Update- the deal on the house fell through. I feel badly for the owners but I am relieved that we do not have to worry about a crazy, unsettling spring. Yay!!!
I decided to quit my gym co-op this past week. Ever since we joined Sawyer has been sick week after week. I thought that maybe it was just his little body couldn't recover but he stayed healthy for the full three weeks we didn't do co-op during Christmas and until Ellie went back to school on the 10th. Four days back and he had a fever and a cold (two of the kids he had played with came down with a fever two days before). It's just not worth it, there are about 12 kids in one little room for an hour every day, germ city. Two friends and I are going to do a little pre-school three days a week. They are his little buddies in Sunbeams, Preston and Felicity, and I think it will be a really fun time. Our good friend that used to teach in an autism classroom is lending us some materials and we've come up with a pretty cool little schedule. Truthfully, this is not really my thing. Normally, I don't love being tied to a schedule or having to be creative in teaching and entertaining children (I know, I'm awful). However Sawyer needs a little something and I'm not ready for full fledged pre-school. This way I can still get in some runs, do some errands, etc... and get to play with three darling little three year olds once a week. They really are the cutest kids, I'm kind of excited.
So this cold has been really terrible. Mike, Jane, Sawyer, and I have been really sick. This little germ includes sinus pressure that makes you feel sure your head is going to explode, an excruciating sore throat, aches and pains, and enough clear runny snot to fill a bathtub. Awesome!
Not that life is all gloom and doom. It is sunny and in the mid 60's. I found out that in Kansas we will have guaranteed housing for Ellie. Ellyn is saying lots of little words, Mike's schedule is not as hectic as we had feared, and I have a friend from the ward that runs with me Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 5:30. She doesn't want to go as far or as fast but I just love having someone to meet and run with and she's a very fun girl. I am still having heel issues but I think I am going to do the Newport Marathon on June 5th. I have figured out my schedule and I'm pretty excited.
All of the kids are doing well, minus illness.
Jane is having fun with friends at school church and staying caught up in school. She has been working really hard on not arguing with me which has been awesome. She is a little concerned that I will embarrass her when I chaperone the stake dance this Saturday night but she should have no worries. I'm a little shy when I don't know anybody and no one I know is going:)
Sadie is happy and drama as per usual. I got a call from the school today telling me that Sadie had fallen and hurt her elbow, they put her on the phone and she proceeded to tell me that there was no way she was going to be able to bend her arm for the rest of the day. I convinced her that staying at school would really be in her best interest since Mike was sitting next to me and threatening to ACE bandage her arm to her side for the weekend "to protect it." She reluctantly agreed to stay. She knows that with Jane and dad both home today she is missing out on fun.
Ellyn is developing in so many ways. She is obsessed with her movies and Dora and on the one hand we hate it because we want her doing other things and having movies going all the time is annoying, but on the other hand she is picking up words and also working very hard to communicate with us what it is she wants. We try to strike a balance and it is so exciting to see development almost daily.
Sawyer is such a character. He uses little phrases like "you makin' me nuts," "let me think about it (while rubbing his chin)," and quotes whole passages from his favorite books (especially I Need My Monster, Grandma Barb). He is so kind and loving he can get away with just about anything because the whole family is a slave to those big brown eyes and his sweet smile. Right now Mike is making the Time Out sign with his hands and Sawyer is saying "Nope, I good boy," while happily munching on his lunch. He sat on the counter just now while I made his bagel and cream cheese and he told me "Ank you, mom. I'm so happy," including a little hug around the neck. How can you not just adore that?
I have almost no energy right now and only slightly more will power so I best try to get some laundry folded and some straightening done. I miss being sick when I could just lounge around and read and sleep. Oh so many years ago!
I decided to quit my gym co-op this past week. Ever since we joined Sawyer has been sick week after week. I thought that maybe it was just his little body couldn't recover but he stayed healthy for the full three weeks we didn't do co-op during Christmas and until Ellie went back to school on the 10th. Four days back and he had a fever and a cold (two of the kids he had played with came down with a fever two days before). It's just not worth it, there are about 12 kids in one little room for an hour every day, germ city. Two friends and I are going to do a little pre-school three days a week. They are his little buddies in Sunbeams, Preston and Felicity, and I think it will be a really fun time. Our good friend that used to teach in an autism classroom is lending us some materials and we've come up with a pretty cool little schedule. Truthfully, this is not really my thing. Normally, I don't love being tied to a schedule or having to be creative in teaching and entertaining children (I know, I'm awful). However Sawyer needs a little something and I'm not ready for full fledged pre-school. This way I can still get in some runs, do some errands, etc... and get to play with three darling little three year olds once a week. They really are the cutest kids, I'm kind of excited.
So this cold has been really terrible. Mike, Jane, Sawyer, and I have been really sick. This little germ includes sinus pressure that makes you feel sure your head is going to explode, an excruciating sore throat, aches and pains, and enough clear runny snot to fill a bathtub. Awesome!
Not that life is all gloom and doom. It is sunny and in the mid 60's. I found out that in Kansas we will have guaranteed housing for Ellie. Ellyn is saying lots of little words, Mike's schedule is not as hectic as we had feared, and I have a friend from the ward that runs with me Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 5:30. She doesn't want to go as far or as fast but I just love having someone to meet and run with and she's a very fun girl. I am still having heel issues but I think I am going to do the Newport Marathon on June 5th. I have figured out my schedule and I'm pretty excited.
All of the kids are doing well, minus illness.
Jane is having fun with friends at school church and staying caught up in school. She has been working really hard on not arguing with me which has been awesome. She is a little concerned that I will embarrass her when I chaperone the stake dance this Saturday night but she should have no worries. I'm a little shy when I don't know anybody and no one I know is going:)
Sadie is happy and drama as per usual. I got a call from the school today telling me that Sadie had fallen and hurt her elbow, they put her on the phone and she proceeded to tell me that there was no way she was going to be able to bend her arm for the rest of the day. I convinced her that staying at school would really be in her best interest since Mike was sitting next to me and threatening to ACE bandage her arm to her side for the weekend "to protect it." She reluctantly agreed to stay. She knows that with Jane and dad both home today she is missing out on fun.
Ellyn is developing in so many ways. She is obsessed with her movies and Dora and on the one hand we hate it because we want her doing other things and having movies going all the time is annoying, but on the other hand she is picking up words and also working very hard to communicate with us what it is she wants. We try to strike a balance and it is so exciting to see development almost daily.
Sawyer is such a character. He uses little phrases like "you makin' me nuts," "let me think about it (while rubbing his chin)," and quotes whole passages from his favorite books (especially I Need My Monster, Grandma Barb). He is so kind and loving he can get away with just about anything because the whole family is a slave to those big brown eyes and his sweet smile. Right now Mike is making the Time Out sign with his hands and Sawyer is saying "Nope, I good boy," while happily munching on his lunch. He sat on the counter just now while I made his bagel and cream cheese and he told me "Ank you, mom. I'm so happy," including a little hug around the neck. How can you not just adore that?
I have almost no energy right now and only slightly more will power so I best try to get some laundry folded and some straightening done. I miss being sick when I could just lounge around and read and sleep. Oh so many years ago!
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