The Carousel

With this week full of testing for Spencer with school...we haven't seen much of him...The girls and I needed something fun to do...(the girls get tired of Mom all day...and really I needed some fresh air) I took the girls over to The District here in Henderson to ride the Carousel. Oh and did I mention the weather here is BEAUTIFUL!!! We are park goers everyday!

Ella wanted to ride the Carousal multiple times...She loved it! She rode on the Panda Bear and then the Zebra.

Molly wasn't so sure?? No she really did like it! She rode the Horseee. Molly really pronounces that "E" on Horse.

I am NOT your Breakfast!

Ok...So I have been training for a run I am doing in April...I was out early last saturday for an 8 mile run. I was up early enough to see the SUN RISE! How BEAUTIFUL! I was happily groovin' to some tunes on the ipod...running...All of a sudden 2 cyotes come running down the rocks and across the street. I stop dead in my tracks...they are 10 ft from me...what to do?? Do I turn around and go back...No...do I run across the street...No...I stand there. They stare at me for almost 5 minutes then walk away.

I proceed with my run. I am about a mile up the road and again I see (only 1 cyote this time) walk up the rocks he is about 5 ft from me. Ok....I am scared they think I am their breakfast!!

Side note:I was reading USDA Wildlife Data and due to an absence of harassment by residents, urban coyotes lose their natural fear of humans, which is further worsened by people intentionally feeding coyotes. In such situations, some coyotes have begun to act aggressively toward humans, chasing joggers and bicyclists, confronting people walking their dogs, and stalking small children.

If this doesn't scream WATCH OUT what does!!

So back to my story...The cyote runs off! Thankfully! I proceed with my run ( I still have 3 miles left and I really don't know if I should call it quits...) I finish up with the last mile which comes down along side the golf course close to our home...I see to my left 3 small rabbits sitting on the green of hole 9 ...Cute right? Will they jump at me too?? No they watched happily as I passed by!

What an experience!

Update

Ella had tubes put in her ears on Friday and did great.

From start to finish we were at the hospital for about 3 hours. Pretty quick procedure!
The doctor and nurses said she would probably sleep most of the day due to the anesthia...however I really think the girl has opposite affects with the medication! She was wired!

I was sent home with instructions to keep her inside with minimal activity...We ended up taking a walk...she didn't want to ride in the stroller with Molly so she ran for over an hour! Really I thought once we got home she would sleep...Nope!

She is doing great...

(Thank you Hailey for watching Molly)

Ears

Poor little Ella...5 ear infections in 2 months! yikes!!
She is going for surgery friday...she will have tubes put into both ears. I am really hoping this will help prevent any further ear infections from occuring! Wish us luck...I will post more....

Contest!

So...Spencer and I love to play this game...We play it often! We will have a best out of 3 contest to see how wins! Well, sad to say in our 5 years of marriage I have won only once! It is still fun!

While Molly is napping Ella and I will either play a game or have Learning Time! The other day when I asked Ella what game she wanted to play...she said Battleship! Not Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders or Go Fish...BATTLESHIP!

This is a great game for her. She knows her alphabet very well and also her numbers up to 25. Really...if she starts winning on me...that will be a sad day for she is only 3!

Weekend with Nanny

All Aboard!

So my Mom came to town last weekend which was so much fun! We love company! We decided to take a train ride since Ella and Molly have never been on a train. They really did enjoy it!

This photo here...wow!

Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls...All aboard!

Thank you for all the fun gifts and entertainment! We had a fun weekend Mom!

Happy Birthday Cat!

Happy 50th Birthday to The Cat In The Hat!

Fun Fact:

Did you know that Dr. Seuss used only 236 different words to write THE CAT IN THE HAT?

Since we have quite the collection of Dr. Seuss books at our house...I thought the girls might like this fun event @ the Library! Today Ella and Molly went for the celebration of the 50th Birthday of The Cat In The Hat. Miss Leona read them two books: The Cat In the Hat and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. They were given cute hats (face paint) Red and Blue fish sugar cookies (very cute by the way) and they made a place mat which they got to color and laminate. FUN activity today for the munchkins!