March 31, 2009

I stayed home with Michaela today. She has been coughing a lot. I was going to send her to school, but she went into a major coughing fit before we left and could hardly breath. So, I decided I needed to stay home and take her to the doctor. It turns out she has bronchitis. They put her on antibiotics and she's to stay home again tomorrow. She'll be with her grandparents tomorrow so I can go back to work.

I've spent a lot of the day going through pictures. I have discovered photo books. I've decided I want to make one of first day of school pictures of the kids. I am going to have to substitute a picture of Michaela at the park for the first day of third grade because I seem to have not taken one of her on that day. But, this picture at the park was taken just two days before she started school that year. I'm also adding KG graduation pictures to that photo book.

I am trying to decide if I'm going to make one of both of them together, or each separate. If I do separate, I'm going to wait a few years to make Caleb's. Michaela is in her last year at Null and will be going off to Middle School next year so it's a good time to make one of her by herself. In three years, Caleb will be that age.

I need to decide what other things I would like to make photo books of soon. Artscow has a coupon for 5 free photo books, but you have to place your order before April 10, I think it is. You still have to pay shipping, but that's ok.

Going through old pictures pretty much has me in tears, though. My kids are growing up way too fast. My babies are gone. Heck, I only have one little kid left and he's on the big end of little. Looking at Michaela's first day of Kindergarten next to her first day of 4th grade just about kills me.