Week 12 of 52 in 2017

Jackson:  Jackson absolutely LOVES musical theater.  We hadn't been to a play in awhile and realized that it was time to get some tickets.  So, in the span of about a month, we will have seen Mary Poppins and Stuart Little.  We had read Charlotte's Web and are starting Stuart Little. After the play ended, Jackson was ecstatic to see the cast.  Unfortunately we didn't have a pen for him to get an autograph but he was absolutely o.k. with a picture. He bear hugged Jane with the intent of having her pick him  up off the ground.  Fairly confident that he took her by surprise but she didn't seem to mind.

Connor:  Connor has made such great strides swimming but the one stroke hat he has really struggled with is the back stroke.  He doesn't really have the abdominal strength to keep his belly up without sinking to the ground.  His instructor said that she would keep working with him and at this lesson, Conor did at least 3 back strokes without assistance. Both he and I were beaming with pride.

Week 9 of 52 in 2017

Jackson:  Jackson was having a great week and we couldn't have been more proud of him. Unbeknownst to us, he had submitted an entry in response to a How To question posed by his school. Out of all the 1st grade entries, he was selected to organize  his materials to build a boat, which I was lucky enough to be volunteering in his class and be able to help. After the materials were assembled, Jackson made a video, which we are hoping to see. Unfortunately, we couldn't end the week on a high note.

He started sneezing uncontrollably and woke up with a fever the next morning.  We did call the pediatrician and they were able to get him in. Since I wasn't feeling great either, Michael volunteered to go.  As expected, Jackson tested positive for the flu. Later that day, I went in and also tested positive. The flu has officially taken our house.

Connor:  Connor woke up with a fever on Tuesday and out of concern for his prior history of sickness, I called the doctor's office and was able to get him an appointment.  He took an early nap and with all of the sickness going around (stomach bug and flu), the doctor had her assistant test him for strept.  His strept test was negative but he was positive for Flu B.  We need he was going to be tired and achy and hoped that he would get better quickly.  Unfortunately, he woke up and almost immediately started complaining about his ear on Thursday morning.  We were off to the doctor again and he was diagnosed with an ear infection.  In 6 months, he has had pneumonia, 2 ear infections, pink eye and the flu....