Our week 8/11

Monday was a terrible, no good, very bad day.  I told a friend if I would have started crying on Monday it is likely I wouldn't have stopped. I am not sure what made it so horrible but it was horrible. 

After Mr. Man woke up from a nap I decided we needed to get out of the house for a bit before his 15 month drs appt. I didn't know what to do with the kids so we went to the play cafe because they both like it and they both play relatively independently of me. While we were at the play cafe I realized we didn't have Mr. Man's blankets (for comfort) and he was getting shots. I decided we didn't have time to go back home and we could deal with it. Oh boy. That was the biggest mistake of the day/week/month. 

He was really good at his appointment until they whipped out the needles for shots.  He was supposed to get three shots. One of the shots went in and back out of his leg before the shot was administered and so while he was screaming his head off I was squirted with some sort of immunization and the nurse had to go get a new one.  We couldn't run out of the office fast enough.

The doctor forgot to provide me with the stats of his 15 month visit but I think I remember.

His weight was 27 lbs and 5 oz.
His height was pretty close to 33 inches
His head is large.
And his ears were clear.

We all woke up on Tuesday in a much better mood.  Andrew had to fly to California for work and so he was up early. I tried going back to sleep after he left but couldn't so I read for awhile. Then I took a shower, took out the trash, played musical cars in our driveway, got the kids breakfasts ready and by the time I was done one of the two had woken up. I felt really good. We had a play date which I thought was going to be a simple get together before school started for the girls but it turned out it was a nice baby shower with adult food for me and baby #3. It was so sweet. We ate quiche and scones and not goldfish or pirates booty. It was amazing.

We had to rush out because I had a drs appointment in the city and Mr. Man was having a breakdown from needing a nap.  I dropped the kids off with Aunt Nessie at school. She took them to McD while I waited for the doctor. There wasn't much to learn at the appointment. The scale told me I shouldn't have eaten so many scones and quiche before going to the doctor.

We came home and took naps and then I decided to take the kids to the train restaurant for dinner. I am not sure what I was thinking considering Monday was such a disaster but the cleaning lady had come and I didn't want to clean up from dinner. Sometimes when I realize it's meal time I get sad. I never know what to feed these rascals. The train restaurant worked out well. The kids ate and behaved well (enough).

On our way back to the car after finishing dinner Miss M informs me she accidentally took a dinosaur. We were half way to the car. I was spent and I wasn't going back for a dinosaur. We'll be back. We'll return it on another visit.

Wednesday Miss M slept in so I had time to cook some cinnamon rolls before she woke up.  She's been very into her babies lately and so she needed two cinnamon rolls as she needed one for her and one for her baby.  Her baby's name happens to be Maddie. Shocking. Everything in our house is named after her or a derivative of her name. There is a pig her and grandma played with while we were in Portland and it's name is Pigalyn.

Her friend Anne came for a play date and the girls enjoyed chasing each other around and having a snack.

Miss M's other new obsession is Frozen. The movie.  She wants to watch it every day.  She's not too scared of it most of the time.  She received a lunch box (to replace her Doc McStuffin one that was destroyed by a stroller) in the mail as a present and she was so happy. She carries all kinds of random stuff in it around the house.  Then the babysitter came over the other day with a present for her and it happened to be a Frozen t-shirt.  She hasn't asked to wear it but she carries it around too asking me to look at it and shows me the princesses.

I used to take a shower while the kids played upstairs. It worked well. I got a shower. They entertained themselves. Now when this little fella hears the shower he comes running.  And he pounds on the glass until you let him in the shower with you. He stays in with me until I am done. It's not really too annoying until we're done showering and I have to dry him off while I am wet and cold so he doesn't slip on the floor and crack his head open.

This spring Miss M and I planted sunflower seeds.  We had a few random packets of seeds and so in an attempt to entertain her we planted them. We've been watching them grow really tall but until the other day we didn't have any flowers.  The flowers are as big as Miss M. I am so excited about them. They are so pretty. My grandmother used to have sunflowers planted by her house so they remind me of her. I am pretty impressed with my gardening abilities - since everything else I have planted as died. Actually I think it's a testament to the sunflowers ability to grow in any condition.

That's a lot of action for only three days this week. Thursday wasn't as bad as Monday but it was still rough.  Today...well...it started a little rough. We've had a bloody lip b/c the boy wants to climb on things he shouldn't. We're going to attempt errands.  Let's hope we all make it without losing our minds.