Updates all around...

Brianna fell and smacked her head on the sidewalk while her class was outside today. She has a little shiner and a big lump in the center of her forehead and then a scrape on the side of her forehead. She's fine otherwise though.

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My brother does want to buy Mike's car so it's great to know it has a home soon and that we'll be able to give R a good deal on it too.
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Micah's follow-up from his ear tubes is tomorrow. It was rescheduled twice already and I think he has a bit of an ear infection (a little drainage in one ear). Glad we go in tomorrow morning!
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We had church directory pictures on Tuesday night (good thing, before Bria's fall!) and the family pic turned out ok. We need to get over to Picture People soon, but now we want to wait for Bria's head to heal up. Maybe next week...
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I've done a few things on my to do list but there's a lot on there still needing to get done. Luckily most of the future things aren't priority ever... or else I'd be sinking :)
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Kristopher is learning to write his name in school and it's great to see him trying so hard! When he runs out of room he's writing the rest down the side :) The coloring in the lines could still use a little work...

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Emma has decided she likes Strawberry "ensure" type drinks with 350 calories/8oz! She's had quite a few in the past 2 days and I'm so glad. Mike even commented last night that her little cheeks are starting to look a little fuller :)
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Micah is doing pretty well with cruising to get toys the past few days!
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I've been doing a little more online with Reece's Rainbow which has taken some of my "free time". I am enjoying it and it's nice to do something in a volunteer capacity outside of raising the kids, so I'll continue with it as long s it's feasible. It's nice to be able to do it in my time and at the house rather than having to be at a specific location to volunteer. Right now I'm not able to volunteer at the church for that reason. My reliability for being anywhere isn't so good right now. Anyone might have a runny nose, and E doesn't get left in the nursery still (too many germs and there's no one that would feel comfortable with her yet). Anyway, I'm enjoying doing a little bit of ministry again even though it's just parts and pieces.
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Micah woke up from nap today with a high fever. I knew about the ear draining but he hasn't had any fever or anything, not even discomfort to speak of though he grabbed at it once which alerted us and after a dose of Tyelnol he was good. That was a few days ago. Generally... ear infections are viral and just have to run their course and with the tubes in the fluid drains. But... I think he might need something to kick this one. He's crawling around in a diaper and had some tylenol and seems to feel much better now. His fever went down immediately after waking up and getting cooled down so I'm sure it was "artificially high" because he had been curled up asleep.

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Emma found our mice today. Yes, pet ones. They are in an aquarium on the fireplace... keeps the kids out of the fireplace :) And... how often do we use a fireplace in Florida anyway? She was sitting playing and leaning against the hearth and saw something move REALLY close to her. She sat and watched the little critters for a good 20 minutes! Their little "house" is up against the glass so they're always visible and Emma was sitting with her arms on the stone and her face up against the glass watching them :)
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Believe it or not, I actually laid down and fell asleep while the kids were napping today. Kristopher curled up in a chair and stayed there for the most part. It's been a lot of late nights and early mornings and I have a feeling that tonight, with Micah not feeling well, might be requiring a bit of attention overnight.
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Brianna and Emma are playing so nice together now! Emma is sitting so much better and she wants to interact with Brianna. She reaches for Brianna's hands and just sits and LAUGHS while Brianna holds her hands and swings them around. They rolled around on the floor with Brianna hugging and Emma laughing for a little bit too. It's nice to see those two finally interacting and Emma wanting to be a part of it! Before Brianna mostly just played with Emma and Emma rolled away :) The video I got is after Brianna was 'done' playing but then she decided Emma needed some hugs at the end :)

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Kristopher has taken a big interest in activity pages here lately! He brought a coloring and activity book with us in the car yesterday to go buy the big van and he sat at the dealership and did the different mazes and activities for a good 20-30 minutes. He's never been really into thoes but now that he's started school... all the sudden it's fun and exciting! I'm glad he's figured out that these kinds of things are entertaining! Especially with a LONG car ride coming up when we go on vacation :) School has really been good for him and he tells me all the time that he LOVES Mrs. L and Mrs. L!
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Emma found a hairbrush this evening and surprised us by picking it up and brushing her hair with it! What a smart little cookie!

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Kristopher took the camera and captured several of the pictures above. Then we got a few of him, and him of us :) He just finished eating a corn dog. With ketchup, can you tell? Not sure what the goofy poses are about LOL Yep, that's me blogging this post... If I can post a pic like that of myself... you must know it's been a long week :) :)