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Sick Day

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photoThis is one of the rare occasions that I can remember that we have missed church due to illness. I went to Urgent Care on Friday afternoon to confirm that I have a strep and sinus infection. I was given an antibiotic and definitely are on the up side. Kendall developed a runny nose on Thursday and add a fever on Saturday but after a trip the doctor, it is a virus.  Lily has been tried, complaining of a “sick stomach” and this morning is sneezing and coughing.  Zach, who doesn’t like to be left out, threw up last night several times.   I think that it was a case of eating too much popcorn at the movies yesterday but I really would not want to be wrong on this account so we are all home from church today. Matt was asked to play drums several months ago and need left around 7:30am to go practice.  So just how are we spending our sick today. The kids are enjoying play dough. I really dislike play dough however we have a huge bin of play dough and toys to go with it. This morning I pulled out a huge sheet and let them play, with the rule that all the play dough has to stay on the sheet so I can take it outside and dump afterwards. So far the kids have enjoyed playing for the past two hours!  I have been using this extra time to catch up online, and have cleaned out the kitchen pantry.  We are planning on no shopping for groceries until after our beach vacation, so I spent about 45 minutes re-organizing and sorting out the pantry. We have plenty of food but honestly I was not sure what was in there so at least now I have a clue, but seriously who needs or can use 3 boxes of Bisquick and 5 boxes of corn bread stove top stuffing?

In other shopping news, yesterday I was able to grab several good deals on-line. First, Old Navy had a $5 swim suit sale, I was able to combine that with free shipping for over $50. I spent $53 and ended up with 1 suit for Kendall, 4 suits for Lily, 2 suits for Zach next year and 1 complete suit and an extra set of bottoms for myself.  Next, I located a great deal for bras at NOMORERACK.  I hope the quality is as good as the sheet set we ordered several weeks ago.

How I Spent My Saturday

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This morning we had the county swim meet. Lily continues to swim hard and improve each time. Kendall did her best ever by jumping right in and swimming. Zach says that next year he is swimming! Let’s hope so..

Don’t take my picture
Looking for Lily
Matt as the official stroke jude
Kendall did stop but kept on going!
When is my race?
Lily getting ready to start

Kendall’s Birthday

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The Cake
Waiting for the cake
blowing out the candles
Unwrapping her gift!

I talked about the first part of Kendall’s Birthday celebration here http://www.coffeefreakdesigns.com/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween/?p=1217.  But we did have small family and friend party on her actual birthday. The best story from her birthday is that on Friday as we were walking through Aldi to pick up a few groceries, she and Zach saw bike helmets. She innocently looks at me and says “Mommie you could wrap this for my birthday”  I knew she was getting a bike from her grandparents so I picked up the helmet with no intention of wrapping it. Both Kendall and Zach kept asking on Saturday when I was going to wrap the present. So I did! On Monday, Kendall asked a dozen time to open her gift before the party!  Enjoy the pictures….

Random Tuesday Thoughts 6/11/2013

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  • Thursday is the first swim meet of the season. Lily is scheduled to swim in 5 events including backstroke and 2 relays. Kendall is scheduled to swim in the 25 free style but still refuses to “dive” in the pool or swim the entire length without a kick board. We had a long talk on the way home and she says that she is going to swim the pool tomorrow at practice so we will see.
  • Haley can officially drive her car as I purchased the tag on it today. However, she is not used to a 5 speed and does know if she will ever be!
  • Saturday during a break from the rain we have had for the past week, we were able to mulch the playground.
  • We called it a “Red Neck Yard Work Day”. The reason, I chose to wear a cami, both the little girls were white undershirts  and Zach got to go outside without a shirt on!
  • Our Square foot garden is growing so well. I am starting to see blossoms for both the tomatoes and cucumber plants. I am so excited about these!
  • I have already overspent the grocery budget for the month… not sure how much I can stretch what we have either.
  • We started our “summer” Homeschool yesterday; Lily is going to finish learning cursive this summer, learn her multiplication tables and continue reading at least 3 times a week. Kendall is going to finish learning the correct formation of lower case letters and finish learning to read. Zach is going to learn to write his first name. He already knows the name of the letters and can write the H.
  • I am exhausted…looking forward to some slow weeks of work ahead!