Today was a wonderful day. Nothing extraordinary happened, it was just an ordinary day that made me realize how truly blessed I am....
Matt was home from work today and we all slept in late. Wonderful start to any day!! After we got up and around, the kids and I went to our Friday morning neighborhood playgroup. We chatted and drank Diet Pepsi. Julie showed off probably the largest stamp collection I've ever seen. She's got more stamp sets than most stores!! We talked scrapbooking and looked through pictures. The kids had a blast, but poor Katherine was the only girl there. It was all boys!! And they certainly play differently than little girls!
When we left playgroup, the kids and I headed to the mall and went to the play area until Matt joined us. (He had been at the library studying). After we were all played out, and had lunch with Matt, we headed home and played outside until almost 3. The kids ran barefoot in the grass. They rode their bikes. They played with the sidewalk chalk. They swung and went down the slide. We played catch. It was sooooo wonderful to be outside, barefoot, in the sun.
After naps, we played outside with the neighborhood kids. Andrea and I had planned to get together tonight because both of our hubbies were out for different reasons. (Matt had his spring fling for work...) When we were outside playing, we found out that the other "daddies" were also gone, so we decided to invite others to join us. It was so fun! There were 6 girls and all our kids. We ordered pizza and chatted while the kids played outside. Katherine was even able to bust out her shorts! It was great fun for all.
I am truly blessed. I have amazing kids, a wonderful hubby and the best neighbors. Nothing unusual happened today, but in the small events of life, I am constantly reminded how blessed I am. Today was an ordinary day, but so extraordinary.... I am so thankful to be living my life.
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Well, that does sound like a WONDERFUL day. Since this website is pretty much "confidential" among us girls, I have to share a quick story. Yesterday, Victoria had pizza for her school lunch. When I picked her up at 3:00, she got in the car and immediately told me that her stomach had been cramping ever since lunch and that it hurt pretty bad. We get home, she is thrilled that it's Friday. No bedtime, she can stay on the computer as long as she wants and play her games, etc... During this time, I decided to get some projects done outside and Heather decided to mow the lawn for "uncle jeffy". I'm cleaning up my mess in the kitchen from repotting some plants and I hear a strange coughing noise coming from upstairs. I yelled up to ask Victoria if she was ok and she wasn't answering me. All of sudden, when I yelled up again, I heard this faint "help me". I ran upstairs and the poor girl was throwing up WHILE she was having a really bad case of diarhea. We stripped her down and got her in a warm shower. I told her to stay there as long as she wanted - Just sit down and let the water run all over you after you clean up. While she did this, I had to put a towel, her clothes, and the bathroom rug in the washer. On my way back upstairs to check on her, I gave her a very large tupperware pitcher and told her to keep it with her. I was very sympathetic with her and said "sweetie, being sick from both ends is the worse kind of sick and I am so sorry." I told her that she could "sit and go and throw up at the same time using the pitcher." Well, later, I came back up to check on her again and out of the corner of my eye, I saw the pitcher on the floor but it "brown" on the bottom. Poor girl - I should have been MORE specific. I didn't want to embarass her so I just cleaned it all up and went back downstairs to laugh so hard I cried. Heather explained to her later that the pitcher was so she could sit on the toilet and throw up in the pitcher. She rolled her eyes and got really really quiet. But seriously, can you picture this? An 11 year old girl, positioning herself over a large tupperware pitcher to go to the bathroom while she keeps her head over the toilet? I'm laughing so hard just typing this. It's moments like these you'll cherish and really embarass them with later in their lives - like at their graduation party???
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