How cute is this...

Sarah and I went to Max's school for their Thanksgiving feast last week. After a serious game of marshmellow dodge ball we sat down and ate. Sarah was dressed in her finest attire (as always) and she was wearing her faux fur pink cape with a sparkly pink jewels broach. A little boy from one of the lower grades poped his head out of the class room and said "Hi, Max, Hi Max's Mom, Hi, Max's little sister..." Max introduces us and Alex disappears into his classroom. 2 seconds later, he pops his head out again and says, "excuse me Sarah, I love you pashmina". Sarah, ever the lady, graciously accepts the complement and says "thank you", only to turn to me and say "Mom what's a pashmina?"
OMG, I could not believe this came out of this little 9 yrs old boy. I mean, I was like - 35 before I knew what a pashmina was... I love these kids

Stop the World I Want to Get Off!!!

All right. This goes under the "everything happens for a reason" heading.

Remember last June when Randy was hit by a car? Well the cat scan revealed an anomolie in his thyroid gland. They sent him to a specialist. He had a biopsy and another scan. The results came back "inconclusive" - but as we talked more with an endochronologist, turns out they tests weren't so "inconclusive" after all. Apparently the cells present in the biopsy are stastically cancerous in 65% of the masses removed. So...Randy will undergo surgery on December 7th at 8 am. He is opting for a partial thyroidectomy. If the pathology comes back clean then, yippee! He still has part of this thyroid and won't have to take medication for the rest of his life.

If the pathology comes back positive for cancer, then he will have to go in for surgery #2 and have the rest of the thyroid removed. And then later take this radioactive iodine isotope thing, where he will be radioactive for about 10 days. No sleeping in the same bed, no hugging the kids and no sitting next to anyone for more than one hour...

So as it stands. Surgery December 7th (we had to cancel our Disney trip and won't be going home for christmas) released from hospital next day and no driving for 10 to 14 days...and hopefully there won't be a part 2...But realistically speaking - there probably will.

So as my BFF Leslie says - "So like, it was a *GOOD* thing that Randy got hit by a car". God knows I love my Leslie...

Thanks for reading and please keeps us in your thoughts.