Another excitement-filled week at the Christensen home. I am still trying to get over that bad bug I brought home from Utah, and everyone has had a tad of it, mainly minor for the rest, though. The house is woefully neglected due to the fact you can't really clean house while lying horizontally, which put it out of the question, since I was so busy doing the latter. I went to Ward Breakfast yesterday under the assumption that by virtue of being sick 9 days I must surely be better, but that just led to being completely wiped the rest of the day. I went to church today, but am now ready for a long winter's nap, not making the lasagne I have planned for dinner.
Lucy is growing up so much, such an independent little pixie. She is also a bit spoiled, which is totally my fault and I'm hoping to rectify that without too much drama. Still trying to fatten her up. Some labs are coming back this week for her, hopefully with some useful information. She is conflicted about her status as a toy for other children, as she likes being played "with" in a friend sense, but not so much being played "with" in the doll sense, which is unfortunately extremely common.
Noah has been having very few accidents (hooray!) but has seemed a little under the weather with a belly thing. He is SO mischevious and takes 100% follow-through on every request, which gets old fast when you are unwilling to leave your bed for any reason.
Sophie is continuing her complaints about school, and I feel bad because I don't blame her. The work is dry and boring and she doesn't have a very friendly teacher. But I try to be encouraging and help her bring out the positive. School doesn't have to be all fun and games, but at this stage it helps if they enjoy learning and have a good relationship with their teacher. Her reading is almost fluent, though, and she enjoys it.
Ben's doing great at home with school and is moving on to 5th grade Language arts, which he's very proud of. He enjoys it. It has been a rather bland homeschooling week, though, due to my inability to do anything, and he has made sure I am constantly aware of that. We've just done the basics.
David is getting ready to do some traveling to PA and NC this week for work. It looks like his job is going to require quite a bit more travel out of CA. That has a variety of impacts on our life and is triggering a re-evaluation of some things. So, this post isn't detail-rich on that, but I'm sure more information will follow.
Oh, apparently Noah has undressed Lucy and started a bath for them both, so I guess this post is over. Go over to mamamelodrama and take my chocolate quiz if you haven't already.
Sing it with me! "to the B to the A to the R to the A to the C - K - O - B - A - M - A!"
3 comments:
Wait until 3rd grade if she hates school now... it's sooooo downhill from here! (However, I hear 4th grade brings some redemption.)
Do you need dinner you can eat on the couch? :)
val you are hugely entertaining and entirely remind me of erma bombeck! i love reading your stuff! diane
don't you love when they take initiative to do something (bath) when you're not ready?! love hearing what's new ... hope David's trips go well & i'm sure you'll survive fine (you are the trooper of all troopers). and i am picturing you as a cheerleader now .. which is an interesting visualization but i hear ya!
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