Random notes:
Layla got a used "Hello Kitty" alarm clock from Anja, with a radio. She is having so much fun scrolling the dial and discovering all of the new music they can dance to. Cora has joined her in ballet costumes, and they scroll the dial for a while to find good dancing music, dance for a bit, then go off in search of another station when a commercial comes on. Ah, the fun of old technology.
Cora's biggest frustration in life right now (OTHER than being left out of anything, of course...) is that she does not have long hair. She talks about this very regularly and is immensely jealous of Layla's hair. She saw a Dora episode sometime when Dora used a magic brush to grow her hair, so now Cora regularly asks me to brush her hair, then laments that it's not long after I'm done. I'm considering buying her a baby wig for Christmas just to make her dreams come true sooner than 5 years from now...haha.
Finn woke up with Croup on Saturday morning, but it was mild enough that he didn't even have to go to the doctor!!! This is BIG progress for us! He still had to have 2 doses of Decadron, and is clearly working through a cold, but I'm so delighted that this episode did NOT cost us $1,000. :) Wheeeee! Hooray for growing up and maturing everything in his respiratory system! Now, of course, this may just be a fluke and not the result of growing up...but Croup is most normal in ages 1-4, so the fact that my kids still get it at 5.5 and 7 does puzzle the doctors a bit. Jonas and I must have given them a doozy of a genetic combo when it comes to respiratory health. ;)
