She's okay!

This won't be a surprise to anybody but me, but Chloe survived her ski trip. Not only did she survive it, but she had a fantastic time. She even went on the chair lift! 5 times! No broken bones, no pneumonia, she got a little carsick on the bus ride home but that's about it.

Saying that I was relieved to see her smiling face is a vast understatement. I literally made myself sick worrying yesterday morning. (Remember; BPD, constant drama) I hope it's easier next year!

Today I am most grateful for:

Attentive bus drivers

Good staff at the resort

and No avalanches

I don't think I'm quite ready to be grateful that Chloe had this opportunity. Maybe next year.

Skiing

My baby girl went skiing with her classmates today. She's never been skiing before! Now, I realize that she's almost 10 years old, which is one of the reasons I didn't go with her, but I have to admit that I'm pretty freaked out by the whole thing. What if she gets lost? What if she breaks her leg? What if some monster takes her? What if she has a meltdown? What if she's sick and I didn't notice before she left and it develops into pneumonia?

My head hurts.

Little Things

A couple of nights ago while we were getting the kids ready for bed, we were watching a show about skunks on PBS. There was a man on the show who runs a refuge for skunks (he apparently can't smell the skunk stink which is why he got into the skunk business). Anyway, this guy rescued four baby orphan skunks and raised them. At the end of the show he released them back into the wild.

When this happened, I realized that Graeme was becoming very agitated. I asked him what was wrong and found out that he was upset because the skunks were going to be alone. I reassured him that they were wild animals and they would be just fine but he became more and more upset until he was crying for these poor baby skunks. What a tender heart!

A little while later I was trying to get Kai in the tub and he and Graeme decided that they both needed to use the potty at the same time. The usual screaming, pushing and crying ensued but when I rushed into the bathroom (to prevent bodily harm), I discovered that Graeme had convinced Kai they could go at the same time. So there they both were, in their birthday suits, peeing to their hearts' content. I laughed so hard I cried. Kai later told me (very proudly) that they made an X. The best part is that now Kai is trying to convince Chloe that the two of them can pee at the same time! As much as Chloe always wants to join in on anything, I somehow doubt that this is going to happen.

Finally, Kai was having mini corn dogs for lunch a few days ago. He was making rocket-like noises and flying the corn dogs into his mouth so I asked him if the corn dogs were rockets. He got that funny look on his face, the one that says: "I'm doing something I think is hilarious and I don't really want to share it with you" and told me the corn dogs weren't rockets. "Well what are they, then?" I asked. "They're bombs!" he said, and started laughing and making bomb explosion noises. What a goofball!

I guess it's these everyday little things that really make this life worth living after all.

Open for business

Well, after a year or so of trying, I finally have a store on the Internet.

You can go to: http://www.littlebrightboat.com/ or http://www.littlebrightboat.etsy.com/

The store is on a website called etsy.com which is kind of like ebay except people can only sell antique, crafting supplies, or handmade items. You do need to create an account to buy anything from anybody, but the accounts are free and easy to do. So we're bombarding all of our friends and relatives with invites to go check it out.

Hope to see you there!