Placenta????

Seriously, I don't know where this is going, hopefully just to a good laugh. All the girlie girls in our house  take our  hair pretty seriously.  Running out of condition can cause an uprising.  Last week the unspeakable happened and for several days thanks to a very absent minded mom, we were left with shampoo only.  Of course I remembered we were out of conditioner right after I shampooed, rinsed and went to reach for the conditioner that wasn't there.  Only to make a mental (useless) note to remember to get conditioner. Finally Olivia, "calmly"and "politely" reminded me for about the fiftieth time that she could no longer live with out conditioner. 


Peter was out so we made the call to Dad to please pick up  some  conditioner on the way home so life could resume it's tranquil flow in our home.  Now let me state that Peter has picked up everything from conditioner to nail polish remover for his "girls". I can say with confidence that he is pretty darn good and comfortable with himself on the "girlie "isles in the store. 


But something must have distracted him this time. We are a Suave family.  We use the shampoo, conditioner, kids products and hairspray, and body wash. It smells good and fits into our budget. But Peter deviated from the well worn path of Suave and came home with something different. I didn't care or notice at first. It was a huge bottle and I figured it was on sale. Good shopper, Peter! 


after Olivia took her shower she came into the kitchen to announce that the conditioner Dad bought smelled like poop!  "Come on Olivia, it can't be that bad" I said. Stop complaining!!!

Well, I eventually got a shower and was very thankful when I saw this enormous bottle of conditioner. I lathered up. Then I could smell it. What was that smell? The conditioner? EWWW! It did smell like... what Olivia said!


Then for the first time I actually took a look at the bottle. I wanted to see what the name was. 

This is what I saw!

Placenta???  Could that explain the odd odor?  OK, now I realize that the word placenta must mean something else in another language. I googled the Spanish meaning and got the same as English.  I thought this was so stinkin' funny! Does anyone know what this word means???  Other than the obvious. 


And as of now, Peter is on probation. because as you can see he bought not one but TWO bottles of Placenta!!

Em's New OT Group

Miss Em started a new OT group. It's really great. We meet once a week, for about an hour. There are five or six children. It is like a day of school condensed into this hour. We begin with a song to welcome everyone. The child is to take their photo from the ground and attach it to a board. Here they are learning to recognize their picture and follow simple procedure. Miss Em doesn't have a photo of herself yet but there is a picture of a baby , she takes it with some guidance and puts it on the board.  Next is music and dancing. no problem there. After that is circle time. Everyone sits for a story. Small issue here about actually sitting for the story. This week she decided to stand in front of the person reading for a better view. 


Next is craft time. I really thought this was going to be Miss Em's favorite part.  The children all sit at pint sized table and chairs. This was Em's first time sitting like this. She looked like such a big girl.  The first time we were there the craft was a tree with a nest in it. All pre-cut pieces of construction paper. Miss Em was "supposed" to glue them onto another piece of paper and add real leaves and acorns and of course the nest. All with help from me.  Well she decided this project was for the birds. The paper was tossed over her shoulder, the leaves were crumbled into minute pieces all over the floor and the acorns, she decided looked good enough to eat! So much for craft number one! This week I really had high hopes for craft time. We were painting!!! What kid doesn't like a good roll in paint!  She looked so cute in her little smock. 


As the children took their seats around the table I new that unfortunately this craft was about to become another fiasco. I just assumed they would be using brushes or little fingers to paint with but, no, no, no! They were using big beautiful APPLES cut in half. 
I cringed because I could see Miss Em already foaming at  the mouth. Em loves apples! She sat patiently as paper was passed to each child, and yellow and red dishes of paint were placed on the table. She waited for her turn to be handed an apple, and as all the other kids were preparing to dip that big apple in paint, my Sweetie delighted in eating her craft!!! Which immediately prompted the other kids to eat theirs too! And yes craft time turned into snack time. They had to hurry to bring out a dish of sliced apples that the kids could eat, but it was too late for Em. She had no interest in painting. 
I can't wait to see what they have planned next.

Wordless Wednesday

A Day In The Life

Erin over at Unforeseen Gifts has this great idea to share what goes on for a day in your life. I'm always amazed at peoples days and what they are doing. I thought this would be fun.

 I chose today because I just happened to be posting today.  My days all have basically the same routine, give or take any unforeseen "fun".


- alarm clock rings at 5:00 am
- I get up before anyone else and make coffee. Then I open my eyes. Make lunches for school and get a few minutes of me time .
- 7:00am, start waking up the kids.
- Today I took Olivia to visit a high school we are really hoping she can attend. We left at 7:30am.
- I got home at 8:30, just in time to take the three remaining school children in.
- at 10:00am Miss Em had a group OT session until 11:00.
- we had an hour to kill between 11:00 and 12:00, when she had PT, at the same place so we sat in the car and looked at each other.
- after her PT, it was 1:00pm, I had time to go home, put an exhausted Em into bed, and do  a quick clean up.
-Throw in some laundry
- pick up Olivia at 2:30 from the high school. She loved it!! Said a quick prayer that God would help make it financially possible and went straight to pick up the other Dumplings at their school. 
- Home by 3:15. The girls did a quick change and we headed out to ballet class that starts at 4:00pm.
-I waited for Miss Bella's class to be over at 5:30, and took her home. Olivia and Sophia are there until 8:30.
- And just in case you thought I forgot about Me Time Tuesday, I did not! I'm having it right now, because Peter is picking Olivia and Sophia up from Ballet tonight. I quit early!
- only thing left is bedtime for the little ones, which will be in just a few moments. 
- And yes in between the ballet runs the kids were fed and homework was done. 

Too Much TV?

OH NO!!  Emmie has learned how to turn the TV on!!!  Milestone or nightmare?  The funny part is, if it's not what she wants, she will shut it off! Too funny. This morning she put it on and after a few minutes she shut it off and asked me for her Signing Time video.  She can sign"Signing" . That's how I know what she wants, plus that's all she ever wants to watch.

Thankful Sunday

The baby is napping, Peter is putting the walls back in Andrew's bedroom(yes, from the flood ) and the girls are all somewhere, and quiet. And no, I'm not going to look for them. Andrew just got a lollipop and promised to leave me in peace for at least five minutes. And there's a big chicken roasting in the oven.   Now that's all worth being thankful for!


But I do have one more thing.
 These!

I have never seen these before. Courtney was thankful for them on her blog and ever since I've been searching high and low for them. Today I found them!!!! And yum!!!!!!! 




And I'm thankful for the good laugh we had when we came out of the grocery store today. 

Picture this. A family of seven(us), coming out of the store with groceries, then realizing the boat of a SUV they drive is already packed to the gills with boxes.All the seats are filled with children. So what else to do but start tossing the bags on top of the children. Emmie excluded. Mom is in the front seat belting out a yawn that could swallow the State of RI. Dad is running around the car from kid to kid fitting in bags. I turn my head towards the window and notice a young guy just staring at me. Oh great, didn't notice him there before that yawn. Now I'm so embarrassed. But I start to giggle. I lean over to let Sophia in on it. And we look over at the guy. He is watching us very closely and his mouth is hanging open. I haven't seen him blink yet either. Now I'm dying, I can't even try to control my laughter, and it's contagious. we all start laughing. Peter is now in the car, and the guy is still staring!!! Mouth still open, eyes like two saucers. Total shock and awe! 


He stayed like that until we backed out of the parking lot. He may still be like that!  The only thing I 'm wondering is, if it was my yawn, or the fact that we were burying our kids with bags, or the fact that he hadn't heard that Ringling Brothers was in town that put him in such a state of  shock.


I wish I had my camera with me . His expression was priceless.


Wishing everyone a good laugh today!

Check Out Dalton!

My adoption page is up! Go see Dalton!!

Plimoth, Plymouth, Plymoth????

No matter how you spell it, Plymouth MA , is a great place. I went on a field trip today with Bella's class. A very appropriate place for this time of year.  What a blast. We meet Native Americans and Pilgrims too. The kids had a hoot trying to catch a chicken. and I got up close to a rooster. I stopped to fix my sneaker and don't ask why but Mr. Rooster came walking up to me. 

The weather was picture perfect. We had a picnic lunch, what more can you ask for.


As for the spelling? Choose which ever one you like. Another thing I learned today was that back in the 17th century, there were no spelling rules and people just spelled things phonetically . That explains the many different  spellings of the word Plymoth!

The Mayflower Two

Plymouth

gotta get a picture of the Rock

Mr. Rooster,

 

This Guy was just soakin' up the sun

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Plimoth Village

A lesson in canoe making

Advice Please

I need some advice on my new pages. I really thought  they would be filled with people asking for prayers and putting their adoption fundraisers out there. But they are not. Granted, this is not an adoption blog so most of my followers are not fund raising, but I still thought someone would find it. I do have one on the fund raising page but I was expecting more. 



This is just my way of helping out. I can't possibly donate to everyone, but if my followers see them who knows what can happen. I'm just trying to help spread the word. 

As far as the prayer page, I could fill it myself. It's open to everyone. So if you need a prayer please feel free to post it. I pray daily for everyone already on it and hopefully any one who adds to it or reads them will also say a prayer.

So if anyone has any suggestions please leave a comment. If you know someone who is fund raising please lead them here. This is for any adoption. foreign, domestic, special needs or no special needs. It doesn't matter. 


Also I cannot figure out how to change the color or font of the pages titles. They are so blah people probably don't even notice them. If anyone knows how , please share the secret.


Thanks!

Wordless Wednesday

Feeling hungry...

help yourself.

Me Time Tuesday, It's Back

I definitely have to bring back Me Time Tuesday, if only for the sole reason of keeping my sanity. I didn't post in October because of Down syndrome Awareness Month, and the end result was, there was no "Me Time" in October.


So my beginning attempts for the month of November, was getting in to the Christmas Spirit. I already spilled the beans in my Thankful Sunday post, but  that's OK.  Sunday was a day of baking pies and watching Christmas classics. and of course eating apple and pumpkin pies, for breakfast , lunch and dinner since Sunday. 


I also slept in. Something very rare. We went to church Saturday night.There was no morning rush, no where to go, no one to drop off or pick up.that most likely will not happen again in my lifetime. LOL 


There was no excitement until Sophia's little ordeal at night. But other than the trip to the ER the day was completely relaxing.


So what have you all been up too????

Sophia Update

Thank you for the prayers!!! She is home and I truly believe it is because you were all praying!


Last night around 6:30, I decided she needed to go to the ER. I was planning on taking her to her pedi this morning but she couldn't wait. She was having more and more trouble breathing, and honestly she doesn't complain enough, she was worse than I thought. 

So Peter took her to a closer hospital, Kent County. I figured they would give her a breathing treatment, Albuteral and probably a steroid. Take an x-ray call it pneumonia and send her home. 
I was correct on all counts except the, send her home part. They couldn't keep her oxygen levels up and they couldn't see anything in her x- rays so they wanted her to go by rescue to Hasbro Children's. I do believe they were passing the buck. But I also appreciate the fact that they were sending her into more qualified hands, and did not want to risk sending her home.

Anyway we said no to the rescue and Peter took her himself. He stopped at home first, which is on the way to the other hospital. I didn't go because I didn't feel comfortable leaving Olivia alone with the little ones so late at night. It was already after 11:00 pm.  That was not easy. We were absolutely expecting her to be admitted. and I so wanted to be with her. Thank God for a great Dad, that's all I can say.

Big surprise! At 2:00 this morning she was home!! They sent her home with all the "goods", and we can take care of her here. What a welcome surprise that was. And again, it's because of prayer, thank you!!!!!  

prayers please

My Sophia is headed to Hasbro Children's Hospital. Can't keep her oxygen levels up. Most likely a pneumonia,but they are not sure, Nothing showing in the x- ray. Long night ahead!

One More Thing I'm Thankful For Today!

My dear friend is back in blogland! My inspiration for my Thankful Sunday posts. Scrappy Quilter is back in action! WOO HOO!!!!!

Thankful Sunday

We are heading into the best time of year!! The holiday season is upon us!!! The girls are rehearsing for The Nutcracker, their Ballet School/ Company puts on a beautiful performance every year.  It's a crazy busy head spinning time for us all but we love it!!!!


I am thankful that all three of my girls will be in the same cast this year. And the same scene!!!  Which means they all have rehearsal on the same day and time. That's HUGE!!!


Very Thankful,Miss Em had a very smooth Speech evaluation. We are preparing for her new IFSP. 


Thankful that her signing is really coming along.


Thankful for INCREDIBLE friends in my life.  God has placed the most amazing people in our lives.


Thankful that we have a radio station that is playing only Christmas music!!! Yeah! Sorry Olivia, haha. she's not in the holiday mood yet.


Today I'm baking pies! Apple and pumpkin. I've already sent out the warning that I'm in the mood to watch my favorite Christmas movie, It's A Wonderful Life. Maybe we'll turn it into a double feature and watch, A Christmas Story too. 




Everyone have a wonderful Sunday.


BTW, I'll be bringing back, Me Time Tuesday, now that October is over. I wanted to concentrate  on Down syndrome Awareness Month.

People Are Reading

OK, guys I'm checking my sitemeter, people are going to my prayer request and fundraiser pages. Don't be shy. If you need a prayer, go for it. You can stay anonymous if you  feel more comfortable.  We don't need details and God already knows anyway. 


And if you're fundraising for an adoption add yourself. You never know who might be reading. 


I check in and I am praying for all the requests!!!

Fundraising Page

My fundraising page is up. Anyone who is doing any kind of fundraising for any adoption , please feel free to add your link!

Prayer Requests

My new prayer request page is up and running! All requests are welcome from everyone!!  Check it out and add a request. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

I'm Working On It...

I'm adding some pages to my blog. It's a work in progress and may be for some time.I'm trying to figure it out as I go, as to how I want to do this. Stick with me.
 It looks great in my head!

Wordless Wednesday

Peek a boo