5:23 am
Tried writing yesterday but Jason woke early. We will see how things go today. Xander's cough is really awful -- AGAIN. He woke last night around 10:30 last night, coughing and choking -- wanted to go into the living room, wanted to 'BE AWAKE'. Poor tyke was in tears. So I gave him water, took him to the potty and cuddled him. Finally got back to my own bed about midnight. So far both boys are still asleep. We will see how long that lasts.
Tom's birthday was fairly successful. I spent the entire day cooking Lasagna Carnavale and birthday cake. Tom liked the Lasagna, the boys happily picked it apart, eating pasta noodles and meatballs/sausage. (Jason, noticing the ricotta, asked me dubiously 'What is that white stuff?' I told him that it was cheese. He looked at it very doubtfully and decided 'I don't eat white stuff.' Okay...) Then came the cake. I had made a German Chocolate Cake because that was what Tom requested. Jason had lobbied for Chocolate Nemesis (a cake that consists of chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar...) but after reading the recipe I voted him down. Told him we'd make it sometime when we had a large crowd of people. Of course, when Tom saw his bday cake, he might have wondered... it was, in Jason's words, HUGE. It was so big that we cut a small piece and divided it in half for the boys to share... and they didn't argue! Of course, there was more to the party than just the eating. At Jason's insistence, we had a pirate themed party -- a pirate pinata, pirate hats and eye patches, pirate music and paper plates. Tom does well as a pirate and Xander definately has the 'Yo ho ho' song down. Jason gave Tom a legos Yoda pen 'because Daddy is Old and Wise.' (Choke!) and Xander gave him some shortbread cookies. Mommy gave him a Lance Armstrong Video and a remote sensing cooking thermometer. The boys wanted him to test the latter item immediately, of course! Problem is, of course, that Tom actually got home on time for his birthday and I am afraid that may have set up expectations. The boys do love having their father home -- he plays with them like he was a big kid...
Anyway, let me see... what stories do I have from the battlefront? Well, besides the fact that we all have a nasty bug, there was the exciting moment on Saturday evening last. Xander may or may not have swallowed a small rubber ball (foot) from one of Jason's toys. I was cooking dinner when he began to cry hysterically. I raced in and in between incoherent sobs, I learned that he'd been chewing on one of Jason's music makers. Initially neither Tom nor I could see anything missing. Then Jason came over, took a look and said, 'Oh, the little balls on the feet are gone.' Oh man... so we raced off to urgent care -- before dinner, both boys hungry and tired. Tom took Jason to MacDonald's for dinner while I waited with Xander. About an hour later we saw the doc. He took a look, couldn't see any sign of the ball (and commented that there was no point in doing an Xray because rubber wouldn't show up!) but he did see that Xander's tonsils were so swollen that they were almost touching and that the back of his throat 'looks like a waterfall.' Tonsilitis, possibly strep. So he gave us a prescription for Zythromax and sent us home. The pediatrician's office called the next day to tell us to watch for the ball(s) in Xander's stools. They are concerned about possible bowel obstruction. At any rate, we got Xander started on the Zythro and no sooner had we done that then I came down with a bitterly sore throat and headache. Xander completed his course of meds -- and then got my bug. Jason has it also, I suspect, in a more moderate form. Sigh. I really do not like winter. I will be glad when the warmer weather -- and the better health -- return! At any rate, we did survive the trip and though there has been no sign of the ball(s), there have also been no indications of bowel obstruction -- thank Heavens!
In other news: we continue the pirate unit. We have read books and books about the topic, Jason continues to receive (from Jeff BRewer, one of Tom's co-workers/friends) postcards from that scallywag of a gingerbread pirate, Bare Belly. Jason also received a video on the history of pirates and is in the process of creating a pirate board game. We have read book upon book of pirate stories -- though I have not really pursued the RLS books since I think they may be a bit too scary for a five year old. Captain Wavy Cape, the comic strip, is still coming together and is beginning to gather a readership. And Jason has a number of pirate ship images from which he plans to build a legos construction. We will work on that this weekend some... though his daddy won't be home on Saturday to help as he is helping a friend move:< Xander loves the pirate theme as well and sings sea shanties with the best of will. (mom is not allowed to sing, according to the young emperor).
I'm going to break here. My shoulders hurt. Will write more later.
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