Free and Clear, or so we thought

Madison's eyes are looking great. No redness or goopyness at all, so she went to school today. As I was helping her hang her coat and backpack up her friend Mela came up to her with her hand over her eye. Mela then proceeded to hold her eye open with her hands and show Madison her eye. She then said, "I've got an eye infection, look!" Madison backed up away from her, looked at me and said, "Oh no, she's got a pink eye too!" Maddie looked scared to death. She hated getting those drops in her eyes so that is probably why. Needless to say, when I told Mela's mom Maddie had pink eye last week she took Mela home and hopefully to the doctors. I hope no one else gets it.

Pink Eye Update

The pink eye has now spread to her other eye. Putting the drops in is a pain. We pretty much have to hold her down and force open her eyes. Gabe doesn't have any signs of infection yet. I'm just praying he doesn't get it.

Pink Eye: Confirmed

Well, we've been to the doctor and she definitely has pink eye. I hope none of our friends get it. She's been at school both days this week, she went to dance class, to the McDonald's play area, and saw baby James yesterday. The doctor said it was only contagious when it was red and goopy, and she wasn't either when she say all these people so I don't think anyone should get it. We have to put eye drops in her eye three times a day and she has a patch over it so she doesn't rub it and then spread it to her other eye or to Gabie. She looks kind of pitiful with her little eye patch on, but she's being a good sport about it.

Pink Eye

Too bad Maddie's favorite color is no longer pink. She would have been thrilled to have pink eye, that is, until it started getting all crusty like. I called the nurse and she said to see how it looked in the morning, but I'm pretty sure it is pink eye. It is really goopy and has a lot of yellow puss coming out of it. Yuck!

The Lord's Prayer

The Pledge of Allegiance

Row, row, row your boat, E-I-E-I-O

I'm happy to report that Gabe now stays in his bed. I put him down for a nap yesterday and he stayed in bed and he doesn't wake me up by banging on the door anymore. This morning I was awakened by a tiny voice singing first The ABC Song and then Row, Row, Row Your Boat - EIEIO.

When I first heard The ABC Song I thought it was Maddie singing, so I stayed in bed for a little while longer. After I heard the voice say, "Row, row, row your boat, E-I-E-I-O." I had a feeling it wasn't her. I got up out of bed and went in her room and she was still sleeping sound. I opened Gabe's door and there he was sitting in his bed singing away. It was so cute. When he saw me come in he said, "Hi Mama!"

I love hearing him talk.

Rebby is the new Maddie

Madison has the most amazing imagination. Sometimes I stand outside her bedroom door and listen to the conversation she is having with her Baby Alive or her Tea Time Belle or her Build-a-Bear Kitty (Addison Emma) and think she is no longer a toddler, but a mini adult.

Lately, though, I have been having a very hard time with the imagination. I am a creative person and want to promote creative play, but she has declared herself a boy and renamed herself Rebby (last week she was Joey). If I call her Madison or Maddie she corrects me by saying, "I'm Rebby, not Maddie/Madison." It is driving me crazy. She also has an imaginary friend named Demetri (last week it was Honey). I have to pretend to dress him and feed him and buckle him into the car.

Today when Maddie walked into school her teacher said, "Hi Maddie" and Maddie quickly replied with her, "I'm not Maddie, I'm Rebby", so I had to explain to the teacher what was going on. She laughed and said it was a normal phase and that she'd seen many other kids do this.

Maddie and I had a talk after dinner tonight and made a deal. I told her we are very happy that she has such a wonderful imagination, but we need to put a limit on her pretend play. So, she is not aloud to pretend she is a boy with a different name at school or at the table. Other than that, she is free to pretend as she pleases. I hope this phase passes by quickly.

Gabie Got A Time Out!

We were eating dinner. Gabe ate before us because Dave got home late, so he was playing in the office. We're all sitting at the table when we hear Gabe say, "Yeah!" We look over and he is standing on a side table holding two mini basketballs and makes baskets with both of them. He got a swat on the butt and a time out from his dad. What am I going to do with this child?

3:00 a.m.

Maddie woke up screaming.

I heard her through the monitor and ran in there as fast as I could.

Me: What's wrong?
Maddie: I had a bad dream.
Me: What was it about?
Maddie: I was at Gamma's house and a woodpecker was pecking the house.
Me: (laughing to myself) It's ok. I'll lay with you for a while.
Maddie: Will you cuddle up my back?
Me: Ok.

She was asleep in a matter of minutes and I went back to my own bed.

I was woken up this morning at 7:30 by Gabe pounding on his door.