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May 12, 2000


It seems like it's been a long week. It's been crammed full of events. Finally today I get to play catch up on housework and correspondence.

Last Friday I picked Matthew up a few minutes early at school and took him for his Chicken Pox vaccine. I figured his luck may be running out making it this long without catching it. We know he's been exposed a number of times to it as well as the Shingles form. While there, we ran into the mom of one of his friends who had brought her 2-year-old in with an ear infection. A couple hours later when we were back home we heard a bunch of sirens going off. My mom called to let us know that she heard over the scanner that there was a 911 call from the same family's house. The boy in Matt's class had just received a quad from his parents for his birthday earlier in the week. Somehow he rolled it backwards on himself. He wound up being Life-Flighted to Children's Hospital with a compound fracture of one arm, a broken collarbone on the other and heavy bruising of his chest. I spoke with the mother yesterday. They've let him come home after surgery to insert pins into the arm. He'll most likely miss the rest of the school year. Last night the T-ball coach asked Matt to replace the boy on the ball team. Soccer only has a week left so I guess we'll switch gears.

Monday Nick "graduated" from preschool. He played a frog in the pagent. The children all looked so cute in their tiny caps and gowns! He'll attend the same school again next year though, I'm not ready to push him into kindergarten this soon. It's amazing to me how each child moves at his/her own pace. Matt was ready for school as soon as he turned 5. Nick prefers more physical pursuits to academics at this point. Next month he'll participate in his first recital with his tap and acro classes.

Tuesday I accompanied the first-graders on their field trip. I never knew a bus ride could be so noisy! One of the other moms showed the kids how to motion to the truckers so they'd blow their air horns. I think every truck that passed us on the PA Turnpike honked! Of course, each time this would happen the kids would break into giggles and cheers.

Wednesday the PTO helped the students Tie Dye t-shirts in the school colors to be worn for their track and field day. This went smoother than I'd expected. Nothing got spilled and the weather was good enough that we used the canopied porch where the busses load.

Gee...did I mention amidst all this we had an animal emergency ??? Sunday morning we had to drive the dog to an emergency vet clinic. She had a tumor below her tail, which required surgery. Monday I had to take her to the regular vet to have the operation performed. She pulled through, although the vet admits she was definitely in perilous condition. Yesterday afternoon I was able to bring her home (in exchange for a small fortune). Poor thing has to wear one of those plastic funnel collars for two weeks till the stitches are removed and the biopsy won't be back for a week.

Well, hope everyone enjoys a terrific Mother's Day and by the time you're reading this Memorial Day festivities will be just 'round the corner!

Suzi

(off to put her feet up for 5 minutes till the next activity!)

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