Nothing like midnight blogging...

I am so not a night owl.  So no this will not be a normal thing.  Just happens that Kassi and I have the flu so I don't think there will be much sleep tonight.  After an hour or more of clean up from her first spurt I do have to kind of laugh.  This will is the second time she has ever really had the flu.  The first time I am not sure if it was the flu or food poisoning, because we were both violently ill.  Come to think of it, it was about this same time a year ago.  We always get our flu shots in October, seems they don't work on the fall flu!  Anyway I have to kind of laugh, because each time now she has been in Wes and my bed when she got sick.  Fortunately Wes has been up and out of the bed each time.  I am however thankful that she was not in her top bunk.  I am dreading the day that happens as that will be one heck of a mess!  Poor kid, I know how I feel so I can only imagine how that poor little body must feel.  It is times like this when I feel absolutely useless as a parent, I can't take it away and make it all better and I hate that.

Since I don't foresee sleep in the near future I guess I could do some more catching up...I am supposed to be to work at 6 in the morning.  I don't think that is going to happen.

Kassi has started Kindergarten Prep.  She loves school and really wishes she could have started kindergarten this year, unfortunately she misses the cutoff date by about two weeks.  I think she can already do most everything that they do in kindergarten and would do really well, but I guess they have the rules in place for a reason.  It is hard to believe she is going to be five next month.  Of course as her mom I am going to feel this way, but I really do think she is super smart.  I hope she doesn't get bored with school though.  She already knows all of her sight words, can count to more than 100, figures addition and subtraction and is getting really good at reading.  She has been working on tying her shoes, now I don't know when kids are supposed to be able to tie their shoes, but she does pretty darn good.  Sometimes I think I need to step back some and remember she is not a baby anymore and that she can do a lot of things for herself without mommy stepping in!

For two years now we have promised Kassi that for her fifth birthday we would take her to meet the princesses.  It is hard to believe that we are now counting the days until we go and not the months or even weeks.  Well it is still a couple of weeks away, but it is close enough to count the days.  Kassi is so excited and kind of scared at the same time.  She tells me she is nervous about flying and being around so many people.  Truth be told I am pretty excited too.  I have had a lot of people tell me she is too young to take and we should wait.  I think right now is the perfect time.  She is almost tall enough for all of the rides, those she isn't I don't think we would go on anyway, she has an incredible memory, sometimes talking about things that happened when she was a baby, and even though she knows they are just "characters" she is so excited about meeting all of the characters from her favorite shows.  It has been a long time since I have been on a plane, around 20 years.  As a child I flew a lot and it never really bothered me, now I am not so sure.  Wes hates flying and flew for the first time two years ago.  Kassi is excited to fly for the first time, but is nervous.  So this could be an interesting flight.  I hope to have lots of pictures to share with everyone, but no guarantees as I might be too busy to take many!

Well we have gotten tired of answering all the calls and questions about us leasing our house, or doing a rent to own option, or providing owner financing so we went and met with the realtor on Friday.  He is supposed to come by this morning and take a look and get some pictures so we can get it on the MLS.  I guess I better call him and reschedule...  He says the market is pretty flooded with houses at the price we have set for our house.  I just hope ours has something the others don't and appeals to someone.  He said when you have so many in the same price range, it really tends to come down to the location and neighborhood.  I did notice though that most of the houses in the same price range were either much older, did not have four bedrooms and three baths, or were duplexes, which I guess could make ours standout a little bit more.  If it doesn't sell by next summer we will just stay here.  I am extremely nervous about all of this and have nights when I toss and turn worrying about everything turning out okay.

Well it has been quiet for a little while now so maybe I will try and get a little rest now.