The week of the 8th was more of the usual, plus a yummy BBQ at Anna's old preschool that Friday and a little party for neighbor Drew's birthday that evening. Anna gave us a scare on Thursday by jabbing herself in the arm with some scissors, but the urgent care told us that it didn't require stitches. Whew! Saturday the 13th was Anna's friend party at our house. After much angst regarding the weather, we went ahead with the plan to have slip and slides and baby pool, though it was pretty chilly. The girls also liked painting treasure chests and playing mermaid bingo. There were some very serious bingo players among them! We had our neighborhood pool debut on Mother's Day, though the water was pretty chilly.
The week of the 15th was pretty wild with Bob, Erin, and I all getting sick...and unfortunately, due to that, Erin had another episode of SVT on Wednesday morning. After trying some things at home without success, we took her to the WakeMed Childrens ED where it took 6 rounds of adenosine and then some oral atenolol and a beta blocker drip to get her rebooted. All of that excitement bought us a night in the PICU just like in September. She did not have any further episodes, and we came home on Thursday morning. She will have an outpatient ablation on June 19th that will hopefully fix this problem permanently.
Anna's actual birthday was Thursday the 18th, which was almost overshadowed by Erin being in the hospital, but thankfully Grandma A. came up and saved the day by taking Anna to school on her birthday, joining her at school Mass, and making her requested ice cream sandwich cake. She got to open a few presents from us after school and also did a dress rehearsal for her dance recital that evening, so that was fun!
After much mulling, we let her have a sleepover at her friend Olivia's that Friday as planned, which was helpful because Olivia's family took them both to their First Communion retreat the next morning while Bob and I took Anna to her first (and possibly last) dance recital. It was super cute and Anna did a great job! Here she is with friend Erzsi from Little Flowers, who was in the other first grade ballet class:
After that, Anna insisted on going to her friend and desk neighbor Julianna's birthday party at Bounce U. Busy! Sunday the 21st, we had Danny's fun 4th birthday party at Crowder Park, and then our final Little Flowers meeting for the year.
The following week was the usual, plus a couple of church meetings and book club in the evenings. Erin also had her school mass celebration for First Communion followed by a second grade breakfast, which was very sweet and special. Friday the 26th, they had field day at school, and I was able to go because poor Sawyer was sick. It was a beautiful morning and we all had a great time! Bob and Chris took a short trip to Nashville over Memorial Day weekend to see an Eric Church concert, while we girls went to Erin's last gymnastics class and then to Dalton's First Communion party on Saturday, dog-sat the neighbor dog Bear, and church to witness Olivia's First Communion and neighborhood party on Sunday! Monday, we had lunch at Olivia's house and also dinner at Ella's house. Tuesday and Wednesday were two days of their last week at school.
And that was May! It was even extra exciting this year with all of the First Communions and Erin's hospital stay. Next year we expect more First Communion fun with Anna, but we hope for no more hospitalizations!
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