Mollie Interview: 6

1. How old are you? 6
2. Who is your best friend? Evelyn and Aubrey
3. What is your favorite thing to do? Doing crafts
4. What is your favorite color? Pink
5. What is your favorite food and drink? Pizza and 7-Up
6. What do you like to do with your family? Go to the beach
7. What is your favorite toy? Bunny
8. What do you want to do when you grow up? Teacher
9. What makes you happy? Bunnies
10. What makes you sad? Mean kitties
11. What is your favorite show to watch? Lego Movie, Timothy Goes to School
12. What is your favorite book? Millie
13. What do you love to learn about? Animals
14. What was the best part of your birthday? Getting to be with my friends and family
15. Where do you like to go? Dollywood
16. What are you really good at? Playing UNO
17. What is your favorite treat? Chocolate
18. What do you think about before going to sleep?  My dreams
19. What is your favorite animal? Bunny
20. What is your favorite song? Sing Sweet Nightingale (Cinderella)
 

Happy new year

So ready to be done with illnesses. It seems like we have been sick off and on since Thanksgiving.  Today we welcomed in 2015 with sick kids and adults to boot.  Prayers for all of you to have a happy and healthy new year! Blessings.

First cold of the season

Poor Mollie, she has been suffering with a cold for a week!  I felt terrible on Monday when I took her to the doctor with severe double ear infections and a cough to beat the band! Betsy and the cousins seemed to be getting better, so we did take her to urgent care on Sunday. I am so thankful they started her on a round of antibiotics Sunday, I hate to think what her little ear drums would have looked like on Monday had they not.  Yikes! We went back to the doctor today for a follow-up, this cough is persistent and the ear drums still have some fluid behind them.  Hopefully this 10-day antibiotic will nip this in the bud, and we can get back to life as normal. The doctor cautioned me about re-entering our schedule too soon to avoid a set back at Christmas.  So, we will be at home, recuperating, watching Christmas movies, drinking cocoa, and getting healthy.  Blessings.

Pioneer Woman

Lexington has hosted a food show for the past few years. Andy took me 3 years ago to see Bobby Flay, who was wonderful. But this year the "star" chef was Ree Drummond, the pioneer woman. I am a fan of her show, blog, book, and recipes. Needless to say, moths ago, when The food show announced that she would be there, I called Andy right away to see if we could get tickets.  He said yes! (I just love him to pieces.) He also found out the girls would be free, so we went as a family. What a great outing.  Lots of samples, good food, and friends. The girls, Andy and I enjoyed watching Ree cook live and listening to her stories. I think it's great that a home cook from the middle of Oklahoma has made such an impact in the cooking industry.  She is an inspiration to all us "regular  folk." Blessings

Music lesson

Mollie had her first violin lesson today, and I cried.  I have known her teacher since before she was born, and watched her grow up playing the violin.  I was just overcome with emotion.  Probably similar to starting your child kindergarten.  It was precious and heart warming but overwhelming in a way.
Now, we have violin music playing in the background and in a few weeks the music will be in the foreground.  Exciting times, I tell ya.  Blessings.

The 8's

Whoa Nellie!! Mollie had a minor melt down last week because she could not write an 8 in the way the book demonstrated. She generally writes 2 circles stacked on top of each other but was having difficulty writing it otherwise. Instead of making it a huge issue any second longer, I allowed her to trace the 8's I wrote. I'm sure she'll get the hang of it with a little more practice. What I want to guard against is her hating school and not giving her best effort.  She continues to like school and makes a good effort to do her work generally. Of course, we all need pep talks now and then.  Blessings.

Clean sheets

I washed,y sheets today as well as the girls. It's always so nice to get in a freshly made bed. One of the niceties of life. Simple pleasures are sometimes best. Blessings.