I'm Baaaaaack!

I'm digging myself out of the trenches of having a sick little tot. Finally... Gracie was fever-free yesterday. Don't you just love viruses... you just have to wait it out and "treat the fever." Blah. I like bacterial infections so we can get some antibiotics and get the show on the road! Five days of fever, five days of not eating, five days of waking up at night when her fever spikes to 102 in under 5 minutes... we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. She is feeling much better today, and I'm already getting her clothes out so she can go to school tomorrow. Whoo hoo!

Lainey's first soccer game was a riot. I think she enjoyed cheering for all the girls (even the other team) best of all. No matter who would score (and 9 out of ten times it was the other team!) she would put her hands up like a touchdown and yell, "SCORE!" She and her little friend had so much fun. Still working on the technique of soccer and trying to get her to understand that yes, we've been telling her to share for 4 1/2 years now, but there is no need to share the soccer ball, especially with the girls with a different color of shirt on than you. Needless to say, Daddy marched straight to Academy to buy a soccer net to show her the ropes. So funny to watch... I like her rules better.

This morning was so much fun to share the snow with the girls. As far as we can remember, it was Gracie's first... and she loved it. She was hesitant at first, but after she finally touched it she was hooked. I dragged her back in kicking and screaming. Lainey loved it too and made snow angel after snow angel. She has seen it on many of her shows and thought it was the best part of it all. That, and the hot chocolate she had when we came in. She reminded me twice while we were out that we would need to drink hot chocolate with lots and lots of marshmallows when we got in. It was probably only her second snow. She was bummed to see it had all melted by lunchtime. It was fun while it lasted!

I have more to catch up on... just need more time... and a very good friend told me ever so nicely that my updates are a little wordy... and where do I find the time?!?! So this is short and sweet!

Its good to be back!