What a Klutz!

When I was a kid, I used to sprain my ankle all of the time...I was constantly on crutches. Well...I did it again yesterday for the fist time in a long time! I had just picked the kids up from school. We were walking home and at the corner of our street they were flushing the hydrants...D2 decided to push D4 in her stroller through the gigantic puddle -- I yelled to have her stop...needless to say, they went through and were on the other side of the street...I was watching where she was going -- not watching where I was going an missed part of the sidewalk where it is MUCH higher than the grass......down I went!! Right in front of the traffic, the hydrant guy and an office building!! Oh boy! Well...after the intitial shock of what had just happenend and the pain got a bit more manageable...one of the guys in his car said "hold on..I'll be right there".

What was he going to do? By the time he would have found a place to turn his car around, park it....I just wanted out of there. I told him that I appreciated it, but that I was fine. (not!) The hydrant guy helped me up...and some of the people came out of their office wandering what was going on............Just me, falling!!", I said.

So, I hobbled home with a death grip on the stroller.....just get home!!!

The girls were such a big help...and continue to be today. Boy...haven't felt pain like this in a long time! Too bad I can't just relax with it up like I'm supposed to! And...since we don't have insurance (hubby and I), I can't go to the doctor. Hopefully, it's nothing!

Well, it's rainy today...lucky for me!

Crash and Burn...or Burn then Crash

OK....why don't I just learn that when D4 is outside playing all day that when she gets home - and it's evening, that she will just crash on the couch...and not get up till morning??!! I have to learn to give her a bath RIGHT AWAY!! After playing out all day...she usually needs one! That said, the bath will either wake her up so she can eat dinner or.......at least make her clean so that when she DOES crash on the couch she's clean for bed!!! At least they all had fun today...played on the neighbor's trampoline and dress-up. I had to fight with her -- holding her on the potty for 2-3 minutes so that she would go in the potty and not her bed! Arrgghhhh!!!!

They have had a fun year with all of the kids in the neighborhood, but now since we'll be moving in a few weeks...it will be sad for them. I know how it feels though to have to move all of the time--I was a Navy brat and we moved A LOT, so at least I can relate to how they are feeling! They know that they will be meeting new friends, but the older they get -- the harder it is. Luckily, I hope this is the last time we move...at least until they are in college!!

Well...in the craft realm -- here is a little bird's nest I found on the ground on the way to pick the girls up from shcool...I think I'll use it in a wreath! D2 suggested that I put blue malted milk balls in there for eggs---yea, right! They would be gone in a flash...and I be replacing them a few times a day!!