My tired runner

Here's a picture of Macie after running cross country today. She was not overly thrilled to have her picture taken. It was hard for her to try to get back into the swing of things at practice. She has a meet on Sat. and is no where near ready for it. Oh well. (By the way, she was limping again after practice...is not a good sign.) It's now 8:08 pm and I'm off to pick up Holley from the gym. Poor little Allie just started throwing up so she won't be going to school tomorrow. She complained all afternoon about her tummy hurting because she was "hungry" and then during dinner she started saying that her tummy was really hurting bad. I half-heartedly believed her thinking she was being her typical finicky self and trying to get out of eating dinner. Poor baby. Now I know for sure that she's not faking it. She's thrown up at least 5 times now. Please pray that this illness will be short lived and not travel through everyone in the house. This is one time that I do not want her to share

Same ol', same ol'

Hello friends! Several of you have emailed me with questions and concern over why I have not updated the blog in a week. Sorry to have disappointed any of you!! There is only so much gymnastics and football I want to force you to hear about!!J/K. Seriously though, we have literally been doing the same things day in and day out. Holley's still going to the gym all of the time to work out and Scott is still having football practice and games. The Buccaneers (his team) won their second game this past Sat! (Thanks Meme for taking him.). Macie will be going to her first cross country workout in a week and a half today so that is something new to report. Hopefully her knee (tendonitis) is much better. Allie is still going to her various "schools" four days a week and loving every minute of it. She is usually dragging by Thursday because she is so tired from waking up early . I figure she better get used to it now because next year she'll be going to kindergarten five days a week. I worked all weekend Fri-Sun so have not seen them in a few days. Ok, technically I've "seen" them, but I haven't really gotten to talk to them since last Thurs. Actually, they spent Thurs evening with their Dad and I spent it watching the premiers of Gray's Anatomy (great!) and ER (awesome-last season-I'm so sad) so I haven't really talked with them since last Wed. After I get home from work I pop my head into their rooms to say hello and tell them goodnight. (I try to be home by 8pm- but if I'm in surgery at the change of shift I have to stay and finish the case.) I work again tomorrow but will be off Wed and Thurs. Holley went to the orthodontist last Wed. and will have to have an extra tooth removed, but he said we should be able to wait until next summer to have it done and that is good news. On Wed. Macie is going to have some baby teeth extracted so that will be interesting. That's it for now, literally nothing to report!!!

Fun at the library

Allie reading her Halloween story to her "friend"

Allie is very proud of her library book.

Today was Allie's first visit to the public library. Her preschool,"SHEEP", took them on a field trip to the Boerne Public Library. Ms. Constance read the kids a story and then, the best thing of all, they got to check out their very own books!! Yipee!! We had previously applied for library cards back when school started in Aug. so all the kiddos already had cards and were allowed to check out a book.Allie came home with all sorts of stories about what she can and cannot do with her library book. She said to me "Mom, did you know that it is NOT ok to take my library book into the bathtub with me?" I said,"Really, why?" She said "because that would be inappropriate." I did not even know that "inappropriate" was in her vocabulary. I asked her what "inappropriate" meant and she said "I think it means that it is not good for me to do it. " Pretty close. She picked out a Halloween story. She told me later that she was a little afraid of parts of it, but that seems to have been resolved. On that note, I must state that HEB (our local grocery store) infuriated me today. Why in the world do they have to put three HUGE life-sized mummies and corpse-looking things right at the front entrance of the store? I've had enough problems lately just walking past the Halloween aisle with Allie, and now these monstrosities are looming in the doorway and the poor baby is terrified to go in the store. The people who decide where to place the displays must not have young children!! So sorry for my ranting and raving but I think it is truly ridiculous. For whatever reason, Allie is more aware (I guess) of all of the costumes, esp the scary ones. It also does not help that Scott takes great delight in putting on his "freaky-looking"(Allie's words) skeleton mask from last year and chasing her around the house screaming and hissing- I'm going to get you Allie! Poor thing!! Next year she'll probably be the one jumping out from behind doors and around corners scaring everyone else so I guess I'll enjoy the times when she buries her face into me and grabs my hands for protection when we're at the store. It's going to be a long month until Halloween is over. One thing to look forward to though is Oct.30th her 5th birthday!!

Holley's level 5 floor routine.

As promised, I'm trying again to post Holley's floor routine. She did a great job!! This is the level 5 routine she did at her meet last night 9-19-08.

Are we ready for some football????

Well friends, football (flag) season has arrived. Scott had his first game of the season today ! He plays for the Buccaneers. He has the same coaches this year that he had last year and many of the same kiddos are returning as well. They were pretty good today. I was sure one proud Mama standing out there watching him!! He got a bunch of flags, and apparently sacked the quarterback twice (yes you read correctly, my son who is playing FLAG football, managed to sack the quarterback twice!) I however, was so busy talking to some of the other moms that I missed seeing the sacks. From how it sounds, he did not mean to actually sack the quarterback, he just pulled so hard on the flag that he just kind of pulled the quarterback down to the ground. He did not fall on them or anything, so no penalties were involved.. Anyway, he pulled a bunch of the other teams flags. I lost count. It was a good game and our team won 12-6 Go Buccs!!. I'm going to try to put a video clip in of one of the times he pulled a flag, he is #14 on the red team. I'm thrilled that his teams colors are red and black. As a former Red Raider (Go Texas Tech) we have plenty of red and black around! I'm very proud of your hard work today Scott!! I love you! You did awesome.

Last night 9-19-08 Holley had a gymnastics meet at Aerial Athletics in San Antonio. The meet ran so long that I got off work at the usual time and was able to make it to the gym in time to see the second half of the meet. Luckily, Meme had taken Holley and sweet Deedee Sawyer (Hannah's mom) had fixed Holley's hair for her. She did really well, much better than the last meet. Her whole team did tons better. All of us (the parents) were extremely proud of the improvements the girls have made. I missed seeing her balance beam and floor exercise. I did get to see her vault and her bar routine. I'm going to post her beam and floor routine for you to enjoy, thank you Meme for videoing for me. You did awesome Holley-girl, I'm so proud of you!! Love you tons!!

Well friends, I have not been able to post Holley's floor routine. Perhaps I've used the max video space or something. I'l try to post it later. Stay tuned....

And it begins....

Well all, we have the first sports injury of the season. No, Holley didn't fly off the bars and crack her head open and Scotty did not break something important in football. No, this time it is Macie. She has been having increasing difficulty with her right knee since she started cross country. Last night when I saw her after I got home from work, I knew something was really wrong.I took her to her Dr. this afternoon and he diagnosed her with patellar tendonitis. Meaning tendonitis around her knee cap. She is starting to feel better because she did not run today. He gave her some stretching exercises as well as some strengthening exercises to do every day and no running for 1-1 1/2 weeks. She is a little bummed. For the past week or so, I thought she was complaining about her knee because she really secretly wanted out of cross country. Even today on the way to the Dr. I told her, it's ok, you can stop if it's not for you. Her eyes got watery and she said, "Mom, I REALLY like running. " Now I feel bad because I didn't listen to her earlier. Oh well, never said I'd win the mother of the year award. Anyway, today Scott had a scrimmage with another team preparing for his first game on Sat. and Macie went to her flute lesson. Tomorrow, Holley has a gymnastics meet. Meme is going to take her since I will be working. I worked Tues and Wed. this week which is why I haven't posted any updates in the last couple of days. Gotta run, need to get the kids to bed so I can get some shut-eye. 5 am comes VERY early. Stay tuned....

Almost Famous

Well friends, today the fab four took a trip to the dentist. Since my hospital system switched insurance carriers this summer we have been able to go to a wonderful pediatric dentist. Holley and Scott actually saw her for the first time last Monday, when they had their cleanings and x-rays and the other first-visit type stuff done. Today they went back to have sealants put on their teeth. Dentistry has come a long way since I was a kid. I never had sealants put on my teeth to protect them. Anyway, Macie and Allie had their checkups and x-rays done today. Macie is an old pro at going to the dentist but Allie has no recollection of the lat time she went to the dentist which was in 2006. The insurance that we had through work (when I graduated and started working in 2006) did not allow for a pediatric dentist. They had to see a general dentist and their office refused to see children under 5 years old. Thankfully, with the new insurance, they can once again go back to an office that is tailored to meet their needs and developmental levels. It is sad that before I started working and they had Medicaid, that they saw an awesome pediatric dentist, but after all that hard work and graduating, and we finally had insurance, they had to give up seeing their dentist and go to a grumpy, old guy to clean their teeth. Anyway, this is a new dentist. Their old dentist still did not take our new insurance, but I found a wonderful one in San Antonio. They really like her and her staff. I am happy to report that no one had any cavities. Macie has to go back in a couple of weeks to have 3 teeth extracted. She has three remaining baby teeth that are stubbornly refusing to come out and you could see on the x-rays that her permanent teeth are growing sideways since they can't come in straight down. She will have the baby teeth removed and then they will put a spacer (permanent retainer) on to make sure to leave the spaces open so that hopefully, her permanent teeth will be able to come down into the right spots.

Today in the dentist's office was media day. They had a reporter there interviewing the staff and patients (and parents) and a photographer taking pictures for the local neighborhood paper. Apparently, this "little, local paper" circulates all around the North side of San Antonio. They asked me if they could include Allie in some pictures. They took a really cute one of the Dr. and Allie together and of Allie getting her teeth cleaned. Allie now thinks she is going to be famous since they told her the picture would be on the front page. The office promised to send me a copy, since we don't live there. Boerne is about 15-20 miles northwest of San Antonio. Anyway, she should be in the Oct. edition. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

Holley has gym today and Macie has cross country this afternoon. A cold front came through the area yesterday. This morning and so far this afternoon have been absolutely glorious. There's a nice cool breeze, and the humidity is very low. Macie said to me, "Mom, I sure hope it is still this cool when I'm running this afternoon!". For her sake, I hope it is too. I absolutely ADORE this time of year, when it is cooling off. I'm sure that summer will be back with a vengance in a few days (it always is around here), but it is a hint of things to come, and a reminder to me that whether I like it or not, time is marching on. Sometimes I just wish I could hit "pause" for a little while. Oh well. Tonight is parent night at the middle school. I have to follow Macie's schedule and go to all of her classes and meet her teachers. It will be interesting to see how lost I get wandering around her campus. Should be interesting. Take care, and stay tuned....