I hope this isn't a preview of what's to come, but I've been home from school 5 days with Audrey sick this year. I"m holding on to the idea that it's just because she's starting school and still getting adjusted to all of the "bugs" that are there.
If you'd told me 24 hours ago that I stayed home with a sick kid, I would have assumed it was Conner. They stayed Saturday night with Doug and Marge; while there, Conner developed a 103+ temperature. By the time we got to him Sunday after church he was feeling "awesome" and while he didn't have his normal energy, he seemed ok. Audrey and I have been fighting colds for over a week now (they're just hanging on!) and haven't missed any school, but Eric and I woke up this morning around 2:30 with the sounds of her crying. I knew it was because she'd thrown up - there was just something to the tone of her cry. Unfortunately, it wasn't a one and done deal... I'd get her changed and cleaned up, then she'd throw up again. And again. It was probably 4:00 before it was all over, so our fate was sealed. Another sick day.
I really don't mind staying home except that today is the day that teachers recommend student's classes for next year, so I had to sit and put together a list for my sub of who should take what. That took a bit of time.... and I still had to do my normal sub plans. But hopefully we'll get some rest today and will both feel better tomorrow!
We had both kids' parent conferences at school last week and both are doing great! Conner's testing at the second grade math level (the highest in his class) but has trouble with not taking his time and reading directions on tests so his current grade doesn't reflect that. He's really doing well with his reading, too! Audrey's teacher gave her a kindergarten readiness test (even though she has another year of preschool) which she did great on. The only recommendations made were that we work with her to clean up her writing. When Conner was this age, he had just learned to write his name; Aud can write all of her letters and knows most of their sounds, too!
Aud's birthday party was a hit - we had 8 4-year olds here and kept them busy with decorating hats and aprons, making pizza, and decorating cupcakes. I'm not sure how much food was actually eaten, but I think they all had a good time.
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| Decorating the cupcake |
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| Audrey's pizza |
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| Decorating her hat |
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| Opening presents |
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| The crowd |
We're taking a few little boys bowling this weekend for Conner's birthday (I can't believe he'll be 7 tomorrow!). He only wanted a few of his friends there, so we're not doing the "formal" bowling party but are planning on going bowling then for pizza afterwards. Should be fun!
