Shalon's Traumatic Day

I haven't been doing a whole lot of blogging lately. I got a new calling in church (my 3rd since January, they can't make up their minds where they want me.) 1st sec. in the RS, 2nd Compassionate Service Leader, and my new calling is pianist for the primary.

Pianist is a calling that puts me WAY out of my comfort zone! I play the piano when I go to Wes' parents house but I only know about 1 primary song and 4 hymns. To top it off the primary program is in a month so I have to learn 7 songs to play in Sacrament Meeting. I was a little intimidated but I guess I'd rather learn to accompany in primary than to have to play in sacrament meeting every week.

So I have been practicing the piano in my spare time aka when the kids are sleeping. I also am taking piano lessons until the program is over with.

Last Monday night we put Shalon to bed. Evidently she wasn't tired and very bored. We went to bed and I could hear her saying something about her nose. I guessed that she'd put kleenex up it because there is a box on the dresser next to her bed. Wes went in there but he didn't turn on the light. She wouldn't let him touch her nose so that should have tipped him off. Well she went to sleep.

The next morning I had to go get my blood drawn for the health fair. I went in to get Shalon up and there was kleenex EVERYWHERE! Wadded up like spitwads all over her bed. It was like it had snowed. So I made her lay down and I looked up her nose. Sure enough Kleenex. So I tried to suck it out with one of those nose suckers. Didn't work. So I called the Dr.'s office and said how soon can we get in.

I went to get my blood drawn and a piece came out of one nostril. Then when we were at the Dr's office a piece came out of the other side and I thought oh good. Well then I looked up it again, Still more tissue. In comes Dr. Wohl. A nurse had to hold Shalon's arms and head, I had to lay across her legs and the Dr laid across her stomach. He had a head lamp on so he could see up her nose and these long grabber things. He kept pulling and pulling kleenex out of her nose. I couldn't believe how much was up there! Shalon was screaming which set Cutler off screaming. Great fun. So they got it all taken care of. Evidently kids who do that usually become repeat offenders so I have moved the kleenex. He told me if her nose starts smelling it's a good indication that there is something up it. How gross is that!?!

Then when we were leaving Shalon fell in the parking lot and scraped her knees. It's a week later and she is still saying this is my owie knee... Oh to be a kid again.

August 10th

Cute Cutler

August 11th
Sad Shalon