8-24-08 Week in Review

What a busy week!! We started off Monday running as many errands as one could ever imagine in one day. I dropped off the wet vac we had to borrow to clean up the makeup....oh, I seem to have forgotten to share that story:

OK so for all of those of you who ever wanted/needed to know....L'oreal True Match foundation is NON-TOXIC and your 2 year old will not die or need anything more than lots of fluids if she drinks half a bottle thinking it's a little yogurt bottle - per Poison Control. Also...beware, Poison Control has caller ID and unlike years ago when they'd ask for your child's name and your name, address, etc. and you'd just refuse and hang up, NOW they say...so is this 555-5555 and is your name Schnegel-kins and is your address 5555 What-Ever-This-Street is? So of course I have to ask WHY they need this info...when I in fact KNOW it's because they're keeping a BAD MOTHER file on me and are just waiting to turn me into Social Services. They claim it's so that if I have to take my child to the hospital they can better communicate to the emergency room the exact situation...as if I couldn't tell the emergency room....and besides, she asked me AFTER she already knew that mine was not an emergency....hmmmm. ANYWAY, so I didn't know Ella was out of the gate and she got upstairs and into my makeup and when I found her she, the carpet, and Ryan's suit jacket were COVERED in makeup. Let's just say it took HOURS and a whole bottle of amazing stain remover and a professional wet vac to remove 90%.

Thus my next errand of dropping Ryan's suit at the cleaners, taking Corben to buy all of his scout stuff (pics to come if my camera will ever give them up), drop his shirt off to get the patches sewn on...yes, I did, no more hand sewing for me, I'd rather pay for it! ANYWAY, I hit all the stores, bought all the birthday gifts, and a million other things. YEAH!



Tuesday we headed to Fayettenam so Corben and Dade could spend time with their grandparents on Corben's birthday! They spent the day with family while I hung out with a great friend of mine from high school. It was a great day but as we headed home I noticed Corben was a bit sleepier than expected. By the time we got home he was out like a light and when I checked on him right before his party I discovered he had a fever of 103!! Talk about a bummer! Everyone came over anyway and just sang to
him from a distance. He didn't even eat any of his Dragon cake I made! Notice his cup has the poison symbol on it...we didn't want anyone to accidentally pick it up!

Needless to say, Wednesday was hanging out at home. Thursday Corben was feeling much better so we headed out to meet his 3rd Grade teacher. She seems very nice though she is very nervous about his Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome despite all of my reassurances. Corben is very excited to go back to school. Friday was the Schnegel Family Party where we celebrate everyone's birthday's for the month. This month it was Corben and Noah. What a fun night! Ryan and his brother Eric built a bon fire and the kids played outside all over the rock and out in the yard. The weather was perfect! We had a piñata in the shape of a dinosaur and the kids had a lot of fun with that (pics to come). We then had cupcakes, homemade pizza courtesy of Ryan, and opened presents. I don't think anyone could have done any better this year with gifts for him. He got a Clone Helmet with voice changer, real fossils, a volcano making kit, several plane model kits, a Monsterology book, a Dragonology game, a bug collecting kit, and so much more. He is one happy boy! Dade missed the festivities as he was at a Boy Scout camp out having a ton of fun. Corben got his first taste of scouts on Saturday morning at Cub Scout Day camp. He earned several belt loops and discovered he's good at marbles! Ryan spent the day helping his Dad put up siding on his house. It had been a long week so I hung out at home wishing for a nap. I was so tired I missed out on going out with all the Schneg sisters for a girl's night out! Oh well. So that's our busy week. We loved it!