Good Evening Friends,

Another steroid week is behind us.  Sharmi has downed another 16 ounces of egg noodles.  And her voice has turned back to a normal tone versus the constant steroid whine.  I am ashamed to admit how difficult it gets for me deal with her whining and crying for 5 days strait.  It is especially difficult to deal with when neither of us get any sleep.  The steroid side effects at night include frequent potty trips, itching all over, and simply laying awake for hours at a time.  I can hardly wait until this is OVER. 

This morning was a really positive morning.  Emalyn’s Nana came over today to help me and to play with the girls.  Sharmi had a blast (and I got the pleasure of going to the bathroom by myself ).   I am excited also because she will be helping me every week.  I desperately need a sanity break to catch up on everything and recuperate from the last two months. 

Chantel cut her 10th tooth today.  She woke up with a runny nose and drooling so I am hoping that it is due to teething versus another cold.  As a result of her teething she fussed for over and hour for her first nap and never fell asleep, and she only slept for 35 minutes for her second nap.  Hopefully the Tylenol that I gave her tonight will help her get a good rest tonight.

Sharmi has been talking a lot about heaven again.  A few days ago she was watching TV and she said, ” Mommy, when I get to heaven I am going to watch ’Hi-5′ with Jesus”  I told her that would be lovely and that God loves the kids in “Hi-5″ too.  Last night when she was supposed to be sleeping she was talking about heaven again.  She was struggling with the concept that Jesus was alive and in heaven.  She kept said “but Jesus dead on the cross.”  It is difficult to explain to a three year old that Jesus can die and come back to life but her Grandpa can’t.  She finally got off of that subject and she said, “In heaven, I am not going to Adam and Eve’s because they have a mean snake….”  Then I tried to explain that the snake wasn’t going to be there.  I said, “The snake was bad, so Jesus stepped on the snake like mommy steps on spiders.”  Raising children certainly keeps life interesting.  It is amazing how many times she stumps me as to what and how to explain things to her.  She is a incredible!

The girls are growing up to be typical siblings.  They are starting to fight more, but they are also playing much more.  Everyday they play tag and they just run around the house laughing.  It is so sweet to watch.  They love eachother so much.  Last night they unrolled my Christmas ribbon on the floor and then they rolled around and wiggled in 100 yards of ribbon and pretended it was leaves.  They had a blast.  It was worth the half hour it took for me to roll it back up last night.  Today Sharmi got a time-out because she wanted the book that Chantel was playing with and didn’t talk nice to mommy.  During Sharmi’s ”post time-out talk with mommy” Chantel came and reached her little arms up to Sharmi to give her a big hug.  She gave Sharmi three really big hugs and patted her on the back to show that she cared.  It was priceless!

Well, I should try to get some sleep.  I hope everything is well with your families.  Good-night.

Cheris