Sweet Peas & Sassafras: Back into the swing of things... sort of...

November 9, 2008

Back into the swing of things... sort of...

Well, it has been a week since Little A has been home from the hospital. I am happy to report that she is doing fabulously! It has been a bit of a challenge to get back into our normal routine this week. We hit a little bump in the road with Sassy coming down with an ear infection which resulted in yet another drip to the pediatrician. I swear, we are going to pitch a tent in the waiting room and camp out soon... save a little on gas or something. By the end of the week, though, everyone was doing well and almost back to normal.

Sassy has been quite the challenge this week. Granted, she was in pain for a couple of days with her ear infection and really just feeling under the weather. Ooh, did she see a lot of the inside of her bedroom, though. That little mouth on her is a wonder. I can't imagine where she gets her little attitude from, or her sarcastic undertones... I'm at a loss! The one thing that no one can argue, though, is that the girl is smart. Really smart. I'll take it!

We've had a pretty laid back weekend so far. We went to the park yesterday, which was a lot of fun. It was chilly- probably about 55 degrees- but the fall colors were beyond gorgeous. The park we went to had some beautiful landscaping and I cannot even begin to describe the scenery yesterday. I just wanted to breathe it all in. Inhale the beauty. Mmmm...

The travesty of the whole thing is that this park, which is absolutely a great park, is less than a mile away from our old townhouse, yet we never knew it existed when we lived there. So many missed opportunities...

Last night we watched Shrek the Halls and baked some Andes mint cookies following dinner. We are just planning on catching up on some cleaning today, and maybe going to a park here in town or something. Trying to enjoy the great outdoors before it is too, too cold...

Here are some pics from the park:

I was trying to tell Sassy not to get too close to the ducks so as not to scare them...