Today was crazy. And interesting. And I’m just gonna list some stuff because I want to (so much for focus, right?): My children eat Frosted Mini Wheats dry. Like a snack. Straight out of the box. I think that’s weird. Megan asked to play a game this morning. I told her I would play...
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Day 27: Croup
Today was all about croup. Timmy started with a fever yesterday. Woke up from nap a bit congested. Fever came back as soon as his medicine wore off. More ibuprofen and bedtime, with vaporizer already working away. I checked on him at 10, before I went to bed. He was restless, tossing a bit...
Day 27: Cleaning Up Toys
I’m convinced that Ironman athletes have nothing on the endurance required of parents who are trying to get their kids to put their toys away. One and a half hours, it took us this afternoon. Multiple redirections. Erin tattling on Megan who said something Alex didn’t like. Realizing they had dumped out two puzzles...
Day 25: The View from my Porch
So this was what our yard looked like a few weeks ago… And then, finally, they showed up to dig… Then came footers and frames and concrete… And now we have a poured basement, complete with waterproofing and backfill… In the next couple of weeks, we will see major changes (i-beams and framers...
Day 24: The Cast
Today, the cast came off. The second one, actually. The pink one they put on after the purple one that went on after the splint. Yes. Today, exactly 2 months after the day the arm was broken, the cast came off. It was a long wait. It was just a fiberglass covering to...