These long breaks from blogging are a challenge. When I don't write every day or two, things pile up. For instance, last Thursday, both children spent the night with us while their parents attended a wedding at Lake Tahoe. That morning E called me to make sure we were OK with keeping ec while he had a low- to medium-grade fever. Of course we were. But he needed extra holding and attention. As I gave him Motrin, I remembered giving es her medication each day when she was an infant. Bedtime went smoothly for the baby, and he woke just once for a bottle. On the other hand, his sister stalled until finally I put her in the crib. Weeping and wailing ensued for about ten minutes, at which point I picked her up and sat in the chair holding her close. She fell asleep almost immediately. The next morning I got her to school on time, without any problems.
E and K returned early Friday afternoon and faced the decision of whether to travel to San Diego with a sick child. Since there were no other symptoms and his behavior was more or less normal, they decided to follow their plans. But it was uncertain for a while. His fever did disappear sometime Sunday, I think, and we were all glad to have them with us for the Big Event.
Now we are getting back in the routine of daycare, work, laundry, etc. Yesterday es went to her bed for quiet time, taking six books with her. After about ninety minutes of quiet she began shrieking. I went up to see what the problem was. She informed me she was a thunderstorm!
More about the wedding tomorrow.
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