Day One!

Today is the day that I start prepping for my new job. That means that I have to start getting up earlier and working out before the girls wake up. I'm hoping to get into that pattern over the next few days so that we I have to do it for real that it doesn't shock my system too much.

Today - INSANITY! 6:15 am.

Now - Recovery drink... waiting for the girls to wake up.

My girls

Today I spent the whole day with my girls. Reagan and I spent the day together hanging out because she was sick. We picked Maddy up a tad early and we grabbed some dinner and went home We played all evening. After dinner, Reagan chased Maddy around. The two of them were giggling and screaming for about 30 minutes before I had to put some noise control in. They were having fun.

We went to the basement. Maddy and I did books. Reagan did her puzzle for a while. Eventually, they played together again. After a while, Maddy decided to test my ability to not throw up - she climbed the stairs over and over again. Ugh. I finally got my camera out and recorded the whole thing. She wanted to walk down the steps, not slide or go on her belly. Wow, that about made me sick. I had to coax her to do it. Then she'd give me this look like "Yea right mama" and she'd stand up and dance. Wow.

The evening was great. We had a great time.

Chicken pox? Really?

Over the last week, I've noticed that Maddy had bumps on her booty. By Monday, they had multiplied enough that I thought it was best to take her to the doctor. The report was that she had a skin infection and we should treat it with an antibiotic ointment for 10 days. Okay. Easy enough.

Tuesday, Reagan woke up and told me that she had bumps on her leg and belly. Nice. I didn't worry too much because I thought it was the same stuff.

One Wednesday, her bumps had multiplied as well and I decided to just check since they were a tad different. Well, the doctor wasn't sure until he looked at her leg. There were three bumps, all in a straight line, very distinctive. Apparently chicken pox marks. He then said that his bet was the Maddy actually had it as well, but she was probably fine at this point.  Awesome!

So both of my girls, although vaccinate (Reagan twice) had post-vaccination chicken pox. There are no true signs other than bumps and pimples and other non-descript bumps. There can be, on occasion, normal pox marks which Reagan may have. So for precaution, she has to stay home until no new ones form.

Now what?

My daughter can read!

Today, Reagan stayed home sick with chicken pox. So I decided that she wold still have a structured day similar to her school environment.  We would do reading, play, lunch and whatever else, but wanted to still take the time to work with her on her reading.

We pulled out her sight word pack and went through it. It was about 20 sheets long (about 5 words each until you get to the end). After a while, she got antsy. She was done focusing. So I gave her the packet and said "read it to me".

She did! Thirteen words.

"Who is that? That is the princess. She is back at the castle."

Happy Leap Year 2012!

Such a rare day. I noticed it this morning when signing the papers at the doctor's office. Wow. I have to do something cool today.


Oh yea, stay home with my daughter. Chicken Pox!

Butterfly?

New cool words from the Maddy girl...
butterfly - bubbufffff
door - door (actually says it right)
doctor - docrrrrr
Jordan - Jooojoooo
Reagan - raaaa yaa
Mimi - mama
Mom - mama

Drinking from a cup

Rita has been telling us for a while that Maddy can drink from a cup. Every once in a while, we give her a cup and she spills it more than she drinks it. But tonight, we gave it to her and she drank from it and well. I was amazed. We all laughed and cheered. Then she did it again and she spilled it down the front of her. We felt so bad that we reacted that way. That made her pout. She stuck her lip out and was looking all around. After a bit of the lip going in and out, she went into full fledged crying.

We all felt so bad for her. Poor thing just wanted to show off. I love her.