Day 30 – January 30, 2010 :: Lip Lines

Kaylee, sporting traces of the powdered sugar donuts she had just finished.  She has always had a huge sweet tooth and consumes more sweets than she probably should, but donuts of any kind are a very rare special treat. :)

She is still sick with what I think is just turning out to be a pretty major cold (so no party tonight after all). A very low-grade fever is still lingering, along with a decreased appetite, much less energy than usual, and the cough comes and goes, but the nose is the big problem now.  She went through an entire large box of tissues today.  Anything involving her nose is cause for extreme drama, so the whining has been at a very high level the past couple of days.   We’ve been giving her cold medicine and trying to keep her distracted in an attempt to make her comfortable… and maintain some degree of our sanity.  :-b

Day 29 – January 29, 2010 :: “They’re Elites and Grunts, Mom!”

Matthew’s had Christmas/birthday money burning a hole in his pocket, so Mark took him out shopping after school.  He came home with a Transformer and three new Halo Wars vehicle block sets.  He got right to work on this “Covenant Ghost” and completed it pretty quickly.  What cracks me up most is how he goes on and on about the different vehicles and character types and such like I actually should know what the heck he’s talking about. LOL

Day 28 – January 28, 2010 :: Under the Weather

Kaylee woke up several times during the night (unusual for her) and was sniffly and coughing a bit.  By morning she had a low-grade fever and the cough was worse, so she stayed home from school. She spent the day on the couch watching movies, drawing, and playing cards.  She only got a little bit teary when she realized this meant she might not get to go to the birthday party this weekend.

(Please ignore how terribly dirty this photo makes this 19 year old couch look.  It’s not quite that bad in real life… almost, but not quite. ;) )

Day 27 – January 27, 2010 :: Ambiance

I was extremely tired this afternoon. The kids finished their homework early, so I went to lie down for a nap. While I was sleeping, Kaylee apparently devised an elaborate plan to play “restaurant” tonight; she was going to be the rock star waitress.  Unfortunately, a shower meant she had to take off her “uniform”, and our quick post-karate supper of leftover lasagna didn’t fit with the menu choices she had arranged. But she still insisted on music during the meal and this lovely centerpiece of an old silk rose in her little pink plastic Cinderella vase. :)

Day 26 – January 26, 2010 :: Can I go? Can I go? Can I go? Can I go? Pleeeeeease, can I go?

Kaylee came home from school with an invitation for a classmate’s birthday party this coming weekend. It was all she could talk about the rest of the day. She already knows what gift she wants to get her (written in detail on the back of the invite) and wants to know when we can go get it (probably Friday) and if she can stay the entire four hours (um, not likely… it runs an hour past her weekend bedtime).  Since Mark already has plans to have his friends here during the party time, I’ll be the lucky one who gets to take her and hang out at a stranger’s house.  {yippee}  LOL

Day 25 – January 25 :: Homework Woes

Matthew had a bit of a heavy homework load today.  He had a rough draft of a lengthy writing assignment to do, reading, and here he’s looking up facts on the French and Indian War.  So he ended up skipping karate tonight.  He worked pretty steadily right up until supper, which was later than usual, and then went right to bed. Hopefully, he’ll get some good sleep, since he’s still dragging a bit from Saturday night.

Kaylee had her own issues …

She finished her written homework and then went to start her reading.  The book she has (“Valentine’s Day from the Black Lagoon”) was her latest from the school book orders, and it arrived today. She grabbed it and went to try to find her timer, which has been missing since last week. After several minutes of looking, she gave up and went to borrow Matthew’s, only to realize that she no longer had the book and it was nowhere to be found.

After several more minutes of she and Mark and I all looking, I told her she was lucky her head is attached (which I had to explain to her, since she had no idea what that phrase means LOL) and to go read something else. Mark, being more patient and determined than I was today, later had her retrace her steps, and they finally found the book.  It was in her once again totally chaotic room … under an old Sit ‘N Spin that she is much too big for but refuses to give up. How the book got there, I have no idea.

She was ordered to spend 15 minutes working on cleaning her room after her homework was done. She still hasn’t found her timer. :-b

Day 24 – January 24 :: Rah! Rah! Sis-Boom-Bah!

The boys cramming in as much additional video game play as they could this morning, while Kaylee cheered them on in the background. Kaylee didn’t do a whole lot with the boys while they were here, but I was surprised at how relatively un-shy she was around them.