Earaches and more....

My poor babies! The other day I took Leanna to her fourth doctors appoint. for her double ear infection. She was still crying in the night and miserable during the day. A couple hours before the appointment Emily said her ear hurt. Well, I thought that it really couldn't be true but it is not in her character to complain about something that isn't real. But I told her to tell me in a few hours if it still hurt. Then she went to her friends to play and I was going to take Leanna to the doctor. Well, she comes home early and starts screaming and screaming about her ear. Totally hysterical. I gave her Motrin and Leanna's numbing drops. She settled down after she fell asleep in the car. Leanna gave her some of her own advice in the car ride in the form of a song "you put your finger in your ear to make it feel better.." That is what Leanna had been doing all day! At Leanna's doctor appoint. I asked them to peek in Emily's ear. They said wow her ears are even worse than Leanna's! So, Emily is a tough cookie! They seem to feeling better after the new med. we got. The first picture is of Leanna finally falling asleep the other night but she wanted to stay sitting up.
In other news, Emily is learning to ride a two wheeler bike! Alyssa and I are reading Harry Potter 7, Emily is working on a book called Molly the Brave and Me. Leanna has just wanted to read the books Grandma Sharon makes.
Here Damien is reading Emily's favorite book a kid's nature encyclopedia. She wants us to read every word.
Here is Alyssa at her cheer camp with the team.
And we also hosted a block party for National Night Out and a fire truck and the police came. It was fun.