Daily Diary – August 30 2010

Well I woke up at the obscene hour of 5am cause Nathaniel would not go back to sleep. So off we went. After a while he relaxed and played while I tried hard to wake up fully. Since I am still sicker than I’d like to be, we drove David to the bus stop and while waiting, I read him some more of the Phantom Tollbooth. Then he went off on his bus and Nathaniel and I came home. Soon after the cleaning ladies showed up and our house really really needed it. As soon as they were finished upstairs, I put the little boy down who was yawning like crazy by this point. After he woke up and ate a bit, we went off to the doctor for his thumb. Good news is, doctor thinks it was normal staph so nothing to be scared off. Some 1% cortizone, some more of the antibacterial cream and we keep working on it until it disappears. He also checked his ears since Nathaniel has had a runny nose for days now. But clear clear. Yey.

We came home and I tried to work some and Nathaniel played around. He loves these headphones.

And taking them off.

And dragging them along.

I was so tired and spent most of the day. Soon, it was time to get David, so we drove to the stop and I read a bit while we waited and then he showed up. No punching today, yey! But he had fallen down and hurt his leg a bit. So he was sad about that. When we came home, he took out the raccoon he made at school and told us that his homework was to sing to us. He put the puppet on and sang.

He was loving it. He only remembered a few words but I loved watching him and so did Nathaniel.

Picture day is coming up at his school so I practiced smiling with him and we have a long way to go….

Then he decided to sing to his brother.

Who was so happy, he gave him a hug. Look at the love in David’s face.

And more hugs.

These all look like the same photo to normal people I bet. But to me, they all carry subtly different emotions and I adore them each uniquely.

And now they are in bed and I am wiped wiped wiped. I have a bunch more work to do, too. But it’s ok. The doctor was good news, David got no punches, and I survived it all. I’ll consider this a good day!

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Nathaniel does not have an infection.
2. I am grateful that David likes his school. I hope he makes some new, good friends he likes.
3. I am grateful that the house is all clean and nice. My inlaws are coming this week and I am glad that while it may not be tidy always, at least it’s clean. Gotta start somewhere, right?

Two Things David’s Grateful For:
1. reading the phantom tollbooth book
2. making my puppet at school
3. reading a book about ponies at the library at school