I actually wrote this on Friday...

Here's Chloe yesterday. She stayed at home with her daddy while Maddie and I went to her 12-year-old check-up. Maddie had to get a couple of shots yesterday. One stung pretty bad. As she was trying to hold back tears, she said, "Mom, that really hurt. Will you take me to Benedict Street?" That's the lunch spot I like sooo much. So, we had lunch before I took her back to school.

We've had a pretty busy week. Maddie's birthday was Wednesday. She wanted to go to McAlister's deli for dinner, so we did. We had cake at home afterwards. We had issues with our camera, so we had to take pictures the old-fashioned way with real film. It will be a while before I can post them. She's not having a big party this year. Carter didn't get to have one because Mav was pretty sick at the time and we really couldn't plan anything. So, it wouldn't be fair if she had one. She wants to have a "girl's day" this Saturday. She and I will go shopping and get her nails done.

The kids have had friends over the past two nights. Their friends, Tommy and Jordan, have a new baby brother. Their mom and dad are at the hospital, so they've been with us. We went to see little Noah yesterday after school. He is adorable. He's the same size Mav was, just an inch shorter. Sigh... There is nothing sweeter than a newborn.

Speaking of babies, I spoke with the medical director of Neoflight on Wednesday. They need a person .75 (which is almost full-time) on nights. That won't work for us right now. So, for the time being, I'll be at home with the kids. I should find out in about a month if I'm accepted into the pediatric nurse practitioner program. If so, I'll just enjoy the summer with the kids - the fall will be hectic with school. If not, we'll decide what to do then.

For now, we have quite a few projects to work on around the house. We're still playing with the idea of moving, so we need to get things in order around here. I've finished one project today. We live in a 1950's ranch style house that we renovated about five years ago when we bought it. It has a small wet bar area. I've always stored our wrapping paper and gift bags there. It's now cleaned out and spruced up. It's our coffee bar area. Chloe is thrilled. She was "helping" when I was taking everything out. She saw the sink as I removed a storage box and screamed, "There's a sink!" It's pretty bad that she has lived here all her life and has never seen the sink. She had fun playing with it after I finished up. Tomorrow I'll be hanging new blinds in the living room. Love you all, jc