Shabbat was the usual.  It was a nice day so we sat outside for a while after lunch and then they kids played with the neighbors while Keren slept and Eric and I rested.  At 4 we all went to the park and stayed until dinnertime.  Sat. night Eric and Talia went to shul to the learning hour.  Talia loves it. 

Yesterday, Sunday, we got the kids their costumes for Purim.  I called Robin in the afternoon and asked her if she had a pirate costume b/c Ben decided that’s what he wanted to be for Purim. She said she had one and it would fit him!!  It’s an adorable costume!  While I was there she gave me a Dorothy costume for Talia and a clown costume for Keren.  We ran to the toy store to see if we could get Ben a sword and Talia some ruby shoes and a wig.  We got Ben his sword and we picked up a hook so he can be captain hook, but we didn’t come home with the shoes or the wig.  So we’ll have to keep up the search for those things. 

In the evening I had a minor thing removed from my neck/shoulder area.  It was a quick procedure but after the anesthetic wore off last night I was pretty uncomfortable and couldn’t fall asleep.  I took a Percocet and that helped it all!!  I happily went to sleep and slept pretty well all night.

Talia and Ben played with the 5th grade girl who comes on Sunday’s to play with them.  They had a great time.  Eric said that while I was gone they were kind of sitting around not really knowing what to do.  I find that is often the case with them.  He said he threw them out and told them to play in the park and by the time I got home from the surgery, they were running around with the ball and having a blast. It was the first time that Talia was home while they came and she had a really nice time playing with her also.  I mentioned to Eric that it might not be working out b/c 4:30 on a Sunday afternoon is a pretty lousy time for them to come but when the kids overheard me they said, No!!!  So, they will continue to come.  Meanwhile, three girls are supposed to come but only 1 has been coming after the first time when they all came.

This morning Eric took the kids to school and then took Keren for a blood test.  Now we will find out if the iron that she had been taking for the past 3 months worked or not.  I am nervous to get the results b/c if it didn’t go into her system then we have to find out why.  I got out of bed at 9:10.  Eric said he tried waking me up but I wouldn’t wake up (thank you Mr. Percocet!) so he didn’t try again. 

Keren and I ran out the door to playgroup 40 minutes late and we played for a while with some of the other children and mommies.  It was a small group today.

My neck was kind of hurting me when I moved around so I came home and put Keren to sleep after feeding her and then tried to take it easy and not move around too much.    I think I am going to have to cancel my tennis game that I had planned for tomorrow.  There is no way that I will be able to play.

This afternoon we made a bunch of chocolates out of the chocolate molds for Purim that Eric and I bought yesterday.  The kids and I had a lot of fun mixing food coloring into the chocolates to make all different colors.  It will be one of the things that we put into the shalach manot.  Eric also went shopping and bought a lot of goodies to put into them.  We just have to buy containers now…

The kids had English today and Eric did carpool for me b/c my neck was really hurting me this afternoon. 

The rest of the day kind of flew by.  The kids put on their costumes, again, and made a show for me.  They love their costumes!  Even Keren insists on getting into hers.  I am going to have to hide them so they don’t get sick of them by the time it’s time to wear them!