What else are you supposed to do?

Jim decided to replace the flooring in his bathroom this week. So he went out and bought new linoleum but before it could be installed it needed to be layed flat for a while. What else are you supposed to do with a big, slippery sheet of plastic in the living room?

Apple Picking Time

A Pumpkin Story - part 3

Setting the mood for the evening (thats Monster Mash playing the background)











Eventually she did get into scooping out her pumpkin.



However it was one.....seed.....at....a.....time.





It was an eerily quiet evening at this Dominique household while everyone worked on their pumpkins.



Bree's finished pumpkin. I let her put the stickers anywhere she wanted which lead to stickers being placed upon stickers. However the placement of the pumpkin on the cat worked out pretty well.



All the finished pumpkins. From left to right: mine, Bree's, Mom's/Grandma's and Jims



The holes in Bree's pumpkins aren't big enough to let enough light out. Maybe we'll just put two or three more tealights in there to get it to really light up.

Overcoming her fear?

Maybe not...

I spy with my little eye....

...someone hiding.

Learning to walk all over again

It took a week and a half but she's learning to walk with her cast. Only 10 more days until it comes off!!

Can't Keep Up

I recently realized that somehow, by going part-time at work, I've managed to lose hours in the day. I no longer have time to send emails or blog regularly. It took me nearly a month to read a book and it wasn't even a thick or mind challenging one. I can't remember the last time I sat down in the evening to crochet. I bring home movies from the library but have to take them back before we get a chance to watch them. Bree's birthday is three and a half weeks away and I have nothing planned. So how is it possible that I'm home with more "free-time" but am falling further and further behind? I'll tell you how.

On Thursday I (in no particular order):

bleached the kitchen floor
bleached the laundry room floor
cleaned the kitchen counters
vacuumed the house
shopvac-ed the furniture
went to the Toledo Zoo
went to Walmart
put dishes away
washed a sink full of dishes
ran the dishwasher
washed and dried three loads of laundry
made dinner
carved pumpkins
emptied the trash

I managed to accomplished all this by the time Bree went to bed at 8:00 which did leave me with a few hours to blog or whatever before I went to bed. However, I 100% completely lacked the energy and the will power to lift the laptop off the coffee table. So if I can keep on top of things this week, I will be posting a lot of back blogs. Possibly even a few different ones a day. Be patient with me people. I haven't forgotten about you.

Semi-Wordless Wednesday

I missed these pictures as part of the Pumpkin Story - Part 2. Bree was having a blast helping me rinse all the pumpkin goo off the seeds.



Completely heartbroken when I made her stop.







Miss Independent

I think she's coping well

Life in a cast - Day One in Review

After four days, three doctors visits and Bree still not walking, it was determined that Bree has a type of fracture called a 'buckle.' A buckle fracture is where one side of the bone buckles or folds on itself without affecting the other side. If you are having a hard time picturing what this would look like, just imagine a dented canned good. Apparently its the most common of fractures in children since their bones are still soft. So Bree is now in a purple full leg cast until November 4th.

The first morning with the cast was a little rough. When I walked into her room, she was in her bed trying to push the cast off. It was so sad but so cute. She kept giving me this look that said "who cares if I couldn't walk because of the pain, now I can't even crawl because of this stupid cast." I hate that look. It leaves me no option but to continue to pamper her.

Presents awaiting the cripple at the breakfast table.


It didn't take her very long to remember what to do with a present.


There's nothing better than the smell of yummy peanut butter blossoms in the house. She really got into the whole sprinkling of the sugar.


I can honestly say that Bree was having so much fun with the sugar that she forgot to try to eat the dough!


Then it was time to unwrap the kisses. Surprisingly she did not eat them....


but a few of them were missing their tips.






Towards the end the day Bree rips off one link signifying a day closer to having her anomaly removed. I have a feeling its going to be a long few weeks for me and my back. Its amazing how much weight that cast seems to add. So maybe the coutdown is more for Mommy that for Bree.

Wordless Wednesday