She's crooked I tell you.

Her back that is.  I was washing Avery's back; she was leaning forward with her head bent down.  I could see the bones in her back and straight they were not.  I freaked out inside, I'm not going to lie.

Fortunately, our chiropractor got us in, even though neither of us have been there in prb 2 years.  No need for xrays etc, but they did adjust her.  She's was a wee bit sore last night and this morning.  We do go back again next week to make sure she's staying in place.  She did say she felt better ... and here I was not knowing that her back even bothered her!

Super duper officially a kindergartener

Today Avery had her graduation ceremony from Pre-K2.  She has the certificate, cap, gown, photos, balloons, and flowers to show for it.  Aunt Jackie is in visiting, which was perfect timing to be here for the big event.  Aunt Susanne and cousin Katie also came in for a few days, and Nonna and Nonno made the drive to participate.

All of the kids did a great job singing.  They also had a blast running around at the reception that followed.  Avery got photos with most of her friends.

So there you have it, she's ready to start kindergarten - and if you ask her she's ready to go tomorrow.  Slow down kid.

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.