princess polka dot

here is the story.... I am getting ready to bathe Little Sister and I notice these 3 little "blisters" on the side of her tummy & one dot on her cheek. - the night before Halloween.
Therefore instead of going to work and showing off our cute halloween outfits, we went to the doctor - to get the diagnosis of CHICKEN POX!!!!!! It is was so funny they brought an intern in to see them since he had never seen the chicken pox, and then asked us if "we could leave out the side door!!"
Remember the olden days when everyone got chicken pox!! Now days they immunize at 12 months and then at kindergarten
This weekend has been hard for our entire house - starting with the mom & dad!! Little Sister has had a fever and of course feels horrible all night long!! I think that we are finally feeling better.... now for the recovery period!!

sunday drive

We decided to take a little family drive on Sunday and it was wonderful. We went up to the Alpine Loop - just as the leaves were finishing changing. Since we waited so long in the year we just caught the end of the color changes - but still so worthwhile.

Happy Halloween

One little, two little, three little witches flying over haystacks jumping over ditches.
Flying down moon beams without any hitches.
Hi Ho Halloween is here!

wanted.....

Here is a picture of what used to be my snowblower. Can you believe that someone STOLE it out of the back of our truck on State Street and in the midst of the day???!!! You have got to be kidding!!! What is this world coming to.
Hmmm.... what to buy. sod for our yard or a new snowblower for the winter. Is grass really all that important?
no.... but I am still bitter!!!! did I mention that we had just (about 15 minutes prior) paid $165.00 for getting it tuned up!!!! BITTER!!!

apple back

Big Sister is potty trained!!!! We still have our little accidents, but we are doing wonderful. Big Sis has been doing great for the past month for her mom.... but not for anyone else. Horribly, we FORGOT the ENTIRE bag of clothes and diapers when we went on vacation last week..... that got me thinking that I was only going to buy diapers for Little Sis & panties for her. (don't worry, Big sis is so skinny that they can wear each others)
That is all we needed. She loves them and reminds me all the time..
apple back. the apple on the tag goes in the back. duh.
Just for the record, we used the Potty Watch & it was wonderful for the first little while... and then it was just another toy. A fun one, but not as effective.

is there anything cuter....

look at my little sleeping flower.... well, we weren't happy to begin with, but we had a wonderful photo shoot when it all ended.

get your mammo on

This is my soapbox to all those ladies that are 40 and over....
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month & I hope that everyone out there is current on their mammograms!!!
PINKtober is here!!!