Head Injury

While Amy has had her fair share of ER visits, Amber has not.  Amy, my daring second child, broke her finger and had five stitches at 7 months old.  Amy has had a few sick ER visits as well.  But Amber, my ever-cautious child, has not been to the ER, not even a sick visit.  That was until a few weeks ago. 

While enjoying one of the last nice days of the season, just getting ready to wrap things up to come in for dinner.  Amber tripped and hit her head on this rock (see top corner of old picture).

I saw her come up holding her head, and was ready for serious blood.  Surprisingly, there was not a lot of blood, but her head was cut open.  She handled it pretty well, until I mentioned that we needed to go to the hospital.  

We were seen very quickly at the hospital.  The nurses and triage were so nice.  She was shaking, I think out of nervousness and the chill, so they brought her a warmed blanket.

As it turned out, no stitches were necessary, just some glue.  The doctor cleaned her up, glued her boo-boo closed and we were on our way.  Here she is with a freshly glued head!

Amy's 1st Field Trip

Amy had her first field trip to the Pumpkin Patch last week.  Her field trip buddy was her "friend" Morgan.  Amy has been trying to ask Morgan to be her friend for weeks now.  She says she wants Morgan to be her friend because "she's the only one like me". 

Interpreted, she is quiet, very quiet, as quiet as Amy. 

Having the quiet girls definitely makes chaperoning a field trip easy.  They just smile and nod their heads in agreement with whatever.

Elephant Rock

It has become a tradition for us to make a yearly autumn trip to Elephant Rock. Last week, Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Greg were visiting so we included them on our trip. Unfortunately, the leaves weren't quite turned yet, but it was still a beautiful day.

  

While Amber was busy climbing, Amy kept her eye on Grandma and Grandpa.

Amber came home with a few scrapes, but only because she thinks she can do everything dad and Uncle Greg do.  Too bad, dad and Uncle Greg shouldn't do the things they do.

Is there anything better?

Is there anything better than your kids being best friends with your best friend's kids? 

I LOVE IT! 

But maybe it is because all FIVE of these kids have AWESOME parents!

Does Anyone's House Really Look Like This?

It appears that a toy store came in and vomited toys everywhere.

We start with Ponyville in one corner of the dining room. No kidding the toy bin is literally right next to this.
Then of course we have Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors all over my fireplace.

The doctor kit that I step on every time I walk into the living room.

Anytime I ask that they take a few minutes to clean up, the response is "we're playing with that".

I will give them credit though, they were actually playing with the Barbies. I am not kidding they ask for a new Barbie at every birthday and Christmas. I also think they have pro-created.

I know it looks like a mess to most, but really, and I mean really, I am going to miss this in a few years.

Our 1st Dance Recital

Who can believe that this toothless little angel would LOVE to get on stage and dance in front of an audience? She does...and she actually does a pretty good job.

Trust me, her coordination does not come from me. But she follows directions SO well, that she does really good.

Her dance class was small, only four girls, but that was a perfect fit.

I think Amy was a little jealous of the costume. She insists that she is going to take dance in the fall. We'll see.

Start of Summer

We have had a busy summer so far...but it is so much fun! I really HATE that July is here already which means less time before school starts. I know many people love sending their kids back to school, but I am not one of them. I like to have control over my day, and when school is in session, I no longer have control. Of course, the fact that I will be sending Amy to Kindergarten all day every day doesn't help anything, but I am determined not to think about that.

So, the girls started the summer with Fox Junior Warriorette Pom Pom Camp. They were a little unsure of it a first, but only because they had no idea what Pom Pom camp was. They learned a bunch of dances, got t-shirts and ribbons and they both even won Spirit Awards.

Funny story about those Spirit Awards. Back when my niece attended her first dancing camp, (she now dances on a competitive traveling dance team called Utopia), she was so disappointed that she wasn't chosen to win the "spirit award". I tried to take away her disappointment like any good aunt would, and I told her, "The girls that win spirit awards are the girls that can't dance. They win the awards to make them feel better." I am not sure if she believed me or not, but that little bit of advice came back and bit me, when my girls attend their first camp and win "Spirit Awards".

As usual, I have the quiet girls, and Amy was one of the younger girls, so she and this teenager (I have no idea what her name was, because neither of my girls asked her name.) clung together all week. Every time I'd get there early to watch, this girl was either carrying Amy or Amy was sitting on her lap.

They had a great week, and they are looking forward to attending again next year. Especially since their "spirit awards" were free registration for next year.