My Busy Day

My day started off at 3 in the morning when Natalie came in to let us know she wasn't feeling well. Shortly after I heard her throw up all over our floor. It took a few times, but she got it all out. Dan comforted her while I went down to the garage to get a bucket to put by her bed. When I got back up he was already mopping it up, so I helped Natalie back to bed and put a cold washcloth on her forehead and a large towel covering her pillow. I gathered all the yucky towels and our bed skirt that fell victim to the drive by puking and threw them in the washing machine. On my way upstairs I grabbed the fabreeze, but the only thing it did was made the room smell like fabreeze and vomit. It was difficult getting back to sleep with the lingering smell, but at least I knew I didn't have to get up to take Natalie to school.

Once I got going, my day started off kind of slow. I was trying to read up on all the online tips for Disneyland and it started to get overwhelming. Dan and I came up with a basic itinerary of the shows, parades and when we wanted our meals to be and we will play the rest by ear when we get there. It was highly recommended in almost everything I read to make reservations up to 60 days before your trip for certain restaurants. So, I made reservations at Ariel's Grotto for the "Princess Celebration" lunch and also dinner at the Blue Bayou (the one that you ride past in "Pirates of the Caribbean." I was surprised that there was only outdoor seating left (for the whole week) at Ariel's Grotto. Now I am hoping that we chose a day that will be sunny and warm.

Speaking of sunny and warm...how great was our weather today! I spent the second half of my day pressure washing the front porch, setting out the planters, weeding the front flower beds, using the leaf blower around the pool area and pulling euphorbia out from under the tree in front. It is my personal mission to get rid of as much euphorbia as I can. It's such an invasive plant.

As I was making dinner I remembered tomorrow is "twin day" at Natalie's school. She missed out on pajama day today, but I know she will be going to school tomorrow as she was playing outside all day. I got on the phone to finalize the twin outfit with her friend Madison. Then a while later Sarah's mom called and so we decided they would be triplets. I made these necklaces for them to wear tomorrow. It should be a fun day.

I wanted to give you an update on the ant situation...this morning, I came across ants in three different rooms and couldn't stand it any longer...what took me so long, I don't know! But I put a phone call in to the exterminator and they will be out next week to "deal with them." Here is some interesting information the man on the phone told me for those of you who have ant issues:
Odorous ants can have up to 100 queens per nest. Those queens can lay 250 eggs every 40 days. When you put traps out to kill them and the queen notices the missing workers, this signals her to lay more eggs. Now can you see why they are such a nuisance!!!