2. Tonight Nadia has her last softball game. She has to help at the carnival with a fundraiser for Little League on Thursday, and then her season is officially over. Paul is driving her to the game. He's been getting home from work between 7-7:30PM lately, but he's going to be home by 4:30 today so he can take Nadia to her game which is farther away than usual and so I can go to Bible study. I'm also going to go for a walk! Yay!
4. Oliver didn't cry when I took him to summer musical on Wednesday night. YAHOO!! I told him he was in charge of carrying in the ice cream sandwiches. I had signed up to bring the kids snack that night. In the past I've always made the snack, but since we had four potluck picnics within fourteen days, I went the lazy route and purchased ice cream sandwiches.
5. We had a lovely time with Aunt Janet this past weekend! It was so great to spend time with her, and she was able to get a glimpse into our world by attending Ian's soccer game, going with us to church, seeing the children's museum, etc.
6. Aunt Janet treated us to dinner at Bonanza on Saturday
7. The kids enjoyed their last gym class on Friday (until September). Oliver said that glow in the dark dodgeball was his favorite. Hopefully next fall I won't have to sit in the gym and watch to get him to participate.
8. The kids, Janet, and I enjoyed Nadia's softball party on Friday night. The kids enjoyed the pool and playground. I found it a treat to eat s'mores.
10. Nadia and Ian learned more about eyes through the class lead by Bloomsburg University biology professors at the Children's Museum on Saturday. This included dissecting a cow's eye.
11. I enjoyed teaching an adult Sunday School class as a substitute, and it was especially nice that Aunt Janet was in the class that day.
12. Claire and Sophie came over for 5.5 hours yesterday. I'm so glad the kids have friends.
13. We watched an interesting movie last night about the history of McDonald's (The Founder).
14. Last month when I received the EOB from the dental insurance, my heart sank as it looked to me that we were going to be billed about $250 for Oliver's x-rays because the insurance only covers them beginning at age 5 (which he won't turn until August). Thankfully, we haven't received a bill from the dentist, which I believe means his x-rays were free. This means I think we can afford to schedule an eye doctor appointment for me. I had thought that between Oliver's x-rays and Paul's mole we had exceeded our budget for medical expenses for the year. I am so grateful we haven't, and I can start the process of getting some eyeglasses that don't give me a splitting headache.
15. Paul's mole still hasn't been healing. I have been asking and asking and asking him to call a dermatologist as I felt it was time to move beyond his PCP. Thankfully he called yesterday and got an appointment for this Friday. We want the dermatologist to #1 make sure this first mole removal was handled properly and #2 remove any other suspicious moles. Basically we want to maximize our deductible. I don't want to remove one mole a year and max his deductible each year over each mole. If we're maxing his deductible this year, let's take care of any and all suspicious moles before our "year" is up with the insurance. He was supposed to see the PCP on Thursday. He's going to cancel that in light of his appointment on Friday. I am so glad he could be seen so quickly by a specialist.
16. I had never taken a shower in the kids' bathroom so I didn't know that the monkey shower rings were not very functional. They were cute but made it very difficult to slide the shower curtain. I bought new shower rings and a new shower liner last week (some of the holes were ripped in the liner which also added to the problem), and now that shower curtain is SO much more functional. I am sure our guests will appreciate this in the future, and we are appreciating it now until we are able to resume using our master bathroom shower.
17. Maurice had a good week in Italy last week, and my dad made it safely over to Turkey yesterday. Now Maurice and my dad are exploring Ephesus for a few days before they spend a week with the Towfighis. Hoping they'll all have a fabulous time over there!
18. We are going to see a movie today at the theater. It's one we've already seen on DVD, but since only one time in their lives have I purchased a ticket for a newly released movie (took Nadia to see Beauty and the Beast), seeing a movie on the big screen is still novel for them. So for $4 the four of us will watch Kung Fu Panda 3 this morning. We were going to pick strawberries before the movie, but it was raining. If it's not raining after the movie, we'll pick them then. If not today, at some point in the next week or two we will pick strawberries!
19. Paul's mom had been on a pill that was supposed to keep her non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in check. It didn't work. Bummer. This means she is starting chemo again on Thursday. She has had and continues to have the best attitude through all this. She had chemo in 2008 and in 2014. Praying that it will be effective this time and that the side effects will be as minimal as possible. I'm thankful it's a far more treatable kind of cancer than the one my mom had.
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