not the best week, but a good month.
The downers: We started off with Pip having an all-night barf-a-thon Saturday night at Grandma's house. Then I had an all night both-ends-a-thon Monday night. My muscles still ache and I feel only 2/3 like a functional person. Today Wm flushed a toy down the toilet and got very very upset, I had to lock the bathroom to keep him from repeatedly attempting to reach all the way and fish it out. And we will have to call a plumber to get it out so that we don't end up with water everywhere. Argh! But so far R and Wm (and my mom!) seem to have avoided the tummy issues, so fingers are crossed.
The good: I've re-discovered that I enjoy sewing, so I've put together a few quilt tops and planned a few more. The book that Kathryn and I have patterns in came out and seems to be pretty good in general, I hope people like it (our projects are the two right-hand ones on page six of the on-line preview). Chorus started up again and my pretty much a formality re-audition went fine. We are getting the family room fixed up with a new floor (no more cat pee odor!) and we put up a swing very much like the one Pip has in OT at school, and the kids love it. They even play *together* with it, which is the best thing ever. Sydney is going to start working with Pip here at home and try to get the kids dealing with each other better. At this point it's mostly a habit for Pip to get upset by Wm, so if we can break that habit, things will improve a lot around here. Wm started preschool and absolutely adores it; after we picked him up the first day he said "want William still going to school." So there you are. He is, however, bitterly disappointed that he gets there in the car rather than a school bus. And things seem to be on track for Pip having a better school year this go-around rather than the sort of coasting through he did last year. We will see how that goes. Next big plan is the long-overdue kitchen remodel. Whee!
The good: I've re-discovered that I enjoy sewing, so I've put together a few quilt tops and planned a few more. The book that Kathryn and I have patterns in came out and seems to be pretty good in general, I hope people like it (our projects are the two right-hand ones on page six of the on-line preview). Chorus started up again and my pretty much a formality re-audition went fine. We are getting the family room fixed up with a new floor (no more cat pee odor!) and we put up a swing very much like the one Pip has in OT at school, and the kids love it. They even play *together* with it, which is the best thing ever. Sydney is going to start working with Pip here at home and try to get the kids dealing with each other better. At this point it's mostly a habit for Pip to get upset by Wm, so if we can break that habit, things will improve a lot around here. Wm started preschool and absolutely adores it; after we picked him up the first day he said "want William still going to school." So there you are. He is, however, bitterly disappointed that he gets there in the car rather than a school bus. And things seem to be on track for Pip having a better school year this go-around rather than the sort of coasting through he did last year. We will see how that goes. Next big plan is the long-overdue kitchen remodel. Whee!