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At Hayley's kindergarten evaluation, her evaluator said "Wow, her verbal skills are EXPLOSIVE!"

*Hmmmmmmmmm Where did she get that from???

And she laughed at the picture & asked if she could keep it.  I'm sure to put in her permanent record & to show the guidance counselor at the school.

We had another round of MRSA with Hannah.  If you don't know what it is, that is probably good.  I won't get into details, because it is gross.  She has been on antibiotics for 6 days & it is almost back to normal.  (Yes, nurse friends, she WILL finish the 10 days).

I should get some pictures up here soon! We had some cute ones taken at Penneys a couple weeks ago.  I'll see what I can do.

**Clarification**

In my earlier post today, I casually mentioned "Hannah" & "Pediatric Cardiologist" in the same sentence.
I guess that isn't nice!  Most of you didn't know the situation...

So here's the story:
Hannah has had a heart murmur since birth.  Apparently MOST kids have them until they are about 5... some pediatricians don't say anything  because they are 'normal' & no need for alarm.

However, Hannah's doctor didn't like what she heard at her 3-year well-child appointment.  It didn't sound quite normal to her - so to be safe, she sent us to the Children's Heart Clinic in Minneapolis.  We didn't really say anything about it because it was just a second-opinion type of deal.  We didn't even tell Tim's parents until we were on our way to the appointment.  We decided IF something turned out to be wrong, they should be in the know before hand!!

They took a chest X-Ray and listened to her heart for about 15-20 minutes.

Dr. Singh decided it sounded like "half of the kindergarteners in the state"& we could go home.

End of story!

Last year, at Hayley's 4th-year well-child exam, Dr. Benson sent her for an EKG within the clinic for her heart-murmur and they sent the strip to children's heart clinic for interpretation... I guess they can't do that anymore.

Just the Facts:

*Hayley has her Kindergarten Screening today.  She drew a picture for the evaluator.  A "mommy" bunny in the middle of the page, being attacked by approximately 20 large snakes.  There is a baby bunny in the corner of the page "watching his mommy get eaten."  Oh, my.  the child psychologist is going to LOVE that picture!

*Tim's foot is getting better

*Our refrigerator passed away last week.  It was 25 years old.  We were blessed with a WestRidge orphan.  My work had a kitchen-renovation plan where they took perfectly good 8 year old refrigerators and replaced them with brand new ones.  So, now we have about 5 - 10 fridges in the garage waiting for a home.  I learned how to switch the doors/hinges/handles on a fridge!

*Our new fridge is taller than the old one, so we had to rip down the cabinets on that side of the kitchen.  We uncovered a scrap of wall-paper from 1971.  WOW that place was colorful at one point in time!

*Our new health insurance was supposed to save money, but I feel like we have spent 10x more $ in the past month than we did in the past YEAR with our old insurance.  But Tim also went to the urgent care or clinic 4 times in 2 weeks. (with a $45/copay each time).

*The Pediatric Cardiologist we were referred to by our pediatrician wasn't In-Network.

*FYI: It costs $500 to spend 10 minutes with a pediatric cardiologist.

*Just how many Pediatric Cardiology clinics are there in Minneapolis? One.
**Update** I just called the insurance company.  The Cardiologist will be fully covered -minus the co-pay- because the pediatrician didn't send the referral letter to the insurance company.  Really? Do insurance companies really think I would just take my 3 year old in to a cardiologist JUST FOR FUN?? Silliness.

*Hannah gets her H1N1 vaccination on Thursday morning.

*Cub and Rainbow both claim to have the lowest price on turkeys in the state.  Cub is 37-cents a pound & Rainbow is 42-cents a pound.  SOMEONE needs to take their "claim" down, or adjust their price.

(One of those things has NOTHING to do with my family... but it really bugs me).

I'm a WINNER!

I am SO excited!

My cyber-friend, Kathleen, had a contest on her blog from Yoplait ... AND I WON!

I only had to answer a question about snacks & YAY!  (Come-on.  Who knows more about snacking than ME & my house?!?)

I'll receive a coupon for a Yoplait Kids yogurt, a travel cooler (to take your yogurt on-the-go), a fun spoon that changes colors in warm water, a reusable place mat with games to keep the kids happy while snacking, and a fuzzy tangle puzzle for some after-snack fun.

THANK YOU KAT!  She did inform me that it was random, so she didn't pick favorites :) LOL but I know I'm her favorite Minnesotan (unless she's a big Prince or Bob Dylan fan...).

In Other news:

Hayley turned 5 last week.  She is SO proud of this.  "I'm 5 - just like Vinnie".

Hannah is settling into "3" quite well.  She puts her hand up like the "Okay" symbol & yells - "THIS IS MY NUMBER!"  She should go work for Sleep-Number beds!!!

Tim is recovering from a tragic, life altering injury/illness. :P  He hurt his baby-toe.  Before you roll your eyes & say "big Baby"... he really had a problem!  He had a miriad of problems on his baby-toe & they all worked together to create much pain, 2 trips to urgent care, 2 trips to a podiatrist, an Xray, a strong Rx ibuprofen, antibiotics, a soft-walking boot/cast thing... but now he is healing quite well.  He still has some pain, but NOTHING like a week ago.  (Trust me, you do NOT want details, which is why they aren't included).

I came home (reluctantly) from camp yesterday.  Mom & I went up on Friday for Quilting retreat.  I scrapbooked until Saturday evening and got caught up in Hannah's Professional portraits album!  I want to scrapbook the 2nd & 3rd months of her life sometime.  I'd also like to do Hayley's 2nd year of life.  BUT something tells me they might be 16 before that happens.

There you go! Our week in a nut-shell.