good ears and 3 picks

Well, today I felt like a mean sneaky mommy......Athena had her 5 year check a couple of weeks ago and she knew that at some point we had to go back for her shots (thankfully only 3 today, since I had her get 2 last summer)  well after calebs ENT appointment --hooray! his ears looked great! next appt 6 months!) I figured we might as well head over and get her shots done and over with. One of athenas favorite nurses is leaving ped med on friday so we had to go before she left....  well, I had told athena it was 1 or 2  shots come to find out it was actually 3shots....... athena wasnt too happy about that one, but she did a great job! she cried but stayed still for all 3 shots and then got a hug and 3 stickers from her nurse.
we had other errands to run but athena was so distraught after this that we had to go to grammies house for lunch and swimming ("I got 3 shots so I get to pick what we do today")  then I got a pleasant surprise, my dad watched athena (caleb was sleeping) so I could go by myself to trading post in essex and stock up on next season clothes for the kids. since they are closing I have to get my fix in :)  I was able to get a ton of great stuff, chat with michelle for a few minutes, and even stop into 1 other store before heading back to my parents house.  this might sound like no big deal, but to me any time that I can go shopping alone, its such a blessing! I love my kids and wouldnt trade being with them for the world, but sometimes, its nice to just be able to get in and out of the car quickly. no car seats to worry about, in and out of a store, not worrying where everyone is....lovely :)
now i am sitting in the nice cool air conditioned room typing away for you to read all about my day...tomorrow I am getting my blood tests done. josh is off so I can get up and head out to do that, and then I will get groceries, well there may be a DD stop in there somewhere, but I think I deserve it after getting blood taken out of my body :)
stay cool tonight!!