Our week started off strong- Xander had the day off for President’s Day, so he went to an all day class at Kids Create art studio. He made several beautiful paintings and some other crafts. He is so excited about art lately that it was a great way to spend a day. Augustus was supposed to have a late start day at daycare, but instead, stayed home with me with a nasty cold. He ate several popsicles, had unlimited ipad time, and took a long nap mid day. Actually not a bad day, except for the sneezing and coughing.
Tuesday was our last day of swim lessons for the session. Both boys did so well and have gotten so confident in the water. Wednesday, Augustus was feeling much better and he and Grandma Debbie had a busy day baking cookies, going to Target, and resting (he felt fine, but loves to have Grandma take special care of him!).
Thursday was back to school for Augustus and a big day for Xander as it is the first day that kindergarten got to eat in the cafeteria! Xander’s school has been very strict with covid procedures, but last week, they ended the requirement to wear masks outside, and this week, kids got to go to the cafeteria for lunch (until this point, they have all been eating in their classrooms). Xander was very excited to finally get to go to the lunchroom!
Xander’s drawing obsession has continued, and now he’s gotten Gussie into it too. They have been drawing together (we call it “brother drawing time” and it is very cute). Gussie is pretty good, but handing a sharpie marker to a 4 year old is a constant gamble with everything in our house, and he has black marks all over his face and hands all the time. He’s not as passionate as Xander yet, but he’s trying to keep up!
On Thursday, just as I was sitting down to lunch (I rarely go out to lunch, so this was an exciting day), when I got a call from school that Xander was in the health office and not feeling well. Luckily Nate was able to drop everything and go get him so I could catch up with a dear camp friend. On Friday, he stayed home from school and spent the day drawing. His class had a special zoom guest- a DJ who showed the kids how to mix, and hosted a very fun jam session. Luckily Xander got to join in for all of that as well.
We had a very quiet, uneventful weekend. The boys drew pictures, played with toys and hung out. They got a bit restless by Saturday afternoon after so much resting, so I put them to work doing laundry (they actually did a great job! They carried dirty laundry to the basement, took clean laundry out of the dryer, carried it upstairs, sorted it and then delivered it to their rooms!)
Unfortunately Grandma Debbie is also sick (she very kindly didn’t blame us, but I’m pretty sure we’re the reason she is miserable). Instead of a day with Grandma today, we had a family swim time at the YMCA, Augustus and I made cookies, Xander spent several hours drawing, and we had one more quiet day of rest (which hopefully means the week ahead will be healthy for everyone).
