Shopping trip

We took the girls to Kohls Friday night to get them some spring clothes and shoes. We scored with what we found and as I was checking out the girls were playing with the Dr. Suess stuffed toys displayed right by the cashier. They were pushing them in the carts and rocking them. Being motherly. As I was finishing up Hannah holds up 2 of the toys. "We need to pay for these!?" Wow. Starts early. Next time she needs to bring her wallet...

Another bedtime antic

Matt and I were resting peacefully watching a movie in the den after the girls went down for the night, when we heard Leah yelling at her Daddy. "DADDY! COME IN HERE! HANNAH NO FEEL GOOD! SHE NEED MEDICINE!"

This continued for a while. Of course Hannah was quiet at the moment which we try not to disturb and we knew if we did not stop Leah's yelling Hannah would start crying "Leah's talking to me!". So after a few minutes Matt reluctantly went in to see what Leah was talking about.

M: What is wrong Leah?
L: Hannah no feel good. She need medicine.
M: Ok, Hannah? Whats wrong?
H: I no feel good.
M: What hurts?
H: I no feel good. I need medicine.
M: Well does something hurt?
H: I need medicine. I no feel good.
L: I no feel good too!!! I need medicine!!!!

At which point I watch Matt walk helplessly into the kitchen.

M: What are we raising?!
Me: What are you doing?
M: Getting some medicine. Ill just give them a drop. They wont hush about it! And nothing is wrong!

he proceeds with a little motrin on a spoon, gives it to the girls, and they are magically better. Hey I am not saying this is the right course of action, but they were supposed to have been asleep 2 hours before. sometimes you pick your battles...

Ever appeasing child.

We can get Leah to do almost anything by saying "Don't make mommmy sad" and she will immediately stop whatever act she wasnt supposed to be doing and ask "You happy now?" very sweetly.

Hannah is opposite. She is very strong willed and if she doesnt want to do something nothing will convince her.

Matt went in their room the other night after they were supposed to be sleeping because Hannah was upset. Hannah, being ever picky about clothes, wanted to wear the pants Leah had on and had taken her own pants off. To save a fight at 10pm, Matt asked our normally giving child if she would switch pants with Hannah.

She said "nope".

Hannah then said "Leah, you make me sad."

Leah then said "I want Hannah be happy" and started taking her pants off.

Normally we would not condone this but at 10pm Matt went ahead and switched the girls pants and they settled down. It avoided a tantrum.

Poor Leah. She's just too giving.

Out of the mouth of babes

Because of my broken foot my wonderful husband fixed my big garden tub that has been broken for over a year. I let the girls bathe in it last night and they were excited, which means they wouldnt get out.

Matt finally had to come in there and lay down the law. Leah replied "No Daddy! I Not get out of the bath! You getting on my Nerves Daddy!"

I of course hid my face behind my hands and laughed, but Matt had to be stern on that one too.

That came from my sister. She said she has said that to her boyfriend in the past. Leah picked up on it! Thanks laura.

Never a dull moment

We have a had a run of luck the last month. In all honestly I can only be thankful because we have never had any serious illnesses or injuries, but more annoyances and inconveniences.

It started a month ago with a Saturday after hours clinic visit with the girls who were diagnosed with croup. The following Tuesday Leah would not walk on her leg and we had to take her to the after hours clinic that night (nothing was wrong). Then she got pink eye. I had a family friend call in that prescription but I gave him a pharmacy number that was closed. So Matt went to another one a few miles away who were out of that medication, so he then had to drive clear across town to get the script filled.

Next the girls started getting a rash. Leah first and then Hannah a few days later. All over histamine reaction we can only think is from marshmallow peeps. We think Leah is allergic to the yellow and Hannah the pink. Go figure.

Then Matt got pink eye the night before he was supposed to be in a wedding (good thing we had the medicine because it was mostly better the next day!). But of course my throat started hurting after the wedding and that night Matt and I both came down with a 24-48 hour flu. After that passed it left us both with sinus infections, Matt had bronchitis, and I got a double ear infection.

That passed after a week and I was excited to start a new week fresh. As I walked downstairs Monday morning headed out the door to go to work, I stepped off the stair wrong onto a mislaid flipflop and rolled my ankle.

Of course I broke it(a tiny little foot bone called the cuboid bone that you dont really think matters) and I am now in a full cast up to my knee for another week (could be worse!). And then I dont know what they will do with it.

So pray that our luck turns around a bit because it has been very hectic lately. It could definitely be worse for sure and I count my blessings, but a break would be nice (and preferably not a bone break)! At least I can find some humor in it all!

"I pooped in La La's room!"

We have been potty training and honestly the girls have done very well. We are mainly working on peeing and we will just go from there. Leah loves her panties. Hannah would rather be free from anything. But if she had a choice, she wants a diaper. Once she has the diaper on, she starts pulling it and trying to take it off because it "hurts her". So she says.

The girls like to wander downstairs to see LaLa (my sister Laura). They go down on their bottoms so dont worry that I just let them go up and down without watching or anything. Matt and I have been sick the last few days and we stayed home from work Monday. My sister was at the beach. Hannah was in rare form probably because she knew we were sick and thats a perfect opportunity to throw fits every 5 seconds. (of course she is just an angel %99 of the time and never acts like she is a two year old) ;) Hannah said she wanted to go downstairs to play, so I let her. 2 minutes later she walks up the stairs, diaper and pants have been discarded and there is runny poop in her hands and down her legs (sorry for the graphics). Straight to the bath she went - and you know she had just gotten a bath 30 minutes prior to this.

Matt went down the stairs to search for the remaining mess and the discarded diaper and pants.

After the fiasco was cleaned up, Hannah came into the living room and meekly said "I pooped."
"Yes, Hannah. You did. We dont do that without a diaper on."
"I pooped in LaLas room."
At which point I looked at Matt. "Matt? Hannah says she pooped in Lalas room. Did you get all that?"
Without a word he just went back downstairs and I heard a mild groan.
Apparenly he had found the diaper but Hannah had closed the door to my sisters room. And it was everywhere. I guess Matt had hoped Hannah had brought most of it with her.

That would have been a nice homecoming gift for my sister had Hannah not told us of her accident. I guess we should be thankful

A MiMi cures all

A couple weeks ago we had to make a Saturday afternoon visit to the after hours clinic a because the girls had croup. Then Leah decided she wanted to go back there just a week later.

All day long she did not walk on her left leg. My sister mentioned it to me, since I was working, but I guess neither of us took it real seriously. When I got home, sure enough she would start crawling if she accidentally put pressure on her foot or whine. But she would not walk on it.

I did not see any swelling, redness, bruising, or anything that would make me suspect injury. My sister said she had not done anything that she was aware of. She let me push on it. Hesitantly I called the doctor (after 5:00pm now) not thinking he would want to do anything about it until the next day. I just wanted to know what normal protocol was. Sadly they said that with toddlers any limping or guarding needed to be checked out immediately.

So off we went. Dropped Hannah off at Mimi and Dandys (big mistake apparently since she was traumatized that her sister was not with her) and headed to the clinic.

She didnt walk at all in the waiting room.

She didnt walk at all in the exam room. She kept telling me her foot hurt.

Then the doctor came in and she held his hands and HOPPED... Yes she started limping eventually but that was not what i wanted portrayed to him. I did not want to be the overreactive parent who brought her kid in at 8pm for nothing.

And of course the XRays showed nothing (later my doctor said there was generalized swelling throughout the foot but young after hours doc didnt see that).

So we went home knowing nothing and told to watch for signs of change (duh).

We got home and Mimi and Dandy were there because Hannah had been so upset she made them bring her home. Leah made me carry her up the stairs. I put her down, and she RAN full speed to MiMi.

"My foot feels better!" she said. Good. So glad. All it took was a MiMi. They need some of those at the clinics apparently.

Of course later that week Leah got pink eye - probably from the after hours clinic.