Thursday, May 15, 2008
Lauren's Birthday
I guess I was too wrapped up in the drama of Mother's day to start my first post with Lauren's birthday celebration! I took Riley and Lauren to see a local theartre production of Junie B. Jones and later that afternoon she had a gymnastics party with her friends. We had so much fun! On Sunday, after John and Kate returned from the ER we had my Mom and John's family over to celebrate Lauren's birthday and Mother's day! It was beautiful outside (but windy) and the girls had fun shooting water balloons (courtesy of all the Carraher boys) jumping on the trampoline and just playing in the yard.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Happy Mother's Day!
I love Mother's Day! It's a time for me to slow down and really think about the fact that I have three little miracles in my life. This thought gets lost in translation on many days. I also love the fact that I had one of my children on Mother's Day five years ago....she was three weeks early and I've always considered her birth as a gift.
I will always remember this Mother's day in great detail and maybe not for the most uplifting reasons but none the less it's part of being a parent.
The bottom line is that John spent six hours in the emergency room with Kate (three years old)who had been hit in the head with a wooden block (at close range!) by our active, sweet, fearless Lauren who turned five that day.
I was so upset on many different levels...Kate for being hurt....Lauren for what she initially did and then.....feeling so remorseful/the realization that she had done something very bad ...Riley for being a witness to this and was very freaked out by the blood. On a selfish note though I was also upset that Lauren acted out this way towards her sibling (am I not doing a good job raising my child???) but also this was Mother's day and it just felt like a slap in the face against everything I am trying to do and teach on a daily basis.
Kate is fine. She had a special glue applied to her wound to bind it back together. Once it dissolves we need to apply vitamin e and sunblock to the area to avoid discoloration and/or a scar. 1x day for the next year. I'll just add that to my daily routine.....aghhhhhhhhhhh!
I will always remember this Mother's day in great detail and maybe not for the most uplifting reasons but none the less it's part of being a parent.
The bottom line is that John spent six hours in the emergency room with Kate (three years old)who had been hit in the head with a wooden block (at close range!) by our active, sweet, fearless Lauren who turned five that day.
I was so upset on many different levels...Kate for being hurt....Lauren for what she initially did and then.....feeling so remorseful/the realization that she had done something very bad ...Riley for being a witness to this and was very freaked out by the blood. On a selfish note though I was also upset that Lauren acted out this way towards her sibling (am I not doing a good job raising my child???) but also this was Mother's day and it just felt like a slap in the face against everything I am trying to do and teach on a daily basis.
Kate is fine. She had a special glue applied to her wound to bind it back together. Once it dissolves we need to apply vitamin e and sunblock to the area to avoid discoloration and/or a scar. 1x day for the next year. I'll just add that to my daily routine.....aghhhhhhhhhhh!
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