Purple Rain

Pollyanna is gone! The surgery seems to have gone well and I'm definitely feeling back to normal. I didn't have any of the cramping that my doctor told me I'd have ~ hooray! And other than some sleepiness from the anesthesia, I felt relatively Ok afterwards. I'm glad that's over... and now we can move forward with the surrogacy. We're still planning on a January transfer! It's going to be here before we know it!

Friday morning I volunteered in Tyler's classroom again. I really do enjoy getting to know the kids but each time I go, I wish there were more of me to go around. It must be so rough being a teacher and trying to get these kids all learning on the same level. Right now they are pretty well spaced out.... there are some that are reading Harry Potter (in 1st grade!!) and some that can barely write their names. It is really amazing to me... but we all have our strengths and we all learn on different levels.

Saturday we decided to paint the kitchen. We didn't finish until today as we stopped to go to Ria's for dinner last night. Her hubby bought a new video game that Shawn's been dying to play, so the boys and I decided to go along for the ride and hang out with Ria & her girls. The kids have so much fun together ~ they really are such great friends. I feel bad for not getting them together more frequently.

So today we finished painting. Here is the end result:

It's not *quite* that bright ~ the flash makes it look brighter than it is. It's pretty purple though... But it makes the kitchen seem warmer and cozier. And we did some pretty major cleaning while everything was cleared out of it. We still have some touching up to do but overall I'm happy with the color.

That one doesn't show the color as well but it was hard to find a good angle. The kitchen is long and skinny... not conducive for picture taking!

So the rest of our day will probably be spent relaxing around the house... Gavin's not feeling well ~ a tummy ache and a fever again. It seems to be the same thing he had a few weeks ago. Poor little guy. There doesn't seem to be much I can do about it either, other than giving him Tylenol, to make him feel better, which is frustrating. Hopefully it's just a 24 hour bug.

That's all for now... Hope you guys had a great weekend!