First day of school 2014 and Half Marathon

So the girls first day of the school year was Tuesday, September 9th!  Maddy started in the Tigers class which is for 4 year olds/Pre-K and Camryn started her official preschool year in the Tadpole class which is for the 2 year olds.

They were both excited for their first day but Camryn refused to stand next to Maddy for me to get a picture.  Maddy decided to make Camryn laugh....

In between the chaos of normal day to day life we've been dealing with Callie being sick.  A week ago we had to take her to the vet because she wouldn't eat, was getting sick, and was extremely lethargic.  The Dr. took blood, gave her some meds, and sent us home.  Once home we were able to get her to eat a few pieces of boiled chicken but nothing else.  When the test results came back the dr. called and said we had to bring Callie in immediately, her blood platelet levels were dangerously low.  They did a few more tests and sent us home with some steroids and other medications for her.  Then one morning we couldn't find her and she had slept out in backyard and that's where we found her, shivering and panting and again she was getting sick and wouldn't eat.  We had to rush her in again and they ran more tests and x-rays and decided it was a reaction to the steroids. They can't take her off them completely right now for fear her platelets will drop again, so it's been crazy, and emotionally draining, but for now Callie seems a little more like herself!



I also ran my first half marathon recently!!  Whitney and I did the DC Diva's Half Marathon which was at Tarara Winery in Leesburg and we ran the whole thing!!! 13.1 miles and it was actually fun!!

Us picking up our race packets



The shuttle to the race left at 5am...so we were up bright and early


We finished!!!



When I got home my knees hurt and I had blisters on my feet so Maddy decided she'd make me feel better by using a boa to wrap my foot.




And Camryn found a yoga mat to use as a sleeping bag.



That night we had friends over for a play date and pizza.  It was so much fun and actually worked out so well, I was tired, but had everyone's kids there to entertain mine :)







They had a lot of fun with the Boa I got at my race....not sure what they were doing here haha.















Camryn trying to escape.



Like herding cats.



Camryn and Molly had fun jumping from ottoman to couch.







All the moms and girls



I don't remember when this was but Matt and Cash were supervising the girls riding on the gator and 4 wheeler.



The girls had a blast one night last week playing on the moon bounce after school.



We also rode bikes at the neighbors one night.