July 15, 2009

Today was supposed to be a ballet Wednesday but you can see that is not where we're headed.

A sister tickle.

Grace was ornery as all get out and wound up being sent to her room even before breakfast. After I'd settled Suki and Kate I went up to see her.

Suki gets in on the action.

Grace was lying on her floor with her feet on the bed. I lay down next to her and saw her glassy eyes and asked her where it hurt her.

All three tickling together.

Grace told me that the bacteria were having a party in her right ear and she needed the pink medicine (amoxicillin) to get them out.

Such funny girls.

So I called and got an appointment and we went off to the pediatrician's office instead of ballet class.

My three preferred reading to the Parent Trap remake that was playing. Suki and Kate were pretty wary about just why they were there.

Once we got in the examination room the ducks and geese in the pond kept them pretty distracted.

Grace did such a good job today, she was so pleasant and agreeable at every point of her time in the office. And she was right about that ear infection -- her left ear is in the early stages of infection but the right ear that she was complaining about has an infection so bad that there is a blister of fluid on the ear drum. I was so happy that she is at a point where she can tell me what's hurting her. She was almost exclusively the one to answer every one of the doctor's questions, too -- I was so proud of her.

So we went off to the grocery store to fill the prescription and pick up some things we needed. It was a fun surprise to run into our friends Mia and Owen in front of the store. Here, Kate smiles at Suki as she sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to her.

Grace and Suki wanted this narrower cart but did not find a good way to share the space. So Grace got to ride up front all alone while I kept a closer eye on Suki and Kate at the top. We finished up at the grocery store, got some lunch and then came home exhausted.