Ceiling Fan Installed!

My dad taught me well and in this case, I remembered what he taught.  I was able to read the manual and with both girls helping, we got the ceiling fan installed!  I told the girls that we're Girl Power!  I may have got an eye roll with their smiles.

 

Happy 15th Birthday, Maggie!

Maggie:  You bought me a ceiling fan for my birthday?

Philomena: Welcome to the age where mom starts buying practical gifts.

Me:  😅 this is what it’s like to have me as a mom 😆

Maggie:  Why doesn't my room already have a ceiling fan?

Me:  Well...there was a ceiling fan, but we removed the blades when you had a loft bed.  Then I thought my ceiling fan was broken so I tried to move your ceiling fan to my bedroom.  I dropped your ceiling fan and broke it.  Then I tried to put in your ceiling light and it was always on; we couldn't turn it off.  So then I hired an electrician to install my new ceiling fan and your ceiling light.  There probably wasn't anything wrong with my ceiling fan, but I didn't realize what I was doing wrong so here we are.  Then you went back to a bed on the floor and started using an oscillating fan.  So I decided to get you a ceiling fan for your birthday.

Maggie:  Oh

My thought:  that was probably longer of an answer than she expected -- haha

Maggie chose IHOP for her bday dinner with family.  I offered to buy Maggie a Nothing Bundt Cake but she said no.  Then we went to HyVee and she didn't like any of their cakes.  She wanted a cute marble cake.  So we bought ingredients and she asked me to put a mermaid's tail on it.  Not too bad for an amateur!

 

Pumpkins

We intended to carve pumpkins on Halloween, but we went to visit the girls' Uncle Dan and Aunt Mary and we ended up spending the whole evening with them!  It was great to see my former brother-in-law and meet his wife, and the girls enjoyed getting to know them!  So we carved our pumpkins after church on Sunday instead.

 

Boys Town Allergy & Asthma Appointment

Philomena is allergic to dust mites, dogs, and trees.  This is less than the last time she was tested in 2020 so the allergy shots are still having a helpful effect from when she did those.  She's not allergic to any foods.  She was tested and diagnosed with mild exercise induced asthma.  She's now using an inhaler and is feeling better when she has to do physical activities.  Next is her appointment with a gastroenterologist.  We're hoping to figure out more about her stomachaches and anything related to her episodes.  She's already seen a behavioral pediatrician that specializes in autism at Boys Town.  Based on his questions and what she was able to tell me in the days following that appointment, she's identified 4 times these episodes have happened.  He's now referred her to a psychiatrist and that appointment is Dec 3rd.  We're getting to know the Boys Town facilities really well!

 

Oriental Sweet Potatoes

I dug up the sweet potatoes from the garden.  Turns out that ours were purple on the outside and white/yellow on the inside.  After cooking, mashing, and adding brown sugar with butter, they looked like mashed peas.  They tasted similar but I couldn't eat them when they looked this yucky.  I don't think we'll grow sweet potatoes or regular potatoes again.  Cheaper and easier and better looking to just get them at the grocery store!

 

Band Contest

Philomena went to watch band contest this year.  She was able to visit with Riley whom she hasn't seen in a year!

 

Philomena Choir Concert

Mr. McCauley kept the concert short and enjoyable!  Grandma, me, and Maggie enjoyed the music!