Life Lately

I haven't been great about blogging this week, but that doesn't mean our lives haven't been eventful.

• Wednesday was a bad day.  It started out just like any other day.  I drove the kids to daycare, got them out of the car and headed into school.  I came back out of school and my driver's side window was smashed in and my purse was gone.  I was in disbelief.  I was angry at myself for leaving my purse in my car, but even angrier that there are losers in this world that do stuff like this.  I was literally inside all of 10 minutes (at very most).  I already have to carry Evan in, hold Em's hand and bring each of their bags in too.  The last thing I want to do is carry my purse in too.  I'm usually so good about hiding it in my car, but this day I wasn't.  They took my phone, wallet, sunglasses and purse.  Luckily they got no cash or checks.  And Shawn and I were able to cancel all of the credit / debit cards before they could use them.  Our school recently got cameras to help prevent against these sort of crimes, but it didn't deter these people.  I sat and watched them do it on the video.  It was almost surreal.  I knew what was going to happen, but the whole time I watched the video I was hoping it wouldn't happen.  Unfortunately because of how far I had to park and how the car came and left the parking lot, they were not able to get a good shot of the license plate.  It sucks knowing these people will probably get away with it and do it to someone else.  I just felt so violated and creeped out knowing they watched me with my kids.  Overall, I'm thankful that it was just a purse they were after because in the end it could have been much worse.  But I will be much more aware of my surroundings because of it and probably never have the same sense of security that I once had. 

• Emily had a dentist appointment Wednesday afternoon and I just have to brag about her for a minute.  This was her third visit to the dentist.  The last 2 trips, they have just looked at her teeth and counted them.  This time they asked her if they could clean her teeth and she said yes.  She sat still the whole time and was such a big girl.  She even let them take x-rays.  The hygienist and another mom there both commented on how well she did.  I'm so proud of what a big girl she's becoming.

• Last week Shawn celebrated his 35th birthday.  His birthday fell during the week, so we didn't do much to celebrate.  We had already celebrated with my family at the beginning of February and we celebrated with his family this past weekend.



• Last weekend we had some beautiful weather.  Emily has been wanting us to get her a "hang bar" for a while now.  Shawn was able to find one at Lowe's and he set it all up for her.