Fifth Post

My morning started at 3am today.. and you know what kinda day that can lead too.....My poor baby girl Emma woke up with a fever of 102.00, she was soo sweet and said something that melted my heart.. when she comes in dragging her pillow and blankey she says.. sorry mommy i was up at 1am but knew you were still asleep and did want to wake you up, but i could not wait any longer.... really??? I felt so bad, I took her downstairs and gave her Tylenol and a drink. I felt bad that she waited for 2 hrs in her bed because she didn't want to wake me up ;(. Anyway, Conner and Kayla went to school while Emma and I stayed home and watched movies and played a couple games, I secretly have to say we actually had a great relaxing day and I thought about keeping each kid home individual every once in awhile.... So as the day went on the phone rang about 1:20 and it was the school nurse saying that Kayla said that she did not feel very well and that she does NOT have temperature but would like to come home. So the nurse asked if I wanted to talk to kayla and I said yes, as Kayla gets on the phone I asked her what was wrong and if she could wait one more hour until school was over.... well that was NOT an option, as the nurse got back on the phone she said... she might be having sympathy pains for Emma.... so I get Emma in the car and we drive over to the school to get her... immediately Kayla gets in the car and asks what we have been doing all day, as Emma fills her in I am thinking that she is looking and acting just fine... hmmm... but i wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, the true test will be if she comes in and lays on the couch... yeah that DID NOT happen, she went right up stairs and got her PJ'S on (because we had ours on) and then got a puzzle out of the closet and started working on it. Ohhh my, so I said, "kayla, how are you feeling, I think she realized that she was not playing the SICK role well enough.... so I told her to get her folder out and do her homework and that she had to read. I think she realized that this was not going to be as fun as she thought! It made me laugh that she wanted to be a part of what we were doing at home and I wondered if she thought about that all day while she was at school. Do you think twins have a sick sense about each other? I have tried my best to have my girls stand on there own two feet and not rely on each other (too much) and to make there own decisions, and I do have to say they are night and day personality wise, but they are still identical twins.... so I thought will they always wonder about each other, or always compare themselves to each other? My goal for all my kids is to be strong, independent, and go on this path called LIFE and find out who they really are with guidance from God and Todd and I, and if I can do that they we succeeded!