The first night, they had time to play and explore the classroom, although Kayden ALWAYS plays with the same toys (the animals), they had snack, and then circle time with songs. This week the parents stayed in the room the whole time. He did fine. Although, I wish he'd spend more time trying new things and doing the painting, play dough, etc. Maybe once I'm not with him, the teacher will be able to get him to try some of those things.
He was also really quiet the first night. He loves the songs they sing at circle time, and he'll sing all of them at home, but while in class, he sat on his red square. Stone-faced. Hopefully that changes too.
P.S. He even has his own locker!!! This is a HUGE deal in the world of a 3 year old =)
As a family, we lead a very busy life. There is always something going on. It's rare that we have a weekend with nothing planned. Mike has his hobbies: hunting, fishing, his Harley, house projects. We have our hobbies together: volleyball, kickball, four-wheeling. And then, there are the things we do with our kids: pre-school, zoo trips, play dates, camping...And then there is me. I love doing these things with my family, but my girl time is very important. Once a year I go on a scrapbooking weekend. I go with a group of girls and we scrapbook, we eat, we talk, we sleep, we read magazines, we shop....it's fun, it's relaxing, it's MY time. With that same group of girls, we do a fall weekend where we usually get a hotel, we shop, we eat (are you seeing a pattern here?), we talk, and I sleep for more than 4 hours straight =)On Monday nights, from September until March, I play volleyball with another group of girls. It's one hour of time away from the house, but that time is amazing. I love it! There is a group of four of us girls who have been trying to plan a once-a-month dinner out. No kids. No husbands. Just us girls. Do you think we could find a day that works for all of us???? We were supposed to go next Tuesday night. As the day gets closer, I'm realizing that Kayden has pre-school Monday night, I have a long-overdue haircut appointment on Wednesday, Tyson has a doctor appointment and picture appointment on Thursday, and then Friday I leave for my girls weekend. Starting Thursday night, Mike is on-call. So, I've decided to back out. It sucks. I WANT to go, but there is just so much going on. We will make it work (eventually). Who knows if we'll ever get to the point of once-a-month outings, but we'll start with once and see where it goes from there.
All the things I did NOT do in the past week:1. I did not watch Tyler drop his half-eaten apple on the ground outside, see the dirt on it, and then let him continue to eat it to avoid the fit he'd throw if I took it away. 2. I did not take out the train set I'd bought Kayden for Christmas, and let him play with it in order to keep him quiet/occupied while we met with our realtors. 3. I did not watch "Sister Wives" last night. 4. I did not think for half-a-second that my baby is growing too fast, and I'd like to have another one (that thought disappeared VERY quickly). 5. I did not hear Kayden say, "Fricken door!" when he couldn't get the basement door closed. 6. Kayden did not tell Mike to "just chill out" when he was telling him that he needed to finish his supper.
I got to daycare yesterday afternoon to pick up the boys. I was putting Tyson in his carseat/carrier, and Sharon said, "Oh, Tyler has a runny nose and I don't have any more kleenex out here". No big deal. A little snot never bothered me (until it starts running into his mouth). The next thing I knew, she was wiping his snotty nose with her sleeve! Now that's love! I'm pretty sure I wouldn't even do that!
So, last week, I think it was maybe Wednesday??? My mom called and said my dad was having stomach pains, and some other issues. She asked me to call Rhonda (my RN sister-in-law) and ask her what to do. Since my dad has had some heart issues in the past, there was a little concern. I explained the symptoms to Rhonda, and she said it didn't seem like anything too serious, and gave me instructions to give him (Pepto, etc.). I called my mom back and she said she'd try those things. Well, by midnight, the symptoms weren't getting any better, so off to the ER they went. Turns out he was having a Gallbladder attack. So, they sent him home with some drugs and made an appointment for him to come back in the morning for tests. After the tests, it was determined he'd need surgery to have it removed. This could be a couple weeks, so he was to continue the drugs and hopefully the pain would be manageable until then. By Monday, he couldn't take it anymore. So, back to the doctor they went. They decided they'd do emergency surgery Tuesday morning. I met my mom at the hospital at about 8:00, and we waited. Everything turned out fine (they weren't sure exactly what they would have to do, since he'd had heart surgery just a few months ago.) Everything turned out fine, and by noon, they were on their way home. It seems like there is always something.....
We've had a flu bug going around our house. I was sick Sunday afternoon/night, and Mike wasn't feeling well yesterday. When I dropped the boys off at daycare yesterday, Kayden cried and screamed for no apparent reason, other than he was tired and/or not feeling well. I was hoping for the tired! I stayed a few extra minutes before sneaking out (I was not at work, but sat at the hospital with my mom while my dad had surgery. (read about that here.) and by the time I left, he seemed ok. When I got back to daycare to pick the kids up, Sharon (our daycare provider) said Kayden was tired, but didn't nap (not unusual. I actually prefer that he not nap). So, we went home, had early supper, early bath, and by 7:00, Kayden asked if he could have a brownie, and he laid on the couch and was sleeping by 7:30. Hopefully this was all he needed. A good night's sleep. He woke up on his own this morning, and had a much better drop off at daycare. Let's hope the extra sleep cured whatever might have been going on with him! Tyson went to bed as usual, around 9:00. By 11:00 he was awake and crying, but his eyes weren't really even open. I knew he wasn't hungry yet, so I just walked around with him for a while. He had a huge burp, spit up all over my shirt (which I didn't realize until I felt it when I went back to bed since it was dark), and then cried for a while while reaching for his ear. God, I hope he's not getting an ear infection! Although, I am REALLY surprised he hasn't had one yet. Kayden and Tyler both have tubes in their ears because of the outrageous number of ear infections they had. We'll see when the health of our house goes.....P.S. Meeting with new realtors tonight to re-list our house and take pictures!!! AND, my friend Pam got me a statue of Saint Joseph to bury in my yard--he's supposed to make your house sell. Man, could we use his help!!!
