Mixed Nuts: Saturday at the Pletcher house

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Saturday at the Pletcher house

Today was a fun day. Mat was at work today catching up on some research, so I was alone with the three kids this morning. Finley is getting yet another cold (go daycare) and so she was slightly grouchy this morning. She didn't have a great night - kind of tossed and turned, so I knew we were heading down the "sick" path. I think for the past month she has been well for 3 days. Poor thing. Anyway, once we got to lunch time, a family friend who has a little girl Arlington's age (same family from a previous post that has the twins) came and got Arlington for an afternoon of play at her house. So from 12-6, Arlington was out having a good time with her friend. The babies and I stayed here, and we had lunch and nap and I relaxed! LOL After the babies woke up, we had a nice visit from Finley's nanny who watched her from the time she was 10 weeks old until before she started daycare. We had a nanny take care of Finley her whole first year of life - hence all the colds she is getting now going to daycare! But Finley remembered her and took to her right away. She didn't even want to come to me when it was time for Lucyette to leave! It was nice to see Lucyette again. We haven't seen her in awhile for she has been away for the summer. I took a picture of her with Finley. Lucyette and her husband stayed for a good while and we caught up on everything. It was their first time meeting Cainan as well, so that was nice.
Arlington came home around 6, but around 4:30, I had gotten a call from our friends saying that she had stepped in front of a swing and got hit in the eye. Her eye was swollen and it was hurting, but she didn't want to come home! She is too funny. Our friend was happy to keep her, but wanted to give her motrin for the pain. When she got home, her eye was indeed very swollen - it looks like someone hit her directly in the eye. We have been putting ice on it all evening and I gave her more medicine before she went to bed because it was still hurting a bit. Hopefully tomorrow it will be less swollen, but only time will tell! Poor thing.
Anyway, that was our day. We can never be "uneventful" at our house!

Cainan playing with a matchbox car. He played with it for a long time!