Skylar is 4 eyed

The little girl's teacher stopped me the other day & told me she thought she was having trouble seeing the board & had requested the nurse check her vision. I told her don't bother the girl is destined to be blind. Sure enough, she is on the same road as her brother & sister. Let me just make it clear, they didn't get that from me, I see fine...as long as I have my contacts in!

I'm wayyyy behind so I will start here....

Yes, we are still alive here in the Walukas house. November and December have flown by except for one night, December 13th. The longest night in history! We had a pajama slumber party for Skylar's 8th birthday. We had a pretty decent showing, can you guess how many? Let me just tell you we were wall to wall girls. We cleaned the garage, Kevin decorated just a bit with some 20 strands of rope lights, balloons, streamers and a disco ball. We put a heater, some tables, and a dance area, it looked like an 8 year old's disco/party room. They ate, they ran crazy and all my ideas were over by 9. Thank God, Katelyn's friends showed up for the cake and ice cream with PARTY MAN HIMSELF, MR. JOSH HANKINS! Yes, that is a look of fear on his face but, he made a quick comeback and bless this guy, he was the hit of the party! He hosted a dance contest and sing off. Everyone had a great time and most importantly, he wore their little butts out! As you can see in the first photo with most of the furniture gone, they just barely fit on the floor with all their sleeping bags. Saturday morning we woke up way early and shuttled over to the school for the Breakfast with Santa extravaganza sponsored by the PTO. The girls ate donuts, made tons of crafts and sat for this priceless picture with Santa himself! A great time was had by all. And yes, you counted correctly but let me spell it out for you, S E V E N T E E N, that's 17 beautiful little girls!!!!!!!

new teeth

I am so behind I am going to do catch up in increments. I promise, they will be winded but so is my life! First, I will tell you about Skylar's "new teeth." I have been concerned that none of her baby teeth were loose but anyone that knows her knows she is health "paranoid." She hates any doctor, dentist or anyone that might want to "look" at her. In light of this, I have kept my concerns to myself and of course, BOOM, they blow up in my face. The first week of August, she lets out a blood curdling scream and comes running to me, opens her mouth and fearfully shows me she has bottom baby teeth, that aren't loose, and 2 perfect, although too far back, permanent teeth right behind them! Holy crap, I am thinking while showing absolutely no concern to keep her from burying herself alive. That's just GREAT! I call and get her a dentist appoinment with a new guy that is suppose to be understanding and not hold her down like the previous 2 jerks,(that's a whole other post). Well, the appointment has to wait until after our Galveston trip, and after my nieces come for a week. So I am praying hard, please little baby teeth come out, please, please, PLEASE. No such luck. Two weeks pass and the appointment arrives, good parent that I am, I don't tell her the truth about where we are going until we get there. She is in freak out mode. The hygentist manages to convince her to go with her and sit in the chair. I was suprised. Then the most non-traditional looking dentist in jeans and a ponytail convinces her to open her mouth. She does and lets him poke around. Yes, she likes him. He tells her, new teeth, that is FABULOUS, you get a prize. He assures me that he sees this everyday and that we will just wait until November or so and if the babies don't come out he will "help" them out with her on sedation. Yes, I said sedation, I will let them sedate her. You come try healthcare for her any other way! Well, thank you Jesus, in the whirlwind that is our life those babies came out at school. Yes! Not without drama but out, they are gone! As you can see from her picture above the new teeth are moving up to the right places quickly. Yea, problem solved itself. Now maybe that molar with the cavity will heal itself before November! Anyway, thanks Lorraine and Bekah for telling us about the pediatric dentist KING!