Catch Up

Not sure how this post is going to go. I think I'll just write several random paragraphs of what we've been up to lately. Hopefully it will all make sense.

First and most important, we are expecting baby #4. It's a girl!! I'm still not 100% convinced I'm having another girl. I always thought Clarissa was our little gift from heaven (specially since she was a surprise and the other 3 pregnancies have been planned). I guess I will completely believe it when she is born and I see girl parts, not boy parts. :) Baby girl is due May 11th, 2015. Clarissa is ecstatic she's having a baby sister.

I've been volunteering at the boys' school a lot lately. I go in every other week for a few hours. It's fun to be in the classroom again. It makes me miss (just a little) my teacher days. I'm not sure it's a good thing for Christopher though. I feel like he always gets a little out of control and thinks he doesn't need to follow the rules when I'm there. Last week I accompanied his class to a field trip. We watched Junie B. Jones in theater. The kids had a great time, it was a really good play!

 

In the bus going on the field trip. He was just "a little" excited!

Halloween this year was very last minute. I caved and bought the boys new costumes the day before Halloween. I purchased Clarissa's Dorothy dress that week and it arrived in the mail the night before she needed to use it for preschool. They sent me the wrong size, so she was sporting a size 1-2 dress when I had ordered a 4-6. Good thing I could at least get it on her. Cory's scare crow costume turned out great, and I wax supposed to be the Wicked Witch of the West. My make up wasn't as green as I had hoped and I had to wear Clarissa's witch hat from 2 years ago (again we were stuck wearing a size 2 costume). I bought a witch hat last year, and it's somewhere hiding in the garage.

 Christopher got invited to a Halloween party from a kid in his class, so I invited Drew's primary class for a last minute Halloween play date. He had a blast!

 Clarissa and her super short dress.

I took Christopher in to get tested for his allergies a couple of weeks ago. He's been having a hard time with seasonal (more like year round) allergies for about a year and I can't seem to get it under control. Lately he's also been showing more allergy symptoms when around dogs, so I decided to have have it all checked out. The poor kid is allergic to just about everything outdoors: grass, weeds, several tree pollens, cats, dogs, feathers... The doctor prescribed be a stronger allergy medicine and has strongly encouraged us to consider allergy shots. For now we are trying the meds. Not sure he's ready for weekly shots for a whole year!

His allergic reactions during the test.

Lastly, Clarissa got her ears' pierced. I went to the mall to buy shoes for me and had a spur of the moment where we walked in to Claire's and decided to pierce her ears. She loves it and thinks she's a real princess now. Cory had no clue at the time, he was at work, but thankfully he wasn't too upset.