November photo round up

Rose asked me to paint her toenails. She was bored during the process, but thrilled afterward!

The "proper" way to eat PB&J: with a fork.

We had a "playdate" at the zoo yesterday.

Rose and Emma had tons of fun! (And Emma's mom, Anna, and I got to do lots of talking!)

From my friend Danielle's wedding back in September.

 

"Just like Mommy..."

Our little reindeer

Let the planning begin!

another accident

If a picture tells the story of a thousand words, here it is:

note the red abrasion and the HUGE black-and-blue goose egg surrounding it

We had a SUPER busy weekend, so we tried to get outside for a little bit of relaxing "family time" this afternoon while the weather was still nice. We went across the road to the construction site in order to play on the dirt piles and pick up some of the extra rocks to "steal" for our yard. Mike had a backpack on and was handing me rocks to fill it up....

Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Rose ducked in between us, leaned down to climb up a dirt hill on all fours, and Mike swung a rock back to hand to me.   And BAM.



I HATE accidents where Rose gets hurt!!! Inside, I was crying just as much as she was. It was awful.

And the poor girl had to put up with me trying to do a mini concussion eval on her - do you realize how hard it is to test the orientation, memory, and processing speeds of a three-year-old?!?  Thank heavens she didn't lose consciousness and did not report any post-traumatic amnesia.

Now I just have to practice self-forgiveness yet again.

Rose-isms and Halloween

The other day Rose and I were eating breakfast together as Mike was carrying things outside to pack up his car in order to go fishing after work. As he carried his HUGE tackle box outside, Rose yelled out "Be careful, Mikey!" (Where did she come up with that knickname?!)


Another day I gave Rose the option to go to school right away so I could get gas after dropping her off, or to go with me to get gas before I dropped her off. She thought about it for a long time, then responded "maybe Daddy should get gas for you and we play."   (I like the way she thinks!)




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In other news, I LOVE when Halloween falls on a Saturday! Extra time to dress up and have fun, and no worries about having to get to school/work the next day. Rose was also THRILLED to be able to wear her costume all day. She had asked to be a princess, in blue, with a dress that reached "all the way to the ground!" and with a cape. I think we succeeded! She's my favorite Cinderella ever.

Putting on Cinderella's magic slippers.

The Shops at West End hosted a little Halloween event for kids.

 At one of the first stores they asked her "who are you for Halloween?"  She paused, then responded "I'm Rose."  :)

So hard to pick just one treat!

"Trick or treat!"

We even ran into her best friend from school!

 

We had yummy Indian food for lunch!

After lunch and a few errands, we returned home for nap time. And after nap we finally carved our pumpkin!  (Bought way back when we went to Mankato for the day!) We haven't even tried carving pumpkins for the past few years, so this was Rose's first experience pulling out the "guts."

"You want me to do what?!"

One seed at a time...

Then shake that one seed to the ground...

30 minutes later!

I love this photo!

"Hurry up, Mommy! It's getting dark out!"

I love her reflection in the door!

It got dark fast!

Look at that stash!!!

THAT'S what we call a "sugar buzz!!"

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween!

family photos!

A few weeks ago we had family pictures taken by Chelsea Madsen Images. You may recall that "Ms. Chelsea" is one of the teachers at Rose's school, and she has taken Rose's school pictures for the past couple years.  We had SO much fun at Westwood Hills Nature Center, and I was thrilled with the results. I highly recommend Ms. Chelsea if you're looking for a very reasonably priced and excellent photographer!!

Here are the highlights of the 300+ that she took that morning. You can look forward to seeing my favorites (of these) on our holiday card this year. And speaking of holiday cards, if you've moved in the past year or if you haven't previously gotten a card but want to start, let me know your address!

P.S. If you want any of these as prints, let me know!

Wacky Wednesday, and Impetigo

Wacky Wednesday:
Sometimes things unexpectedly work out!  Mike and Rose were at the cabin for four days (MEA weekend), which means that we didn't do laundry on our regular schedule. As a result, Rose was running dangerously low on clothing by mid-week, including having totally run out of pants. Apparently she was uninterested in wearing a dress (with leggings) on Wednesday, so Mike dressed her in a pair of horrid pink plaid flannel pajama bottoms, which she paired with a blank-and-gold ruffly shirt. I try to avoid making any comments about her clothing choices that aren't complimentary, so I kept my mouth shut that morning. Imagine my surprise when we showed up at "school" and all the teachers told her what a GREAT combo she had on... and then I realized it was "wacky Wednesday." Ah, we couldn't have created a better wacky Wednesday outfit if we had tried! :)




Impetigo:
As I mentioned, Mike and Rose were at the cabin last week. When they got home on Sunday afternoon, I saw that the skin around Rose's mouth was covered with a rash! I immediately jumped into "protective mommy mode" and asked Mike what he did to our daughter. (Sorry, Mike!) He and I brainstormed for awhile what it might be:  allergy to a new food? Irritation from drooling? Allergy to a new detergent? Insect bites? Eczema? Gangrene? Leprosy?? Necrotizing fasciitis???    (No, we don't catastrophize at all. Really.)


We turned to "doctor google" and quickly learned that google image searching for anything rash-like is not a good idea. Don't do it on a full stomach.


Anyway, it seemed to look a little better by evening (and she said it didn't itch at all), so we sent her to school on Monday and asked her teachers to keep an eye on it. On Monday night it looked better in some areas, but we started to question whether it might be spreading. We sent her to school again on Tuesday, hoping that it would just go away. Well, Tuesday afternoon I got a call from school stating that she wouldn't be able to come back until after we got a doctor's note clearing her. Wah-waaah.


Mike did a great job of getting her the first available appointment at the doctor's office, but it would have required one of us taking a half day. So instead I took her to urgent care. A couple hours later we had a diagnosis of "mild impetigo" (don't google it!) and a prescription for a topical antibiotic. Whew! So happy it was nothing more serious, but also hopeful that neither Mike nor I contract it from her.

I'm SO thankful that she's not nearly as sick any more as she was in the first year or two of life, but I sure will be glad when we're done experiencing all these random illnesses of childhood!

I refused to photo-document the impetigo!