Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Donny and Abigail are so excited because their Nanny arrives from Ohio today and will be with us for two weeks. Donny has told me he would like to rearrange the sleeping assignments so he and Nanny can share a room allowing them to play whenever they want. I think Nanny is going to need a vacation when she returns to Ohio.

Evening Walk

The other night at dinner, Donny could not sit still. He was so full of energy I decided we should take a walk and look at the decorated store fronts. Big Daddy and Abigail stayed behind while Donny and I left for our walk. When we reached the shoe store, he grabbed one of the balloons tied to a bench. While he was playing with the balloon, it popped. He looked at me and yelled, "Run!" I laughed so hard, I told him we probably wouldn't get in trouble, but maybe next time we shouldn't touch.

Children's Choir

Donny sang with the children's choir this morning in church.

New Rules

Note found in Donny's lunchbox today after school:

THERE IS A CHILD ATTENDING OUR SCHOOL WITH A SEVERE ALLERGY TO PEANUTS AND PEANUT BUTTER SO IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE A PEANUT AND PEANUT BUTTER FREE ENVIRONMENT TO ENSURE HIS/HER HEALTH. PLEASE UNDERSTAND OUR POSITION ON THIS AND REFRAIN FROM SENDING PEANUTS, PEANUT BUTTER OR ANY FOODS CONTAINING EITHER. WE ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP ALL OF OUR CHILDREN HEALTHY AND SAFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MATTER.

I'm so glad that Donny has been in school for three months and this note is finally making it to the other parents. Also, did the note have to talk about one child? I find it hard to believe my son is the first child to enter their school who has a nut allergy. Maybe we are just the first to say something. At least we know nuts are no longer welcome.

Skippy

Today at pickup, I was standing at the door of Donny's school speaking to another mother when I noticed something inside the classroom. An open jar of peanut butter was sitting on top of the kiddie table. I interrupted my conversation and said to the mother, "Is that a jar of peanut butter." "Yes it is! Is your child allergic?" I explained that Donny was allergic to peanut butter and milk.

We started to discuss the first day of school. I remember walking in the door and seeing her give her child a cheese stick from the refrigerator. I remember looking at her in horror because I thought the school allowed all the little crumb snatchers to roam around with dairy products. I was frightened for Donny. Well, this poor woman told me she thought that she had accidentally taken Donny's snack and that I was angry with her. She has been worried about this for months. She mentioned a conversation we had about Halloween costumes and thought that I must have gotten over the missing cheese stick.

Cheese stick lady and I were discussing the open jar of peanut butter and what course of action I should take when the teacher brought Donny out to me. When Donny and I returned home, I informed Big Daddy and Aunt Kee-Kee what I had witnessed. Next thing I know Big Daddy and I are in the car on the way to school. I was relived to see cheese stick lady was still there. Donny's teacher saw us and asked what was wrong. We told here we needed to talk about the open jar of peanut butter. She replied, "Oh Miss C's. She was eating that for lunch." Now you will be shocked to find out that Miss C is the owner and director of the school. In my head I was screaming, "REALLY! REALLY! THE DIRECTOR IS EATING PEANUT BUTTER IN HER SCHOOL??? SHE KNOWS MY SON IS ALLERGIC! WHAT IS SHE THINKING? SHE CAN'T BE THAT STUPID!"

Big Daddy and I explained the dangers of having an open jar of peanut butter in the room and went over his other allergies with them again. Donny's teacher seemed shocked when we mentioned he was also allergic to beef, ON HIS MEDICAL FORM....DOES ANYONE READ THE MEDICAL FORM??? We knew another Miss C last year who would never let any of this happen in her school. I miss that Miss C!

24 lbs, 35 inches

Abigail had her two year check up today. The ride to the doctor is over an hour, so I started a movie as we left. Abigail said, "Mama, is this appropriate?" I told her it was and she was happy. The doctor questioned me when I told him the story. He wanted to know if she understood what she was asking. I'm not sure but I do like the vocabulary.

Abigail look so cute today, but I couldn't get her to leave the John Deere hat at home. I don't know what it is about that hat, but both kids love it and want to wear the hat all the time. I have many photos of the two of them wearing the hat.

Abigail Turns Two

Happy Birthday Abigail!!