What a Weekend

This weekend, after all of her hard work, Chiggie performed in the play Peter Pan. She played a pirate narrator named Patchy. It was great! She got to be on stage in a pirate ship for the entire production and had lines in every scene. Sunday afternoon, after the last performance, we gave her these flowers.

My little sisters were also in the production. They played the roles of the lost boys twins. Very cute!

On Saturday night I worked back stage. It can hardly be called working it was so easy. The kids were very quiet and well behaved. I liked watching them get their makeup on.

I am so proud of all of them. It was a wonderful and hilarious play. I am constantly amazed at the talent these young kids have. We are very lucky to live somewhere with a such a quality program for the youth!

Double Trouble (Ear Update)

I called first thing this morning to talk to the pediatrician's office about Boo. They really thought it would be best if I brought her in to have the ear looked at. I asked Boo if her ear was still hurting. She nodded that yes it was but pointed to the other ear. Now I was thoroughly confused and thought maybe I had forgotten which ear she poked. Once we got to the office she told the nurse and the doctor that both ears actually hurt. Upon examination it was determined that her eardrum was still intact. I was so relieved. The doctor could see where she had scratched the membrane and that is where the blood came from. It turns out her other ear was indeed infected. Go figure. Poor thing, both of her ears really did hurt. I felt bad, but relieved that I had brought her in. She has now had two doses of her antibiotic and I think she will be a much happier girl tomorrow!

Monkey See Monkey Do

I clean my ears with q-tips. I know I shouldn't. It's bad for them. I do it anyway though. I have never, ever, not even once, used a q-tip on one of the kids ears. I clean them with a warm washcloth and that is it. Boo didn't think that was good enough. She decided to try it my way. Unfortunately she was bumped and it went in too far. She SCREAMED out it pain immediately. I looked in the ear and didn't see anything. She complained about it for a while and then fell asleep. Tonight I noticed dried blood in the ear canal. Poor girl. I guess tomorrow I will call the doctor and see what they think I should do. I don't even know if there is anything that can be done at this point. She says it still hurts and I feel awful for her. I am, of course, putting them out of reach from now on. Poor Boo.

Dress Rehearsal

I can't believe the Peter Pan performance is this weekend. Its gone by so fast. As always Chiggie has had a terrific time. It hasn't been nearly as time consuming as Willy Wonka so that's been nice. I can't wait to watch the play on Friday night!

Good Bye

I am so glad to see February go. Nothing against the month in general, just ready to move on to March and hopefully some warmer, greener weather. I'm also excited for Spring Break which is right around the corner. We don't have any plans so far, but the thought of 10 days off of school sounds pretty lovely about now. The weather today was wonderful aside from a breezy afternoon. I'm looking so forward to trips to the park and walking to and from school. So, goodbye winter, it was fun while it lasted.

Whew

I am so glad to have that over with. It took me pretty much the entire weekend, but Tea and Chiggie are now official roommates. I got all 3 kids rooms cleaned, closets and all. They look very nice. It's amazing the mess that was made in the rest of the house while I was busy up there. Oh well, you can't win them all.

This weekend really flew by. Probably with all of the cleaning, but still. We found time last night for a movie and that was nice. We went to church this morning even though we overslept and only had 1 hr to get everyone showered and ready. I'm glad we all made it though. This week is pretty busy with dress rehearsals for Chiggie's play. Opening night is Friday. I'm so excited. I'm watching Friday, working Saturday, and the King will watch Sunday. I will be sure to post lots of pics!

Trading Spaces

The Dauk family edition. Today I made the brave decision to shake things up a bit. It has become overwhelming for me to have 3 kids in 1 room . Both Chiggie and Buster have their own rooms, but the other 3 were sharing. It wasn't so much them that was overwhelming, but their stuff. 3 people's worth of stuff in 1 room is just too much. Especially since we do not have a play room.

Now that Tea is in school I think it's fair to move her up. I wasn't sure how Chiggie would react, but it turns out she was excited to get a roommate. Unfortunately Midge was not too excited to lose one. She doesn't really like change and I think it made her sad to go to bed tonight without Tea. It will be interesting to see how Boo does, being she has crawled into Tea's bed every single night for almost 3 months now. I'm sure they'll all do great once we're through the adjustment period. I cleaned the room really good and even re-decorated their bathroom. Tomorrow I will finish Midge and Boo's room and then the whole upstairs will be clean and organized. Such a good feeling!