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This morning we went to Little Gym for the girls’ gymnastics class. Mom and I had so much fun watching all the little kids run and tumble around.

Then we rushed home so I could feed the kids before preschool. After I picked Lydia up from preschool, we went on some special birthday-party errands for Mary’s party tomorrow. She felt special. We bought two ice cream cakes, one from Cold Stone and the other from Baskin Robbins. By the time we got to Baskin Robbins, we had been doing errands for over an hour and a half. I thought Lydia–and I–both deserved ice cream for our efforts.

This evening Abe took the girls to a Bee’s baseball game with his dad while Mom and I stayed home and talked. We watched some TED talks and the trailer for Half the Sky.

Abe sent me pictures from the game. Apparently they are having fun!

The girls were so excited to see Nana this morning. They knew it was going to be a good day because she was here!

 

Grandma, Mom got in safely last night! We are so thrilled to have her with us, but I totally forgot to take pictures. I’m so sorry. Today I will take pictures and post them on the blog tonight. We love you!

This morning we all went to the dentist. It was such a great experience! The kids’ dental room is basically a wonderland. There’s an adjoining play room with all sorts of toys, two TV’s for kids’ shows, and a little leather recliner chair so siblings can watch each other have their teeth cleaned. Afterward, the hygienists even babysit the kids while the parents get their teeth finished up. The kids left the dentist with goody bags, treat cups, and free drinks. I think they thought the dentist might be comparable to Disneyland.

Then we hightailed it over to the OBGYN for my check-up. There the kids proceeded to raid the lollipop basket. After our three-hour test last week, they know where all the good stuff in that office is.

I spent a lot of the rest of the day in bed. I guess I did cook dinner (the easiest thing ever, but Abe still felt like he needed to take a picture), and after dinner we had FHE and then tidied the house from top to bottom. Our sick day yesterday meant that the kids tore everything up, and we want it to look nice for my mom–who is coming tomorrow!

 

Abe and I woke up completely felled by our sickness. We have never skipped church as a family before, but today that decision felt medically necessary. We spent most of the day just trying to get better.

Abe was more energetic than I was, and I expect tomorrow the girls will call me “Daddy” for half the day. If I have been particularly absent on any given weekend, then the girls get used to putting forth all of their petitions to Daddy. It takes them about half a day to realize they can call for Mama and actually get a response.

Abe worked with Lydia for an hour today on reading and writing.

Well, we are all officially sick now. I bought a ton of vitamins today in the hopes that we can start on the long road to recovery. I should have bought more tissues…

This morning Abe and I went to the temple, and then we came home and prepped for our meet-up with the Sorensons at Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The traffic was horrific, so we didn’t get a ton of time with them. But we sure enjoyed the visit we did squeeze in!

I missed my early morning walk this morning, so I took the girls for a two and a half hour walk to Target. By the end, I was ready for bed.

This evening we headed to Park City to check out my friend Paige’s art show at the Meyer Gallery. We ended up taking Ada with us on a trolley ride for a little bit. Lydia and Ada traded knock-knock jokes the whole time and laughed their heads off. Mary watched them wistfully and cuddled me the whole time. Sometimes I feel really bad that she doesn’t have as many friends as Lydia…but the extra cuddles are nice.

When both girls woke up sick this morning, I cancelled gymnastics, preschool and my doctor’s appointment. Instead of running around all day, we had a stay-at-home-and-try-to-get-better day. Both girls seem better this evening, but I wonder if that’s just their adrenal cycle. I hope they’re better!

Since my house has been cleaned and cleaned and cleaned again ever since the lice discovery, I didn’t have many chores today. I focused my energy on reading to the girls and cooking. Of course, I also spent a lot of time in bed.

Abe had a phenomenal day at work today. Sales is such a roller coaster.

I think I am nesting. I spent most of my free time cleaning and decorating today. While I really wish I could get around to finishing the play room and whipping the nursery into shape, those are too high budget right now to finish. That’s okay, though! I can look at those rooms and see something different in my mind, and for now that feels pretty satisfying. Plus, daydreaming is half the fun.

Here’s what I did do today. I should have taken pictures in the day when lighting is better, but it was kind of a busy day. I didn’t get around to taking these until just now.

For the downstairs living area, all I really need now are some birch logs for the fireplace and a big plant for the corner by the big window. It’s tempting to just finish it off. We’ll see how badly I continue to feel the nesting urge.

I forgot to take pictures today, but I do have a sad and sweet anecdote. Today was Lydia’s first day of Let’s Play Music, and the teacher sent her home with a red balloon. She ran downstairs to show Mary, who promptly came up the stairs sobbing huge crocodile tears because she wanted to go to Lydia’s special music class and get a red balloon. She even told me that she had grown bigger and that meant she could go.

My heart can’t take Mary’s tears, so I wrapped up one of her birthday present puzzles and gave it to her while Lydia was at preschool. We did the puzzle together, and then Mary ran around with Lydia’s balloon for the rest of the day. Lydia had other things on her mind. She wanted us to play “frog in the middle” and act out the puppet show to Carmen that the teacher taught them. We did all that after dinner.

I was a little impatient with Lydia today. She did a lot of crying and screaming, and no matter how I prep myself to be patient in such moments, I really struggle to be kind.