Tragic Calamity

T suffered a tragic calamity while baking cookies last night with Aunt Dotty. She burned her finger, resulting in a blister. I believe this is the first incident of prolonged pain that T has ever had to suffer.

And suffer she did.

With all she was worth. With every fiber of her being.

Oy.

The kid needed a frozen ice block, a bowl of water with ice cubes to soak her thumb, an umbrella to sheild her eyes from the glaring light, pillow and blanekt, and popcorn.

Throughout the night she'd make dire pronouncements, like "I'm going to be stuck here the rest of my life." (in a dramatically pathetic voice) or "My thumb will never stop hurting as long as I live". This went on basically the whole night, as she watched Tv. Finally, just about bedtime, like flipping a switch she was all better.

She announced today that her bubble on her thumb is almost gone and all is once again right with her world.

More FCC Fun

Pump It Up FCC Holiday Party

We had a fab time yesterday, at the FCC Holiday Party. It was held at Pump it Up, a place with all kinds of inflatable bounce houses, slides and obstacle courses. T had a fab time, and even convinced dot to go down the slide. I was a bit skeptical about the whole thing, picturing my sissy throwing out her back or something like I would do, but she survived.

Problem is, she laid down, and came down the slide like a bullet. Scroll down to the bottom to the playlist, and turn off the music to get the full feel of the thing. First T comes down, then 2 other kids, then Dot the Silver Bullet.

Breaking Blog News!

...T complained that her tooth hurts. One on the bottom, front, right side.

Closer inspection found it to be wiggling.



I am so not ready to be impersonating the damned tooth fairy.

Weekend Drudge

We braved the raindrops on Friday night, and went out to the restaurant, where T scarfed down some Crab Bisque soup and some pasta. Meanwhile, mom scarfed down a fat glass of wine and a salad. Yummy!

On Sat we woke up early and went over to my parents house. They were out at the beauty shop, so I took the opportunity to hang up the new curtains that I bought them. Can't really tell from the photo, but they look fab. They're a neutral color, with a swirl of beige in them. I got their TV working again, and was able to snoop in their closets and drawers to see what they need for xmas.

We're scheduled to go over there again, tomorrow, to tend to some errands. Then, we're headed north. We have an FCC xmas party at Pump it Up at 3:00 p.m. That should be lots of fun. Either before or after that, we'll swing by my Aunt's house. Gotta see how it all goes.

That's it for now. We're bracing for a cold snap that's coming to the swamp. Supposed to get into the 40's and 50's.

Happy Weekend Everyone!

Last Day of School

Well, today is T's last day of school. She's now on xmas vacation. Mrs. M got all the kids in the class reindeer antlers and painted their noses red. Dot is on T duty next week, and I'm on T duty the following. Then, it will be back to school and work for all of us.

Meanwhile, its raining like crazy here. I've gotten drenched no less than three times today. Sopping wet drenched. Boy I love the cool weather, but its always such a traumatic time getting there...meteorologically speaking, of course.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Poll

Not much going on here, so I thought I'd solicit some opinions. I got my dad one of those cell phone charging stations. He keeps his in a pile of mess by his bed, and forgets he has it. Thought a charging station would organize things a bit more, and help him remember he even has the damn thing. Anyway, the station comes with an area in the front, to put a picture. I thought I'd put one of T in it, but can't decide which one.


So, if it were up to you, would you pick photo number 1, 2, or 3? Please let me know by placing a comment in the comments section. As with all Florida voting, vote early and vote often!

In other news, we were walking into school yesterday, accompanied by 2 members of T's Posse. We were chatting and I was asking them what they wanted most for xmas. After hearing all about ballet shoes and Miley Cirus, I asked T the same question. Her answer made me cry (in a good way).

"I want the biggest, biggest, biggest present ever. I want you for a mommy"

Awwww. I melted on the spot. I think that they child could have asked for anything at that point, and I would have given it to her. Even a tattoo. Of course, by the way she was acting, I'm certain that she was totally playing me by saying that.

As far as I'm concerned, she can play me all she wants!

Mid-Air Summersaults

Playing Hookie

Here's a couple shots from my office party. Our hair is a bit crazy, b/c the wind off the ocean was blowing like a monsoon.

Meanwhile, guess what I did today? NOTHING! I stayed home from work today. Wrapped some xmas presents and put them back into the closet, away from prying eyes. I returned a few things a toys r u$. I watched some soap operas, I took a nap, and otherwise had a stupendous time....all. by. myself.

Meanwhile, what with all of our weekend partying, T's sleep habits were a bit off. Last night she napped from 6:30 to about 8:00. I knew I'd be screwed come bedtime. Just as I thought, T didn't want to sleep AT ALL. At midnight, she got out of my bed and went back to her room. No idea what happened after that. All I know is that come morning, I discovered that she had built a fort in her closet, and had fallen asleep in there.

According to Mrs. M today (whom I had warned), "T was a handful". Yikes. God knows what the child did. I suspect that Mrs. M has the gift of understatement. In any event, she begged me to make sure T got alot of sleep tonight, so I can only imagine.

Back to work for both of us tomorrow.

Gymnastics Party

I can't tell you how much fun T had at the gymnastics party. From the moment we got there, she was running all over the place, jumping and tumbling.

Her fav was the sunken trampoline area, which is a trampoline, sunken into the ground so the the bed of the trampoline is on the same plane as the floor. Cool.


As usual, T horned her way up right next to the birthday girl. She was standing right next to Sophie, until she was shoed away by one of the staff members, who said she had to go sit in a chair. T proceeded to go get a chair, plant it directly infront of the cake, and sit.




So, its been decided. The site of T's next birthday party is going to be here. They have a bouncehouse, and everything. Even a separate room for the food.
The whole set-up is ingeneous. No muss, no fuss, and the staff cleans up when its all over.

My kind of party!

I wonder if we could smuggle in some cocktails?