drive to soccer practice, clean up, do baths and get the kids to bed? That would be great, thanks.

I am going to get in bed and stay there until I feel like a normal human being again. I am sick of this plague Ali has given us...

Oh wait, I think I was hallucinating...I AM the nanny!

Your wife

Already!!!

It is snowing here! Check the blog later for an update...

When it Rains it....

HAILS!!!!

We have lived all over this country, coast to coast and in the middle. But, never have I lived anywhere that had such wild and severe weather. We refer to Mother Nature as "Sybil" here, because the weather can change so wildly in a day or an hour.

Today, Ali and I walked the quarter of a mile up to the school to get the girls. We left at 3:20 and arrived at the school 10 minutes later. The skies were dark and the clouds were low. I should have known better than to walk. But, I feel like a meathead when I drive since we live so close! Once the girls were released, I grabbed them and told them to hustle as big rain drops hit the ground. We made it across the street from the school when the hail started! It was small and I vascillated between heading back into the school and making a dash for it. We decided to run! We got about half a block ahead of the hail and made it into the garage, literally, about a minute before the hail started coming down.

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It is a good thing that we decided to make a run for it and not head back into the school. It has been an hour since we headed home and, while the hail has let up, it is still storming outside.

What an adventure!

Thanks, Sybil! The girls will never forget this day!

Soooo Close

Ali has been so excited about starting "pretty school." Of all my girls, she is the only one that actually wants to go to preschool. I had to drag the other two. Emmalena for all of preschool, and Isabella for 2years of preschool, kindergarten and first grade! So I was so happy to have a little one excited about starting preschool. And today was the big day. She had her outfit chosen and a new backpack that her Ya brought her from Thailand. We had decided on her snack and her drink. But, yesterday she woke up with a stuffy nose and at 4:30AM this morning with a fever of 103 degrees. So no pretty school for her today! Poor thing. I made everyone promise not to mention it, and she seemed to forget that today was her big day. Now she will have to wait (as will I for my 2 hours and 55 minutes of child free time) until next Wednesday.