Oh Annika!

Sometimes I wonder what goes through the mind of this little girl. At times she is so grown up and then she does stuff to remind us that she is ONLY 3!! I could not believe it. When we got Erik's dresser from my dad last month I thought being that I had to empty the fish tank to move it, I'd just be done with fish for awhile. We just had the one orange one in there that WOULD NOT die for anything. But, the more I thought about it the more I realized the kids love the fish tank. They love watching the fish. So, I filled the tank back up and put it on the new (used) dresser! A couple of weeks ago Annika and I went to Petsmart and she picked out 3 more fish. So, the tank was looking pretty good and everyone was alive! I could not believe it when I walked into this. I just told her to go sit on her bed so I could get my bearings and decide what needed to be done. I really didn't have time to clean up a fish tank before bed!! AHHH! But, after I got Is down, I vacuumed out the tank......3 times. Got it all cleaned up, looking good, and was feeling good. Went up to tuck Erik in and heard a trickling of water....the tank was leaking all down the side of the dresser! I kept it together, though! Just got the little fish tank vac and the big bucket and sucked a little water out. I think we are good to go now. Annika was disciplined....she felt bad for trying to kill the fish!! She said they were just hungry..... I thought she understood and it was clear that she would not do that again.....so I was a little bit upset when she did the SAME thing the next night!! Luckily, the fish food was the old can and there was only 1/4 of a can left!! BUT STILL!! Oh, Annika!! Now she knows that if she even goes near the fish food she will lose all her little fingers on her little hand!!

Annika's been dealing with Muluscum (sp?) for the past couple of years. They are just a little virus on the skin. They're not a big deal....don't hurt anything, but are sometimes annoying to me being that I like to pick at things and get rid of them! Some of her "bumps" tend to get really infected and HUGE before they go away! Not fun for anyone. She had another big one last week, so I took her in to a dermatologist. The Doc decided to "zap" all her bumps with a beetle juice. Erik had the same stuff when he was 3 and it worked great. Its kind of yucky b/c the bumps blister up and then turn a dark red, so it looks bad, but doesn't hurt. Then they go away forever without a scar. :) Here Annika is showing off her "Polk-a-dots" all over the place and Erik is helping her count them!






I'm going to miss Annika this week! Although, it might be a nice break from the unexpected excitement that comes along with her! I guess there is a first time for everything. Annika packed her bag and headed north this morning with Tim! He was going to a Packer game and has business trips in WI and then in Quinnesec this week, so Annika gets to spend the week with Pupsi and Nana James and also Papa Bob and Nana Shirley! Lucky her. I am really envious of her! She has never had the grandparents all to herself and she is pretty excited. Oh the things she said she is going to do. And, Erik and Alaina understood that they have to go to school, so they weren't too upset over it. It will be fun to talk to her and hear about all the fun. I just hope she doesn't get lonely! She's not used to being the only kid!