Yesterday Booboo went for her post surgery check up.  Everything is fine.  She is complaining about her other ear and tonsils, but they were fine.  Must be allergies.  And for some reason she is convinced we should have her tonsils removed.  I have NO idea where this idea has come from.  My guess is she saw the Brady Bunch episode where on of the Brady's gets theirs out and gets to eat all the ice cream they want. 

We don't get cable or satellite, so The Brady Bunch is a popular show at our house on one of the smaller networks.  I grew up on the Brady's and frankly, I never get tired of them.  As magical as they seemed to me in the 70's, they are still fascinating to my kids in spite of the fact that they "dress funny."   And yes, kids today still think Marsha is "so pretty." 

Uh-hemm.  I've gotten side tracked...

I am still waiting to hear from St Louis U. on scheduling Hayley's testing.  Its been about three weeks and I haven't heard back, so I will give them a call today.  I'm not sure if they have power in that part of St. Louis or not.  I would think so.

We have slacked on the schooling since vacation.  Which makes me think I would not be a very good teacher for her.  I do try to work things into our daily stuff.

Last week we were scrapbooking and Booboo asked me how to spell "The."  I told her but she argued that I didn't understand what I was asking.  She was trying to spell, "Up up up to [the] Arch."  She decided that it was either t-h-e-e, or t-h-e-y, but  couldn't figure out which.  At any rate t-h-e wasn't even up for consideration, and she was very aggrevated that I would even suggest it.

We were also playing a rhyming game.  She was cold.  I relplied, "Your old?"  ''Your bold?" etc... The game ended with her response.  "I'm cold! C-o-u-l-d Cold!" 

Then just last night she was writing a song.  (She loves to sing and dance)  She had forgotten how to spell Jesus.  I don't know how a child can know how to spell these simple words and at some point just completely forget? 

I know its frustrating for her and I don't mean to play those frustrations down.  But all of you also know how gut wrenching it is as a parent to see your child struggling, and feel powerless to help them. 

That's how I feel today, beaten down, overwhelmed, powerless.  Kids have been fighting, hubby working late because of the storm damage, dog ran off this morning and rolled in something dead,  dishwasher broke, and my 9 year old can't spell "the."  Calgon take me away!!!

But tomorrow will be a better day, because where there is faith there is hope!

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