New Beginnings

Yes yet another long break since my last post, told you I'm not good at this blogging thing. Ah, where to start?

I am yet again a little crazy with trying to take on too much all at once.  Karly starts dance school beginning of Sept.  We are potentially closing on a new house the end of Sept which means once again I am packing up the house for the move by myself and most likely doing the closing paperwork by myself.  As if that isn't enough I am also starting school to finally pursue my ADN.  Sixteen credit hours all online with  a three year old running around and a 6 month old blowing raspberries in the background. Oh boy!

Karly gave herself her first concussion earlier this week.  I didn't take her to the doctor as she never lost consciousness and she didn't act funny afterwards, so it is a self diagnosed concussion.  My little ballerina was twirling and dancing in her dress.  Every other day there are toys in the living room floor, today I actually cleaned and maybe this threw off her groove, but the poor child tripped over her big feet that she so graciously inherited from both her father and myself.  She then dove head first into our fish tank stand, nailing it right between the eyes.  What resulted was a toddler and mommy meltdown moment followed by a swift change of gears into nurse mode as I witnessed the goose egg start growing, slapped the frozen peas on her face and then assessed her mental state (as best as you could with a three year old). After calming down and icing she was back to Karly wanting to play and sit on the couch and watch movies, only she  kind of resembled a Klingon.

My little trooper though, she never let it get her down. Nor did she learn from her lesson.  Next day she is back to twirling and spinning around, dangerously close to the fish tank, I remind her what happens and she moves away from the tank, but dangerously close to the coffee table.  The following day...I inform her it is naptime and she attempts to be slick, tries to run from me and hide under her bed, only to drive the top of her head into her bed frame.  *shakes my head*  This is what she looked like by day three...

Yep it's a shiner...that's black on the insides of both her eyes

So you can imagine the stares I got as we are walking through the grocery store.

Claire has decided she is tired of sitting still and watching Karly have all the fun and has started getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth. One time she kind of leap-frogged it forward and landed on her face. She seems to be following in Karly's footsteps alright.  She will get the hang of it soon enough, just in time for me to worry about baby proofing the new house. 

That is all for now as I have HOMEWORK to complete now.
Until next time,
Keep it Classy, Carolina.