21 February (Monday~President's Day)

Richie had the day off and I went to Elee's kindergarten to trace a dragon for his Schuletute. It's something that every child gets when the go into first grade here in Germany. When a child goes into 1st grade there's a huge celebration and party! So they get a Schuletute which is kind of a big shaped cone thing that you put presents inside. They are supposed to be a surprise and he will get it on his first day of 1st grade.

Afterwards I went to the Dr's office for my chest pain. the lady I saw before was not there so I saw the mother of one of the doctors. She was pretty old but very nice. When I told her of my chest pain she said it was from carrying around the baby. I told her, "no it's not that. He's crawling a lot and I don't hold him all the time". I told her it could be stress/anxiety. So she said, "yes it's probably stress. She prescrbied me some Pflanzen (herbs) and also some pills to take. Richie is going to pick up a prescription for Xanax tomorrow that she wrote for me tonight. She had me call her when I found out the English name.

Favorite kid sayings for the day:

Sitting on the couch with Josiah, Josiah said to me, "You look like your having another baby. Because you're not skinny". But it was so cool when Richie said, "Josiah, if your wife looks hot like your mommy after she's had four kids, then you'll be one lucky guy". Sometimes Richie says the perfect things. :)

When I was reading to the boys tonight, Josiah was cuddling with a blanket. He said, "I like to do this with a blanket because it feels good to my penis. And then Elee said, " I like to put my penis on things". What did I say? "Richie"!!!!!!!!! And then I told them I sleep with a pillow between my legs and that seemed to be cool with them.

Wow~ is raising boys a challenge! Time to pull out "Bringing Up Boys" by Dr. James Dobson. I've had it for a few years and started it but never finished.

...Just got a a massage on the massage table in front of the fire.....now drinking Theraflu. I have a really sore throat.

Good night everybody!