strep

I've got strep throat. YUCK! It started yesterday morning and I kept hoping it was allergies. Today and I went to the doctor and she confirmed it is strep. Yucky. I'll be home again from work again tomorrow.

Black Friday

We had a good Thanksmas and did a little Black Friday shopping. Bec and I went out about 9Am so most of the crazy people were already back home in bed. I already have all of my Christmas shopping done so I actual bought a few pieces of clothes for Alea for NEXT year. Davin and Pat went to WalMart at 4AM. Apparently it wasn't too bad.

Alea is running a bit of a fever tonight. I hope she isn't getting the 24 hour bug that Bec had the day before she got here. I would hate for Alea to be sick again so soon. Poor girl.

Thanksmas

My parents and sister's family will be here on Thanksgiving. We has started celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas on the same day. It is actually a nice tradition. It works well for the kids because they get presents now and have a month to play with them before Christmas gets here. It works well for us since everyone lives so far away.

This weekend we've managed to get the tree up and decorated and I've wrapped almost all of the gifts for both Thanksmas and Christmas with Davin's family. Tomorrow I am going to finish the rest of the wrapping that I can't do when little eyes are around. Alea has two days of school this week but because of my school calendar I am off all week and I am VERY excited about it!!

All I want for Christmas...

One of Alea's top front teeth is loose. I don't think she will lose it before Thanksgiving but probably by Christmas. I was just looking at the family pictures I had just posted and realized that they are probably some of the last pictures of Alea with both of her two front teeth. She lost the bottom front two last year in kindergarten. We were lucky that the other teeth came in quickly. We are getting ready to enter into that awkward tooth time when she will get grown up teeth in a little kid body. Up next, pimples?

NYC

In October a co-worker/friend and I took a trip for fun to New York City. We left on Wednesday and returned on Sunday. It was an amazing trip!!! We did a lot of the normal touristy things and had a great time. I have a huge scrapbook full of our adventures but here are a few pictures of our adventures. (see below)

sick

Last week Thursday Alea got sent home sick from school with a fever. She ran a fever Thursday (and probably Wednesday night but I thought she was just cranky and tired), Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Monday morning the fever finally went away. It never actually seemed to brake it just fadded away. Her only ailments were the fever and an occasional headache. She slept each day and even after she went back to school she fell asleep each evening before bedtime. She seems to be back to herself. Hopefully we can have a healthy Thanksgiving.

First Grade

First grade seems to be going well for Alea. Her best friend is in another classroom but that doesn't seem to be too big of an issue for which I am grateful.