The girls and I went over to school today, and boy did we have a fun time! We met with the school nurse, took a tour of the school, met with the principal, and the best....hung out with Mrs. S!!!!! She is super super sweet. She is everything that I would want in a teacher for my daughter. She is seasoned, she is kind, she is soft spoken, she is energetic, and she is informed. She has taken on the allergy issue, and has done her darndest to make her classroom plastered with allergy "stuff". She has educated herself about Avery, and wants her to have the best, safest kindergarten year. I won't go into the details about the safety precautions her school takes for allergies. That will be a new post all together. I'll just say this....I feel safe with Avery being there. period.

I had a whim to go to BIG CITY again today. I bought Avery these adorable dresses at Gymboree yesterday, but I just couldn't stomach the price that I paid. So, I packed up the girls and off we went. It was fun, but also miserable at the same time. Liv seriously is a maniac. I don't know how to parent the child when we are out of our house. She is everywhere, she is LOUD, she is unbearable. And, then when Avery is there to "try and make her happy", it just makes it that much worse.

With Avery, I would always look at "those" moms and pity them. How do they go out in public? Man, their kid is so naughty! Must be bad parenting.... NOW I KNOW! Good grief.....it'll be amazing if we make it till she's in school. And then, man, whomever gets her in school.....good luck! The staff at Avery's school just looked at Liv today with their mouths open. What kid is like this??? Um, mine...yup, she's mine...oh, and did I mention, she's a pastor's kid? Yup, she can pray before mealtimes, but she can also scream so loud that you can hear her from the nursery when her daddy's preaching...that's my girl....

We are now home, and boy am I glad. Liv was upset with me most of the ride home. Wanna know why? Well, it's because I wouldn't pull of the interstate so she could touch the cows and horses that we were passing by......SERIOUSLY???? Ugh.... She is in her crib right now, sleeping all her crabbiness away (I hope)...

I had a fantastic day alone....alone...ahhh, alone.....

It's amazing how little I talked to anyone.

Sure, I said lots of "No thank you"s to sales people trying to get me to "put it on a new charge account and save 10%"...

I said lots of "thank you"s and "have a nice day"s to many sales people. Heck, I even talked to a total stranger at a craft store about scrap booking stuff!

I didn't have to say any "Liv, don't take your diaper off", or "Avery, please stop singing", or "For the love of all that is good and holy....ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Nope, none of those today!

I left the house at 8:45 am, and didn't come home till 6 pm. Lots of alone time....alone...ahhh, alone.....

I bought lots of cutie patootie clothes for the girls, and myself some tops. I never dare to buy hubby anything....he needs to pick his clothes out himself....

anyhow, back to reality, and back home...

Tomorrow Avery and I will go to meet her teacher and take all her meds to the school nurse. Gol, anxiety is beginning to kick in. I keep thinking.. "What if one of the kids spills their milk and it lands on her lap?" Good grief...that's enough to send me into a panic mode.

The next big concern that I DO have control over....deciding which cute outfit to wear on our first day of Kindergarten!!!!

Whew....I LOVE my blog designing job, but let me tell ya something...I'm a tad pooped right now!

Since last Saturday, I have done.....17 blogs!!! Whew.....just writing that makes me tired! To take a look, click here

So, since I've been working my little tail off, I am taking a day off...all to myself! Hubby is letting me go to "BIG town" to have a day of shopping and whatever the heck I feel like doing!

Oh, and I want to introduce you to one of my new favorite blogging-designer buddies. Her name is Renee, and she has her own little business here. It's called "Baby Face Design", and she does some of the cutest things ever! She designs lunch boxes, invitations, party bags, water bottles, luggage tabs, labels....basically anything! I just designed her blog for her and she just did some fun stuff for Avery, too! Take a peek, and tell her I sent you! :)

My sweet Avery will begin Kindergarten next Thursday...

I have so many thoughts about how I feel. Jumbled up thoughts.

Her teacher called me tonight, out of the blue. I smiled. It was so nice of her take the time to ask about Avery's allergies, and what she can do to make Avery's year go smoothly. She has had allergy children before. Eases my mind a lot.

It's crazy for me to put the health of my daughter in the hand of strangers....strangers that also have to look after many other children too.

Avery has another student in her class that also has a peanut allergy.

Her class is going to have a "hand washing rule" after lunch time...this is awesome since Avery is contact reactive (if a drop of milk lands on her, her skin will react).

Her teacher also wants Avery to have her own water bottle at school instead of getting drinks out of the faucet because of the allergies. This made me smile. To know that her teacher suggested this, and not me, makes me feel comfortable.

So, not only am I sending my first-born to Kindergarten, and dealing with the sadness, excitement of that, but I'm also sending my first-born child with allergy issues to Kindergarten, and also dealing with the nervousness and anxiety of that.

Jumbled up thoughts from a nervous mother....