Tuesday: last week

It's the last week of school, but due to the cold weather it doesn't feel like it.  It feels like we still have a while to go.  And because of this, several school related things seem like they're sneaking up on me.  I think I've gotten them under control, but they've surprised me a bit.

Monday: the warm day

Today reached a balmy 74deg. 

Joshua, at school, wrote an email to Grey Bear telling him that he loved him.  (Grey Bear had been lost for a day, so it seemed especially appropriate.)  While still not 100%, he was feeling much better today.

After school the boys played outside.  Joshua tried pumping air into bubbles.  It mostly just squirted him, so he abandoned it pretty quickly.

Isaac threw around a wet sock...for a surprising amount of time.  When it got too dry, he'd get it wet again and repeat the process.  I decided that I must be doing this unstructured play thing right.

Joshua also brought a bunch of sticks up on the deck so that he could throw them over the deck for the animals to eat.

Sunday: Bible presentation

Today was Isaac's Bible presentation at church.  All the kindergartners get a Bible of their own.

I told him that he could write in this book and he thought that he should underline each time the word God was used, because God is important.  While not exactly what I had been thinking, it would be a fine way to start.

Dad and Cheryl came to watch too.  Afterwards we went to IHop and had a nice time.  Joshua is still feeling a bit under the weather, but hasn't had a fever today and so can go to school tomorrow.  For once he seemed to time his sickness rather well...hopefully.  The night isn't over yet.

Saturday: still sick

Joshua seemed better today, but was still sick.  His breathing was still a bit labored and he had a fever around noon.  However, once he had some medicine in him he did much better.  He's been waking up quite a bit so far tonight, but doesn't need anything.  (Or isn't even necessary awake.)  Ben or I have often gone into his room only to be told, "I don't need you."

A few nights ago I went in and was told, "I don't need you.  I need Isaac...to move out of the way. ...oh, it was just a dream."

Friday: fever

Joshua had a cough yesterday.  It turned into a fever and labored breathing today. :(  However, it hasn't turned into croup, so I'm hoping that he's gotten big enough to not get that anymore.

He was ok most of the day, especially with meds, but by about 5pm was done.  He took a nap and when he woke up it took Ibprofin and Tyenol to get his fever under control.  His breathing is still really shallow.

Isaac played outside for a bit today...in a T-shirt since it was 60 deg.  Joshua really wanted to play, but in the end we mostly just watched.  Isaac either rode a scooter down the driveway, caught the scooter at the end of the driveway that I started, or raced the scooter down the driveway.

Wednesday: yup

Today was Wednesday.  Joshua and I went to story time and got groceries.  The attendant at the self-check almost lost our order but then after 10 minutes (and two pony rides) they found it again.  It may have been faster to rescan everything.

In the car today Joshua was talking about Grey Bear and how it's his birthday (again) today.  Isaac said that he was going to do something special for Giraffe because "he has....she has...Giraffe has missed a lot of birthdays."  It turns out the Giraffe's gender is rather nebulous and Isaac has decided to just not use pronouns.  (However, Grey Bear is a boy, Elephant is a girl, and Red Monkey is probably a girl.)

Tuesday: semester "problems"

e-mail to student: "I'm available Monday, Tuesday or Thursday mornings" (with specific times given).

student: Can I come Wednesday?
-or-
student: What time are you available?

me: *copy and paste*


This has happened several times this semester, more than it has in the past.