SICK WEEK

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEK AT OUR HOUSE. SAGE HAS HAD PINK EYE AND THE STOMACH FLU TWICE, AND GUS HAD STREP THROAT! EVERYONE IS BETTER NOW, EXCEPT FOR GUS'S HIP. IT IS REALLY SORE FROM HIS ROCEPHIN SHOT! YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER SAGE HAD HER SECOND BOUT WITH THE STOMACH FLU, SHE ASKED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I TOLD HER THAT SHE JUST GOT ANOTHER BUG IN HER TUMMY! A FEW HOURS LATER SHE TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE IF SHE HADN'T SWALLOWED THAT FLY THE NIGHT BEFORE!

FRIENDS

JACE AND JAYLEE CAME OVER FOR A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY TO PLAY. GUS AND JACE "RODE BULLS" ON THE TRAMPOLINE LIKE ALWAYS WHICH MADE GUS'S DAY!

SAGE AND JAYLEE PLAYED DRESS UP OF COURSE! JAYLEE CAME UPSTAIRS, AND WE COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER DRESS. IT TOOK A MINUTE TO FIGURE OUT THAT SHE HAD IT ON UPSIDE DOWN! WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH, AND SHE THOUGHT IT LOOKED GREAT!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 2009

WE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT SCHOOL ON THURSDAY. AS USUAL GUS SANG LOUDER THAN ANYONE ON STAGE AND SOUNDED GREAT.



SAGE WAS A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE MUSIC PART OF THE TIME, BUT DID GREAT FOR HER FIRST PERFORMANCE. SAGE'S CLASS SANG A SONG CALLED "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS." SHE TOLD ME THE DAY BEFORE THAT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL, AND THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME CRY. I THINK SHE HAD BEEN LISTENING TO THE TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THE SONG. IT WAS SO CUTE.

A SPECIAL GUEST SHOWED UP AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM! I'M SURE THE KIDS HAD ANOTHER BIG LIST FOR HIM.

MCCLOY CHRISTMAS/THANKSGIVING

WE HAD A GREAT TIME THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING CELEBRATING WITH ALL THE MCCLOY'S. AGAIN THIS YEAR THE KIDS SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY IN THE SWIMMING POOL. I'M SO GLAD THE KIDS ARE ALL THE CLOSE AND ABLE TO ENJOY EACH OTHER SO MUCH! I KNOW THEY WILL BE FRIENDS AND ENJOY EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME!

DO NOT BUY......

......THE SUCTION CUP TOOTHBRUSHES! SAGE THOUGHT SHE WAS SO FUNNY THE OTHER DAY AND FIGURED OUT SHE COULD STICK IT TO HER HEAD. SHE RAN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES LAUGHING AND WE TOOK IT OFF. THE NEXT DAY SHE HAD A HICKEY ON HER FOREHEAD!
THE NEXT DAY, SHE AND GUS WERE PLAYING IN HIS ROOM, AND SOME HOW SHE FELL (JUMPED) OFF THE BUNKBED AND LANDED ON HIS TEETH! THEY BOTH CAME TO ME CRYING, AND I TOLD THEM NOT TO JUMP OFF THE BEDS ANYMORE. HER NOSE GOT MORE SWOLLEN AND BLUE AS THE DAYS WENT ON, AND SHE COULD BREATH THROUGH HER NOSE FOR A FEW DAYS. IT IS BACK TO NORMAL NOW, BUT SHE LOOKED PRETTY ROUGH!

THE BLACK SKIRT

YESTERDAY I WORE AND OLD (AT LEAST 10 YEARS) LONG BLACK SKIRT TO CHURCH. WHEN SAGE CAME IN MY ROOM AND SAW IT SHE GASPED, AND SAID, "OH MOM, I LOVE THAT SKIRT! CAN I HAVE IT WHEN YOU DIE?"