And this post is really late. Oh, well. The last couple weeks stunk in terms of weather (as they did everywhere) and we have felt so stir crazy and I’ve just been in general cranky. Then, Seth started getting sick on Friday with his fever up to the 104s on Sunday when we finally measured it (we were medicating the whole time, of course). Now, Andrew is getting sick. He really wanted to go to preschool today to exchange valentines, but then on the way, he threw up all over himself and his seat. So, we drove him and I planted them in front of Sesame Street so I could try to clean out the car and car seat. And he is sobbing because he really wanted to go to preschool. Sigh … I swear, he missed half of preschool last month and will miss half of it this month, which is so frustrating because it’s so expensive. And now the weather is finally nicer and we can’t go outside because everyone is sick. I am SOOO stir crazy. And it really stinks that we still don’t have any good friends and they have had a total of like 3 play dates since we moved here … maybe.
Back to Andrew … not much seems different. He is obsessed with his super powers and being “Super Why” and how all the super whys are going to move to our planet and live with us. He wants to fly and save people all the time. He wears all of his pretend clothes – his cape and mask and sunglasses and hats and doctor stethoscope and holding all his tools and then dances around to his Dora CD. Pretty cute. He said a spontaneous prayer this month – God, please kill all the bad people, Amen.
He loves preschool and sunbeams. He loves playing with his flannel boards and wants to show it to all his classmates at Primary. He loves singing songs and sings the ones he learns at preschool and church. He enjoys painting and especially cutting and gluing. He is learning his letters and knows at least half and can occasionally sounds out words if prompted.
Otherwise, the same old Andrew. He knows what he wants. when I asked if he wanted to go on a date with Daddy and go ice skating, he said no, he wanted to go to the Chinese buffet together. That is what they do for dates. Ha ha ha. Well, glad we got that covered.
Fun things this month.
- Ice festival at the loop – Andrew wanted to see everything and get the ice cubes with chocolate inside at each place.
- Sledding on art hill. Andrew loved it! He could have done it all day. He was so tired afterwards (or so we thought), he couldn’t even walk. Turns out he started running a fever and got sick that day. Oh, well (side note – we were all healthy for about 2 or 3 weeks there until last weekend … otherwise, someone has been sick in the household since Miami – yes since late September).
- Watching Ratatouille at the History Museum. Andrew loved the snacks but was terrified of the movie even though he had seen it before. He made us leave half way through.
- Special Elephant and Piggie show at the library. Andrew loved it!
- Setsubun – a Japanese holiday. Andrew LOVED throwing beans at the demon (Katsu with a mask).
- Donuts with Dad – Andrew was so happy that Katsu came and had a great time!
- Playing at the indoor playground at a couple malls and even McDonalds – we have been so stir crazy.
- More cavities and more fillings – okay, so that wasn’t so fun, but necessary I suppose. Andrew was scared and I had to drag him to the car and drag him inside, but he did really really well and was actually happy when it was done!
- Trip to the zoo.
- Visit to Cahokia mounds (a Unesco site). Andrew loved climbing up, worried us that he was going to jump off, and liked to imagine the indians that lived there.
- Celebrating Chinese New Years at a friends house. Andrew loves Chinese food, so he loved this!!!
- Watching the Super Bowl. Andrew was excited all week about all the snacks we got for Katsu, but he was not as excited actually watching football.
- Lunch at a diner with the family for Valentine’s Day. Andrew though the milkshake he got was really great!
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