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This week in review:

1. The Husqvarna Viking sewing machine arrived at my doorstep on Monday evening. And have I had time to even get it out of the box? Of course not. I have so many sewing project ideas that I can't wait to get started. Maybe this winter will bring some really bad weather and a really good reason to stay indoors and sew for hours on end.

2. I had a great evening on Tuesday with my single-with-no-children girlfriend. We had pedicures and dinner at P.F. Chang's. It was a much needed break.

3. Me and the kids got to enjoy a playdate on Wednesday with one of my dearest friends from high school. She also has a 2 year old daughter and a 4 month old son. She now lives in Memphis, TN. I really wish she'd move back closer to us. When we get together we have a great time and our kids get along well.

4. My ladies' small group meets every-other Thursday evening and last night was a meeting night. We met at Liza Moz Pottery (pronounced like Lye-za Moe's). We each selected a piece of pottery and painted them for nearly three hours. I cannot wait to see how they all turn out.

5. Today is Friday! I love weekends. I'm home all week, and therefore, some would think that my weekend is all week long. But that's absolutely not true. Like any job, you must take breaks from your regular duties. I'm so glad the hubby is home and willing to let me take frequent breaks from the munchkins. I love 'em, but if I don't get breaks from them, sometimes I wanna kill 'em...in a very loving way, of course. 

6. L has a speech evaluation next week with a speech pathologist. I'm excited to find out how her speech is being affected by her sensory disorder. Her favorite thing right now is to quote TV shows, commercials, books we've read and my reprimands. I have a list of funny things she has said this week. My favorite one this week was when she was playing in the bathtub: "Yipes! You blew off my stripes!" Can you guess where this quote comes from? (Hint: it's a book.)

7. My precious little boy is such a happy guy. He makes my day everytime he smiles at me. And he smiles a lot! How could I ever have a bad day with his sweet smiles always around?

Have a great weekend!

My days are usually routine and ho-hum. But then you have days like today when everything is going great. There are no major problems, and nothing particularly exciting happening. And then, wham-bam! This happens...

I was loading up the kids in the SUV after a short little play date. L was climbing into her carseat, so I thought. I went around to position S's car seat carrier into its base. I yanked open his door and out fell L -- she went splat! right onto the asphalt. Of course she cried like crazy. I picked her up and brushed her off. She received a pretty nasty scrape on her elbow. This scrape turned out to ruin our entire day. By the time we got home, she was worked up into a major tizzy. Tears streaming and then choking and gagging. Her body shook all over from head to toe. This was serious. Of course, I could see that the scrape was a mere scrape with minimal blood. I guess to her it was a major wound.

I doctored her wound with Neosporin and Strawberry Shortcake Band-Aids. This should've made everything better. But L complained that the "ban-bans" were hurting her. So after a couple of hours of talking her into keeping the Band-Aids in place as to not trail blood all over her clothes and our furniture, I had to peel off each Band-Aid. This caused yet another meltdown. This one, thank goodness, lasted only a few minutes.

For the remainder of the day L reminded me not to touch her boo-boo. When Daddy got home she replayed the story and reminded him not to touch the boo-boo. She held her little arm out to her side all afternoon and evening. 

My sweet hubby, the "fixer", said if he would've known how bad her boo-boo had been, he would've instructed me to immediately trade our SUV for a brand new Mercedes-Benz. Surely such an incident wouldn't have happened if we would've been in a Mercedes! Only the best for his family! (You gotta love living with a man with such humorous sarcasm).

L took her bath this evening without complaints. Usually when there are boo-boos involved, bath time is horrible. But she did fine and went to bed happy. Let's hope for a less traumatic (and less dramatic) day tomorrow. Uhhh, never mind. S has his 4-month immunizations tomorrow. The drama never ends.

*Periodically, I like to write posts about our routine days at home. This is my way of journaling. One day I hope to look back at my posts and enjoy reading about our adventures.

I just couldn't be any more excited! I won on eBay last night a 2002 Husqvarna Viking Designer sewing, quilting, and a-little-embroidery-on-the-side machine. Just the name evokes respect: Husqvarna Viking. Only the Swedes would give a sewing machine such a name. I had the privilege of using a Husqvarna Viking last week - many thanks to Terry for allowing me to test drive her Viking! It was like butt-ah. I hope my machine arrives soon because I'm already reeling with sewing ideas. The creative juices are flowing. Oh, the projects I will create. My Mom will be so proud. JoAnn will call me personally. Martha will invite me onto her show. HGTV will create a slot for me. I can see it now...

Can you tell I'm a little excited?