The school bus and school house I made for "Teacher Appreciation" gifts! Each kids pic is in the "window"...I started with a box, no wonder I still owe "thank yous!" haha
My "saucy" girls. Yes, they are still toddlers!
Ok, I think Ms. Shannon said it best, “You just need this dark cloud moved from above you.” That I do!
Since my last blog… Mike started traveling again! That was the good news! Haha, just kidding Mike!
As for the rest,… Alexa almost drowned at swim lessons and I, well I ran to the edge of the pool yelling “Mike!” Hmm, Mike was at work and no, the coach’s name was not “Mike!” She was ok after he pulled her out choking up water! ((That vision, eyes wide open looking up at you, bubbles surfacing the water, hair floating aimlessly… stayed with me for nights!!,) Then… Alexa, yes the same daughter that got lost, pinned her leg between the chair and the tile and almost drowned, almost choked to death. Me, again…brain dead…didn’t know what to do for her ( I do keep choking instructions in my laundry room but I wasn’t home) as I stuck my fingers down her throat trying to pull a slice of orange out, again yelling for, no not Mike, rather help!…I was grateful it slid down her throat!
It doesn’t stop there!! Morgan decided to push the “automatic” sliding door at Dillards and her hand got caught between the glass window and door!! At this point I was more concerned about having to tell Mike we were shopping, again!!! Needless to say, we sat at Dillards with ice packs and had to fill out an incident report. Nice!! Is this really what it’s like living with three toddlers!!?
The past few weeks, I’ve been trying to make up lost time at the schools. I spoke about our Mexican heritage at Elena’s last week. Elena and I shopped for Mexican candy and made treat bags, we put together a few poster boards with facts and had all the girls doing the Mexican hat dance at school! I was also able to squeeze in a lunch during “Teacher Appreciation” week and we made a school house and school bus box for the teacher’s to receive their gifts. They were so cute, I must say!! Haha! Elena and I did most of the work, Alexa and Morgan…well they were there to let me know what parts of the bus I forgot, like the door…so there I was, wee hours of the morning…adding a door!! So much fun!
I’ve been working out, a lot! You say, don't worry...must, I gained 20ish pounds from chemo! But I’ve lost weight, A LITTLE! Like 5 pounds! Then I gained it back! Ooops!
The first week I returned home, I scouted out gyms. We found “home” at Prairie Life Fitness. This is like a dream come true! They offer two hours of “Nursery” at no additional charge BUT they do a lot with the kids while they are in there! Crafts, gymnastics (their version), open gym and more. We can be found there many days for many hours...I even get their showers in there! haha! So, here I was, working out two hours every day….one hour Zumba or Pilates, 30 minutes treadmill and 30 minutes elliptical. Now I do all sorts of workouts, it truly makes me feel better as I have been real sick and it sucks! haha!
So back to the doctors office. Say those prayers, I’m just getting my mommy feet wet again!
Love and miss all!!
