DS was diagnosed with Flu A this morning, along with an ear infection. He's been sick since Sunday with an on and off fever. Now I sit back and wait for DD, DH, and I to get it. Awesome. Although I'm thankful it's not the puking kind. In the meantime, I'm over-analyzing every twinge I get. I'm currently feeling a headache coming on so I'm doing the "oh god, here it comes" panic thing. Boo.
It will be a low key weekend for us obviously. I bought tickets for a kids play tomorrow that the kids have been so excited about seeing. We'll see how DS is doing. If he's still coughing it will be a hard pass for us.
I already have my mom on standby to watch whichever kid is sick next week. Though she spent last night throwing up, so my plan my go off the rails.
Post by judyblume14 on Feb 2, 2018 10:05:35 GMT -5
We don't have anything planned this weekend outside of DD1's swim class. I might hit the gym and then go cheer a few gym friends on in a local competition.
Despite wanting to do nothing at all Sunday night, I have a feeling MIL will be coming over for the superbowl. I love my MIL to pieces, and love spending time with her. But I want exactly ZERO guests in my house after dinner on a Sunday.
Back at work today, feeling much better. Now I'm praying that DH and the kids don't get sick. He's got a show next week so he can't take time off and I'm out of PTO.
Tonight DH and I are going on our planned date. We bought tickets a month ago to a show and lined up a babysitter. Our high school is doing the same musical that we did when we started dating there, 14 years ago, so we're going out to dinner and then to go see it. I'm looking forward to some time alone and some nostalgia. We need it.
Sunday I'm taking my grandmother to brunch and a show in the city, then rushing home to see the Superbowl. I have a house full of people coming, so I'm really hoping DH doesn't blow it on set up and food prep, since I'll get home just in time. He was arguing with me that we shouldn't need to plan a menu and I'm too type A about this. His plan - if people are hungry, we'll round up something for them to eat. Um, no DH. That's not how you host a Superbowl party, even if it is just our close friends who are like family. He admits that he has zero social skills and doesn't understand social cues, but then fights me on etiquette when I try to explain how things should happen. Drives me nuts!
But, it's all ok, because our boys are in the Superbowl!!
Oh man sweetptater, hope everyone else stays in the clear.
DD started a special speech therapy in addition to her school therapy, so she has that tonight after school. My parents are watching the boys and feeding them dinner so DH and I can be there since we will need to help her do the exercises each day. Then we will split off and I'm going to a play tonight.
Tomorrow I'm getting in a long group run at 7:15. Morning/afternoon DS1 has armory at fencing-to teach him how to repair his weapon. Parents can learn from it and I think it's a good idea for me to go since DH is already really mechanically inclined. If he needs help during a tournament and I'm with him I should know...something. Which is more than I know now which is nothing!
Sunday DH has to work. I'll take the kids to the gym early. Is it super bowl? We have no plans. Chill at our house I guess.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Feb 2, 2018 11:29:55 GMT -5
Tomorrow, DS has a basketball game and then I’m open that afternoon. I may finish painting DSs room but I also thought about taking the kids to see Jumaji. I think it will depend on whether or not it’s snowing. I’ve seen some forecasts that show 6-7” over the next few days but my Weather Channel app isn’t showing that much so I don’t know what to expect. Saturday evening we’re headed to a neighbors house for Cards Against Humanity and adult beverages.
Sunday is a run, grocery shopping and figuring out what we’re doing for the Super Bowl. I’d really like to stay home because it’s Sunday night but we may go to a friends house. Why can’t they have the big game on Saturday??!!
I'm playing hooky and not working Saturday. We haven't gotten swamped yet and I need the down time to try and feel better. Saturday DD and I are going up to the college gymnastic meet in the afternoon. It is the pink meet for breast cancer so always extra fun seeing a sea of pink vs orange. Sunday nothing is planned!!! If the weather holds I would like to fertilize my yard and spray the weeds that have been growing like crazy. I also have the normal laundry, grocery shopping, etc. which I will do some of it during the super bowl to avoid all the crowds. FFC I don't like football at all.
Post by erinshelley21 on Feb 2, 2018 11:51:12 GMT -5
Tonight is the first night in like 2 weeks that all 4 of us will be home at the same time. I mean, is this real life because our kids are only 4 and 10 months old. We can't be that busy yet!
DH works tomorrow and I have a sitter coming to watch the kids, or at least DS, while I go to a HS reunion planning brunch with 2 other class officers. The rest of the day will consist of laundry and cleaning.
Sunday I think we are supposed to do something for my brother's birthday. DH also wants to go to Cabelas and to AT&T to figure out video calling on our phones. They aren't iphones so it's not as easy as facetime, but surely we can figure that out without having to drag 2 kids into AT&T on a Sunday afternoon. This also goes against my plan to not be so freaking busy on Sundays that I'm meal prepping an straightening the house for the cleaning lady after 9pm.
Post by ilovelucyvv on Feb 2, 2018 11:54:28 GMT -5
Leaving work early today. It feels like it has been a really long week. Taking DS to his speech eval, going home for a bit, then going over to pizza Friday at the IL's. DD will be sleeping over with her cousin and DS will be coming home with us because the three of them is too much for MIL. Saturday we are going to Paw Patrol Live and Sunday is our super bowl party. Have a great weekend!
DH is trying to get home after a business trip, so hoping he'll get here at a decent time tonight.
DD1 has a basketball game tomorrow, and then we might take the kids out to lunch. DD1 is getting her report card, and our deal with her was that if she got a couple of grades up, we would take her to dinner anywhere she wants to go. So maybe lunch, or maybe dinner.
Sunday DD1 has a piano lesson, so DD2 will do some quick grocery shopping. My mom is going to try to teach me how to make her meatballs. She measures nothing, so it's really hard to learn her recipes. Sometimes it's fine when you don't get them quite right, but meatballs are a mess if the ingredients are off.
Then... SUPERBOWL!!! GO PATS!!! DH wants to invite a few friends over, but I don't want to. If he drinks, we're going to have a problem, and I'd rather that didn't happen in front of an audience. I hate that I'm wondering if he drank while on his business trip...
Tomorrow Dd and I have a baby shower. I may take the kids out for dinner since Dh is working. A friend wants me to come over for a spades tournament, I have not. played spades since before I had kids. They are suckering me in with have the kids hang out together.
Sunday is mass for Dds school. She has a small part. I may hit up a Super Bowl party just for the food and will be home before halftime.
Tonight will be a quiet evening. Tomorrow, I am judging a science competition all day. I hope to be done by 4pm. DD is going to my parents' for a sleepover since they will have my niece. Sunday will be a lazy day. I'm hoping to snap a few pictures of DS2 to put on his 1st birthday party invitations. How is my baby almost 1 already?!
I feel like a slacker. I’m taking my first mental health day to do nothing. It’s weird. I dropped the boys off at school/dc, packed for the weekend, am waiting for the rat guy to come, and will pick the boys up early to drive 3.5 hours to the track to meet DH for his race this weekend. So I guess it’s productive but I’m currently sitting watching tv drinking my starbucks. It’s quite lovely, but still weird.
DH is going to a funeral for a friend’s dad. I’ve never met the friend or his Dad. DH somehow thought I would take PTO and organize a sitter for this. Um, no. None of my friends’ spouses that didn’t know my dad came to my dad’s funeral. Is that a thing? Really?
We are taking the kids out to dinner. No clue where. I was planning on making chicken cordon blue but tomorrow night the kids have games so it’s kind of now or never. Guess chicken lunch tomorrow?
Sports is the weekend theme, plus booking summer camps. Hoping they are not all full because the cost difference is $1350 if I have to go up a level in cost.
DS is killing me with his 430-5am wake ups for the day. We all have colds that are getting worse so we'll see what happens this weekend. DD has gymnastics tomorrow, DH is taking his buddy out for lunch. We might make plans to hang out with my mom. Sunday morning DH has hockey and no other plans. Need to do the usual grocery shopping, laundry, and cleaning.
Post by librarychica on Feb 2, 2018 13:44:03 GMT -5
One kid has swim and the other toddler tumbling Saturday morning then that afternoon DD1 will spend 2 hours at a Girl Scout cookie booth and that evening H and I have dinner plans with a friend and her H. I hope her H isn’t in the mood to argue about politics because I’m not in the mood to politely shrug off his conspiracy rants. Margaritas will be had.
Sunday we are gloriously free. I may take the girls to my parents and give H some alone time to catch up. He’s been traveling a ton and I know he is tired of #cookielife.
Post by covergirl82 on Feb 2, 2018 15:39:19 GMT -5
Tonight DS has a baseball practice (it's done by 6), but no other plans.
Tomorrow DS has a basketball game at 8:30 am, then DD is going to open gym in the early afternoon and DH is going to take DS to a tubing hill. DH got free tickets from work to the professional bull riding show, which is usually not our thing, but because he got free tickets, we're going to check it out.
Sunday is church and then an open afternoon. I'm sure we'll be doing chores here and there during our "free times."
Tonight is unplanned, but I think I need a night of drinking after the crap week this has been. Tomorrow we all jump in the ocean for a polar plunge to support Camp Sunshine. It's supposed to be a high of 25 degrees so that should be a blast! Sunday is chores in the morning and then the super bowl. We are having a bunch of friends over to watch it, but it's still pretty chill. Go PATRIOTS!!!
Random: DD1 got her second report card today, and I believe that she is getting screwed. Despite getting every single spelling questions correct this term, her grade in spelling went down. She is easily reading 2 years above her grade level, and she got "meets grade-level standard". Her teacher is tough, and doesn't seem to like her much. DD1 is very smart, but she can also be very lazy, and I think that's why the teacher doesn't love her. She's very well-behaved and respectful at school, but she doesn't do anything extra. Still, she's working above grade level in some areas, and that should be reflected. So I've requested a meeting with the teacher.
mae0111, I would be frustrated too and want a meet.
I'm interested to get DD's report card next week. Today is grading day. She is getting great marks on all work coming in but bombs on test so will be interested to see where her marks are.
Tomorrow is another whirlwind. It's the annual summer camp fair so we will go when they open at 10, then get lunch out before DD's 1:00 basketball game. After the game we are meeting a friend for cheesecake.
Sunday I will go see my dad while DH takes DD to basketball practice.
On the subject of the game, DH (coach) taught the girls a new defensive strategy so that will be super interesting to see. Instead of trying to play a man-to-man strategy which doesn't work well for our small sized team, he taught them a variation of the "box plus one" strategy, which the girls have called the "Squishy Box". DD will usually be the "one" so the heat will be on her to steal the ball as much as possible. Definitely have to try to time the Ritalin correctly! Lol
akafred you are pushing me in the “go to the summer camp fair tomorrow” camp....I wasn’t going to but I think it might be a good idea in case I go to register and one is full....
I have the pre-school/ K enrichment club fair tomorrow. I am planning to stay with our current program, but I should probably go just in case there is a problem with how I think it will work with our current program.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Feb 2, 2018 17:36:43 GMT -5
Tomorrow we have a class room presentation at the kid's school. Parents go into the kid's class rooms and shoe their parents what kind of work they do during the day. Sort of like an open house. Then we'll probably go to the 1st grade curriculum presentation they are doing, even though DS isn't going there for 1st grade.
After that, I'm going to try to do a bike ride while DH takes the kids to a birthday party, but if that seems impossible for whatever reason (weather or what have you) then I'll take the kids.
Sunday, I have a run and then we have no plans for super bowl...first time in years we don't have a plan for that game and I'm kind of glad b/c it always ends up with me some how hanging out and watching the kids while DH drinks beer. Who is even in it? I don't know.
We went to our regular BYO for dinner and just watched the Top Chef Jr finale as a family. Trying to get DS more interested in cooking...
Tomorrow is soccer, then ice skating for DD (DS will catch up on video games🙄) Then she naps and then we meet friends for family bowling in the late afternoon.
Sunday I start the slow roast pork for super bowl nachos after sleeping in a bit. Try to get some work done....then DS has Circus practice. Then home for the super bowl (Aka. Nachos and beer for dinner with JT as entertainment.). Fly Eagles Fly! 🦅
akafred you are pushing me in the “go to the summer camp fair tomorrow” camp....I wasn’t going to but I think it might be a good idea in case I go to register and one is full....
Weren't you concerned about camp options for DS? I say go because it is one of our favorite events of the year. Some of the camps really go all out with their booths. One nature camp brings skeletons of animals like owls, one robotics camp brings interactive robots the kids build, and of course there is LOTS of swag! We go when they open typically and they are pretty generous early in the day. DD usually comes out with at least 3-4 t shirts, at least that many water bottles, mini footballs, hand squishies, etc. And we get a chance to ask some questions about things like how they handle challenging kiddos.
akafred you are pushing me in the “go to the summer camp fair tomorrow” camp....I wasn’t going to but I think it might be a good idea in case I go to register and one is full....
Weren't you concerned about camp options for DS? I say go because it is one of our favorite events of the year. Some of the camps really go all out with their booths. One nature camp brings skeletons of animals like owls, one robotics camp brings interactive robots the kids build, and of course there is LOTS of swag! We go when they open typically and they are pretty generous early in the day. DD usually comes out with at least 3-4 t shirts, at least that many water bottles, mini footballs, hand squishies, etc. And we get a chance to ask some questions about things like how they handle challenging kiddos.
akafred that just sealed me sitting at home! Ha - in our area literally every event is that - swag and manipulatives and it has started to waaaay stress me out because the kids get attached to their random awful water bottles or oversized T-shirts and it becomes this weird battle. It’s to the point that DH and I have said after the next daytime event we will drive through goodwill with everything and we take as few kids as possible.