Highs and Lows

Let's do the Lows first...

- We had some sickies last weekend. Bubba and Duchess were a bit under the weather, low grade fevers and sore throats. Bubba stayed home from school last Friday and camped out on the coach for the better part of two days. Duchess really only had one afternoon/evening that she was affected. I guesss how healthy they really are should be counted as a high- each have only had one antibiotic course in his/her lifetime.

- The lost cell phone! We went to see the Lion King in 3-D at Studio Movie Grill. The movie itself was a high, but my cell phone must have fallen out of the diaper bag in the theater. I realized it by the time we got to the car so we turned around and went right back in. Gone. In less than 5 minutes. And we were one of the last ones to leave the theater so I know it was an employee who took it. By the time we got home it was turned off and never to be seen by me again. I did have insurance so it was replaced quickly, but all the pictures and videos are gone. So many pictures gone!

- The dryer went on the fritz... I had to call the appliance repairman and it cost $250 to repair...

- It is TX vs OU weekend here in Dallas which means The Hubby left for work about 7 PM Friday night and got home about 6 AM Sunday morning. He said he slept for about 30 minutes sometime Friday night/ Saturday morning. Good for the bar, but hard for the Hubs...

But onto the Highs!

- I had a doula client deliver on Tuesday. This is the second child of her's that I have been privledged to help welcome to the world. And it was a beautiful birth. Mom did a wonderful job, it was calm, nothing unexpected happened, mom held her precious girl the moment she was born... Perfect!

- That same night the kids and I went to our neighborhood's National Night Out. It was so fun- they had bounce houses, a train, hotdogs, sno cones, a balloon artist, a petting zoo... We saw lots of friends and the kids ran around and around and around.

- My oldest brother is going to be published! He submitted a short story and heard this week that the publisher is planning to place it in an anthology! He has always enjoyed writing, but this was the first time he had actually submitted anything. The publisher told him it is extremely rare to get something accepted so quickly. No word yet on when it may be published as the publisher is still collecting stories. I'm so proud!

- Bubba got his first report card of the year. They use a number system instead of letters and he got all 4s, which is the equivilent of all As. We are very proud of him for that, but more proud of his character. Each child in class is supossed to keep a reading log of the time read at home. They have a little chart with clocks on it that is in their take home folder. One of his tablemates had no clocks colored and Bubba asked him why. He replied that he has no books at home. So Bubba came home and asked if he could give his friend some of his books because he has so many. He wanted to give his friend some of his Magic Tree House books since those are his favorite, but we are going to check with his teacher to see if maybe he should chose some lower reading level books. He has a generous heaart- earlier this year he gave away his pencil box to a classmate saying he couls use his from last year.

-Huck and Bubba had check-ups and both are healthy. Huck is trying more new foods- some he likes, some not so much. He is 20 pounds and 29 inches at 7 months! Bubba was embarresed about having to urinate in a cup. He said it was worse than a shot!

- We are looking forward to a visit from Grandma with the Spikey Hair. She is coming Halloween weekend to get a visit in before our house is torn apart!