I should have .. I shouldda... well, here is the "rest" of happenings since Ryley's 8th birthday.
The next BIG news following Ryley's b-day was an addition to the Flynn household.. Bay (short for Bayonne) the cocka-poo puppy! Here are some photos of the night he arrived!
Next was DELANEY'S 5th BIRTHDAY!!! WOW!!!.. we celebrated her b-day 10 days late due to Jack traveling.. but I took all the girls to dinner on her actual b-day... here's an adorable picture I took of her:
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She's been asking for almost 1 year to have her birthday at Jump on In. She invited all the girls from her class, our neighbors and a few other friends. She had an absolute BLAST. Lots of fun! Here are some pictures from that.
On our way:
the favors:
Had lots of fun! Happy Birthday my little "meem"!
Back in February, Keelyn tried out for the Wizard of Oz play put on by the Riverbend Youth Performance Company. She got the part of Teacher #1, (A MUNCHKIN). There were so many kids who tried out for the play they have almost 2 full casts. Keelyn is on the BLUE cast. The performances she is in start the weekend of May 14, 15 @ 7:30 the following weekend she will be in the 1:00 performances on May 22 & 23rd. She is so excited!
Delaney was signed up for 2 swim sessions over the Winter at the Nashua YMCA. She enjoyed hanging with her best bud Abbie and learning how to swim. Unfortunately, it was just a BAD time for us (4:45pm) - so she is starting a new swim program this Tuesday at Hampshire Hills.. 1:00. Much better time frame as the older girls dreaded going to swim lessons.
On another Delaney note.. she had FOR THE SECOND time.. pneumonia in February! Poor kid.. Flu back in October, missed Halloween, pneumonia in Feb., and just THIS week - school vacation week... she was crawling across our wooden table outside.. got a huge splinter in her knee, I tried to pull it out and only the piece protruding from her skin came out. So after trying for about 1/2 hr. with her screaming as loud as she could, I decided to wait and bring her to the dr. the next day (Tuesday). I bring her in.. he looks at it and says "I think she will need to see a surgeon, it is too deep for me to pull out with tweezers". They make an appt. for the surgeon at 1:30 that afternoon. When the surgeon looks at it, she tells me it is too deep and would be too traumatic to try to get out in the office (she said I would basically be holding down my screaming child as she gave her Novocaine in her knee and tried to extract it).. Sooooooo... we end up in the operating room the next morning!!!!!! HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE experience! I don't know how any parent with a chronically ill child can go through the task of sitting with a screaming child as an anesthesiologist gives them gas to put them to sleep. I almost think it would have been just as traumatic if we removed it in the office. Poor Delaney screamed and cried and fought for a good minute and a half before she finally fell asleep. I cried and cried!!! The surgeon came out 5 minutes later and said it came out - she's fine - she's waking up. WHEW!!!!! finally .. after waiting the longest 10 minutes of my LIFE, they allowed me back into the day surgery room to give her a HUGE hug. UGH.. they wouldn't give me the splinter (YES I ASKED!) because the damn thing cost us almost $300 in copayments! Here is a day after surgery picture.. healing very nicely...
the coloring on her knee was a smiley face the surgeon asked her to draw...
Lastly.... while Jack was traveling a few weeks ago, I got up around 6:45, looked out the front window, and saw my Ally cat with another strange cat. I went out there because the cat had a collar and tag, which I thought odd if it was an outdoor cat. I look at the tag which reads "BIG REWARD - 39 Amherst St - and a phone #). I picked up the cat to bring him in to call the #.. and the DAMN CAT ATTACKED ME!!!!!! Here's the damage..
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One last picture I have to post.. Delaney took this.. every time I sit on the couch the dog has to be right next to me... or ON ME..
Silly picture...
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