Thursday

Thursday June 23! Gosh, does anyone else feel like summer is just zooming by? I feel like i havent even done anything that fun yet! I guess we better get going on that since the kids have to go back to school August 16th this year! While we are on this subject, why do th kids in Farmington have to go back to school so much sooner this year?!  I dont think that they should have to go back until the tuesday after labor day. It doesnt make sense to me. I miss my kids when they are gone and I just feel like the government/school system just have more control and time over my kids than me! Makes me so frustrated and sad. I guess I need to write a letter to our school board about my feelings about this. What does two more weeks mean to them anyways? To me, it would mean two more extra weeks of being able to play and have fun with my kids. Two more weeks of creating meaningful memories with them. Boo on school. Anyways, this post was not supposed to be me going off  like this about school. Ooops. Sorry. I am getting back on track now. Last night, Mitch slept on the trampoline with the kids. They told stories and watched the starry night together. I opted not to. My warm, comfy bed was just fine for me and I was able to slept in the middle of the bed, much to my preference anyways:) But this morning I could hear the girls laughing and so I went out to see what they were doing and found this... The girls had stuck stickers all over Mitch's face while he was sleeping. They thought it was hilarious and so did I.

Also today, we had to take Carly for her 15 month well child checkup. Even though she is 16 months, I find myself always a month behind. There is just something about not wanting my baby to get shots, so I put it off just a little to give her some more time. The girl is smart. Super smart. Her baby senses went off right when we walked in the room. She became very irritable and she knew shots were coming. She also had to get her blood drawn to check for anemia. Boo. It was horrible today. Usually I can contain myself and fight back the tears. But today was just too hard for me. I broke down after she was held down and pokes in the arm by the nurse trying to get her vein for the blood draw and then she got two shots one in each leg. After that I started to cry. There is just something about seeing your baby in pain that tears at a mama's heart. Poor Carly. I took this picture of her when the nurse was checking her arms for a good vein to draw from. Normally, I would never take a picture at the doctor's  but her frown ironically made me smile. She was just too cute. But right after this was no laughing matter!