Carpet Disease

So yesterday we were supposed to gather with friends for a playdate, but 2 out of 3 of our crew were quite buggary and with in minutes of me debating whether it was wise of us to go or not I get a call from my friend. She's letting me know that she thinks her youngest has Hand, Foot, Mouth and she's going to take her to the Dr. that afternoon. So easy decision for us to lay-low.

We cruise over to the library to pick up a few movies on the want lists, and drive through the bank. Very hungary and still needing to get to CVS, we drop into a Boston Market for Mac n' Cheese and corn bread.... We scoot over to CVS to pick up some chewable Vit. C and head home. On the way I get a call from my friend, "It's NOT Hand, Foot, Mouth!!!" YEA! Relieved she tells me that it was hives from something she came in contact with. She speculates maybe the shampoo landlord used on the hallway carpets that AM? But who knows.... right? At least it's not HFM!

So day wears on and we do a bunch around home and I'm getting dinner ready. Dahlia comes into the kitchen to ask me "what is it again that Bella has? I can't remember the name". I explain the earlier phone call to her and let her know that it's just an allergic reaction to something and she's ok.

Again, time wears on.... dinner is just about ready and Kaidin and Dahlia are sitting at the table. Kaidin says something about Bella being sick with HFM, and Dahlia says, "NO KAIDIN, she is NOT sick with that. The doctor told her she has Carpet Disease!!!"

Can't Believe it's February Already!

Time has sure flown by! I had a fabulous birthday at the end of last month! I got to sleep in till 9:30am because Seringe just happened to be working late that particular day (thus leaving later in the AM)... the kids made me breakfast in bed! I got the little chip-thingy I wanted for my new phone to be able to hold video, pics and music... had a great day at open gym, and a pizza dinner at my moms, with chocolate cake of course! ; ) My brother sent me Birthday Munch, but says he calls it Crack b/c it's so good you just can't stop eatin' it (I suppose I have to agree, but trying to explain that name to the kids proves a tad difficult!). The day before my b-day Dad took us to Le Peep, my choice b/c I love to get the Harvest Benedict there and only seem to get there if it's my birthday! ; ) Yum! And then we poked around a bookstore and enjoyed what we could of the BITTERLY cold day.

Other... Kaidin's been doing Fantastic Fridays (including clowning and MacSith classes) and we've been regular at open gym, storytimes, weekly library visits, play with friends, and trying to bare the rest of this nasty winter. I am truly sick of winter at this point, and it's not been easy to tolerate come this time of the season!

I've ventured onto Facebook, but have to admit I am quite a rooky. I find it amazing how much time some people spend on there! Not quite sure I get the point of it, but it's interesting catching up with people.... secretly. Brings new meaning to "fly on a wall".

Recently, Dahlia and I decided to venture into the outdoor skating arena. I am not sure why I have never thought of it before. Maybe b/c it seems to be consistently FREEZING out... but this past weekend it was in the 30's!! Yea, 30's and we were excited to be outdoors! Frightening. Anyway, we ventured to some outdoor skating by the lakefront and I figured out how to take a video with my phone/camera! (The trickier part was figuring out how to upload to the computer! ; )

Can you tell how proud we are?!