If you lived near one of our country’s greatest zoos and if admittance to that zoo was free and if you went quite often. . .

would you post every trip? Would you scrapbook every visit? Would you even take a camera??

Little went to the zoo with the Kindergarten just a few days before school ended for the summer. I sent my camera with her aid and she took a couple precious photos. But seriously, there’s only so many ways she can stand beside an elephant, right?

Am I right?

We had a special event at our church – Organizing with Special Needs in Mind. My friend, Julie, the professional organizer, came and shared with the 15 women who attended. Of course I was completely motivated again after hearing her share and went home to stare at my stacks of paper.

Later that week Julie came by and I asked if she would look at my kitchen and tell me where to put the tools she had helped me with. She walked around my kitchen, walked around my basement, and then gave her thoughts. This picture shows my new “Command Central”. I love it except. . .

1. I HAVE to train my Honey to not stack on the hutch.
2. I HAVE to train myself to not stack on the hutch – put things where they go immediately.
3. I can’t find anything now that i am organized. I gotta figure that out. Maybe my labeler is the answer!

In our city Office Max is having their “20% off everything you can fit in this bag” sale this week. I have a bag if any of you wants to get your papers in order! Summer is a great time to get it done. Hopefully I’ll have a new habit by the time school starts in August.

Isn’t it pretty though? *sigh*

On May 11 we went to the nearby hospital’s surgical center and our KB received her second set of tubes. This experience was VERY different from the first. Very.

KB’s first pair of tubes stayed in 1.5 years and that’s a GREAT stint. The problem was that as soon as one of them came out, she began having ear infections again. Over a three month span there were five infections and as soon as the left tube came out, she got one in it too. Result: new tubes.

At 7 months, we just took KB in and 15 minutes later we were leaving. This was a half day affair which included our own room, a stylin’ gown for the patient, and free Disney’s Playhouse! Hot Dog!

There was time for KB to color while we waited our turn and time for mommy to journal in her scrapbook while she waited for KB to return from surgery.

KB was loopy when they brought her back to me. She was snuggly and sleepy and kept asking for her toy. I didn’t have a toy for her, so the nurse went to get a teddy bear she could hold. Now, this teddy bear was just a form with bow (something the women in a nearby church sewed for the children) and when KB saw it her eyes grew wide and she said, “Where’s his eyes?” Then she burst into tears. She would NOT let it go nor would she look at it but just cried and cried, “He needs eyes. Mommy, get his eyes.” Finally I worked out a way for him to go bye bye and he went to sleep under the bed.

Of course I am a sicko mom and took a picture of her with the eyeless bear before I put him away. Tee Hee.

She was so miserable but such a trouper. Of course they rushed to feed her Teddy Grahams and she wanted more, so two bags and a cup of juice later we left for home. Just as I went to get her out of the car to carry her inside, she shared the Teddy Grahams and Juice with me and her car seat. After a bath she was as good as new and one would never even know she’d had anything done to her.

I hope these are our last tubes EVER. We’ll see. . .