Ouch!

Bright pink splint. All taped up. One broken nose. Ouch! It's a crazy story if you'd like to know it. Two weeks back our family was taken down...by the stomach bug. It was a terrible week: first Corinne, then two days later E & S. And finally me (Brett was the last man standing and never did get it). The night I was up puking I fainted in the bathroom between several such trips to get sick. I'm not sure what got my nose as I went down, but we think it must have been the slightly ajar shower door. A gash on my nose and a broken bone on one side. It all led up to surgery yesterday to repair it. All went well and I'm actually doing really well--no pain at all. Just a "Miss Piggy" nose, as the girls call it. 10 days of this and you might recognize me again!

Crazy Sock Day

Ellen and Sophie had "Crazy Sock Day" at pre-school last week. I was so glad that these fuzzy red too big reindeer socks finally had a legitimate use!!!

Love Note

Corinne loves to write little love notes to us. One night recently I was headed out for an evening and told the girls goodnight as they were getting ready for bed. Brett put them to bed and later when I came home to a quiet house I was getting ready for bed myself and found this sweet little note on my bathroom sink. Corinne left it for me to find. Gosh, she is the sweetest. I love her little notes.

The Missing Puzzle Piece

Sophie loves for me to re-tell the story of when she snuck off with a puzzle piece...So here it is:
One day about 2 weeks ago Ellen, Sophie and I were working on a Barbie puzzle together (thank you, CT cousins) while Corinne was at school. Ellen and I were hard at work on it when Sophie wandered off. I assumed she was going to get something and would be back, but as Ellen and I finished the puzzle there was still no sign of Sophie. And we put together our entire puzzle but there was one little puzzle piece that was missing! Ellen and I looked under couches, tables, and between cushions but no puzzle piece. We gave up and decided instead to go on a hunt for Sophie--she had never come back! Our hunt led us upstairs to the girls' room where we found her asleep on her bed. Soundly. With the missing puzzle piece tucked into her hand. That stinker. Ellen so sweetly tried to wake Sophie up by poking at her eye...nice!