First Day Photos

As promised, here are some photos of each kiddo on the first day of school. This working full time thing is still taking some getting used to. I was so busy that first morning that I really rushed taking pics so I got some out-of-focus shots. Oh well, what can you do, right?

Marleigh on her first day of 7th grade...






Elliot on his last first day of elementary school, 5th grade...






Selah on her first day of 1st grade...






And little Tess, my Kindergartener...

You can't dry a toothbrush

Well, you might be able to. But I knew she hadn't.

Last night I asked Selah several times to brush her teeth. I found her sitting on the couch after she was supposed to have taken care of it and this was our conversation.

"Did you brush your teeth?"

"Yes"

"Are you sure?" I didn't think she'd been in the bathroom long enough to really do it.

"YES!" She was getting defensive awfully quick.

"Ok" I said as I was walking out of the room, "I'm going to go look at your toothbrush to see."

"I cleaned it when it was done." Uh, huh. Sure you did.

"Well then it should still be wet then."

"Oh, I dried it". I don't think so.

"Nope, you can't dry a toothbursh Selah."

She stuck with her story as she got up to brush her teeth "again". On the way into the bathroom she's crying because she doesn't want to do it two times and I looked her in the eye and said, "You have one last chance to tell me the truth. If you lie you're going to be in big trouble. Did you brush your teeth already?"

Tears are getting bigger now and she quietly responds with, "No".

Little stinker! That was just a big huge bold face lie! She kept it up for a long time too. Why lie about something like that. She stresses me out.

On the job front, I didn't get the full time position I applied for. I'm relieved. I didn't really want it, the hours just freaked me out. I don't want to have to deal with not being here for the kiddos in the morning and after school. I did get a little competitive feeling though after I found out that one of my good friends had applied for the same job. She still doesn't know that I was up for it too. I didn't want the job but I didn't want her to have it either. Isn't that awful! As far as I know they are still interviewing for that position. Apparently they want someone with a degree. Not sure why, you can do that job without a degree. But I'm out if that's what they're looking for.

So another job with the same company came up and it would be perfect. I still don't know that I'm ready to go back to work but if I must then this position would be ideal. There are actually 3 positions available, all part time. Two are from 9:30 - 3:00 and one is from 10:00 - 4:00. I could be here in the morning to get kids to school and be home when they got home. Or pretty close to it at least. The applications closed yesterday and I got mine turned in. Guess who else has applied. Yep, my friend. The person who will be doing the interviews happens to also know my friend. And she knows me. And there is one other applicant that used to work in the same department 10 years ago before she got married and moved away. Now she's back. I'd love for the 3 of us to get the positions but there are 67 applicants all together. So now I'm worried that I won't get it. And that they will. I've pretty much come to the realization that I have to bring in an income. This is the one I want. Wish me luck.

Oh, and I found my scissors. Not before I went and bought a new pair of course. I came home one evening and Hubby told me that Elliot was messing around in Marleigh's room and found them in there. When asked she said, "Oh yeah, I think I did use them." I asked her why she didn't remember that when I was looking high and low for them. She claims I never asked HER where they were. Hmmmm, I'm not sure about that. Maybe that's where Selah gets her lying ways.

I want my tonsils back!

Well, we're back and doing ok. The surgery went well, no complications. Usually they have you stay 2 hours after the surgery but we got a free ticket for a bonus hour because Selah threw up and they needed to be sure she wasn't going to keep doing it. She was able to have some jello and Sprite after surgery and she didn't want it but they wouldn't release us until she had at least half of it. She was such a trooper and wanted to go home so badly that she just keep taking small sips and bites until they finally said we could go.

At home she spent most of the day sleeping on the couch. All she had all day was a small yogurt that she wasn't able to finish, the Sprite that we brought home from the surgery center, and a couple licks of a popsicle. She wasn't able to keep anything down and we ended up having to give her some Pheneragen gel to help with the nausea. Luckily she was able to sleep fairly well with her pain meds.

This morning she woke up and said she didn't feel good and that her throat and ears hurt. She said, "I want my tonsils back!" Bless her heart. It's so hard to see the kids feeling cruddy, especially when there just isn't a whole lot I can do to make the pain go away.

The good news is that at about 11:00 Selah requested a pancake. She's addicted to them, and generally has one for breakfast every single morning. I gladly heated one up with her, thinking that she would take one or two bites and be done. To my happy surprise she ate the whole thing! And now it's 1:00 and she's just finished her second pancake. They are just the right consistency, especially when drenched in syrup.

She's still pretty puny and is just on bed rest but I imagine that by the end of the weekend she'll be all better. And hopefully without those tonsils and adenoids she will be much healthier.

Thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers, we sure do appreciate them!

Tonsils and Adnoids and Tubes OH MY!

Yep. We're off in about 10 minutes to have Selah's first surgery. Actually, it's the first time for any of the kids to have major surgery. I'm nervous. I know it's routine, but I'm still nervous.

She's had several bouts of strep throat already this year. And apparently, although she's never been one to suffer from lots of ear infections, she has a lot of fluid in her ears. So we'll just have it all taken care of in one fell swoop.

I'm hoping for a very fast and easy recovery. I hate seeing them in pain. It just stinks!

Wish us luck!