Pre-Birthday Dinner at Chilis

(Also not so coincidentally the restaurant I went into labor at five years ago this evening. )

Conversations With An Almost Five Year Old

Amelia: "I'm going to try to sleep without my bunnies tonight because I'm almost five and I don't think five year olds sleep with bunnies."

Me: "Are you sure? You can sleep with your bunnies as long as you want."

Amelia: "Yeah maybe I'll still sleep with them. After all, Daddy is a grown up and he still plays video games. And I'm pretty sure some Mommies still sleep with bunnies."

Me: "I'm pretty sure they do."

Deaf As A Haddock

I took Amelia back to the doctor today because she has gone, well, deaf as a haddock since her ear infection the other week. After a week of "What?" "Huh?" "I can't hear you!", sleeping through her alarm and turning the tv up way too loud I finally had enough. 

The pediatrician cleaned some wax out of her left ear, said both ears still have a considerable amount of fluid in them, and prescribed omnicef for another ten days since the zythromicin clearly hadn't done the trick. 

Next on my agenda? To actually get her to the damn allergist to see if we really have to be avoiding all penicillin based antibiotics, ugh. 

One Step Forward And Two (Or Three?) Steps Back

Aka a Rebecca update. 

Rebecca is still a spazz. She still will go the entire day without eating because people are in the house. The other day she freaked out and pooped on the floor because Charlie walked into the house and said, "What smells so good?? Did you bake cookies?!" 

But on the other hand she seems to be gaining weight and her coat is looking healthier. She is definitely eating more regularly. She seems to like being out in the backyard. Today she jumped up on my lap because there were girls scouts at the door. After I got up, I came back and sat down a little while later and called her over, and she came and jumped up on my lap again. 

So maybe little by little she is getting better?? But I still think doggy anti anxiety meds are in her not too distant future. 

The Dead Of Winter

I walked into my bedroom this afternoon and asked Amelia, "Why do you have the ceiling fan on?? It's the dead of winter!!" Then I remembered that it was in the high 60s today and super humid. Amelia had, in fact, changed into shorts halfway through the afternoon. 

Very Precarious Ground

Busy Saturday With Random Pictures

We spent most of today out and about running errands. First we finally took my bike to the bike shop to have the flat tire fixed that had occurred almost two months ago. 

Then we went to Party City and got a plethora of My Little Pony party supplies for Amelia's birthday next weekend, after which we had a yummy lunch at Wolfgang Puck Pizza Bar.

A stop at PetCo and a trip to the grocery store rounded out the afternoon. Now I am sprawled in the living room reading my new Kindle (my Christmas present from Mike) with the Panthers game on for background noise and no inclination to move any time soon...

Here is Mike's potato, egg and bacon pizza off the brunch menu:

And Amelia playing with Play-doh outside on the porch because I hate play doh and won't let her play with it indoors ;-)

Tomorrow the full extent of my plans include making beef stroganoff and an apple crisp, and undecorating the Christmas tree. (Yesterday I took down the garlands and lights from the porch, which took a full 45 minutes -- remind me next year to not use so many zip ties!)