The Sickness Code

This has been a tough week for all of us.  On Monday, Caroline kept whining about her tooth and upon closer inspection, she has a very loose tooth on the bottom.  It certainly caught me off guard as I couldn't remember when the boys started losing their teeth.  The boys were always excited about it and would play with their teeth a lot.  Caroline, not so much.  Her loose tooth scares her and she doesn't like having it AT ALL.  I have a feeling by next week, we'll have a picture of a even more toothless Caroline.

Tuesday, Henry woke up, ate breakfast, then said he didn't feel well.  I had just taken his temperature right next to the kitchen sink (99.4), when he throws up all over the floor.  Turn your head to the side!  Aim for the sink!  He was pretty much out for the day although he seemed to be feeling a lot better after clearing out his breakfast.  Even his fever went away quickly after that.

By Wednesday I wasn't feeling well, and by Thursday I felt like death warmed over.  The kids were super helpful and it may have encouraged them a little that if I stayed in bed, they would have the day off of school.  They devised a clapping code so I could communicate to them from bed and they'd come running.
One clap - Josiah would come.
Two claps - Henry would come.
Three claps - Caroline would come.
Four claps - all of them would come
Five claps - all of them would leave
Six claps - was for community (???)
Caroline poured me a bowl of Cheerios.  Josiah made hot dogs for lunch (with my help turning on the gas burner...).  They were all pretty proud of themselves, and I was, too.  I was very grateful that they've come to an age in which they are super helpful when it is needed.

Josiah cooking hot dogs.  He never stopped flipping them and shaking the pan.  He liked cooking them so much that he noticed his hot dog was "rubbery."  Been in the pan too long, there?

Josiah made a camoflague shirt at the beginning of the week.  We were reading about the British red coats and how they wised up at one point and flipped their coats inside out and covered them in mud so they wouldn't be such a direct target.  So, Josiah collected leaves outside and hammered them into a white shirt.  You were supposed to see a leaf pattern on the shirt.  I think all we got was a green hammerhead pattern, but he did have fun pounding those leaves.

At CC, our science experiment was about force and inertia.  The kids each got a plastic cup of water attached to a string.  Most kids were swinging their cups around as far from their bodies as their little arms would allow.  And then there's Henry swinging his cup:



Both boys were really happy to go back to robotics this week.  They thought it was a one-time class, so they were really happy to have it continue.  This time they made robots that had a bigger gear connected to the engine so that it gave the robot more power.  (I think the opposite would have given the robot more speed.  Or I could have that all mixed up, because Caroline and I were in the library part for most of robotics.)

Josiah got to go to the store with Todd.  Todd let him get things I wouldn't buy.

And the boys had a great weekend at their friend's birthday party.  It was a water-themed party.  They had water balloon pinatas, which was the coolest way to do a "pinata"  - no running for candy, just a wet splat.  Water squirter fights and water balloon fights.  I took some pictures, and then stayed with the other adults on their deck, nice and dry.  They had a lot of fun.  The only issue we had was that Henry didn't want to take his shoes off the whole time, so when it was all over, his shoes were soaking wet.  And we only buy our kids one pair of shoes at a time right now.  They seem to be growing so much lately and with their wide feet, it's just too much money! So, he went to church this morning with soaking wet shoes.

We're still having our teacher work day tomorrow and then I'm hoping that we all feel better the remainder of the week!