our community.   October 1, 2009

driving home today, from dance, i started thinking about how blessed we are to have the community we do:

this past week;
monday, while running errands, ran into two women i met scrapbooking over 4 years ago, and hadn’t seen since. it was like running into an old friend, yet realistically, we had cropped maybe twice together that long ago.
had a great speech meeting, and appreciate how far we have come with the resources available. even though our current therapist is our 4th, miss m is doing amazingly well, and has no delays anymore! and i know if we have problems down the road, that i can call 3 friends who have similar issues and can get a referral in a heartbeat if needed.
ran into more moms from school with older siblings and caught a glimpse of what life is like there.
a dear friend sent a sweet card, just because. so, i did the same x 3.
miss m had a low grade fever and cough, so she stayed home from swimming.
miss e and i had a great time! she has come a long way, and we chatted it up with two friends there, from different areas in our life.

tuesday: miss m and i ran some errands, and saw our favorite bagger at the grocery store, who just adores her. and vice versa. the nice lady at the bakery handed her a cookie, oh yum! so, we picked up some more to bring to teachers at school, current and past:)
miss m had a GREAT speech session, and that always allows me time to catch up on laundry:)
we were laying low, seeing how she was, and just had lunch inside, and then she took a big nap!
miss e greeted us with a giant smile, she had a great time at school, specifically with science! love our science teachers!
miss e then started and finished all 12 remaining pages of her homework, and was very proud of herself! granted she didn’t have to turn it in until today, she is that excited about homework and school, GOTTA love that!

wednesday: both girls in school, and i get to spend those 3 hours with a very sweet baby! oh, what a love she is! while running errands, we ran into a dear friend r, who had just returned from teresa collins’ event in vegas! sounds like quite the gathering. and she was happy. full. inspired. just like we all were, when we returned from CE. so what it is about!!!
spoke with a dear friend, had her and her family in our prayers…thankfully, they were answered!
miss n brought a wonderful salad for lunch, and miss m crashed again…must be going through a growth spurt! she slept in the car, wasn’t going to attempt the transfer, and then, slept while picking up emi, driving over to emi’s class, and didn’t wake up until i had to to get miss e to class on time! marathon nap over 3 1/2 hours for miss m, who definitely needed it! she had a ball in playcare, while i chatted with another mom friend while we watched our girls do all kinds of fun tricks at class! daddy cooked dinner and mopped the floor and cleaned our bathrooms for us. thank you dh!
we had a ball with the wiggles dvd and reading before bedtime! i started and finished OCTOBER’s MLS assignments, i’ll be sharing soon!

thursday: since i had stayed up too late working on assignments, i was tired. shame on mommy, i was on such a roll getting to bed early, too.
miss m and i ran a bunch more errands, found costumes on sale and deals for school gear at 60% off for next year, and then we just hung out at home. played on the bike, scooter, trike, and with bubbles, and then our cousins came over for a yummy lunch playdate! my cousin and i caught up and had a great lunch while the two played trains and danced to the wiggles:)
after school, we were invited to join friends for some fro yo, and i just LOVE that miss e truly lights up when she plays with k and j! she hugs them when she sees them and the three of them are so very excited to have another playdate coming up! miss e had dance later this afternoon, so after miss m ran around with their brothers and hopped laps of my mom friends, we packed it up. my girlfriend’s salon is next to miss e’s dance studio, so after class, we got a quick trim since bball photos and school photos are coming up!

and my dh has been seriously killin me the past few nights. he is on a roll, soo funny:) love you dh, love you girls, love you dear friends, love you school, love love love our community.

blessings,
erin