Wednesday: Isaac

This morning Isaac and I went to a nearby karate school to see it.  He loved it.  (To be fair, half of it was an obstacle course and not something that is done every time.)  Anyway, I signed him up.  And since I'll be there for most of the lessons anyway, I signed myself up too.

Later in the day he said that he really wanted to use the screwdriver that he had gotten for Christmas.  So I pulled out some scrap wood and he went to town using his tools.

We went back in the evening for our first official karate lessons.  Isaac actually had two - there is a class for younger students first and then a class for lower belts.  He said he liked the first one better.  I thoroughly enjoyed myself in the second one though.  I was the only adult for this class, and the kids kept slowly drifting over my way...it was a bit funny.  Anyway, it was a bit tricky but not too tricky.

It turns out I only got a picture of Isaac being a shark...

Tuesday: relaxing day

Today we relaxed.

And the kitties relaxed.

Monday: New Year's Eve

This morning we went to Crazy Bounce.  The boys loved it and talked about it all day.  It isn't my favorite place to go, but it isn't too bad either.  It was rather busy.

The aquarium has been having a small algae problem, so I got a snail.  Also, I realized that the little fish in the tank with Sunset was a female and there was a baby male in with the baby females.  This is the first time that I feel mostly confident about the gender separation.  Now I need to wait a little bit and make sure no babies show up before trying to give the females away.

We went to a NYE party this evening but only stayed until about 9:30.  We still had a good time though.

Sunday: Birthday

Isaac turned seven today!  We didn't do much, but he did have a couple of presents and we went out for Froyo.  He really likes the 'peachy peachy' balls filled with juice.

Saturday: Bouncin' - Christmas version

To the tune of  "Bouncing up and down in my little red wagon".  (Like this version, but significantly bouncier and crazier.)

Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Won't you be my darlin'

The harness is broken and the reind'r are going crazy,
The harness is broken and the reind'r are going crazy,
The harness is broken and the reind'r are going crazy,
Won't you be my darlin'

Summon the elves and they will fix it,
Summon the elves and they will fix it,
Summon the elves and they will fix it,
Won't you be my darlin'

Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Won't you be my darlin'

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We let the cats stay in Isaac's room while he went to sleep tonight.  When we went upstairs to get them they had settled in by his feet and seemed pretty comfortable to be there as they didn't shoot out of the bedroom.

Friday: forgotten things

I forgot a few things from Wednesday...

We decorated some cookies.

Also, Grey Bear and Puppy the Mouse got to open their presents.

Puppy the Mouse got a red power up.

Grey Bear got a teddy bear.

Today one of Isaac's friends from school also came over to play for just a little bit.  They seemed to have fun...they disappeared into the basement and we didn't hear from them until it was time to go.

Wednesday: croup?

Last night Isaac woke up barely able to breathe and with the barking cough that signals croup.  I had just had a bad dream and so was somewhat awake.  I heard a sound and thought it was Joshua, but since I was already awake I got out of bed to see what was wrong.  Then Isaac came out of his room and I realized what was going on.

Surprisingly, I didn't even need to think about what I was doing.  I got out the nebulizer, put it all together (a bit of a trick in the dark without glasses), and put in the abulteral.  It helped, but not as much as I wanted.  So we did some saline too.  I had Isaac stick his head out the back door, but he didn't stay there for long.

We watched a show.  We rested together in his bed.  We moved to the couch, because I wasn't even close to sleeping.  Isaac fell asleep on the couch, I didn't.  A (long) while after this whole thing started I felt comfortable enough to leave Isaac and get some sleep.

Happily, Aunt C was willing to come over this morning so I could take an uninterrupted nap.

Isaac was doing much better today, but he is still sleeping on the couch to help him stay upright.  I'm not convinced that everything is back to normal for him yet.

In other news, both cats took a nap on Ben's lap this evening.