This week has been busy enough to keep me from blogging, so I thought I'd better catch up. Monday I took Zander to see his eye doctor in Troutdale. It used to take me 5 minutes to get there, now it takes about 25 (35 when you factor in getting three kids in and out of their car seats!). The appointment went fine. He had to get his eyes dilated, which means killing time for 20 minutes or so. I walked with the kids to Natalie's old preschool and let them play on the playground for a while. Once we got back, the doctor took a look inside his eyes and said they look good, but he still wanted to adjust his glasses prescription a bit. I wish I would have known this would be the case as we just filled a brand new prescription 2 weeks ago to replace the glasses Zander mangled beyond repair. At any rate, the doctor also took a look at the optic nerve and was able to see that there was no swelling on his brain which means that the shunt must be doing it's job. I keep praying that he won't ever have to need the shunt replaced, so this information is always a relief to me.
Since I was in the area, I went to Target to look at costumes for the kids. I ended up finding a Toy Story Woody costume for Zander and a pair of shoes for me, but nothing much for the other kids. All of the cute costumes for Hayden's age are pretty much gone and the mermaid costume Natalie wanted wasn't big enough. So we went home again.
Yesterday morning was total chaos. I had to get Natalie off to school, come back re-create an event reminder note for one of the parents in Zander's preschool (I am the memory book coordinator for his class) then get Zander to school, all within a half hour. From there I had to go to Natalie's school where I was volunteering in her class for an hour reading one-on-one to kindergarteners. It was fun and Natalie was so excited to have me helping in her class.
I drove home only to turn around and get Natalie 30 minutes later, bring her home and then go get Zander 15 minutes later. Super crazy! After dinner, Dylan and Rebekah came over to coordinate on a web site Dan is designing for their ranch. Once the kids were in bed I zoomed off to W-mart to get some food and to order some photos. That was pretty much my evening.
Today was equally busy. Natalie has lunch at school every other Wednesday, so I thought I would take advantage of her long day and run some errands. So with Hayden and Zander in tow, I drove to Portland to the children's consignment shop. I had another load of winter clothes to drop off and while I was there I picked up my check. It wasn't much this time, but the money will come in handy to off-set all the costumes...which we also shopped for. I found an Ariel costume at Party City and a Jack-Jack (from the Incredibles) costume from the Disney store (at 50% off!!!).
Originally I had wanted all of us to dress up like the Incredibles...we have the perfect set up: Dan-Mr. Incredible; me-Elasta-girl; Natalie-Violet; Zander-Dash and Hayden-Jack Jack. But when it came down to it, the costumes are for them and I decided to not let my ideas get in the way of what they wanted. I'm sure they would have been fine with the Incredibles, but they absolutely love the costumes they picked out. In fact the reason I am able to sit here and blog right now is because they are all in the play room dressed up in their costumes.
After I got home from the mall, I zoomed off again to the gym where I worked out for about an hour (eliptical and weights). I feel pretty good now, but I really worked my arms out more than usual, so I know tomorrow I will pay for it.
That pretty much brings us up to date. Busy, busy, busy. People always say "enjoy them while they are young, cause they grow up so fast." I wish I could enjoy them more. However, it seems that life just gets so hectic at times I feel like I can't just sit down and relax with them. Anyway I just realized that I have less than 2 months to plan their birthday parties. I remember the days when I would start planning everything in the summer (yes, I am a little obsessive about birthday parties, some of you know how crazy I get).
Well, I think that is all for now, I think I will go and play with the kiddos. Have a great day!
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