Saturday was Dave's birthday and we always take each other out to eat for our birthdays (my birthday is exactly 4 weeks after his) so I thought I would surprise him by taking him to a restuarant that he's never been to. I took Dave to Popeye's in Lake Geneva. My mom came, picked up Addison (McKenna was already with her) and off we went. It's only a 40 minute drive from home. Lake Geneva is mostly a tourist town and I really didn't expect it to be busy because it is October, but I was wrong. We had to drive around a bit to find some parking and when we find a parking spot it was not to far from the restuarant. I thought we would have to wait, but we got seated right away. I requested to sit by the window because across the street is a beautiful lake. We had a nice lunch there and Dave enjoyed it. After we ate we went to two stores and than headed home. Dave is not one who likes to go shopping. We picked up the girls and went home. It was nice.
Addison has had a rash on her butt for about a week and a half and we tried everything for her, we even changed diapers but nothing was working so we took her to the doctor on Saturday to find out that she has a yeast infection. The doctor called in a prescription for us so we picked that up for her. It doesn't seem to hurt her when you change her diaper but it is extremely red. She's been on the medicine for 2 days now and it's still red and if you touch her butt the wrong way she cries now. My mom says to wait and give it a chance, but I don't want to hear my baby cry. The doctor did say if it doesn't work we can try an oral medicine. I'll wait, but not for long.
McKenna is not doing so well in school and I feel like I'm banging my head against the wall with her. I looked through her bookbag and I find papers in there from French and there are so many red marks on there that I get so upset with her and I start yelling. I shouldn't do that, I know I shouldn't, but I just don't know what to do anymore. I tell her to bring her notes home everyday, study those notes. I don't know what to do. I can't wait to talk to her teachers. I want answers, I want to know what I can do. I look at her math homework, I tell her that she has some of them wrong and to correct them and all she says "My teacher helped me with it" well, it's wrong, correct it. She has no initiative. Every day I tell her how important school is, how important it is to learn and get an education, how it will pay off when she gets older and I just don't know if it's getting through to her. If she does have a learning disability, ok, I can understand, but if she doesn't than I don't know what to do.
Only 22 days before we leave for Disney to celebrate my birthday and Halloween there. Can't wait.
Until later.
