Woody got up REALLY early this morning. He said around 2:30...he "claims" that I was snoring so loud that he knew that he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep so he went on a walk! Well, all I will say...is that he was snoring pretty good when I got into bed last night and it didn't keep me awake...and for once I had a pretty good night's sleep...snoring or not! When he got back from his walk, he made sweet potato waffles. What I smelled last night when I was blogging was Woody making preparations for this morning...he was cooking the sweet potato. We all seemed to be doing pretty well at breakfast...everyone enjoyed the waffles very much. Then the girls went upstairs and had a bath and got dressed. I noticed when I was drying Esther off that she felt a bit warm. I mentioned it to Woody when she got downstairs and he kissed her forehead and said that maybe she felt a little warm. Well, after I got Elijah bathed and he had played in the tub and gotten dressed and we came back downstairs, we found Esther all cuddled up on the couch under a soft warm throw. Woody said that she had either sat in his lap or cuddled up under the blanket on the couch ever since she had gone downstairs after her bath. So I decided to take her temperature and she did have one. So I headed to the phone and called her pediatrician's office. I called at 10am (the time that her mommy, daddy, brother, and sister were to be taking off for their overseas flight!) and got an appointment for 11:15am and we were back home by 12:30. Her pediatrician was away this week (of course), but we saw the nurse practitioner. She was concerned that she might have the flu (even though she had had the flu shot...the nurse said that the flu shots hadn't been as effective as hoped this year). But she tested negative for the flu. So she emailed in a prescription to the pharmacy and sent us on our way. Not sure what it is (it's not ears), but wants her on medication to help knock out her cough. After a dose of Tylenol and her prescription, she seemed to perk up some.
School got a bit delayed, but Joy still wanted a lesson. So I gave her a pouring lesson...you start out a little one pouring macaroni, then when they can pour that without spilling they pour rice, then when they master pouring rice they get to pour water. Joy graduated to water pouring in one lesson! She also had a good time with the play dough...as did Esther while Elijah took his afternoon nap. Joy figured out how to make a jelly fish. Elijah did a lot of sliding and pushing trucks, cars, trains, buses, etc. around on the floor. He had EIEIO read many times. He does love the cow page the best. He is doing very well with naming lots of animals and also making their sounds. I think that a good time was had by all despite Esther feeling a little under the weather...speaking of weather...it rained quite a bit today and the temperature has dropped. We talked to Kathy and Nathan this morning before they boarded their overseas flight (before Esther got to feeling poorly). Graham and Abigail were really excited...Nathan said that they hadn't stopped talking! They are still in the air as I type this...a very long flight...and it won't be over completely for many more hours. Right now they are just winging their way to Tokyo and they have two flights beyond that get them into the southern hemisphere. All is quiet here in the northern hemisphere in our house...three little cherubs sleeping soundly! And, that ends another busy day!
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