Jolene has had a very crazy couple of months. One week she's healthy, and the next she's got pink eye AND an ear infection. This month, we found out she had double pink eye, double ear infection and a sinus infection. After failed attempts at medicine at home with no sign of improvement, her doctor decided she needed antibiotic shots in the office. We had to take her in Monday, Wednesday and Friday for shots (a 3 round set). The first day, the nurse explained to me that they numb the leg because the antibiotic is so painful upon injection and that she might have the tingly sensation later in the day. Jolene hates shots (what child doesn't?) but was easily comforted with a sucker from the nurse. Day 2 of the shot was even easier. She hardly cried and almost immediately began playing in the exam room.



The last round of antibiotics though, she was miserable! ALL DAY! She held her leg and sobbed "owie owie owie" for hours on end. She fell asleep from exhaustion from screaming in the car on the way home. Nothing I did would comfort her, not even donuts! And that's saying a lot....

Jolene loves to take her books to a quiet nook to read. She usually does her best to hide, and if I find her then she gets mad that I'm interrupting her reading session. I usually just take advantage of this moments and get laundry done uninterrupted. A few places I've found her reading....

It seriously is so fun to watch the cousins play together. Jolene loves her cousins. She gets so excited when she sees them, she squeals and jumps up and down and runs to them. A few weeks ago, we had a family BBQ in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard. Usually what happen is, we put the girls in the swings and between me, Ema (usually Ema), and Grandma they get pushed to their satisfaction... this time though, Tucker got in on the action! They had so much fun!

Jolene is very much into golf like her daddy. When he comes home from work, she chants "golf golf!" and they go outside and chip and putt together. We got her a plastic set of clubs at Wal-Mart, occasionally I'll find her practicing before daddy gets home. The problem is, once I pull the camera out she just wants to do a face and then see her self on the display. So I had to try and capture it without her knowing. This is the best I could do:
Like I said though, once the camera comes out she just wants to make faces and then see herself. Here are some of her faces:
She's such a crack up lately. She has more personality than we know what to do with. She has all the sass of her mother and the witt of her father... plus both of our rebellions. We have our hands full!
Just about every day we go to Grandma's house to play in the back yard. I'm not one of those moms who can go to a park and socialize with other parents in hopes our kids don't kill each other while we're pretending to be polite to each other. I like the comfort and privacy of a finished backyard (Grandma's) and Jolene likes running with the dogs anyway. The other day we had Ali's baby Addie out with us for a little bit. That little baby loves the swing!

This past Wednesday I took Jo to the local library. We hadn't been since last summer when we first moved here, so I thought it was a good time to finally get a library card and start reading books OTHER than Goodnight Moon (haha). We walked in and went straight for the desk to obtain a library card. The lady gave me a run down of the policies and then mentioned that we came just in time for the "Fun Van" Literacy Program if we wanted to try it out. It's completely free and once a week. The kids get to play (supervised by staff) while the adults get a lesson from certified staff about development for their age/motor skills. Then, we come together and do a story time and craft together, followed by getting sent home with a goodie bag (a book, a snack and a toy pertaining to the craft we did. This time the "toy" was sidewalk chalk). Jolene LOVED it. Except that it was breaking into her nap time. She got a little cross with me. Especially when I attempted to take her picture during song time.
This picture is not just a "bad shot" as in I missed the smile, this is literally the look she was giving me when I tried to take her picture. She is getting so sassy these days.
I can already see it now, her first day of school and Jonathan and I teary eyed trying to get pictures of every moment and her getting annoyed and embarrassed and just wanting us to leave already. Haha.
The Literacy Program has two session, 11:30-1 or 2:30 to4. I think this week we will try the later one, so she can at least get a nap in.

During one of our family outings, we took Jo to Rainforest Cafe for dinner. It was her first time ever going, and we hadn't been in forever either. She was very hesitant at first. Trying to soak everything in. The moving snake freaked her out, and she wasn't too sure about the elephants. Once we got her coloring, and chocolate milk she warmed up a little more. Then she saw other kids loving it, so she decided to fake laugh at it all until she was finally comfortable towards the end of our meal.