August 4, 2008

It was a busy morning for us. I got up 6:30 am this morning to get myself together. I needed to get the kids up by 7:00 am. They both had dentist appointments this morning at 8:00 am. It was a new dentist again. I had too much trouble getting an appointment with the dentist we used last summer so I decided to try yet another one. This is the third one in three years.

The kids did great. I really like this dentist, too. She was very upbeat and explained things really well. She is in network with our insurance which is great. And, getting an appointment was easy. As a matter of fact, I was able to make the kids' next appointment in February while I was there. That was a huge help to me. The hygienist was a really great guy, too.

After that we came home and grabbed a form we needed for our next stop. Caleb had to be at the doctor's office by 10:00 am. He had to have a physical for school since he didn't go to public school for kindergarten. He also had to get his Chicken Pox booster.

We left there and I took the kids to Walgreens. They both have been so good all morning about being shuffled around all over the place that I decided to treat them. Michaela got a Beanie Baby 2.0 and Caleb got a Lil'kins Cow. I also got a Lil'kins. I got the St. Bernard. It's my first Webkinz. I'm kind of excited about it.

Then, we needed to stop at the grocery store for a few things. I ended up getting a few things more than I went in there for, but that's ok. It was nothing major. We did get some more Popsicles, though as we're out of those. Can't go without those. The kids have to have one every time they go swimming in the pool in the back yard. They swim for a while then have a Popsicle and then swim some more.

Next, we stopped at the kids' school. I had to drop off the medical forms from the doctor and the dentist so Caleb's file at school would be complete. I got to talk to the principal there again. She always makes a point of stopping to talk to me if she sees me and that really means a lot to me. I found out that one of the ladies from church is the nurse at their school, too. I think that's cool.

The rest of the day I spent reading and doing laundry. I'm determined to finish this book that I've been reading before I have to go back to work. I took it with me tonight, too, so I could read when Michaela was in her gymnastics class. That's 80 quiet minutes (I sit out in the car) of uninterrupted reading. That I cannot get at home.