Week in Review...

Last Sunday Abby was 18 months and went to nursery for the first time.....then on Wednesday she started throwing up! Yup, those dang nursery germs! She's hardly been sick at all her whole life and bam, she goes to nursery and gets sick:(. So sad!!! She was sick, Wed, Thurs and Friday! SO I decided not to subject her to nursery again this week, for her sake and for the other kids sakes. Poor girl! She's normally a very happy, easy going baby and we just love her.

Here she is cuddling with me, poor baby. I don't mind the snuggles though!

On Saturday she was feeling much better and wanted to walk in her daddy's shoes:).

This week we had to replace our dishwasher and over the range microwave. Both appliances took a few hours each to install, so glad to have that done and over with. Just in case you are in the market for a new dishwasher, don't spend an hour crying and and shrieking at the top of your lungs like I did because your new dishwasher doesn't come with a plug. None of them do!!! So crazy!! Luckily we still had our old dishwasher and an electrician neighbor who was able to wire our old plug to our new dishwasher. We were about to take our new dishwasher back to the store, after having tried to install it for a few hours!! Luckily I called Lowe's and they told me that all of the new dishwashers don't come with a plug, it's something that you have to buy in addition to the dishwasher now, which is absolutely ridiculous! Ok, rant over. But just FYI.

Ashlyn submitted a story that she wrote about immigration to a writing contest. Her teacher asked me for permission to submit it. Ashlyn has a great creative mind, she also inherited an amazing memory from her papa Hahn. She can remember memories and details from many years back and can even remember things that she technically shouldn't remember, being that she was only 2-3 years old! She always amazes me at what she can remember. She is also a great helper to me, if I'm trying to get something done and Abby is pulling on my leg and crying because she wants to be held, Ashlyn will come and get Abby and distract her. She sees something that needs to be done and does it. I'm very grateful to her and her helpful spirit, she reminds me of my sister Carrie:) Ok, all my sisters are like that, but I think that I fully took advantage of Carrie growing up. She was always at my beck and call when I needed her, she has a very giving spirit.

We took Jacob to the eye dr this week because his right eye is constantly blinking. It turns out that he has better than perfect eye sight, but may have a dry eye. So we are going to try some eye drops to see if they will help.

The weather has been so beautiful here that the kids have been spending hours after school down at the park. Luckily we have lots of great neighbors with kids that are also playing at the park, so I can get some work done at the house, or get dinner ready while they play. I love being able to have the windows open and fresh air coming into the house. This is my favorite time of year!