May 25, 2014

Siddo.

  When my kids are sick, I look forward to the time when they start to act like themselves again.  It makes me feel like things are back to normal.  I was looking for regular Sydney today, but she still wasn't there.  The fog of the sedation had worn off, but the swelling and pain started today.  She's on two antibiotics, two pain medications, and a tooth/gum cleaner.  In all, she takes medicine eight times a day, with pain relief added in whenever needed.  Blah.

May 24, 2014

June 2005

  I really hated today.  Sydney left to ride bikes with her friend this afternoon.  A couple of hours later we got a frantic knock on our front door.  It was her friend, telling us Sydney was bit by a dog.  She was playing fetch with this friend's dog, when he turned on her.  He came after her, and as she was running away, she slipped in the mud.  The dog got on top of her and wouldn't let go.  Thank heaven my neighbor was looking out her back window.  She saw the dog chasing Sydney, but couldn't get to her soon enough for stop the dog.  The neighbor said she could hardly pull the dog off of her.  She had to have her father hold him back from attacking her again.  
  I'm sure my neighbor was more shook up than anyone.  She didn't know who Sydney was, so she called 911.  We had a cul de sac full of police, firetruck, ambulance, and animal control.  Sydney was relatively calm, holding a towel up to her mouth.  I could see the cuts on her cheeks, and when I asked her to move the towel, I saw two teeth pulled out, dangling from her braces wire.  I imagine the dog got his teeth on her braces and yanked.  Sydney was in shock, which is good because I don't think she was processing the pain.  
  Thankfully, Jeff was home and knew just what to do.  We declined the ambulance ride and headed off to the ER.  In retrospect, I wish I had taken a moment to comfort Shelbi a little.  She is terrified of dogs and this put her over the edge.  I wasn't thinking too clearly at this point.
  I could go on, but basically we had all the right people in the right place to put Sydney back together.  Her dentist came in immediately to put her teeth back in.  Jeff was geared up to do her stitches, but we convinced him to step back and let someone else take care of it.  I can't imagine the pressure of stitching up my own daughter.  He takes pressure much better than I.
  We finally came back home six hours later.  Our kids had been fed (a whole other story), Shelbi was calm, and we were exhausted.  Syd was still woozy from being sedated.  I just wanted my silly, sassy girl back.

May 23, 2014

  This girl, who will be a teenager in less than six months, has a current obsession with hair and nail tutorials on the computer.  She watches the video and then rushes off to the bathroom to try it on herself.

May 22, 2014

Kindergarten career day

  I had this boy convinced that he wanted to be a police officer (we have that Halloween costume) but the night before he changed his mind to firefighter.  Since we don't have a firefighter costume, I started calling out different professions that we could throw together.  Somehow, doctor went from draping a stethoscope around his neck and calling it good, to cutting down some of Jeff's old scrubs to Ry-Guy size.  Jeff loved this.  He even made a special trip to the hospital after 10 PM to get Ryan a cap.  He makes a pretty handsome doctor, I must say.

May 21, 2014

  You get a 2 for 1 today.  We went to Sydney's talent show at 9:30, and had to rush off after her performance to catch Shelbi's awards assembly at the middle school at 10.

  Last year Syd's talent show performance was a "Tango Skit." I'm not sure what she titled her talent this year.  It started out as gymnastics, and ended with singing with two of her friends.  

This girl was all smiles.

May 20, 2014

Pictures of my kids' end-of-school programs/performances?  Get used to them.

 This one I caught Shelbi during her solo.

May 19, 2014

  You know those stickers people put on the back of their cars to announce that they've run a marathon?  It says 26.2?  I pulled up behind this car today:

This "runner" and I could totally be friends.