Ouch

My last 45 minutes have been crazy....
I woke Ellie up from her nap to go pick Hadley up at preschool. We were already in a hurry when I noticed a huge egg-shaped purple bump on Ellie's forehead. Immediately my mind thought she hit her head while sleeping and then I remembered that she had fallen around noon, cried and that was it. There wasn't a bump or anything but through out nap time it swelled. We put some ice on it quick and swallowed some water and Tylenol and off we went to get Hadley.

She was the last one, it was 3:05 pm and waiting with a worried look on her face. Poor thing came up to me and complained of a headache and as soon as we got near the truck she busted out into tears. I mentally reviewed the amount of water/liquids she drank prior to preschool and chalked it up to dehydration. I buzzed home and got her some Tylenol meltaways and a glass of water. I told her to drink and chew, she cried and cried. All she wanted to do was lay down. But before we could lay down we had to go to the drug store to search for some Arnica Gel to help with the swelling and bruising on Ellie's forehead. She said, "hurry up!"

We hurried, picked out all of our items...
Arnica gel
Hot pink nail polish
Toilet cleaner
Glad air freshener
All the while she cried while I held her in my arms.
I explained to her that crying doesn't really help... it didn't work.

Now we are home. Hadley grabbed ducky and went up to her bed. I filled her water bottle and made her take a drink. Ellie is on the couch. I told her to stay put until Paw Patrol was over. I applied a think layer of Arnica Gel on her forehead. I am really hoping this is going to help with the swelling and the bruising. Of course I was worried this would happen... the week of Chad and Laura's wedding.

Hadley goes to preschool

Today Hadley started preschool. She goes every Monday and Wednesday from 12:30pm-3:00pm. She was so excited to go. Ellie and I dropped her off and I didn't even cry, (Ellie didn't either) I was so happy for her. She is soo ready to learn... she is a sponge!
At 3:00 I picked her up and she told me that her friend Jolene got to ride the bus to her Grandma's house. She didn't really tell me much else. At 4:00 Daddy called to chat about her day and she filled him in on everything from pirate's booty for snack to 9 kids in her class. I found out more from eves dropping on the conversation than I did with our own convo... and so it begins I guess. Mom's left out of the loop!

Candy for breakfast

I loath potty training... it is really on my top ten worst things to do EVER! I know we are entering that world and I must admit I am not excited. This summer we talked to Ellie a lot about potty in the big girl potty. She has a froggy potty that was Hadley's and she used it a handful of times this summer between Grandma's and the camper. At home we have a baby bjorn seat that sits on the potty but she wasn't too excited about that and she never went. So Saturday while shopping at Target I let her pick out a potty since we should probably give this potty training thing a real try. She picked a pink princess potty that sings when you pee.

Well we finally heard it sing this morning and she was awarded her choice of candy. I wasn't even there for it... Hadley decided to read her the potty book and I ran to check on the eggs and then Hadley yelled, "Mommy the potty is singing!"

I made it to see Ellie's big smile and hear the end of the song.
She picked out a tootsie roll and sucker. 
We did the potty dance too!