Happy Halloween

Today was a fun day with Katelyn. She wore her costume for much of the morning while we played with Mr. Potato Head and baby dolls. We went for a walk to the clubhouse to pay rent and then packed up the care to head to daddy's house. Once in Cincy, we had Indian for dinner (one of my FAVORITE foods) and then headed out trick-or-treating. I only stayed for about 4 houses or so and took some pictures before heading out to drive back to Michigan (today it took me 3.5 hours... guess I am getting slower in my old age:) I will add pics tomorrow as I am currently exhausted.

And, I promise I will get to the date... patience, my friend(s). Hope you had a Happy Halloween and that the little ones went to bed easy after eating all that candy.

A day at the Museum

This morning Katelyn, Nana and I headed to COSI... it is a science museum in our new hometown. There was a visiting exhibit called "Sesame Street Presents The Body." The little one LOVED it! The funniest exhibit was where they explained how food is consumed, digested and then comes out as ... poo (and yes, they called it poo). Katelyn didn't say anything about it at the time, but while going to the bathroom before dinner she said "Nana, did you see the BIG Poop at the museum?" I about died laughing. There was also a "Hooper's store" where you could go shopping, help Herry monster get groceries by pointing a scanner at the correct food (think wedding registry) and you could build a burger/sandwich . There was an obstacle course... and much, much more. It was so cool! I think I went there once when I was a kid with school, but it was a long time ago. We then headed for the kid area, which was HUGE and before we could get to everything it was lunchtime (and time for a nap). We got a year long pass with the Sesame street exhibit (which cost extra) for $100 -- for ONE day, it would have cost $47.50 for the three of us. And, we got the "grandparent pass" which was two named adults (Nana and I) and all the grandchildren (which includes my Katelyn and my brother's two girls). If the five of us went alone, it would cost $82.50. So, all in all and EXCELLENT deal, even if the other girls only come once.

Then, for lunch, we ate at Panda Express (Katelyn's FAVORITE fast food -- Chinese). It was sooo good. And then home for a nap.

Then our day turned for the worse as the nap lasted only an hour (what?) and someone woke up on the wrong side of the crib. Speaking of cribs... she finally figured out how to crawl out. And as feared (the reason I had not moved her to her new "big girl bed") she has started doing this in the middle of the night and then won't always go back to sleep very easily (if at all). So, my child who slept until 8am is not getting up at 4 and then for good around 6:45 - 7:30 (AHHH!) I hope that this phase is short lived. I miss sleeping in the one day I can (Saturdays that I am not on call).

I did organize her toys and got them all put away in her closet (she has a walk in closet which is HUGE at our new apartment). It was a relief. Every box that gets emptied is a relief to me. I have to really get my room and bathroom organized and then tackle the rest of the boxes in the dining room. When a garage is available (I asked for one but they didn't have one open when I moved in), I can move my bike and the bike trailer as well as the boxes from her PB Kitchen (which I want to save as I do not intend to live in this apartment forever)... currently they are taking up the entire dining room along with a few boxes of kitchen stuff that will in no way fit in my tiny kitchen that resembles the one we had in my childhood home (you can reach both sides when you spread out your arms). But, I never have to mow (OK... pay someone to mow:) or weed (I did that myself and I HATE weeding) as long as I am here!

Well, I best be getting to bed (it is way late). But, hooray for me, two posts in one week! I didn't post yesterday b/c I was on a... date :) More on that later!

Sigh of Relief

So, I am trying to re-start my blogging and hope to be better at keeping up with it. I took my Peds boards yesterday. The test was SOOO hard. I realized that all the parents magazines recommend that parents be sure that their pediatrician is board certified. However, they don't realize that the exam that must be passed is ridiculous -- each question is an entire paragraph of information, but not the entire history you would actually elicit if it were a real patient... then just when you say "I know what this kid has and you treat it with _____" they ask, "If they are allergic to (insert almost every antibiotic known to man," what would you give them? Truth is you would look it up in a little book called the Sanford Guide. There were 300+ questions, many of which were like that. Hopefully I passed. But it is frustrating.

In the past month I have moved from Florida to Ohio. I started a new job, which is so far going fairly well, although I am working a little more than I was told I would. Hopefully someone else will be starting the practice soon, which is what was supposed to happen, but the other person fell through. I am keeping the faith.

I lived with a colleague for a few weeks, but I have moved into my new apartment and things are starting to come together slowly but surely. I am a neat freak who generally can't stand the fact that I have boxes sitting around, but I am trying to just go with the flow. Katelyn lived with Nana for a few weeks and saw her daddy on the weekends, but we are together again.

We are starting over. A new life... a colder life in the winter, but we'll survive. I did go shopping today to buy some new clothes to stay warm. And they are cute:) I have also gotten Katelyn a bunch of cute new clothes for the cooler weather. And funny enough, she seems to love the cooler weather. She used to cry at the park to go home b/c " it is too hot, mommy!" But now I have to beg her to go home b/c I am freezing...