A Busy Day

Today turned out to be kind of a busy day. First thing this morning the girls had a doctor's appointment for their well-child checks. Zach decided to come along for the fun, too. We got there and got right in, which is a bit unusual, but way nice! Then the girls were weighed and measured. Zachary, not wanting to be left out, was also weighed and temperature taken. Here's today's stats:

Olivia: 38 pounds
Zachary: 34 pounds
Madeline: 19 pounds, 13 ounces

So, they're all getting big and growing up so fast!!!
And then the girls needed some shots too. Not such a fun time. Maddie was brave, though, and went first. Two shots for her, and she cried for about 1 minute, then went into her stroller and ate some baby cookies. Then it was Olivia's turn: 4 shots; poor thing. But she did pretty good. Of course, she cried quite loudly and fussed and whined ALL THE WAY to the parking lot! Oh, the drama. And she kept repeating, "I don't like shots." Well, who does? Anyway, we got into the van and she was settling down, and I decided that really, we needed a little change of pace.

So we went to The French Fry House (aka McDonald's) for lunch. And I decided to go to the one with the Play Place. Well, we got out of the van, and I'm carrying Maddie, and Olivia is walking on her tiptoes/limping, saying, "I can't walk, Mama. My legs hurt so much! I can't walk" over and over again. So we order lunch and eat. The Play Place is all but abandoned. It was so weird; there was nobody there! Maybe it's too cold to venture out these days. So the kids played on the jungle gym for about an hour, pretty much having the whole thing to themselves! It was great!

And an amazing thing happened there. I don't know if it was the burgers or the fries or whatever, but Olivia was "miraculously" healed! And has been since!

This afternoon Livi and Zach and I made bread-in-a-bag. It was pretty fun! They each had their bag, and I added the ingredients and then they mixed them all up in their bags! And it just finished baking, so it smells really yummy! Haven't tasted it yet, though!

posted by Elena