Last night the girls came down with a fever. Just out of the blue. Princess was the most miserable and refused to take medicine for a long time. She sort of wimpered and talked all night in her sleep. She was sleeping with me so needless to say I didn't get a lot of sleep. Sweet Pea actually slept 13 hours which is a record for any of my kids. I finally checked on her around 8:30 and probably woke her up. I was getting worried because she was sleeping so long. Then Bud had a fever this morning so had to stay home from school.
It has been a long day with nothing much accomplished on my part. They all still have fevers so will see how the night goes.
The only positive thing about this is that they are all sick at the same time so I don't have to anticipate them getting sick one right after the other and drag it out.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Soccer is over!!
Can you tell I am excited? I am sooo glad it is over. I loved watching son play games, that was no big deal but practices just killed me. They were right at the time I was getting into my stride of cleaning and cooking. It took forever to get the kids ready to go and make them go potty b/c of course there was no bathroom there, pack snacks or pick something to entertain the girls with for 45 minutes, get son to actually put on his soccer stuff, I could go on. Then to come home at 6:30 and feed them and bathe them and put them to bed. Unfortunately, those were the days husband usually didn't get home until the kids were in bed. So yes, I am very happy it is over.
But to be fair, some positive things came out of it:
Watching son play was a hoot, at least for me, husband felt his blood pressure rising often. Son liked to get out there and then it was as if he were playing some sort of imaginary game in his head complete with mouth movements and hand gestures. But he ran the whole time he was out there.
His endurance has definitely increased the past few weeks and he no longer complains his legs hurt after riding 2 blocks on his bike.
He had a great team, all of the kids were likeable and friendly. No bully in the bunch. A couple of them actually go to son's school so he gets to play with them at recess.
The coach was great. Even though husband was frustrated that he didn't have the kids scrimmage more during practice, the coach made sure the kids were having fun but didn't let them misbehave and made them run laps if they weren't listening to him. I think if we had a coach who pushed the kids too much, it would have turned son off from playing next year (which I can't even think about right now)
It didn't rain. Yes this is the biggest one of all. We started out with 90-100 temperatures and ended up in the 50's for the last practice but we didn't get rained on. It sprinkled at 2 games, the last one we used an umbrella for a little while but it didn't last very long.
I know as my kids get older and more of them are playing sports, I am only going to get busier and shouldn't complain too much. But for now, I am glad to have my tuesdays and thursdays back to myself and my normal routines.
Now on to basketball...no I am not kidding. It starts saturday. But the good thing about is that husband has to take him to it and they only meet on saturdays. No games, just learning about the game.
yes, eventually son will have to pick which sport he wants to focus on, but for now I am glad he wants to try all the different ones.
But to be fair, some positive things came out of it:
Watching son play was a hoot, at least for me, husband felt his blood pressure rising often. Son liked to get out there and then it was as if he were playing some sort of imaginary game in his head complete with mouth movements and hand gestures. But he ran the whole time he was out there.
His endurance has definitely increased the past few weeks and he no longer complains his legs hurt after riding 2 blocks on his bike.
He had a great team, all of the kids were likeable and friendly. No bully in the bunch. A couple of them actually go to son's school so he gets to play with them at recess.
The coach was great. Even though husband was frustrated that he didn't have the kids scrimmage more during practice, the coach made sure the kids were having fun but didn't let them misbehave and made them run laps if they weren't listening to him. I think if we had a coach who pushed the kids too much, it would have turned son off from playing next year (which I can't even think about right now)
It didn't rain. Yes this is the biggest one of all. We started out with 90-100 temperatures and ended up in the 50's for the last practice but we didn't get rained on. It sprinkled at 2 games, the last one we used an umbrella for a little while but it didn't last very long.
I know as my kids get older and more of them are playing sports, I am only going to get busier and shouldn't complain too much. But for now, I am glad to have my tuesdays and thursdays back to myself and my normal routines.
Now on to basketball...no I am not kidding. It starts saturday. But the good thing about is that husband has to take him to it and they only meet on saturdays. No games, just learning about the game.
yes, eventually son will have to pick which sport he wants to focus on, but for now I am glad he wants to try all the different ones.
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