So our little one had her first taste of rice cereal. Now let me tell you when my other two girls tried it for the first time they didn't really like it. They made faces and spit it out. Now when Olivia tried it, she loved it. She couldn't get enough. I had to post every picture because she is just so cute.
I am a true believer that if my kids eat a good dinner they can have dessert after. There have been times that one didn't eat a very good dinner and they didn't have dessert. But that is another story. Now when they have the dessert, they truly enjoy it. I happened to catch Mckenna going to the bathroom to wash up and this is what she looked like.
I ran to get my camera and capture this moment and when she saw that, she tried to run. So Ryan caught her and she was fighting it. She had a tofu chocolate ice cream bar (I know it sounds nasty but seriously it is so good. My kids can't tell a difference) and it somehow ended up all over her face. 
Finally she just gave in and let me take the picture. The girl loves her desserts!
I know it is unusual to see 2 new blog posts in the same week from me but it has been quite a week. So this morning I woke up and noticed that my ring finger was massively swollen. I thought that I could just take my ring off and everything would be fine. But the ring wouldn't budge. Immediately I became claustrophobic and and started to panic. How was I going to get the ring off! Now if I was a truly dedicated blogger, I would have taken a picture of the finger but I guess I am not that dedicated. So I tried to use soap, lotion, butter, etc. Nothing worked. So I went online to see what I could do and again nothing worked. I think me trying all these things to try to get it off made it more swollen. So then I thought that I am going to have to get this ring cut off. Only it's my wedding ring. I don't want to cut my wedding ring. Isn't that bad luck or something?! So after I dropped my daughter off to school, I went to urgent care to have them cut it off. When I got there, they told me that my insurance is not covered under them and that I could spend $75 to have them cut it off. I guess I am too cheap to pay that kind of money to save my finger, so I left. I decided to go to a jewelry store and see if they can do it for me. It was 9:30 am and they didn't open until 10. I was a wreck! When they opened I went in and there was one lady in front of me. I cut in front of her and showed the guy my finger and started crying. I was seriously in pain. The lady held my baby while he cut my ring. Let me tell you the relief was welcoming. I thought I was never going to get it off. And to top it off, the guy didn't even charge me. I am so glad I didn't pay $75 to have urgent care do it. When I came home, I looked online and found other people who had this happen to them. I have a platinum ring as did these ladies and they said they are allergic to platinum. I wonder if I am allergic. I have had other reactions before but not swelling like today. I don't know if I should go to a doctor to be tested or if I should just get a new ring. All I know is that I am glad to have my finger back.
Well Mckenna started first grade. It was kind of hard to take my oldest to first grade. I took her to her line and watched her walk away from me for 6 hours. She was so excited. The hard part for her to get used to was going for the whole day. She was used to kindergarten which was only 3 hours. But she was excited to eat in the cafeteria and even more excited to have 3 recesses.
Now Karley didn't start school until the next week. She was totally excited because she wanted to be a big girl and go to school like her sister. We were in the car going to school and I was talking to her about how big she is getting and how I didn't want her to get any bigger. She then said to me that Heavenly Father and Jesus are the ones making her bigger but not President Monson. What a cutie! So yesterday was her first day. Now this is where it began. First of all, has anyone ever had those school dreams where you are not prepared but everyone else is. I have had dreams like that every time before I started school. This wasn't a dream. So I take Karley to school and we are anxiously waiting for her teacher to open the door. As I look around, I notice that every single parent has a white sheet in their hand. All of the sudden I start thinking "oh crap". So I turned to one parent and asked what it was. It was a sheet they gave us when we signed our kids up. And we needed to have it the first day so that our kids would be able to go to school. Now I just had a baby 4 months ago so I was going to use that excuse but there were 3 other women there with younger babies and they had those white sheets. So I just figured I would talk to the teacher about it. Then I notice that all the little girls had toys with them. So I turned to another parent and asked why her little girl had a toy. She told me that it was girl share day. What! How did she know this and I didn't! It was only the first day. So now Karley didn't have anything to share. I probably looked like the loser parent. And believe me, I felt like one. Luckily, I went in and talked with the teacher and she gave me all the paper work and told me it was ok not to have a toy. But you know she was really thinking I was a bonehead parent. I wanted to explain myself and reassure her that I am usually on top of things but I didn't. I hope this doesn't happen again but I know it will. And I will feel like a bonehead parent then too.
