Amy’s 6 month late 2 year checkup

So, I took Amers in today for her checkup. She was complaining about her knee a lot, so I thought I’d go ahead and do it. Also, we are starting her in day care two days a week in the fall and I wanted to be sure she was up to date on her shots.
She weighs 28 lbs and is 36 inches tall. She is right at the 50th percent tile for weight and the 75th for height. Everything looks good, she is right on target for all her milestones. My babies have always had LARGE heads, but since Amy’s has slowed growing enough to no longer be off the charts, they won’t measure that any more. She did GREAT during the exam. They pricked her finger and she just watched them get the blood, and then she offered them her other hand when they were done. She did get upset when they gave her a shot, but who can blame her!!! She stopped crying when I told her she could have a sucker. She got one for E, too. So cute, “Dis for me and dis for Izzy.”
I asked Dr. Amy to check on her left knee, as she has been complaining about it a LOT. She said that she thought she might have twisted it, or that it might be falling asleep. We are to give her Motrin twice a day for a week or so in case she did twist it—that will take down any swelling. If it turns red, she starts limping, or we see a knot or anything, we have to bring her back ASAP, but she didn’t think that would happen.
She also gave up some sleep advice. She thinks that Amy is in a sleep pattern that makes her wake up every night, so we will try to break that.
After we were done, we went to Sonic so that Amy could have a grilled cheese. She didn’t even want to eat it when she got back to Memaw’s, just wanted to go to sleep.
In other news, Elizabeth finished her math tests!!! Perfect score on all five of them on the first try!!! The majority of the class is still on test 1. I really do feel sorry for them. I mean, there is only so much the teacher can do. How hard would it be for their mom or dad to spend FIVE MINUTES a day to help them study for these tests? I guess this is just hard for me to comprehend. Growing up, education/school was the absolute #1 priority at our house, so I just can’t fathom not do everything you can to help your kids succeed.
Elizabeth went to the park today with her class. She was SO excited this morning. She was in my room at 6am asking if it was time to leave yet. When we finally got to school, I hardly had the car stopped before she was jumping out. I hope that they had a GREAT time. She has two more weeks of school. I am SO READY for summer!!!!

Various Stuff....

So, the Strawberry Festival was last week. We had a good time. Monday, we went to see fireworks. Amy kept saying “BOOM!!! You see dat, Mama? There be more, Mama! See?” Quite cute. She woke up the next morning saying “Mama, we saw the BOOMS! “ Tuesday night, Jason and I went to a fish fry at HRG in Humboldt. Wednesday we were going to go to the Carnival, but it had rained about 6 feet over the past 3 days, so we decided to skip it. Instead, we went for a walk down Main Street and had dinner from the street vendors. Corn dogs, baby!!!! On Thursday, Elizabeth went to work with me so we could watch the Jr. Floats Parade. We had a good time. I’d never seen it before. Basically, it’s a shorter version of the big parade, but all the floats are pulled by hand instead of by car/truck. On Friday, Memaw, the girls, and I went to the Grand Floats parade. It was good, but we sorely missed Jason being there with us. He was at work. Saturday, we had our own fish fry, and then scouted out some funnel cakes for dessert. ;) We were supposed to go to the car show, but it would have had to be a boat show instead. Jason, Elizabeth, and Memaw were going to go to the horse show on Friday night, but it’s been rescheduled for this weekend.
We have had some RAINY weather over the past week or so!!! Early Saturday morning, it was storming so bad that the motion sensitive car alarms in the neighborhood were going off, and I thought the windows were going to shatter from shaking so hard. Thankfully, we had no damage.
Thankfully, the rain has held off for the past day or so and the kids have been able to play outside. They are much happier when they can be outside…and so am I!
Elizabeth has a series of math tests she has to take at school. There are 5 tests, and you have to have a perfect score on each on before you can move on to the next one. So far, Elizabeth is the only child in her class that has made a perfect score on all of them. As of today, she was taking test 3, one other child was on test 2, and the rest of the class is still on test one. I’m not the least bit proud. HAHAHAH!
I am so ready for school to be over!!! E’s teacher this year has been WONDERFUL, but I am ready for a break. It’ll be nice to be able to drop both the kids off at the same place, not have to worry about getting to bed by 8, and not having to make sure teeth and hair are brushed and clothes match(on the kids)…they can do it at Memaw’s house!!!!

On another note, I have tried something new, and I like it. I’ve made my own laundry detergent!!! It is SO much cheaper, and works great! I would estimate a batch saves me at least $50 over the course of 3-4 months. Plus, it’s just cool to say I make my own detergent. HAHAHAH Now, I want to find a “recipe” for fabric softener.

We are very excited about our vacation this summer. We will be headed to Gatlinburg to meet up with some college buddies. I’m looking forward to being with old friends, and to the girls being able to play with all the kids! We are planning on going to the aquarium, which is always a favorite destination for me.

Here are a few pics...and you thought Easter Eggs were just for hiding....