April 21 = Tick Day

So this morning started with getting the kids up pretty early for them and taking Liam to the CDC and taking Malia to Walter Reed.  She had a follow-up from her EEG scheduled.  Everything was fine on the EEG but as the first doctor was doing her exam, I noticed this mark on her arm.  At first I thought it was a scab but I looked closer and it was a tick!  We tried to get it off but it's head was burrowed in there pretty far so I asked the first doctor to get the other doctor quickly and get this thing off of her!  Dr. Dennison found some tweezers and got it off but it was a stubborn little thing.  I'm going to email Dr. Modi about it and see what he wants me to do but Dr. Dennison thanked us for adding some excitement to his day!

After Malia's appointment, I grabbed some chickfila on the way home because that's what I always do on the way home from Walter Reed.  I got Malia her own kids meal and was trying to give her some food but she was asleep.  Eventually she woke up about 10 minutes before we got to the CDC and had just enough time to finish her lunch.

I dropped her off the CDC and then headed to my own appointment.  I've been so tired lately and while anyone that I tell that to responds with "Well you do have two kids," I'm nervous something else is going on.  So I decided to go to my primary care doctor and ask to get some blood work done.  I went through the checkup and explained what was going on and she thought it was a good idea so she ordered some tests that required five vials.  I texted my parents and brother in our group text that I was waiting to get the blood work done and my dad responded "I'm holding your hand."  Melted my heart!  The first stick was no good- no blood came out- and for some reason, the stick doesn't bother me that much but knowing that no blood is flowing freaks me out.  So I got really light headed and nauseous so they had to wait a while before trying again.  But the second try was a success and I survivied!

January 11 = Preschool Day One

Let me start with another Facebook meme that I think is hilarious:

And now I'll tell you about our day!  We started with our morning routine: getting dressed, eating breakfast, brushing teeth and cleaning up Liam's room.  Then we did our inaugural "circle time."  It's more like triangle time if all three parties are engaged... but just go with me on this.  So we updated the day of the week, the date, and discussed the weather.  Our theme this week is "All About Red" so we read a book about colors- I've put a hold on some better books at the library but they haven't come in yet so we will have to settle for a book we already had- and then sang a song to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it," telling him to put his finger on his head if his clothes have any red- which I strategically ensured.   Then we did our matching folder:

 Malia decided to help.

And then it was time to go to the grocery store.  I usually go to the commissary on Sundays but Zachary worked all weekend and he thought he'd be able to go on his way home yesterday but didn't get off in time so I headed to this cute grocery store down the street- it's so nice and clean- and it had this cool cart:

Well they look innocent there but boy, oh boy.  They wouldn't stop fighting each other.  Liam was honking Malia's horn and Malia slapped his hand away and told him, "NO!"  So I moved Malia to the normal baby spot on grocery carts and that worked well for a while.  And then Liam discovered he could get out of the car.  So I calmly buckled him in.  Then he discovered he could still stick his arm out of the side.  And by doing this, he could knock over a whole row of hairspray.  Like fifty bottles of hairspray.  Or like thirty cans of Campbell's soup- ya know, whatever was in his reach.  So that was fun.  We checked out and I renewed my vow of never going grocery shopping with the two of them alone ever again.

Then it was lunch time!  Since both of them do so well eating at a little table at the CDC I decided to try it out at home:

They did great!  Then it was nap time and then I had to go to the pharmacy to pick up Malia's seizure medicine (her neurologist called me on his cell phone and had a conversation with me about her care instead of making me go all the way to the Bethesda) so that threw off my plans for the rest of the day but here's a picture of Malia after throwing her dinner on the floor: