Doctor Doctor

Today Skye had a doctors appointment for her terrible cough ... and I have to say she did a great job ... for a while there she screamed the whole time she was in the doctors office but since she has been a bunch with Lincoln for his appointments she does a lot better ... and we switched to a new doctor in the practiced ... an older man that she just digs ... and he is just so sweet with both the kids ...

She did a great job despite the fact we had to see a woman that I am not too fond of ... but I would never let on to Skye about that ... we just have very opposing ideas about kids ... anything I would want to do she comes in with the exact opposite ... and totally reppramanded me once again for giving Skye cough medicine ... she is a total anti medicine doc under pretty much any circumstances ... but I digress ...

Skye coughed and breathed when asked and was so great with the doc ... and she just loves posing for pics on the phone ...

Afterward we got to stop at the McDonald's downstairs and get a chocolate milk and we bought one of the lego cars from the Happy Meal which she loves ...

Together

Tonight my kids were inconsolable ... you may not be able to tell from these photos ... that is because any time I had them together they were fine ... separate them (like putting them each in their own rooms to sleep) and the crying and wailing wouldn't stop ...

It is endearing that they love each other so much ... Linc is just mesmerized any time Skye is around ... and she just loves how he smiles so big when she sings to him ... I know it won't last forever but for right now it is precious and I am soaking in as much as I can ...

Rock Band

So we have our own Rock Band now ... and it is the favorite family activity lately ... Skye wants to do it every night ... once we move it downstairs it will be even better ... more room to really rock out ... but I gotta say for a 3 year old she is doing really well ... and even David and I are getting better with every jam session ...

Rock Band 8/29/09

Skye's School

Currently at Schuyler's school they are doing "All About Me" ... making pictures of themselves ... bringing in photos of family ... and doing all sorts of ME things ... of course Schuyler loves it ...

The day her teacher hung up her family photos Schuyler was ecstatic ... she couldn't wait to show me ...

She is just loving school so so so much ... every day when I pick her up she says, "I'm having fun ... so much fun" ... which a mom loves to hear ...

So she wanted me to take photos of all her "about me" stuff and I just wanted some photos of her classroom ... so camera phone in hand I took photos of her classroom this afternoon when I picked her up ... she couldn't wait to show them to anyone who would check them out ... I love that she is so proud of her school and all her friends there ... they all have to give each other hugs when they are leaving ... just warms my heart ...

What Would You Do?

So that has been the big question lately around here ... what would you do if you won the Mega Millions ... tonight's jackpot is up to 333 Million Dollars ... that is one of the top prizes ever ... I think the biggest was somewhere around 360 Million Dollars ...

After I came to, my goal would be to make the lives of those that are close to me better ... and I think that would bring me more joy and excitement than anything I could do for myself ...

David and I were talking about it last night ... with a 333 million dollar jackpot the yearly payout is a bit over 12 million dollars ... TWELVE MILLION A YEAR  ... that means I could easily pick 10 people ... hell for 2 million a year I could pick 20 people and say, "quit your job ... spend time with your family ... I will be giving you 100K every year that I get my lottery money and by the way we just paid off your mortgage." ... How freakin incredible would that be ... to do that for parents and siblings and close friends ... it brings tears to my eyes think about doing that ... I wouldn't know who to call first because I would be so excited that I could do that for people ... (wow I am all teary) ...

Think of the circle of people around you and how it would change every aspect of their life ... I just can't help but get choked up about it ... it would just be amazing ...

I think the thing I would do for myself ... my big indulgence ... I would get pregnant again ... I want more kids so badly but we just can't afford to have another one ... so that is the very first thing I would do for myself ...

And to get ready for that new addition ... my family would need a vacation ... because it has been over 2 years since we have gone anywhere ... and I want that time together away from everyday life to just have fun ...

So those are my lottery dreams ... lofty I know ... but a girl can dream ... and let me tell you I dream about them all the time ...

Holding Hands

This morning when I dropped Schuyler off at school (she is going every day this week as a special treat) all the kids were on the playground ... so Skye headed right out there ... we hugged and kissed good-bye and I headed into her classroom to put her stuff away ... as I was leaving I saw Schuyler on the playground walking around holding hands with a boy in her class ... they were just so very precious it gave me pause ... I had to stand there a moment and watch her ... it warmed my heart ...

Lately she and all her friends cheer and scream hello in the morning ... and at the end of the day they all hug to say good-bye ... I love how close she is becoming with all her friends and so happy she gets to spend time with all of them ...

Crown Royal

Today Schuyler and I went to Target ... we had lots of different things to get but the most important was a crown ... see we have been working on a new night time routine to get to sleep in a more timely manner ... one of the books we have been reading is about Elmo and Zoe and ballerina Zoe has a crown ... so Skye really wanted one too to go with her ballerina outfit ... the deal was if she went to bed every night on time we would go and get one ... so we headed off to Target ...

Of course we had to have some other fun in the store ... trying on hats and glasses (one of her favorite things to do)

The necklace that came with the crown ensemble place a snippet of a song from The Little Mermaid ... she played it throughout the whole store and the whole car ride home ... it is quite short and there are no words to it so it isn't as annoying as it could be ... and it just makes her light up ...

Speaking of lighting up ... the jewel on the crown lights up when you press it ... and it has 3 bracelets and a ring and earrings (she won't wear the earrings though ... I wear them) ...

So as soon as bath time was over tonight we opened the package ... she kept exclaiming "oh my my" ... it was so adorable ... for a girl who hates headbands she sure does love the crown (which sits on her head with a headband) ...

She begged me to take photos of her with it on ... so here they are ... the ballerina princess ...