Catching up...

Avery had a blast on our vacation.  She will definitely remember the beach and cruising now.

We've been back for weeks at this point.  Those days have been filled with (outside of school) playing outside in the nicer weather, wrapping up dance for the year, and swim lessons.

She loved the swim lessons and successfully 'leveled up' - so she will be in the 'advanced beginner' classes come June.

Today (Mother's Day) she touched my heart with the home made goodies she made for me; but she drove it home at bed tie when she repeatedly wished me a Happy Mother's Day.  She truly is my everything.

It's all about the keratin

Avery and I went to get a pedi today - her first one!  She also got her nails painted.  We match with a beautiful sparkly blue.

Later in the day Avery got her third haircut and first one away from the person I have trusted.  It was time to get the ends tidied up.

Official

Last week Avery went for Kindergarten testing.  We received feedback promptly.  They provide a score on several individual skills and an overall readiness rating.  She had a raw score of 36/41, ranked at 80% in the national percentile and got a "R+".

Sunday and Monday of this week I worked to get an account and to fill out the school registration forms.  They are submitted and our registration fee paid... I hope that means it is a done deal?  Kindergarten, here she comes!

Slowed... but still

There was more vomiting, but the events are definitely further between. She had asked for food but by the time I readied it she was feeling off and tired again and instead went to lay down on the couch where she zonked out.

One thing I never mastered when she was little was sleeping when she sleeps - obviously.  I'm so tired since I didn't get much sleep last night and today I didn't want to sleep knowing that she was still having periodic issues.

Again?!

Once again Avery went down quick for the count.  Before 1am last night she called for me from her room - which is very abnormal for her.  I went over and she was complaining about her belly.  I cuddled with her for a while after asking about the pain and was startled out of half-sleep by puke.  Mind you this is only the third puke episode she's ever had and it has been years.

Got her cleaned up and changed, pulled the sheets and blankets into the wash and moved us to my room after she seemed to be settled back down.  My efforts to cover things didn't go well so the next puke episode caused me to strip that bed as well.  Fortunately I have other sheets and we made due with blankets and towels.  At this point she knew what it felt like and was able to help out and subsequent waves were into a garbage can.  She finally fell asleep around 4 for an hour, waking again after 5 to puke again, then back out for a couple of hours.  When she got up to potty around 7 she threw up again, in the toilet.

I got her settled in and she slept for several hours without incident.  I stayed close and managed to go through my drawers to pull clothes for donation or to make space from those that don't fit right now.

At noonish she woke and claimed she felt really good.  A small sip of water stayed until 12:30 so I gave her another sip.  That stayed until 1pm so we came down and went outside to get a bit of sun since the weather is so nice today.  She isn't loving the pedialyte, so I gave her a freeze pop in an effort to get a little more fluid in.  So far so good.  She's now downstairs watching TV with a garbage can at her side.  I am hoping this one is over.

Speaking too soon

Well the mini-cays I mentioned in my previous post bloomed in numerous ways.  While she was off at our desire on Friday she ended up coming home before 10am on Monday and staying off Tuesday.  She wasn't quite herself on Sunday and developed a slight fever along with a rash on Monday morning.  We did head into the Dr and verified that she didn't have strep.

I also ended up booking another cruise, not out of Baltimore as previously indicated, but definitely sooner than the previously booked cruise.  Snagged the flights too.  I even booked us to go a few days early since we're leaving from Galveston, so we can enjoy the beach before departing.

Today she was well enough, thank goodness, and was able to go with me to the open house at her would-be school.  I remain very impressed with what they have the kindergarten doing at this point in the school year and I'm psyched on all fronts.

Mini-cay

I haven't been able to vacation like I would _want_ to in a while, but I am trying to create mini vacas before big-girl school kicks in. That includes: allowing Avery to skip school and stay in her PJs most of the day, cutting out of work early so we could hang out, and allowing her to try out the hot tub for the first time.  Admittedly the nudge came from school being short handed (still) with a sick teacher and needing a few ppl to bow out.

I did (finally) book us a cruise for the later half of the summer, which I am crazy eager for.  If the status quo can just chill we will get to go to Labadee, Cococay, and Dominican Republic.  I wanted to book another for March out of Baltimore (baby step before I need to fly for one) but go figure every sailing is sold out.