The Day Ended As It Began: Waiting to see a Doctor!

Yesterday was horrible! In the am, I had a visit with my doc. to check my cholesterol, which means a venipuncture. I waited 35 minutes after fasting twelve hours to get it checked. Jack freaked out and cried, but Molly Ann loved it. She is unafraid of doctors, which proved to be a good thing. After my doctor visit, we went to the pirate ship park in keller since we were right there. I went for a three mile walk, then we stopped to play on a playground. Molly fell off the monkey bars when I looked away for just one moment. She fell about five feet onto the soft mulch below. She immediately complained that her shoulder hurt her. After a nap and a few more complaints, we drove to Baylor Grapevine to the ER. The XRay revealed a broken arm. We were blessed today to see an orthopedists, who told us we can do nothing and must wait three weeks to ensure it is healing properly. I feel that once again, God was watching over us and I am thankful nothing worse happened. My parents were with me much of the day today as I drove to get an xray copy, and then to Arlington for the soonest appointment necessary. Today, though, I am wiped out. Luckily Mike was up with her during the night. we are privy to some good pain meds that I will give her tonight to help her sleep. What a day!

Last Day of School...blogger catch up

We actually missed the official last day of school because we were in DisneyWorld! I will blog about that later, as I have plenty of pics (over 300...don't worry, i'll edit down!). Jack had a drive in movie day and the parents were asked to make a car for the kiddos to drive in. Jack wanted to be bulk head from transformers, so we made him an army truck. His license plate was BLKHD3. This bothered me all night. In the morning, I realized his name indeed did spell out bulk head, but also it spelled block head. I changed the l to a u, and fixed the problem. I actually cried when we had to tell Molly Ann's teachers, Ms. Susan and Ms. Kari goodbye. They have treated her so kindly and with such love, and their soft touch was so appreciated. Ms. Gayle and Ms. Charlotte will be missed, too, as they have taught Jack so much this year. Next year, although Jack could attend the neighborhood school--his birthday is in late August, we are holding him out to attend a kindergarten class at Highland Meadows three days a week. He will do kindergarten again next year, too. He just seems so little...I cannot imagine that he might attend school at the end of summer. So, we will wait.
I can't wait to post about Disney tomorrow. We had a great time!

Camping in Mineral Wells

We went camping on Friday night in Mineral Wells. Here is a link to the pictures online. You can order prints from this site if you're interested. http://picasaweb.google.com:80/1literatimommy/CampingInMineralWells
I still have to figure out how to make the site locked in some way, so only we can read it.
We had a blast. It was so much fun to have the family all together, and to get to see Max and Cody and Nicole.
We came back on Saturday, kept the nursery at our church on Sat. and Sun. I thought it would be crazy because of Mother's Day, but it really wasn't. We only had ten kiddos each day. And, tonight...the finale of the Bachelor...Go Shayne! Tomorrow, I am planning on visiting the Dallas Museum of Art to catch the JMW Turner exhibit before it leaves on May 18th. I'll post on it later.

Swimsuit season

It is my newest and most fervent conviction that department stores should provide the following three for a post-swimsuit fitting: 1) a psychiatrist with ample amounts of zoloft 2) a plastic surgeon who will gladly provide his services immediately, and this can be placed on your Nordstrom's, Macy's or Neiman's credit cards 3) a gym membership with a personal trainer who is named Fritz. And to all three of you who were born swimsuit models, I just want you to know that I genuinely detest/and fervently wish I could be like you.

Optimus Prime and Buzz Light Year Watch Bambi

Jack is in this precious flux state, striving to be a boy while still having the innocence of a preschooler. This afternoon offers a perfect case in point. He got a new toy for a good visit to the dentist plus super good behavior. His choice was optimus prime, a transformer. We introduced Optimus, leader of the autobots to Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, and they had a fight for the position known as Jack's favorite toy. Optimus won, and was promptly rewarded with a hug, then a snuggle on the sofa as Jack, Optimus and Buzz all watched bambi. I heard Jack encourage optimus to watch thumper. This age is truly magical, and I cannot wait to see them in disneyworld in a little while. An older lady stopped us at Furrs yesterday to tell us that it doesn't get any better than these ages, Jack almost five and Molly almost three. I am afraid I have to agree. Although all of their ages have been precious to me, there is something magical about their childhood at this point. Too bad it is so fleeting. I guess that is exactly what makes it so precious. God is right, children are a gift from him!