Let me think....we slept in, no one went to school: Solomon is done for the term, just one exam left; the three kids in the house that are in school have to wait until lab results are in to see if we have whooping cough in the house. I don't think we do have whooping cough, there was a cold that ran through, but everyone (with the exception of Solomon she is just getting it, poor man) seems to be getting better, and we only had a few small coughs, that were clearly caused by excess phlegm, something common to the common cold.
But the upside was that we all slept in. That was really helpful to me as Zoe awoke at 12am last night, and didn't go back to sleep until 2:30 am. So I was a bit short on sleep again. I'm hoping to pop off to bed soon now, so that I can be ahead of the game sleep-wise. But I am feeling confident that Zoe is almost completely over her cold, so I don't feel bad about letting her fuss until she falls asleep...at least I'm going to try to let her...there are limits to how hard I will let her cry before I just feel too guilty.
Oh right! Today... Yes it went well, mostly. I limited our movie intake so that we had big breaks between movies. We spent some time outside, and insisted on veggies and fruits at snack times before the crackers and pretzels were consumed. Lunch was just Mac n' Cheese, but we had several rounds of vitamin C throughout the day, so overall I think we are doing well, and on the mend. I even did bath time before we went to our good friends home for supper (we checked first, they weren't worried about whooping cough).
I kept the kitchen tidy all day!!! I feel really great about that!
My default with speaking to the kids is cross sounding, and impatient, I'm working on becoming more aware of that.
I do feel successful about bath time, they love the "play in the water" part, but when we get to the "wash hair" Part, they all freak out! Thea is getting to where she can basically wash her own hair, but the other three youngsters can't. They all have huge worries about getting water in their eyes, and that makes it really hard to wash anywhere above the neck. I did OK and stayed calm through their screams. Solomon was feeling worse and worse over the evening, so by the time we came home from dinner, I decided to do kids bedtime solo, so he could rest.
I am not in control of Solomon's health, and to an extant neither is he. Please Lord help him heal, let him wake up tomorrow feeling worlds better, and be able to do his work, and not be exhausted! I love him.
