Playhouse Disney... Sunday night & Ryley's got Strep!

I took Delaney and Addy to see Playhouse Disney last Friday. Delaney was the cutest ever! She loved loved loved it!!! Danced and had a blast. Addy on the other hand.. quite a handful. Screaming, crying.. antsy pants. This video is just too cute!





Here is a photo of all the characters we saw..






The last 3 weeks Jack has been traveling. From Ireland to CA, to Maine. The traveling is starting to get QUITE annoying!

So, yesterday morning, Ryley woke up saying her throat hurt. I felt her head - no fever, and her throat looked a little red. Well, her friend Sophi came over then I had errands to do .. when I got home, the poor kid was on the couch with a 101 fever! The rest of the day was spent taking motrin and naps. This morning Jack took her to the dr. and they didn't even have to do a strep test, he could just tell from looking she had a bad case of strep! :-( poor kid! She cried and cried about having to have a throat culture and how it was going to hurt.. lucky for her, they didn't need to do it. Now, she's got a free ticket for the day off school tomorrow! :-) She seems better tonight with just one dose of Zithromycin, motrin and tylenol (intermittently)!

well, that's about it... nothing else much going on up here at the Flynn house. I'm dreading this week.. seems the "artic blast" is finally making it's way here. ugh! Long Winter..............

I had to INTENTIONALLY Call 911 today!

We had an incident way back when .. one of the girls called 911, I didn't realize, they called back, I told them it must have been one of the girls, they had Milford police call back, then they showed up! WHEW

So today.. I had lots and lots of laundry to put away. Like for a "preview" .. my kids had ALMOST no PANTS in their drawers.. and when they do, you can't close the drawers. That'll tell you how much I had to put away. Anyway, I was putting away clothes in Delaney & Addy's room. Keep seeing Addy.. WHO I HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON 24/7! Within the 3-4 minutes I didn't have my eye on her, she wobbles into her room as I'm heading out - she has an open tube of toothpaste, MAJOR DROOL/FOAM/SALIVA..etc coming down her chin and she appears to be struggling to breath. I of course panic. I flip her upside down, put my finger down her throat to see if there is something in there.. flip her back over, she still seems to have an issue breathing. I have her upside down across my forearm and I run downstairs.. at the bottom of the stairs, same thing, I grab paper towels to take the visible toothpaste out of her mouth, as I'm "sweeping" with the paper towel, she's gagging .. trying to vomit, I get some toothpaste and notice blood and mucus on the paper towel. I yell to Keelyn to call 911, then I just grab the phone and call. As I'm on the phone I realize "WHERE IS THE F#*&()%ING CAP ?!?!?!?" I scream up to the girls to find the cap. I have no idea what it looks like..size etc. I assume THAT is what she is choking on! After the girls run down with the cap and Adyson seems to be responding and I'm thinking.. maybe I didn't need to call.. Jack comes back from Dunkin Donuts. OH BOY, the second he pulls in .. the paramedics pull in.. he's gets out of his car as I open the door, he's like "8 SOUHEGAN???" the paramedic was like "yes, there's a choking baby?" Jack looks at me, now, I'm feeling a little bad, because I KNOW there is no cap in her airway, and there are now an ambulance, police cars, and aux. fire fighters all running to my door! AND COLLEEN!!! She was driving by the end of the street and saw all the commotion and came RUNNING! After checking little Addy out and calling poison control, she was happy to learn she could NOW have her long awaited morning bottle (I guess the milk absorbs the fluoride - which we were thinking she probably got maybe a tablespoon??? - I still have no clue) anyway... needless to say, we had quite a dramatic morning. Poor little Addy. That kid needs to live in a STRAIGHT JACKET!!!!!

I'm totally jonesing for popcorn.. so I wanted to post some photo's from Halloween...











Here is Jack with our old neighbor Ann (I think she loves having us come visit at Halloween since her kids are all grown up now!!) :-) We love ya Ann! Thanks for the invite and help!








Ryley was Hannah Montana, Keelyn was LOLA - Hannah Montana's wacky friend, Delaney and Addy were Minnie and Mickey!







What a LIFE.. sit back, eat Kit Kats.. and be pulled in a wagon!!!






How sweet is this???






Jack as the HEADLESS HORSEMAN






HAHAHA!





Lastly, here are the pumpkins Keelyn and Ryley carved out completely by themselves! (just a tiny bit of help from me.. 99% their doing)

Keelyn's on the right, Ryley's on the left

NeeNee's Mexican Hat Dance

I'm loving it

KeeKee's HIP HOP



Last weekend we were graciously invited ONCE AGAIN to the Curtis Farm Annual Pumpkin Carving Party, Kristin and Jim (Kelsey and Izabell) also joined in on the festivities! *their turn next year at their "new" garage/barn!* :-) The kids had fun (minus the 2 bloody incidents) Ry Ry got hit in the nose with a ball and that was a BLOODY mess.. Addy was all geared up in her frog suit and tripped on the threshold and her tooth cut the inside of her lip. UGH! They both seemed to recover quickly. Here are some photos.



Don't you just LOVE Barbie!??!?!?!




















Look at this sweet little smile! Little Eli loves his Papa..
*Big hugs out to Matt who lost his Dad the NIGHT before the party*











look at this goose! I can only imagine what she is thinking...





Thanks for having us guys! We had a great time! Looking forward to next year (can I invite myself?)


I just HAD to add this picture of Addy.. she's a GOOF BALL! Peeking over the back of the couch.






Lastly, my sweet little angels...






Night

Just not enough time in the day.....

10:00 PM and I'm caught as to weather to blog or write in the girls journals. Too bad the journals aren't online... now, that's a thought. Maybe create a word document and print it out on a yearly basis...hmmm.


Let's see. This weekend was the annual Milford Pumpkin Festival. It was perfect weather. We were there Friday, Sat., and today. Unfortunately, the highlight for the older girls was going through the "haunted trail" but when we went there last night, there was at least a 2 hour wait!!! NO THANKS! I guess all the candy, sno cones..etc made up for it. I really enjoy our location as we just walk over the little swinging bridge into town and don't have to deal with "finding a parking space". So, it's now Sunday night and Jack is flying to Ireland. UGH, one of the places I'd really like to have joined him.

Last weekend the Vidbels one ring circus came to town. To the girls I really think it was just as good as Ringling Brother yet $100 less!! Here are some photos:


















That's about it... other than being constantly busy, there's not much more going on in the flynn house. All 3 girls are doing fabulous in school. Ryley's so advanced in her reading, that her teacher wants her to read to the class. That may take lots of bribery! Keelyn's doing great, her and her friend Nicole are in the gifted program where they do challenging math problems. Keelyn's also in the talent pool where she does other challenging work, i.e. science, reading..etc. Delaney is so interested in so much lately. Talks about all the things she's learned in school and it is great to hear her and Ryley talk about whether or not it is a PUPAE/CHRYSALIS/COCOON! HA! I love it.

ADDY's 1!!!

The YEAR has FLOWN by! I can't believe little Addy is 1. She is so silly. Has a goofy personality. She loves to laugh. She also loves to make YOU laugh. Here is a SUPER cute video I took of her today.




We had a small little family celebration. Poor kid.. go back 7 years ago and Keelyn's 1st b-day.. tent rentals... 50 people.. BIG OLE' Partay!.. Fast forward 7 years.. Addy, Keelyn, Ryley, Delaney, Mum and Dad. I guess there is enough of us to make her feel like it is a BIG party!

Here is a cute shot of her SMALL celebration. She got a TMX Elmo.. it is kind of a love/hate relationship. I just wish he had VOLUME control! He is really cool, but REALLY LOUD. She laughs.. then CRIES!




IF it didn't take FOREVER to upload video, I'd try to post her laughing at Elmo. (then crying) :-P

Check out these BEAUTIFUL pictures a friend of ours took at Keelyn's soccer game:




















O.K. I'm getting really really tired, but I have to just QUICKLY write about our Sat. a week and a half ago. We (all the girls) and I were out pretty early Sat. morning. As we were driving around I told them to keep their eye out for hot air balloons. (something we usually see on the weekends). Well, shortly after I hear Ryley scream "HOT AIR BALLOON". For the next 35 minutes we follow the thing around. Hoping to catch a glimpse of it landing. Not only did we catch a glimpse of it landing, the pilot invited all of us on for a tethered ride! Delaney and I gladly and THANKFULLY went. Keelyn and Ryley were a little nervous as we didn't know how high it would go. It only went up 5-10 feet. It was soooooo cool!!! The pilots wife took a few pictures. Here they are:


















After they let the girls COMPLETELY break down and put away the balloon, they asked them to jump on the bag to release any extra air! That was the NEXT best part for them!









The morning ended with ME enjoying CHAMPAGNE (with the pilot, his wife and 2 other balloonists) and the girls a cup'o' Mountain DEW. What NICE NICE PEOPLE! thank you so much LIBERTY FLIGHTS!!! Eric & Marie!

http://www.libertyflights.com/


Here is a picture I took with my cell (I'm PISSED I didn't have my regular camera.. BUT WHO KNEW???) - it was taken from INSIDE the basket of the balloon looking UP. SUPER COOL!!




well.. I better get to sleep!

OH, lastly... I CHOPPED MY HAIR OFF!!!




Whaddya think?

My Little Ballerina

That sweet little pea!

And guess what????