Got up early, and dashed out to pick up the Krispy Kreme donuts ("I wanted something different from cupcakes,") and balloon bouquet for DD's kindergarden class. Dropped those off at school, gave her a quick kiss, then went for my TSH and TG (thryoglobulin) blood draw. Then dashed home and picked up DS2, and took him to Atrium. Thank goodness Mom had him up and dressed and fed, all ready to go.
Then came home and made my own breakfast (frenchtoast with the remaing Italian bread, egg whites, coconut milk, nutmeg -- it was yummy). Discussed the day's plans with Mom. Then went and got DS2. Came home, made a few phone calls, loaded everyone up and picked up DD. We all went to the Elephant Bar for lunch (except for DS1, who was still in school), even DH met us there. No great loss for DS1, since DS2 ate about nothing of his lunch, and DS1 had it for his snack when he got home! He'll eat a burger and fries anytime, and Elephant Bar's are very good. I got the low-carb platter of tri-tip with sauteed spinach and mushroom, it was really good and as far as I can figure, legal on the low iodine diet, too.
Home again, and noticed that shortening was just not right, so I went up to Sunflower to get some more. (Spectrum Organic; no trans fats! Yay!) Mom made the frosting and I put the cake together with a skim coat of frosting, and then went to get DS1.
Got home and got back to the cake which presented various frustrations but came out just fine in the end:
I just finished the cake and attendant cleanup when it was time to start dinner: I made pancakes and bacon for the kids, as that is DD's favorite. I have a great sour cream pancake recipe that they love, and it's pretty low carb, too. I even managed to make her a Mickey Mouse pancake with the last of the batter, and she was very happy with that. They were all happy with the bacon. They would eat it every meal if they could! Of course I couldn't have any of either, and contented myself with a salad of spinach and tomato with oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper, and a piece of leftover roast chicken -- it was fine. DH made himself a chicken salad while Mom had some of the chicken soup she had made earlier in the week. It was kind of an odd dinner, but the kids enjoyed it.
DD was raring to open her presents:
So we sang "Happy Birthday" -- and for once I insisted that I lead, because the kids always start out too low or too high or too goofy, and I wanted a nice round, just for once. Here's how we managed it:
After that, DD opened presents and managed to get, I think, everything she really wanted, including the ConAir QuickBead which has been on relentless rotation in the ads on Nickoledean. (Which reminds me, I had better read the directions on the thing tonight, and be ready to go in the morning!) My older sister sent this awesome castle playhouse that dis-assembles into basically a pile of pvc and some nylon, but it only takes about 10 minutes to put together (or less) once you figure it out, which is not difficult. Even with all the other stuff she had, waiting to be freed from its packaging:
DD begged me to assemble the castle first, and the boys could barely contain themselves. This is a very cool toy, and it is now up in DD's room where I'm sure it will enjoy much use:
Meanwhile, my poor flowers are finally kaput, even the ones I saved after the more delicate ones died off, so I will put the photo here to remind me of how lovely they really were:
Needless to say I am exhausted. I think I was supposed to take a shower tonight but I can't remember and I'm too tired to, now, anyway, plus I don't want to go to bed with wet hair. I can always grab a shower while DS2 is in school tomorrow morning.
DH and I have plans for a date at Tomaso's tomorrow night. I called and spoke with the kitchen staff about the kind of salt they use, and I should be OK, iodine-wise. I doubt I'll go for the RAI within the next week, anyway, so this will be my last potential "cheat" (although I'm as sure as I can be it's legal) until I do go -- no more restaurant meals for me. I'm hoping I will hear from my endo soon on what's what.
It's looking like there's no reason to change my Mom's ticket. She needs to be home by the 20th to get ready for her holidays there; it's not like she can just breeze into town the day before Thanksgiving and be all set to go. The 20th would be just over 4 weeks from my surgery, and that's probably the least time I'll have to wait. Looking at things it might be best if I could go the Friday after Thanksgiving, but they probably won't send me, then. DH's folks will be here and it would suck to miss their visit, but it would make it easier on the kids and DH to have more grownups around. Oh, I have honestly no idea how this is going to be! I would just like to get it over with!
Finally, DD has been wearing her new poncho all week:
Since this picture was taken, Mom has also made her new red mittens (the pink ones are now a little too small) and a little red bag, plus a poncho for one of her Barbies. DD is in heaven with all the attention and pretty new things! Speaking of which, I completely forgot for a minute there about the absolutely gorgeous dress that MIL sent for DD's bday, it has a red velvet bodice and white multi-layered skirt with embroidery, and a big satin rose at the waist, which ties with a satin ribbon. It's stunningly beautiful, and I'll have to have DD model it so I can send a picture back to Nana and Papa. She loved it immediately, and so did I.
In a stunning development today, the cat actually jumped up onto the bookshelf in the kitchen where I had DD's presents assembled, even though I purposely tucked in all the chairs so she had no convenient way to do so. I was very impressed with her balance and strength -- I honestly didn't think she would do it, and then when I saw she meant to try, I didn't think she could do it, but she surprised me! Stubborn old cat (good for her).
It was a long day, but a good one. I'm glad it's over, though.
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