Wacky Wednesday

Quincy had her 2 week check up after her surgery today. I am happy to report that her tubes were clear, she has been released from ear drop duty, and her hearing is about 80% which is much better than the 50% it was before her surgery. I am also pleased to say that although she has a cold, for the first time ever she does not have an ear infection to go along with it.

After returning from Topeka, Quincy had her first ball practice ever! I tried to take photos, but when I got there my camera's batteries were dead....back up batteries - well we don't know what happened to those! She liked it a lot for about 5 minutes and then was ready to go to the playground! I am having flashbacks to why dislike t-ball - because it is 3 and 4 year olds and their attention span rivals that of a flea! She did bat, and she did like the running part at the end! However, after this child has been dragged to all her siblings stuff for all these years, there is no way I could have told her no when she so desperately wanted to play t-ball with her friends!!

Preston and Colin also had practice tonight. Preston is officially playing 'big boy' ball this year. He is really excited! He is on a coach pitch team with a lot of his friends from preschool. He couldn't be happier about it! As a matter of fact he and Quincy both had their cleats and helmets on the minute we got home from feeding the pigs - even though they hadn't eaten dinner yet!

Other excitement - Madison's track team was limited on how many kids could go to tomorrow's meet. Madison wasn't sure if she was going to get to go or not, however after yesterday's good discus throw, she qualified to go and is going to be throwing shot as well. We are pretty proud of her! We also discovered that we had been mis-informed or misunderstood the driving law change. Turns out that at 14 you can still get an instructional permit and start driving - mostly with a parent or adult in the vehicle with you. The girls are pretty excited about getting to start driving! We are just waiting to hear from the insurance company to see what adding them is going to do to us! We might be getting 2nd jobs! We are also in the process of deciding whether to have them take driver's ed or just teaching them ourselves. Either way they have to get the book and start studying! I will toss in here that although they are thrilled I kind of have a knot in my stomach over it - they are my babies after all!