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| I am learning that ART looks differently when done by a boy. When Wrigley was Theo's age she would paint a cute picture with watercolor paints with lots of flowers and trees and girls in dresses. Theo covers the paper with some shade of brown green made by mixing all the colors together. Then he covers the picture with scotch tape. I've stopped being miserly about the tape and now I let him tape whatever he wants. He likes to tear paper then tape it together in different designs. Then he tapes it to the frig.
Health update: Theo is fine. Josie is almost (hopefully) over a different less awful virus. Wrigley seems to still be fine. I am just now getting a headache so I will end this and not reread it.
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| Theo is doing well. He has been fever free for over a day. His energy and appetite are back. He has been a bit feisty. Ok a Lot Feisty. ugh..
Josie is fussy. But we are not sure why. Watching her.
Wrigley is fine. She brought home her first phone number from a little friend wanting to schedule a playdate. Oh My.
EDIT: Josie is now running a fever. (sigh) | | |
| Yep.
Theo has it. Now you may be thinking....wait a minute, just a few posts again she said the kids got their shots for that. You are right. Good memory. They got their shots last Thursday and it takes about a week for the vaccine to become effective. But over the weekend Theo (all of us) were around lots of people and Theo was exposed to it before his vaccine was complete. So Tuesday night he started running a high fever and coughing. Hopefully, the girls were not exposed to it over the weekend and were just exposed yesterday to Theo. So Hoooopefully, their vaccine will be complete enough to be immune. And HOOOOOOOPefully, Aaron and I will not get it either.
To catch you up about Homecoming weekend: it was great. We saw several of our classmates from 1999 and students "of ours". We enjoyed a great Variety Show. We enjoyed two funny comedians and lots of amazing desserts and coffee. Aaron got to watch the boys basketball game and some of the girls' game too. I was sitting beside him, but am able to completely miss the game in front of me. I still like my blue blouse. It also washed nicely.
I attended the Moms Connection at WLGBC on Tuesday morning. It was interesting. All about hospitality. Good thoughts.
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| Wrigley found a picture of herself when she turned one. She decided to give it to the babysitter tonight. hmmm? anyway. She wanted me to help her write the year on the back, but she couldn't figure out how to use the pen she had found. I noticed that it was untwisted a bit. So I twisted it and then pushed down on the button. Oh My...not a pen or pencil but a razor blade. Sure looked like a pen.
My kids were anxious to begin eating their lunches so they suggested we all pray quietly on our own. I agreed thinking a moment of silence would be excellent. But in that silence we ALL realized that Poop on the Potty by Over the Rhine was playing. What a way to set the tone for lunch!
Driven by despair I took all three children to Kohls to look for something dressy for tonight. I have one nice warm outfit, but I've already worn it twice this fall and will need to wear it one of the two dress-up nights this weekend. So I thought I'd peek around and see if I could find something. Here's what happened: Josie fell out of the stroller, we lost Wrigley, I lost my cell phone, we left a trail of gold fish, Theo did not use his inside voice and I bought a blue blouse. | | |
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I would like to talk about Wrigley a bit. Some things that surprise me.
When school started she asked me to walk her into the school and to her classroom door. So I did. This created a bit of a dilemma with the other kids, but we managed. After a couple weeks I gently explained that when cold weather arrived I would need to drop her off. Then after another week or so I asked her when that could be. SHE set a time "after two weekends." Then to my surprise she did it. She had me pull up to the school in the drop off line and she jumped out of the car and ran (she always runs) to the door. What surprised me also was that I cried. It wasn't the first day or school. and I'm surprised to say that I still get choked up to this day. (ok that sounds dramatic, I know it's only been two or three weeks)
Today I took my logical level headed girl to get an H1N1 vaccine. I expected her to act the way she did for her Kindergarten shots. I was surprised because instead she completely freaked out. I had all three with me, but that didn't even matter because she was at a point where she wasn't even listening. It took two nurses and a full body hold. ugh
Josie and something that surprises me
Josie hardly ever had shoes on this summer. I was concerned that this fall she wouldn't like them. But she does like shoes, in fact she loves them. She crawls around the house trying to put her foot into other people's shoes. She cries when her shoes fall off. Loves em. However, she also loves to throw things in the kitchen trash....legos, cups, play-food, and sadly (I think) one of her best shoes. Josie is so precious right now. (For those of you who know me, you know I am not a gushy person.) She is so full of smiles and giggles.
Theo... Surprise!!
Theo wipes off kisses. A couple weeks ago just following an awful coughing fit that woke him up and took his breath away, he used the little air he had to tell me that he "didn't want a kiss." However, if he is playing Open-Sesame, then you will have to kiss and hug the gate twice and say Please Open Sesame, to get the gate to open.
I'd like to say more, but in that blank line...I feel asleep twice. | | |
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