I think I probably deserve the sickies however. Let me rewind a few weeks to show you what I mean.
A few weeks ago I was working at Walgreen's, handing out H1N1 shots like they were going out of style. The wonderful company I work for is giving them for free to employees, so another tech asked me if I had got my H1N1 shot at school. "Naw, I never get sick. I was going to get it, but it just wasn't convenient and now I don't see the point." She looked at me like I was just slightly crazy, but we went on with our day.
Last Monday, thanks to MLK Jr, Caden and I had the day off school. Ethan had been sick with a cough and runny nose over the weekend, but it was worse Sunday night, so Lonnie stayed home to take care of E and take him to the doctor. I had just gotten home from taking Keira to school, sat down to take on Cade in a rousing game of Wii Mario Kart, when I get a call from Lonnie asking if I can chauffer him and Ethan to the Drs office since he has no key to his car. And by the way, he says, I need you to come NOW cause the appt is in 5 minutes. No prob I say, thinking to myself it's a good thing I actually put on real clothes and brushed my hair before taking Keira to school, not sweats and a pony like usual. We stay for the appointment, since I'm friends with the doc and his nurses from working at the hospital. Ethan is miserable and wants nothing to do with the ANP who needs to look in his ear, so Lonnie and I get to wrangle Ethan into submission. I felt so bad for the poor kid. Along the way, I got coughed on - ALOT - by Ethan. Lonnie takes him and says, "why don't I let him cough on me instead of you." "It's no big deal" I reply "I NEVER get sick." Do you catch on to my theme...I was just begging for trouble.
Low and behold, Tuesday I wake up with a sore scratchy through and sinus pressure. Figures! To top it all off, Curt and the kids came to LR this weekend, instead of me driving to NWA since I have 2 tests next week. And Keira starts complaining of a sore throat on Saturday...and Curt has a sore throat Sunday. To quote Caden "I'm the only one who's not sick 'cause I NEVER GET SICK, right Mom?" Whoa buddy, be careful what you say...you just might wake up with a sore throat on Monday!!
Let's just say it wasn't the best weekend we've ever had, although we did manage to do a few fun things in between torrential downpours. In spite of our minor ailments, we are still so blessed to have our weekends together.
Big things that have happened this week:
-Caden got his report card: 94 in literacy, 99 in math, and 100 in social studies. He still LOVES school and was beyond excited that they got to make "geometric solids" out of tooth picks and marshmallow at school last week. I don't know any better, so I think he's normal, but Margaret tells me it's pretty amazing that he comes home and verbalizes what he does at school so well. It's great to have an awesome teacher in the family to help out!!!
-Caden lost his other front tooth at school on Tuesday, so he is now officially front tooth-less. My baby is growing up!! Curt sent me this pic after he picked him up from school.
-Keira's 4T pants are too short. I'm not sure what to do with that girl! She's a skinny miny and can still fit into 2T size things at the waist, but her long legs have me buying her new pants every 6 months it seems! Oh well, she's just going to have to endure high water pants for another month or two until capri season is in full effect.
-Keira had her kindergarten eval at school last week, so we'll find out soon if her teacher feels she's ready for kindergarten. This poses a dilemma for us, so keep us and Keira in your prayers. She is too young, by 8 days, for public school kindergarten, but may be able to progress at her private school. We just worry about her since she'll be the absolute youngest kid in her class. Being a parent is HARD!
-Keira called the escalator at the library an "eskimo" all day without realizing what she was saying. It was too cute to correct her. Does that make me a bad parent?
-Caden learned about "compostrophies" at school. He meant apostrophies, again, very cute. He's also been very big into telling me I'm the best mom in the world and he jsut loves me SO MUCH! I am soaking it in and loving every minute because I know the day may come in the near future where he doesn't want to share his love with me so easily.
I guess that's it in a nutshell. I'll try to be better about blogging. Miss you all!
