Back in Feb. we went to church in Albion, to hear John preach. That morning Renee was having some "issues", which happens less frequently, Thank You Lord! I was in the shower and she kept opening the shower door. Then she went downstairs and trashed her bed. She pulled off everything, including the mattress pad! After that, she was fine. Still can't figure that child out! Good thing I don't have to figure her out in order to love her! She is still my #1 snuggler!
Just last week I stayed home from church with Renee because she had the stomach bug. Kaitlyn was a very nice big sister and had shared it with her. (Poor Kaitlyn.....she got sick while at school and a week later we are dealing with the emotional scars that left.) Renee has been wiped out with this bug. Luckily the vomiting only lasted for 8 hours or so but the fatigue and lack of appetite has lingered. Wednesday she didn't want to eat dinner and fell asleep on the couch at 5:30. I carried her up to her bed at 7 and she slept in her clothes until 2am. Then she woke up and wondered why she didn't have her pj's on. She was awake for a little while but finally was able to go back to sleep until 6:45. Then she was starved (and grumpy).
Kaitlyn has been complaining of a stomach ache. But like I already said, I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that she got sick at school. I have let her stay home 2 different days when the complaining turned to tears and once she knows she can stay home, she is fine. I need to toughen up, I know.
Dirk is experiencing a lot of stress at work, due to proposed budget cuts that involve teaching positions. His job is not in jeopardy but there are some in his department that aren't so lucky.
Renee gets a magazine called High Five. It's put out by Highlights. She loves getting it and immediately wants to read it from cover to cover. There is always a recipe idea. Some of them are good, others not so good. But she is always anxious to try them. One month the recipe was for "Bear Bread" so I made some dough in my bread machine. Then we let it raise and shaped it into bears. Both the girls had a ball doing this activity and they tasted great too.
Kaitlyn's been losing teeth this winter. She lost her bottom 2 last spring and around Christmas she starting losing the top 2. Right now she has 4 holes in her mouth!
I love her hair like that!
This was her spring school picture:
