So there I am. Cuddled warm and cozy on my bed, reunited with a pillow I left at a friend’s house a month ago, eyebrow deep in Jen Lancaster’s book “Such a Pretty Fat”….which, is HYsterical, but also makes me feel a tad guilt-ridden because I am not using the gym membership I started in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Peyton’
Oh the games that children play
Peyton’s last day of chemo picture (taken with my awesomely new and fabulous camera!) Peyton’s announcement: “I showed all my friends my port at school today and Hayden didn’t believe it was a port. He says it was my boob and it’s not a boob, it’s my PORT. So I showed him that it wasn’t [...]
No final chemo and words likely to drive me over the edge to the dark place
My heart raced when Peyton and I walked into the clinic this morning. I mean PUMPING! Possibly worse than the first time Peter and I walked in there with her, so fragile with dread. I had myself worked up into a good frenzy. I would see each procedure as the last. The last time she [...]
She’s quick, I’ll give her that
The temperature was a FRIGID 73 degrees. The fighting began the moment we got in the van. Rachael wraps up in a blanket sitting in the back of the van. Peyton counters by grasping the edge of the blanket and whipping it away from her. Peyton snaps: It’s MINE! Rachael whines : Mommmm, Peyton just [...]
I think we need a different toy
Peyton loves the game Cootie. It’s a fun game, I don’t blame her. BUT. Wendy’s new toy in their kid’s meal is a miniature Cootie…with a pull string that makes it wiggle all around. After playing with it a while, Peyton comes flying into the kitchen yelling, “Look!” She tucks the toy between her legs [...]
