"Pink Eye"

Yesterday, Amelia was sent home from school with "pink eye."  I got a voicemail from the nurse on my break at work and she said, "her eye had a crusty and it is red - I am no doctor but it looks like pink eye."  Jason got her from school.  I panicked.  I have a serious eye phobia and I just imagined what I remember pink eye to be - gross.

I got home that afternoon and I said, "where's the pink eye?"  That's right her "pink eye" wasn't visible at a glance - like I remembered pink eye to be.  I took a closer look and her eye was a little pink, bloodshot almost - like when you are very tired or suffer from allergies.  

We kept her home again today and her eye didn't change but just to be on the safe side I took her to the minute clinic in town.  I asked the woman at the desk if they checked for pink and she told me they did and asked who I thought had pink eye.  I told her the situation and she grabbed the physician and as he walked up he said, "that's allergies."  I knew it!  He showed me how to check for infection beneath the lower eyelid and said unless I see irritation there it is allergies.  

I e-mailed her teacher that she will be there tomorrow and let them know that it is simply allergies and that if it ever appears to be an infection we will make sure to check before sending her.

I am still just a little baffled at why they thought it was pink eye.  At the same time I am thankful they are so cautious because things like that spread quickly and the sooner you catch it the sooner a sick kid keeps the germs home!  In addition to those feelings I am a bit annoyed...she missed two days of school over this and she only goes three to begin with!  Oh well.  I fit in as much language as I could this afternoon to try and make up for it!

Amelia was happy I let her play with her friends tonight since it has been confirmed she is not sick!

Tea Party :)

 

Snapshots

Sweet, sleeping baby

Beautiful little girl!

Joey's first chicken nugget

Saturday night Wal-Mart adventure

A helpful big sister :)

Carnival ride!

Swinging

Amelia's "Choo Choo"

Big guy!

Practicing standing!

Until next time!

Sick Day

Jason kept Amelia home from school today - her first "'sick day."  Yesterday she was sent to the nurses office because she was pale and had a low-grade fever (99, barely a fever I say....) and then this morning she was coughing and not herself.  Just to be safe he called her in and we stayed inside tonight and didn't play with friends.  

Joe missed his naptime this afternoon and never really slept but Amelia did!  That's one sure sign that she isn't feeling 100%.

Joe seemed content in his crib - doing whatever it is he does in there - so I laid down as well!  I have been pretty beat the past few weeks so the rest felt great this afternoon!

Amelia's ponies were pirates today:

A friend on Facebook told me that today is "National Talk Like a Pirate Day" so apparently we got our pirate play in on the right day!

It was fun playing inside tonight, just us.

Tomorrow I start carpooling with a woman from work.  It will be nice.  I will have some company to and from work and, most importantly, it will cut down on gas costs!  This also means I can't run late...this woman is always ten minutes early...  I always aim to be ten minutes early just so I can be on time!

Rainbow Butterflies

Amelia has turned into a picky eater.  One day she would eat just about anything and the next she'd eat barely anything.  I'm not sure what happened but it has posed quite the challenge for us!

While grocery shopping one day I got some tomato and carrot farfalle noodles because they were orange and at that time Amelia was very into orange.  As soon as I showed her the box she got excited and started talking about the yummy "orange butterflies."  We made some and she gobbled them up - no sauce, just (fake) parmesan.  I've been getting them ever since.

Over the weekend Jason grabbed tri-color farfalle to see what she thought.  Tonight we tried "rainbow butterflies" for the first time and they were a hit!

Her reaction was better than I could have hoped it would be:

(that is an excited face...in case you couldn't tell...)

She was excited about the green ones - the new color she hadn't had before!  

It may not be the ideal way to get vegetables into her but for now it is better than nothing!  I'm hopeful her eagerness to try new things returns one day.  For now all we can do is continue to offer her new things and hope she tries some of them!

A Few Things

We had a rather uneventful weekend.  We grocery shopped, Amelia spent both Friday and Saturday nights with my family.  Sunday, before she returned, we emptied some stuff out of our room (it feels much less storage-unit-like now!), vacuumed and dusted like nobody's business (allergies have been bad for us recently - this was necessary), I did eleven loads of laundry (every single hamper was empty!) and we moved a few things around in Joe's room.

Not a significant change but we needed to get him away from the blinds.  I think it feels more open in there now but I'm sure it's just the change feeling refreshing.

The kids tonight:

I started a new job within Target today.  I left my position on the in-stocks team (basically, a team dedicated to maintaining accurate inventory and replenishment of products) and joined the presentation team.  I am excited about this change.  The presentation team sets new aisles/products throughout the store.  Today we set trim-a-tree....Christmas lights!  I think it will be a lot of fun learning this position during fourth quarter and the holidays!  Later this year the presentation team becomes the "toy team" as well - maintaining the toy department during the crazy Christmas season!  I was sought out for this position which makes me feel good and proud that I do a good job at work.

 

 Cooler weather finally seems to be upon us and I could not be more excited :) 

Go Bears!

The Bears are playing the Packers tonight and we can't watch!!!  We do not receive the channel with the basic cable package we have :(  I thought for sure it would be on since we are in Wisconsin and their rivalry is one of the oldest in football but I was wrong!

It's currently the second quarter and the Packers are winning, 10-0.  I have toyed with the idea of streaming the game live at nfl.com but will actually probably just head to bed!  I could use the sleep...

Go Bears!

Pajama Night!

It was gloomy out today and rainy so we stayed in and hung out in pajamas!  I gave Amelia her bath around 4 this afternoon and we all got into our sleepwear for a comfortable night inside.

Mostly we played with Little People tonight.  They are a hit with both of the kids - and mama.  We also played "catch" with a few different balls, read some books and played with oversize cars and trucks.  

Amelia was, for the most part, really sweet to Joe tonight.  She even gave him a high-5!   I love it when they get along and play (mostly) nice with each other!