In-fur-tility

If you don't want to hear any griping then you may want to pass on this post. On the other hand if you need a good laugh at someone else's expense then carry on.

The first time i sat in the doctors office and she came in to see me for "infertility" I was shocked that she had labeled me that. I wasn't infertile, I have been able to get pregnant three times and I could plan it down to the day. After the initial diagnosing all the lab rat tests began. Of course you have to go to a million different places and they all have to know what your diagnosis is. It was hard enough hearing it but having the dreaded word come of your own mouth I felt like I should just stamp it on my forehead. After several months the doctor finally sent me to do the "fun" tests. You know the ones that they tell you to take a million milligrams of IB Profin before coming in. I was on the phone with the girl who sets up appointments and after a few short moments I concluded that she was either really young or not the sharpest tool in the shed. After all the drama of trying to find the right test, scheduling it and then telling me what I had to do prior to the appointment, I was finally able to get off the phone. I show up to the preregistration and after jumping through the hoops I had to sign my life away. I was glancing through the paperwork when my diagnosis caught my eye as infurtility. So not only am I not able to have a kid, I guess I am not able to grow hair as well.
Eventually I was able to see the doctor. Of course he preps me by saying that the procedure will be a little uncomfortable. My only retort I could come up with was that just being a girl has many uncomfortable moments. He was ready to do some x-rays when he saw my ankle. He asked if the picture on my ankle was a temporary tattoo. I proceeded to tell the doctor that it was my consolation prize. A few days before I was deathly ill so my family left me home and went to the fair. I guess they didn't want me to feel left out or something so, while I lay unable to move, my husband took advantage of my weakened state and slapped a tattoo on my ankle. That certainly got the doctors attention and he had to stop what he was doing because he was laughing so hard. Well, I am glad I was able to brighten someones day because he sure as heck didn't brighten mine any!

Back to First Grade

I was lucky enough today that Grandma had Madison so I could go volunteer in Kaitlyn's class for a couple of hours. I graded spelling tests and helped with their art project. I couldn't believe how fast they jumped from thing to thing. There was never enough time to finish one project before the next one began. I was sitting at the teachers desk when a little girl came up and asked if I was Kaitlyn's Mom. Then she preceded to tell me that I looked just like her (shouldn't it be the other way around, she looks like me because I was here first!). Later on I was helping someone when a couple of other boys got into a deep conversation about how I look just like Kaitlyn. I don't think they realized I was listening by the look on their faces when I commented on it. Apparently Kaitlyn and i look a lot alike. To top off the day a little girl came up to me and told me "Kaitlyn is really nice to everyone. She is a really a good friend". I had a blast being in first grade again!

Eww that's gross

Curtis and I were out staining our porch one night when Madison came running out in a panic to tell Curtis "Kaitlyn kissed me by my tongue . . . and that's gross!!"

After going through all the toys and organizing them, our play room was finally clean. In an attempt to keep it clean I posted some rules 1- clean up before you leave the room 2- no food or drink in the playroom 3- nothing gets taken in our out of the room. After explaining that the consequence of not putting away the toys would be that they lose the toys, Kaitlyn told me "That's an evil consequence"

Madison had on a hat, scarf and mittens on while we were going to get the mail. She stopped and held up her hands to tell me her hands were cozy

My Madison

Tea Party

The tea set was by far the best white elephant gift I have every gotten! Of course it was a tough decision to make when there were things such as a snuggie and an old programming book to choose from. It was down to the last few rounds and I knew that one of Curt's co-workers wanted the set. She said that if it was Curtis who had it she would take it but she was nice and let me keep the gift. We have definitely put it to good use. We had to use all the pieces so we had water and in the sugar bowl we put powdered Gatorade to add to our drink.

Brownies

Later that day we decided to make brownies from scratch. My girls love being in the middle of everything (and having been a preschool teacher I know all the benefits of cooking with kids . . . However was this mess worth it!?!). I was on my way to add the cocoa and butter mixture to the brownies when Madison asked for a taste. I completely forgot that there was no sugar in the mixture to sweeten it. The look on her face, she thought I poisoned her and started wiping it out of her mouth. I started adding the cocoa mixture into the other ingredients when Madison said "My favorite color is brownies"

Dear Tooth Fairy

I found this under Kaitlyn's pillow the other day:

Dear Tooth Fere,
I will pay you bakc.
love Kaitlyn

and then there were two nickels taped to the letter. I asked her about it and she thought that the tooth fairy gave her too much money for her tooth.

Summer Dance

I put the girls in summer dance to see how they liked it. I have to say the cutest thing I have ever seen is little 4 year old girls in leotards dancing around! Here are some videos and pictures of their little dance recital. Kaitlyn is on the back right and then Madison is in the purple "dancing" skirt that she insisted on wearing.

School Started

First grade here we come. Kaitlyn has been so excited to start school because she was starting to get really bored! They built a new school a few blocks from our house so everyone has been anxious to get a peek inside. After the first day of school I asked Kaitlyn all about it and her reply was "We got to have three recesses, I love first grade!" At least she has her priorities right.