Bedtime

Stephanie has been asking me to lay down with her at bedtime for awhile now. So tonight I finally did. I'm so glad.

Normally, she's running all over the place, in constant movement, and constant chatter, and so busy, and she loves to make goofy faces.

But ~ laying down with her tonight and watching her fall asleep ~ she is just SO beautiful! It was stunning to notice. I mean, I know she's beautiful but I don't often get the chance to just look at her like that.

Eyes and Ice

I took Stephanie to the eye doctor today. She has a slight astigmatism but 20/20 vision so the doctor said she didn't need glasses this year.

Then we took Meredith to her guitar lesson and I took the little kids to Earl May while we waited for her. Mainly for the free popcorn although we did look around for awhile. While we sat in the car eating popcorn, Stephanie bit her own finger. This kid is so accident-prone, it drives me insane. I keep telling her to slow down and pay more attention but not a day goes by where she doesn't hurt herself somehow.

Which reminds me ~ I need to re-thank Annette for sending us those 'ice bears' all those years ago. I probably need to go get some more.

Keep a Stiff Upper Lip

I went to pick up the kids last Wednesday. Stephanie was over by her class and then Meredith came out. I turned to talk to Meredith and Stephanie was behind me and she just hit the ground. Just fell flat on her face. She scraped up her left knee, her right hand, and her upper lip just under her nose. Poor little girl - she screamed bloody murder. We had to take her in to the bathroom and get her a cold wet towel for her lip. Then when we finally got to the car, she saw her knee was bleeding and it started all over again.

Friday I got a note from the school nurse saying if she still has a sore under her lip by Monday, she needs to see a doctor. Ummm - no. I am not taking her to the doctor for a scrape. And I'm annoyed because this happened at the school. Her teacher was right there and other people saw me carry her to the bathroom so I'm just going to send the nurse a note and tell her what happened.

{Is it sad that I have a label for Stephanie's site called "Injury?"}

Just Call Her Grace

Stephanie's been to the nurse's office every day this week. Just minor cuts or scrapes from the playground. I did warn the nurse she would be seeing Steffi often but even I didn't realize it would be every day.

Here's hoping she outgrows this clumsy phases. (Please let it just be a phase!)

Probably doesn't help that her sister slammed the bedroom door in her face the other night either. Luckily, there was no swelling or bruising from that - just a whole lot of hurt feelings and needing some cuddle-time with Mom.