So I asked Widget what she wanted for Christmas. She informed me she wanted:
A skateboard
An itty bitty car to drive really fast -I think she means the power wheels Corvette we saw at Toys R Us when we were there for her birthday
Something she can slide on her belly on - she demonstrated this by sliding across the couch on her stomach 
A soccer ball
A hockey stick
And she wants to make a baby using glue for Christmas for Santa!
The birthday girl has had quite the day today.
First, her grandma (T’s mom) came over to watch her while T & I had our “fabulous” appointment with the bankruptcy attorney (more on that another day- too depressing for birthdays and Thanksgiving).
Then, she got to open her presents from T & I. A hooded monkey bath towel. The book Corduroy, one of my favorites at her age. A board game called Snails Pace Race, an excellent one for young children.
Afterwards, per her request, we dined on McDonald’s- chicken nuggets, french fries & chocolate milk.
Then we went to Toys R Us and proceeded to let her look at whatever she wanted for as long as she wanted. We told her she could pick one thing to bring home and she picked the Play-doh Fun Factory.
And now, she is happily ensconced watching Aladdin on the tv.
I think it has been a good birthday for a 3 year old Widget!
Yet, another almost missed day 
For your quality excitement, I have to report that I spent the majority of the day organizing bills and paperwork to take to the bankruptcy attorney appointment we have tomorrow morning.(Yuck!) Needless to say, the real total number is very scary.
Then I went to my favorite oversized store (Meijer) to get my supplies for what I am bringing to Thanksgiving. And after standing in line forever, I just get up to the cashier and my nose starts gushing blood. Gross and embarassing all at once! Fortunately, I was alone and the woman behind me had some extra kleenex and wipes.
And now I must wrap Widget’s birthday presents from us for tomorrow! Her actual birthday! Three years old, I cannot wrap my head around it.
Made it with a couple minutes to spare!
Widget had a rash, which started on Thursday on her bottom. On Saturday it had spread to her knees, elbows, wrists, hands, ankles & feet, so I called the doctor’s office. The nurse said it was probably that her skin had been irritated by something and to give her a bath with baby soap to remove the irritant. If she still had the rash on Monday to call in for an appointment.
She still had the rash this morning, so off we went to the doctor, even getting an appointment to see PH (a miracle when it comes to day of appointments!). He looked at it and said it was probably viral, quite likely in the same category as the hand, foot, & mouth virus (coxsackievirus), which of course is very contagious.
So after seeing PH, I got to call my sister, sister-in-law, and friend who had their kids at the party and tell them to watch out for a rash in case it was contagious.
Oops!
Today we had the big birthday party for Widget’s birthday. With four 3-year-olds and punch ball balloons, it got a little crazy!
This year she was more into opening the presents than last year, but it was a whirlwind job, so I’m not sure she even knows what she got
We plan to have a slightly calmer Mommy, Daddy and Widget celebration on Wednesday, her actual birthday.
With Widget turning 3 next week, I’m starting to think about preschool programs. We are planning to send her to preschool for either 2 years before kindergarten or preschool for 1 year and a young 5s program the next. But I’m not sure where to send her.
I am getting some information from the local Catholic preschool, run by the same woman who ran it, 15+ years ago when my younger brother was in preschool. My mom swears it was the best decision she and my dad made to send him there because the teacher was just wonderful with him (he was a very, very shy kid). Except we’re not exactly Catholic (I was once Catholic-lite being an Episcopalian but still not Catholic)
The local Christian schools also have preschool programs, which I am considering, although I’m not sure we’ll be able to afford to send her to Christian schools after that. If we could afford it for elementary school, I’d be interested but I’m not all that keen on the upper grades based on stories I’ve heard about teens going to the Christian high school (rather snarkily referred to as the Angel factory around here).
A few other churches have programs but I’m not too thrilled with what I’ve seen.
There is also the two Montessori preschools and I need to get information from them too before I make my decision. One is rather pricey in comparison to the other choices but I’ve heard wonderful things about it too.
And then I’m not sure what to do about working. I need to make roughly what I make now with all our stupid debt but I’m not sure how I’m going to swing that and juggling getting Widget to and from preschool since it is only a few short hours. The Catholic program has an added benefit of having a daycare program as well which would allow me to continue to work somewhat longer days.
Maybe I can figure out how to work from home or something with self-directed hours- where I work now I can only work until maybe 5 pm before getting kicked out of the building. That leads to the minor problem of T not having the easiest hours to work with at his current job, so I can’t really work an evening job and let him take care of Widget.
Of course, all this is dependent Widget getting potty-trained sometime before she is twenty…..
I took Widget to Sears today to get her pictures taken.
So today’s post is devoted solely to showing off my cutie 
I am having a day.
A day when I wonder, “What was I thinking, wanting to be a mother? I am going to go even further crazy than I already am. I would like my sweet baby back and this stretch of terrible horrible no good very bad days, months to please, please please end.”
Considering that 2/3rds of my time with her in the last 18 months has been spent saying no, stop, quit, please, time-out, dealing with tantrums and tears, it is a wonder that I actually do want to adopt again.
I love my daughter more than anything in the world but I do not love this stage in her life.
It will end, right? Please?
I decided that this year I am joining National Blog Posting Month, aka NaBloPoMo, which means post about some thing every single day.
It is also National Adoption Awareness Month, so expect some posts about adoption.
And Widget turns 3 in 3 weeks from today!!
I shall try not to bore with too much inanity or insanity in my attempts at posting every day
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