My Day

Thank goodness tonight is the last night that Jon is away on business in Baltimore. It seems to have gone by so slow this trip. I can not wait to pick him up at the airport tomorrow! But here I am bored and thought I would write about my day. It was interesting. This afternoon I sliced 3 of my fingers while doing a haircut. My shears broke (too weird to explain how). At first the cuts didn't seem bad, but then as I started blow drying and putting pressure on them they really started bleeding. So, I now have 3 band aids on my left hand and feel a little impaired. I was suppose to make flowers clips with Jeni tonight and had to cancel because I can't use my left hand very well. And I'm not too happy about having to use my old shears until I can get a new pair.
I thought I would plan something fun for Emma tonight since she has really been missing her dad. Yesterday she circled on her school paper the sad face instead of the happy face. When I asked her why she said because she was crying for her daddy at school. Then last night she cried and cried when I was putting her to bed because I didn't sing like daddy or fly her like daddy. Mom is just not as good as dad to our little daddy's girl. So today I bought the new Barbie movie and planned to get pizza and eat popcorn and have a "party". Emma was very excited! We were getting in the car to go pick up the pizza and Emma slipped somehow as she was climbing into her seat and smashed her nose on the inside door handle. It was instant blood gush. She was bawling I was trying to pull her out of the car over Derrick who was freaking out in his seat because he just saw blood all over his sister and then Emma looked at her blood covered hand and lost it even more. I unstrapped Derrick while holding Emma and trying not to let the blood get everywhere. We ran into the bathroom to get her cleaned up and as she was laying in my arms she looked up at me and cried, "Did I die?" I couldn't help but smile a little, but I assured her she did not die and she would be fine. Derrick was so sweet, he came in the bathroom and offered Emma his favorite camo blanket to make her feel better. (See he can be sweet sometimes!) We got the bleeding stopped and got her all cleaned up. I told her she may have a swollen nose or a black eye in the morning. I hope that is not the case, but only time will tell. Then she was worried that no one at school would like her with a "white puffy nose". I asked her if she would still like her friends if they had white puffy noses and she said yes, but then she started crying again and said, "But no one has ever had that before". Oh, the drama of a 5 year old! But the pizza. popcorn and Barbie movie worked wonders and all was well again. She also got to talk to her Aunt Annie on the phone and that made her happy!
Tomorrow is a new day and we will see what it holds. At least Jon is coming home. He is greatly missed, especially by his girls! Well, I am now going to bed, so that I can wake up to a new day!

Nap Time

A few weeks ago Derrick had a little cold and thought he could not take naps anymore. So, he would stay up and play in his room as long as he possible could until he finally would fall asleep...sometimes as late as 4pm. One day I went in and he had fallen asleep in his rocking chair with his stuffed animals surrounding him and one leg just hanging off the chair. Another day I went in and he had placed all of his stuffed animals on top of the humidifier. I'm glad the "no nap" stage did not last longer than a few days. I love having those couple of hours of quiet everyday. He's a funny kid and I am enjoying spending time with him while Emma is in school. He told me today, "You're my favorite boy!" because that's what I always tell him!