Thursday: Isaac and Christmas

Isaac had a Christmas party today at school.  Apparently it didn't feel much like a Christmas party to him since he was confused when we asked him if he enjoyed his Christmas party.  But I got to go and help out a bit and that was fun.  I tried to put faces to a few of the names that Isaac has mentioned.  (We finally figured out the name of "the friend I see at recess and once in the bathroom and once at lunch.  But now he plays with someone at recess whose name is "my silly friend.")

I didn't take any pictures during the party, but I did find his picture up in the hallway.  The first one was outside his classroom: Mrs. Kreple had taken a picture of each student.

The second picture was being the winner of the Gratitude award.  The caption reads, "Isaac shows gratitude in school every day!  He works to use awesome manners by always saying "thanks" when given help with an assignment.  I am so very proud to have Isaac in class this year!"

Isaac's last funny thing recently is that he switched his view on Santa - from not believing in him to thinking he's real.  He told me it was because everyone in his class thought Santa was real as I was trying to explain to him why we don't yell, "Santa's not real" at Joshua's school.  It was a confusing conversation, so I stopped talking.  Here we have our first documentable instance of peer pressure at work. :s  (Although I'm not sure how strong his conviction is.  We'll just see how it plays out.)

Wednesday: story time, spa time

We went to story time at the library today.  (I won't say how long it took Joshua to get into his car seat, but we did just make it in time.)  This is what happened after story time was done.

Later in the day I had a spa time.  The boys worked on my hair, Joshua gave me hand massages with a screw driver, and Joshua checked other things out...he gave me the cool glasses and is checking to see what I can hear in a plastic bag in the picture below.  A bit crazy, but it feels nice to have them work on my hair and there haven't been any snarls.  yet.

Tuesday: work

Today the boys went to school...and I went back home. :D

I finished up grading. Yay.

I did some packing for our trip.  I realized last night that internet will be sparse and I instantly panicked: what if I don't have enough books on the kindle????  I'm not sure why this was my worry, as the Kindle can fit a lot of books...

However, I'm excited that was my worry instead of something else.

Monday: today

Things are getting better over here.  Everyone is mostly healthy.  Everyone got out of the house today, which was sorely needed.  There still seems to be some discontent (from everyone) but we're working through it.

Joshua helped me make lasagna today...one of Ben's favorites from grouping up.  It's the first time I've made lasagna, so it was a bit of a learning experience.  After cooking it Joshua said, "Yummy!  I love this!" and proceeded not to eat much.  He realized that he does the same thing with pizza this weekend..."I love pizza but don't eat it."  We also have been getting a lot of "yummy in my toes" lately.

Sunday: better, again

Joshua seemed better again today.  Not perfect, as the cough was producing a lot of stuff, but it just seemed like a cough.  I do think everyone was a bit grumpy from not getting out enough in the last week though.  Hopefully tomorrow we'll be mostly back to normal.

I'm not sure anything else significant happened.  We made it through. 

Saturday: here we go again

Today Joshua was sick.  I don't think it's the same thing that Isaac had; I think it's croup.  His breathing is very labored.  His cough isn't as barky as it has been in the past though.

But he managed to run a fever a bit today, so we're back to the one-parent-one-kid-do-the-fun-stuff-this-weekend plan.

Friday: better

Isaac was better today.  Ben and I both noticed it in the short time that we were with him this morning; he was running around and being silly again.  Phew; I'm glad that's done.

My last exam was given this morning.  I actually feel on top of grading for once this semester.  I still have about 7 exams to grade and some grades to put in - probably about 2 hours worth.  I even got a small start on dealing with next semester's classes.

We went to see the Last Jedi this afternoon.  It was excellent.