This is the week of 4's. Yesterday, the bad mommy blogger that I am, didn't even turn on the computer to write a post dedicated to my Zoe. She turned 4 yesterday. There's many things she wants to do now that she's 4:
1) Read all by herself
2) Put herself to sleep (she likes me to lay with her for a bit at night)
3) Eat broccoli (although, she's not sure, this may happen when she's 48 instead)
4) Get a bounce house and big trampoline that she can play on in the backyard.
There's also been hints of wanting a puppy. She typically spells out words now and then asks, "what does that spell?" It never fails, she spells out things like:
P-E-T-C-O
P-E-T-S-M-A-R-T
I don't know how those two stores in particular speak to her, but every time we're in the car, she finds one of those, asks what P-E-T-C-O spells and then gets all excited because we.could.go.there.NOW.and.get.a.puppy.to.take.home.and.love.and.play.with.mommypleeease!
She had a great day at school yesterday and took brownies for all her classmates. What she really wanted was a surprise party, where she walks into a dark room, all her friends are hiding, then they turn on the lights and yell "SURPRISE" and she gets all excited because it's a surprise party just for her. If you can't already tell, age 4 has brought a wealth of new imagination and ideas!
Last night, N, D, E, Grandma Lily and I waited at McDonald's for Zoe and Grandma Kathy to show up. When they walked through the door, we all yelled "SURPRISE!" The look on her face was absolutely priceless. She said that was her favorite part of her day.
In addition to all the celebrations, other things have been happening in 4's this week. Here they are in random order:
1) 4 sick days off work.
2) 4 visits to the doctor.
3) 4 decibels is about as high as my voice can go right now, if I'm lucky.
4) 4 cough drops per hour is the going rate right now.
This past weekend Zoe and I got sick. She has bilateral ear infections and has to take medication 4 times per day. If you don't know, getting Zoe to take "the pink medicine" is similar to trying to make a frog stay in a hot pan. I'm sure the neighbors think we are severely hurting our child and some may even think we are torturing her. There's much gagging, bribing and sweating that goes into the 4 times a day ritual. We're only day 4 of 10 on this routine.
I came down with strep. However, that has quickly turned into something that is bigger than a sore throat. It involves coughing, lots of coughing and shortness of breath. It has also caused me to lose my voice. Which N is counting as a small blessing of the illness. It did make it hard to yell "SURPRISE" for Zoe's surprise, but fortunately I can fake it and get real excited, wave my arms and generally look like I'm actually talking. When we tried to sing Happy Birthday to her, N said I sounded like William Hung (that really horrible singer who somehow put out a CD). I couldn't even deny it. I totally sound like that guy.
A friend of ours said I sounded like a man. I've gone well past that sexy Kathleen Turner voice to a tone-deaf singer. Awesome!
Today I'm headed back to the doctor for the official appointment #4 to see if we can get me better. I only have 4 days before Zoe's big birthday party and I must be better by then. It's all about being a super hero and, if I don't have my voice back by then, I'll get to be Super Mime and that's not nearly as cool as Super Mom!
No comments:
Post a Comment