Pink Eye

Kaylee's pink eye cleared up pretty quickly once we started using the eye drops, and she got her last dose last night. Of course yesterday my right eye was annoying me all day, then late afternoon I noticed it was pink/red and gunky. Great. So she got her last dose and I got my first! I was going to go to the doc this morning for a prescription, but I figured I could use the same drops...most likely I got it from her and since they worked for her, should work for me, too. Some friends said that their doctors had told them if anyone else in the family got it just to use the same drops, so that's what I'm doing. Save some copay and prescription money, as well as the time it would take to wait/see a doctor and wait/pick up the drops.

This morning I told Kaylee that her eyes were all better, but now one of mine was sick. Our conversation:
Kaylee: If your eye is sick, you might need some drops.
Me: I do. Since you're all done with yours, I'm going to use them now.
Kaylee: Don't worry, Mommy. There's plenty for both of us.

I hope so! I think there should be enough drops left, as long as it doesn't spread to my left eye. Also, when I told Kaylee I'd already put drops in for the morning, she got upset and said her eyes were still sick and she wanted drops in her eyes. Apparently she's okay sharing them with me, but does not like giving her things away - even if it's eye drops that she didn't ever want to do! (Note: she did not like getting the drops, but she did cooperate pretty well, especially considering we had to 2 drops/eye 3 times/day.)

Music Program

Kaylee's music program at preschool was 5/12; her class sang 4 songs, and she did a great job with all of them and the hand movements, too. They sang Jesus Loves Me; Love, Love, Love the Lord; Lightning Bugs & 5 Little Monkeys. I took Andy, who slept through the whole program, waking up just after, and Kaylee's Baba, Gramma & Grampa came, too. Here she is all dressed up for her big performance. She even had her hair in a fancy ponytail for the occasion!



Friends from a 3 year class (Kaylee will be in that class next year), Erin & Olivia


Baba, Gramma, Grampa, Mommy & Kaylee

Flavors of Forsyth

Last night we went to the Flavors of Forsyth, where various restaurants have booths set up and you can sample their foods. We ate a lot of yummy things, mostly trying food from places we hadn't been, and Kaylee was excited to have her photo taken in a fire truck and with the Chick-fil-A cow and Mellow Mushroom 'shroom (though she keeps calling it a pickle?!?). Andy slept in the stroller for a while, then enjoyed crowd watching.

School's out for summer!

Kaylee is very excited about her last day of preschool today. I'm sure she'll have lots of fun with her friends, and they're having a pizza party lunch, but I think she's most excited about being able to go to the pool soon! Ours actually opened this past weekend. Last week the temperatures were in the 90s, but over the weekend it dropped down to 60s again and, while it's supposed to be back up in the 80s starting tomorrow (Wed), it's not exactly swimming weather with the water so cold.

I'm glad she is able to go to school today. Her eyes looked red on Saturday, but seemed to be clearing up on Sunday so we didn't take her anywhere. Then on Monday morning she woke up and said she couldn't open her eyes when she woke up, and when I saw her, there was a lot of crusty goop in her eyelashes and around her eyes, and her eyes were pretty red again. Jamie took her to the doctor and it is definitely pink eye! But we got some drops for her and the doc said she should stay in yesterday but would be fine to go to school today. I was happy to hear that - who wants to miss the last day of school? That's the most fun day of the school year!!

First day of preschool: 8/31/10 & last day of preschool: 5/17/11

Her hair sure has grown this year! It's partly pulled back today to keep it out of her eyes; they need as little extra irritation as possible, and she's got one curl in the front that bounces into her right eye.

Showtime?

This morning Kaylee was looking through her DVDs...
Jamie: What are you doing?
Kaylee: Trying to find a show to watch.
Jamie: Who said you could watch a show?
Kaylee: Probably nobody, but I want to watch a show!

And so it begins...

Happy Mother's Day!

Me & my babies! These photos are actually from Saturday, but close enough to Mother's Day. :) Of course the two kids did fine for photos, but I blinked for all 3 takes before Andy got fussy. Oh, well.

Carrot stew

Kaylee has this food set - the pieces stick together with velcro and can be cut apart with the wooden knife. A couple days ago she was playing with her kitchen while Jamie, Andy and I were in the other room when we heard a very scared-sounding scream and crying. Jamie could see her from the couch and said, "that's why you don't put toys in your mouth," as we both went in to see what happened. She had put a chunk of the carrot in her mouth, but somehow shoved it far enough in to get it wedged behind her teeth. Jamie had to turn it a bit and make her open her jaws wider to get it out. Didn't take long, but obviously she was scared! She's usually pretty good about not putting things in her mouth; not sure why she did that unless it was to get attention? In any event, I doubt she'll be doing that again any time soon!

First Dentist Visit

Kaylee's first trip to the dentist was this morning. I took her while Jamie (working from home) stayed with a napping Andy. I sat in the waiting room while she went back for her cleaning. After that the dentist came out and introduced himself (Dr. Jason Bongiovi) and said Kaylee was the model patient, very mature for just having turned 3 and he wished all his younger patients were as calm and cooperative. He said they were next going to see if she would let them do x-rays and then I could come back to take a look at those and ask any questions. She did great with the x-rays, too, and the dentist said her teeth look great. We could see the middle four top and bottom permanent teeth already in there, but it'll be at least 2-3 years before she loses any baby teeth.

We had already started using a flouride toothpaste, as she will gargle, rinse and spit with no problems and doesn't swallow the toothpaste. (It's pretty funny to watch her gargle, though I guess gargling in general is a funny thing to watch...) We're supposed to start helping her floss, too, to prevent cavities forming in between teeth. He said it's best to help them brush (i.e. do most of the brushing for them) up to age 8. EIGHT! And he said really up to age 13 would be ideal, as kids get sloppy about brushing, but most kids won't let you help after about age 8. :) So we'll see. So far we do the brushing for her, but let her give it a shot before or after we're done if she's interested.

All in all it was a successful first visit to the dentist, and I'm very proud of her for being such a good patient, as well as going back for the entire appointment on her own! She was proud to show off her sticker, bouncy ball, weird stretchy toy and new toothbrush, and she was excited about getting new toothpaste and a little flosser, too. Ahh, the little things. She said she had fun at the dentist. Her next appointment is in November; let's hope she's still excited about it then!

Cooking in Style

Kaylee's Great Aunt Sharon gave her this dress-up skirt in an Easter basket. She loves it, but maybe I should have her wear it *over* another skirt?!?