Thursday: We brought down the house! Our family band was JAMMIN :) Emmett represented on the toddler piano, while Scarlett marched with her drum. Daddy and Mommy sang, played harmonicas, and had the occasional guitar solo.
Friday: (Resolution - play a new game) Scarlett cheated at "Go Fish." I am bragging about this because it takes skill to cheat at a game at 2 years old. She dealt herself matches :)
Without cable, John and I have gotten creative with our evenings. Friday night we invented a new game using two mason jars and 40 pennies. Sitting across the room from one another we tossed pennies into the jars. The most pennies in won. Yes, it was a ridiculous game. Yes, we laughed so hard we almost cried. Yes, Scarlett ran around chasing our run away pennies! Yes, we know that this is not a safe game once Emmett is crawling.
We also pulled out a few old school board games to round out the evening. All-in-all it was a family-fun night!
Saturday: (Resolution - Make a final decision on preschool) We paid a registration fee at the beginning of the month to hold a seat for Scarlett this September (She'll be 3 in August). I am so so so very torn about sending her at all. I have this internal battle going on that says she is learning so much with me, why pay someone else to "watch/teach" her when I'm already at home. I broke down and decided I didn't want her to go, and John was a little argumentative, but eventually agreed. However, he presented the point that I teach my bootcamps three mornings a week at a very large park. It would be nice to have her in "preschool" while I taught so that I wouldn't have to worry about her. Well, that planted a seed that kept me awake all night last night. I do not believe that she will learn anything amazing while there, and I do see a preschool as a babysitting service with toys, dress-up, painting, and playground time. If I were not teaching my workout classes, the discussion would be over and we would re-evaluate next year for pre-k. I decided that we will TRY preschool in the Fall. She will go M/W/Th; two of my bootcamp days and the Thursday I can grocery shop/clean or run errands. My third bootcamp day lasts from 11-2 and I do not want her at preschool from 9am-2pm. So she can still come to the park one day a week with me. I'm still hesitant and John knows this. He told me to try for a week and then two and go from there.
Sunday: (Resolution - Get taxes DONE) This one is all John, as he is sitting behind the computer now with TurboTax. We are praying to help pay off my car with our return this year (Thank you Emmett for a new baby tax!). Hopefully that can happen so that we can continue with the Dave Ramsey process and start saving more money!!
Tomorrow's Resolution: Write a letter - SNAIL MAIL - to a friend!
In other news:We are dealing with some sort of allergy with Emmett right now. We know he has an extreme sensitivity to dairy, but this is something new. for over a week now, we have been battling a rash on the front of his diaper area - no where near the butt, but completely over the front area. He also started a rash around his mouth. We thought heat rash at first, but then ruled it out when it didn't go away. The face rash went away, but Saturday afternoon after eating 2 puffs (those rice puff baby snacks) his entire face, chin, and neck broke into a red rash. They contain wheat and soy. Well... awesome. now what? His diaper area has not cleared at all and we have aired it during the daytime, tried hydro-cortisone cream, etc... After reading and researching, we have learned that a severe allergy may take time to build and may not show it's face the first time the culprit is consumed, but each time it is ingested (or even touched) the sensitivity grows. That is what has happened here... Because today Emmett touched his jumper where the puffs were laying yesterday and rubbed his forehead -- it turned red, itchy and spread across his face within minutes. We are calling the pediatrician in the morning for an appointment and a referral to an allergist. Something is up and I need to know what I can and cannot have in my house food-wise. Cross your fingers that this isn't as bad as I am thinking.
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