Yesterday: Highs and Lows

Some Highs:

*Celebrating Tom's 45th Birthday!!

*Watching how excited Ella and Zoe were to see Tom open the gifts they made for him.

*Watching Tom totally in the moment with his daughters.

*Eating carrot cake that we made by scratch, that was actually YUMMY!!

*Being complimented on my carrot cake, a few times, by Tom and the girls (I love compliments on my cooking/baking, that means so much to me)

*Walking around lake McCarrons with Ella and Zoe and seeing one Bald Eagle, two Mallard Ducks, Two White Swans, Two White-Tailed Deer and lots of Canadian Geese.

*Playing at the park with Ella and Zoe and watching them climb, slide, swing and run for close to 45 minutes.

*Seeing Zoe and Ella play together in their sand table, pretending they were growing a garden like Grama Dianne.

Some Lows:

*Not a good nap for Zoe because of such a bad cough.

*Ella waking from her nap with a high fever and feeling pretty lousy.

More Highs:

*Cuddling with my girls on the sofa and reading one million books together.

*Watching all three montages of their life so far, and listening to their funny comments.

More Lows:

*Ella throwing up all over herself.

*Ella throwing up all over me.

Another Few Highs:

*Zoe NOT throwing up.

*Zoe being a caring sister.

(she kept making sure Ella had her lovies,even when I'd put them aside so they wouldn't get vomit all over them).

*Zoe's ability to make me laugh, even with the smell of puke still on my clothes.

(she told me she needed to be held because she was just a little bit sick too).

*Ella feeling a little better and ready for bed at bedtime.

*Ella sleeping like a log all night long.

*Realizing at the end of the day there had been NO temper tantrums or unneccessary whining -- for the whole day!

One Last Low:

*Hearing Zoe cough on and off throughout the night (we might take a trip to the pediatrician this morning).

And even MORE Highs -- Photos!!

*opening Dad's homemade birthday card*

*looking at the drawing Ella did for her Daddy*

*admiring Zoe's drawing*

*my three favorite people in the world*

(especially when there is no crying ,whining or crabbiness involved)

Love you Tom.

Hope you had a special Birthday!!