Abby cracks me up

This happened while we were camping at Lincoln State Park on June 9th, but again, I suck and am just now posting this.  There was this huge section of Amish people camping and they were taking up 3-4 sites.  I don't think I've ever seen Amish people camping so it was very strange to see the women with their hats and dresses and all the men with their hats and beards.  I took the kids on a walk to the lake and we walked right in front of their campgrounds.  There were about 30-40 of them sitting in a big circle with one guy in the middle reading from a book.  We couldn't hear what he was saying but they were all very quiet and he was the only one talking so I figured they were doing some kind of church service.  The kids asked what they were doing and I whispered, "I'm not sure, but I think they are in church."  Well, Abby speaks up in her loud little voice and says, "I know what they're doing Daddy.  They're eating turkey!!!"  Of course they all heard her and looked over at us and it took me a minute to figure out what she meant, but then it dawned on me...  She thought they were Pilgrims! 

That girl cracks me up!

Jack probably had the best game of his life on Sat!

This happened on Sat. June 9th and I'm just now getting to post it.  I know, I suck.  Better late than never I guess:

Jack probably had the best game of his life on Sat!

Unfortunately, it happened when NO ONE was there!  :)  We were camping so it was too complicated to pick up Mom and Gary and Marlena stayed at the campground with the girls, so the only witnesses were Missy and I.  It was the first game of the tournament and I think the score ended up being 14-8 (we won).  I won't bore you all with the details, but here are the highlights.

- Starting pitcher for 2 innings.  They got plenty of hits, but he struck out several batters and no runs scored.
- Second inning, he struck out the first 2 batters and then the third batter hit a grounder and he scooped it up and threw it to 1st and got him out!  3 up - 3 down!!
- Got up 3 times: 2 doubles and a triple!
- Had his best game ever at SS.  He tagged a runner trying to steal 2nd.  They hit a very hard ball right up the middle and he ran over and scooped it up then threw the runner out at 1st (running the whole time!)  They had a runner on 2nd that was getting way off the base after every pitch so the pitcher threw the ball to Jack at 2nd and they had him in a pickle.  Our 3rd baseman isn't very good so Jack decided to chase the kid down.  I've never seen that boy run so fast!  He kicked it into high gear and tagged the boy out about 3 feet from 3rd base!  Poor guy needed oxygen after that, but it was very exciting.

He usually has small moments of greatness at every game (especially to his Dad), but almost always makes a couple of silly mistakes, and can't get everything working at the same time.  He made absolutely no mistakes at all on Sat.  I even had 2 or 3 parents tell me how well Jack played and that hardly ever happens.  I usually wonder if he deserves to be on the 9U "A" all-star team, but Sat. was one of those games where I felt like he DEFINITELY deserves it.

After having strep throat 7 times in 6 months, Dr. Cochran said Ally needed to see an ENT.  He referred us to Dr. Detweiler.  Dr. Detweiler was great.  He said when they look at tonsils, they can by in different stages between 0 and 5 (5 being the worst).  Well, Ally’s never goes down.  They stay around 2 or worse.  They usually take out tonsils if the child has strep more than 6 times in a year.  Ally was on your way to double that!  So, we set up an appointment to get her tonsils and adenoids out on June 1^st after school was out.  Ally was actually excited since everyone kept telling her she’d get lots of ice cream.  I was worried.  She doesn’t eat as it is so I didn’t know what to expect.  Dr. D said he wanted her to eat everything she could after the surgery to help keep the scabs from forming.  He also said days 5-9 would probably be the worst because that’s when the anesthesia starts to wear off completely and the scabs start.  Jeff and I took her that morning to the Surgery Center.  I think she was a little nervous but was good.  When they called her back, we went to a little triage type room with a recliner.  She changed into a gown and socks.  The anesthesiologist came to talk to us.  She was super nice and tried to ease all of Ally’s worries.  Dr. D came in and talked to us too.  They finally came to get her and we went to the waiting room.  I swear there were 10 other kids there getting their tonsils out at the same time!!  We were only in the waiting room 15 minutes when Dr. D came out and said she did great and also handed me a cup with her top front tooth inside!  It was loose so they pulled it to avoid knocking it out and her swallowing it.  After anyone 15 minutes or so, they said we could go back and see her.  As we walked through the door, she was waking up in the bed they wheeled her in on.  She saw us and began to sob.  It was so sad.  They put us in a little room with a TV and a recliner.  I sat in the recliner and she sat on the my lap.  She just cried and cried.  She wouldn’t swallow or talk for a while…it was heartbreaking.  Jeff left to go back to work and that upset her so I called Lori and she came to visit with gifts (a pink headband and pink bracelets).  That helped a bit! J  They kept encouraging her to drink and eat.  At first she wouldn’t.  She had an IV so they gave her some more meds.  After those kicked in a bit, they gave her some Ibuprofen.  They told her she couldn’t leave until she ate something.  She finally perked up a little and ate a cup of chocolate pudding and drank some Sprite.  She was even smiling and laughing at herself in the mirror with her front tooth missing!  Right around noon, we got to leave.  We headed to CVS to get her pain meds and then headed to pick up Jack and Abby.  By 12:30, we were home.  Just 3.5 hours from surgery to home!!  At home, she took Ibuprofen or Lortab every 2 hours and did really well.  She watched a movie when she got home but ate lunch and then even at one point went outside!  I was shocked.  Jack had a game Saturday and she went to that.  She seemed to be doing great.  They had told us that days 5-9 would be the worst.  Around day 5, she started throwing up.  She was miserable.  I called and they said they didn’t want that pressure on her throat so we had to give her an enema…that didn’t go well.  She went through some ear pain and sore throat during those day…missing a couple days of VBS.  But, on day 9, she didn’t get any medicine all day and she was done.  All-in-all, she did great…a lot better than I thought she’d do.  She was a trooper!!