Scary Foot!

I've made some life goals. One of them is to be healthy and I'm really trying to live this one out. I've been walking in this wonderful neighborhood that we moved to. Right after school started I started having pain in my right foot again. In early October I went to the doctor thinking it was just something minor. Well Well it was not as good as I had wanted. It seems that my body can't handle pregnancy. During my pregnancy with Juliet two bone spurs grew on my heel and were very sharp and were knicking my tendon as I was walking. So after a week of shots to where my whole body is black and blue I went in for surgery. This is my beautiful incision. It really is pretty compared to the others. My foot does not hurt and I am so happy. Greta saw my foot for the first time the other night and said "Momma you have a very scary foot." I will have to have some physical theraphy and then I will be off and walking!! YEAH!!

Reflections

This year has been one of reflecting for me. I've had lots of time for thinking about how blessed I am. Tonight I was watching my girls playing on the floor and thought "WOW". Thank you Lord for picking me to be their mother. Thank you for blessing me with the job of caring and loving these beautiful beings.

Sometimes I need to be reminded of this. Some days are difficult with children. Greta tests me many times and I know that I am being taught patience. I am a patient person as long as things are going my way. With children things do not always go our way. If I stand back I usually handle the situation with minor chaos. Sometimes as parents we need to remember that our children are a blessing to us as we are a blessing to them. They are our gift from God, we need to handle them with care, love and support.

Halloween!!

Last night was Halloween. It was the first for many things. First for Juliet, First for our new neighborhood, and a first for door to door for Greta. The girls had a blast, Juliet slept in her stroller and Greta was scared of everyone that walked by. Greta had more fun handing the candy out. She is so like her momma it is scary.

I'm not really fond of Halloween because I don't like to be scared. I never really liked it as a child and really don't like the scary stuff now, But I like for the kids to dress up if they want to.

Greta wanted to be something scary this year and her verision of scary was a spider. We got the spider costume in the mail and she put it on and said "How will they know I'm a girl?". I said "I don't Know" her response was "Put Bows on the head". So she was a really scary girl spider with big orange bows on her head.

Juliet was a pumpkin. She was so cute she did not mind the costume she just smiled and wrinkled her nose. She sat in the front yard with me for a while and then fell asleep and her daddy pushed her down th sidewalk. She is such a happy baby.

The night ended a 8:00 pm and Greta came in and sorted her candy and Juliet got ready for bed. Everyone had a great night and no one got too scared.