Another lazy day. Jules was looking pale, Riley's temp is still 100 and Madi's fine so we stayed home from church today. Really sad to do so because the series for this month should be awesome. In Madi's children's series they are talking about gratitude - how people are more important than things and that God has given us much so we can give to others. Just awesome. Our series is about gratitude as well, but with a twist. Will have to tell you the twist on it after we watch it on vimeo. Thank God for vimeo!
Madi spent quite a bit of time on the computer again today - mostly world of warcraft. Jeremy is loving it as well. They do quests together and do other things. Though I really couldn't tell you what they are because I don't play it - I'm usually with Riley and Jules or taking a nap while Jules is sleeping. Have been so tired lately.
Fasttmath and some time looking over her Scotland stuff today as well. And cleaning her bathroom. Didn't take much time at all for those. So mostly just a relaxed, low-key day.
She missed talking with you. She called, you called and somehow both got missed. Let us know when a good time to call will be.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Lazy Day
It's been quite rainy here today. Has been awesome since it's been so dry the past few weeks. So it's been a totally lazy, awesome day. Madi has had hours of play time on the computer which she is loving. She did her FasttMath, gathered information on the internet for her project on Scotland and prepared a little for her geography bee by playing a states puzzle that Riley has. She knows 14 states so far and I asked her a few questions like they'll ask her in the bee. Just went over basic facts for a few minutes. Didn't spend lots of time on it. Then it was back to more computer games.
The rain has been coming down all day which hasn't happened in a long while or at least, not for a long time that I remember. Riley's temp is still 100, but is lower than it has been. Day 4 of fever - poor thing! She's been really tired all afternoon and is lying on the couch at the moment. Jules has been her perky self and up and going everywhere! Including climbing the tall chairs in the dining area of the kitchen and standing on the bench of the piano.
Not too much to say today! That's about it!
The rain has been coming down all day which hasn't happened in a long while or at least, not for a long time that I remember. Riley's temp is still 100, but is lower than it has been. Day 4 of fever - poor thing! She's been really tired all afternoon and is lying on the couch at the moment. Jules has been her perky self and up and going everywhere! Including climbing the tall chairs in the dining area of the kitchen and standing on the bench of the piano.
Not too much to say today! That's about it!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Getting Older
Sickness continues around here. Riley was running a temp of 101 this morning. Scheduled a dr. appointment for her and they saw her at 2:40pm when they could fit her in. Nurse took her temp and the first time it was 104. Second time was 105. Tested her for flu and strep - both were negative. So we're to give her motrin/tylenol as we've been doing and if she's not better by Monday, we'll take her in again.
Madi had a good day at school. There was an assembly for the fun run. There were different prizes/awards for the kids who brought in the most money, kids who ran the most laps, etc... no monetary or gift prizes. All of them had to do with things that were perks at school. One kid gets to be principal for the day. One gets the cafeteria named after them. One gets to be assistant coach in the gym. Madi's class won an extra P.E. class for being the fourth grade class that brought in the most money for the fundraiser. Each student also received a ribbon. She earned a silver ribbon which was for students who ran between 6-10 laps.
Madi has been complaining of a headache today which I have no doubt she has. Gave her some motrin tonight and she was already feeling better before bed. She's been asking us to check her temperature about every five minutes and claiming she has a terrible fever. Her temp today was 97.8 this afternoon when she got home. She did go to the nurse, but the nurse felt her and sent her back to class with an ice pack. I'm a little confused about the ice pack, but she didn't have a fever so I guess she felt like it would make her feel better to have something?!
There are signs that she's growing up and both the nurse and her hairdresser made comments that let us know that things are progressing. Hairdresser said that her hair - particularly the lower back part - is very oily on the scalp which is a sign of hormones. The nurse said that a slightly elevated temp like she had two days or three days ago of 99 can also be signaling hormones. So Madi and I had a short talk about "changes."
I asked her if she was feeling any stomach cramps. She said that she'd had some the past few days. I asked her if she had an idea of what the cramps, the headache and the low-grade fever could signal. She said no. So I just told her that they can often be tied to hormone changes and are her body's way of saying that it's getting ready for changes. I told her that it doesn't mean it will happen tomorrow or next month, but that it's just telling her that it's working right and that things will come. Even if it's in a year or more.
So I told her that while she may feel like she's getting sick, it may not have anything to do with that. And let her know that if anything happens, she doesn't need to be embarrassed about letting me know.
She goes "Oh great! This is the best conversation ever! The one everyone wants to have." And then we both laughed and I said "oh yeah - you know it!" I'm sure she'll love that I'm posting about this :)
Madi was able to play a few hours of World of Warcraft tonight and really enjoyed that. Will probably have quite a bit of time this weekend to play and relax. She has a big project due in two weeks, is doing very well on her FasttMath, and doesn't have homework besides these this weekend. So should be a fun one.
Madi had a good day at school. There was an assembly for the fun run. There were different prizes/awards for the kids who brought in the most money, kids who ran the most laps, etc... no monetary or gift prizes. All of them had to do with things that were perks at school. One kid gets to be principal for the day. One gets the cafeteria named after them. One gets to be assistant coach in the gym. Madi's class won an extra P.E. class for being the fourth grade class that brought in the most money for the fundraiser. Each student also received a ribbon. She earned a silver ribbon which was for students who ran between 6-10 laps.
Madi has been complaining of a headache today which I have no doubt she has. Gave her some motrin tonight and she was already feeling better before bed. She's been asking us to check her temperature about every five minutes and claiming she has a terrible fever. Her temp today was 97.8 this afternoon when she got home. She did go to the nurse, but the nurse felt her and sent her back to class with an ice pack. I'm a little confused about the ice pack, but she didn't have a fever so I guess she felt like it would make her feel better to have something?!
There are signs that she's growing up and both the nurse and her hairdresser made comments that let us know that things are progressing. Hairdresser said that her hair - particularly the lower back part - is very oily on the scalp which is a sign of hormones. The nurse said that a slightly elevated temp like she had two days or three days ago of 99 can also be signaling hormones. So Madi and I had a short talk about "changes."
I asked her if she was feeling any stomach cramps. She said that she'd had some the past few days. I asked her if she had an idea of what the cramps, the headache and the low-grade fever could signal. She said no. So I just told her that they can often be tied to hormone changes and are her body's way of saying that it's getting ready for changes. I told her that it doesn't mean it will happen tomorrow or next month, but that it's just telling her that it's working right and that things will come. Even if it's in a year or more.
So I told her that while she may feel like she's getting sick, it may not have anything to do with that. And let her know that if anything happens, she doesn't need to be embarrassed about letting me know.
She goes "Oh great! This is the best conversation ever! The one everyone wants to have." And then we both laughed and I said "oh yeah - you know it!" I'm sure she'll love that I'm posting about this :)
Madi was able to play a few hours of World of Warcraft tonight and really enjoyed that. Will probably have quite a bit of time this weekend to play and relax. She has a big project due in two weeks, is doing very well on her FasttMath, and doesn't have homework besides these this weekend. So should be a fun one.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Now continued...
So the best part of the day (in my opinion) actually had to do with something that happened during LEAP today. Madi was talking during class and was given two laps. (that's not the good part) The good part is that she didn't try to lie about it, I didn't have to ask her about it and she came right out and told me what had happened. This is the first time this has happened and I'm hoping she noticed a different reaction from us.
When she told me that I would need to set up IXL for her so she could complete two sections because she was given laps in LEAP class, I told her that I really appreciate her honesty and that she made the right choice in telling me. I thanked her for being honest and told her that I'd choose two sections for her when we got home while I had my piano students. She finished the two sections in about 15 minutes. Gave her place value and decimals - the two things they are working on in class. Figure it might as well tie into what they're doing.
Yesterday she tried to get out of Fasttmath when I asked her if she'd done it. She simply said "I think so" and hoped I wouldn't ask any further. If she doesn't answer with a solid yes or no, I know to look further. So I told her to pull it up so we could see. And then she goes "oh - I guess I didn't do it." And she then got it done. It was soooooo nice to see that today she was honest about not doing it and honest about her laps. It means that things are setting in and I'm hoping we're turning the corner on the lying or even the partial-I'm-trying-to-get-out-of-this-so-I'll-act-like-I'm-not-sure-when-I-know-I-haven't-done-it thing.
So good for Madi!! It's awesome because in LEAP they are studying virtues and writing about different important virtues and talking about character. They're learning about cultures in class and discussing what matters to them and what they find important. How they are unique and how they are the same. In church they're learning about thankfulness. At home, we've had a lot of talks about character and living the right way. And I have no doubt that Poppi had some talks with her while she was in Killeen (as she's told me so).
We made new checklists for her for in the morning and at night. She's been needing so much reminding and the checklist system wasn't being used upstairs so we created new ones. Has worked well and she's not forgetting things and we're not having to remind. She likes to check off the list before doing anything so we'll work on that, but has been going very well.
So we're making some good strides lately. This is good.
She told me that she's glad she went to school today because they had so much fun in LEAP and doing the experiment in science with mixtures vs. something else (can't think of it at the moment). She also had gym and Coach told me that she worked as hard as usual and that she told him that she had the flu. I had already told him she had a very slight fever and that I told her she could take it a little easier if need-be. He said no problem and simply encouraged her to drink a lot of water. He said he just smiled when she said she had the flu and then ran around. :)
Her name was in the local paper for being on the all-A honor roll! Hoping that continues this next six weeks. She has one missing assignment that she can't find, but told me her desk is a mess. I told her to ask Mrs. Campbell when a good time for her to clean it out would be. She was doing work on the computer when the class cleaned their desks out a week or so again. I had her clean out her backpack tonight (took all of two minutes) and get the eight books that she was carrying around out of it to free up space and weight. Silly girl.
Tonight we had pizza for dinner, she took a shower, and is upstairs reading. So glad she's feeling well. Riley is out again tomorrow - still has a fever of 101. I'll be home tomorrow as Jeremy took today. So glad it was such a good day for Madi!!
When she told me that I would need to set up IXL for her so she could complete two sections because she was given laps in LEAP class, I told her that I really appreciate her honesty and that she made the right choice in telling me. I thanked her for being honest and told her that I'd choose two sections for her when we got home while I had my piano students. She finished the two sections in about 15 minutes. Gave her place value and decimals - the two things they are working on in class. Figure it might as well tie into what they're doing.
Yesterday she tried to get out of Fasttmath when I asked her if she'd done it. She simply said "I think so" and hoped I wouldn't ask any further. If she doesn't answer with a solid yes or no, I know to look further. So I told her to pull it up so we could see. And then she goes "oh - I guess I didn't do it." And she then got it done. It was soooooo nice to see that today she was honest about not doing it and honest about her laps. It means that things are setting in and I'm hoping we're turning the corner on the lying or even the partial-I'm-trying-to-get-out-of-this-so-I'll-act-like-I'm-not-sure-when-I-know-I-haven't-done-it thing.
So good for Madi!! It's awesome because in LEAP they are studying virtues and writing about different important virtues and talking about character. They're learning about cultures in class and discussing what matters to them and what they find important. How they are unique and how they are the same. In church they're learning about thankfulness. At home, we've had a lot of talks about character and living the right way. And I have no doubt that Poppi had some talks with her while she was in Killeen (as she's told me so).
We made new checklists for her for in the morning and at night. She's been needing so much reminding and the checklist system wasn't being used upstairs so we created new ones. Has worked well and she's not forgetting things and we're not having to remind. She likes to check off the list before doing anything so we'll work on that, but has been going very well.
So we're making some good strides lately. This is good.
She told me that she's glad she went to school today because they had so much fun in LEAP and doing the experiment in science with mixtures vs. something else (can't think of it at the moment). She also had gym and Coach told me that she worked as hard as usual and that she told him that she had the flu. I had already told him she had a very slight fever and that I told her she could take it a little easier if need-be. He said no problem and simply encouraged her to drink a lot of water. He said he just smiled when she said she had the flu and then ran around. :)
Her name was in the local paper for being on the all-A honor roll! Hoping that continues this next six weeks. She has one missing assignment that she can't find, but told me her desk is a mess. I told her to ask Mrs. Campbell when a good time for her to clean it out would be. She was doing work on the computer when the class cleaned their desks out a week or so again. I had her clean out her backpack tonight (took all of two minutes) and get the eight books that she was carrying around out of it to free up space and weight. Silly girl.
Tonight we had pizza for dinner, she took a shower, and is upstairs reading. So glad she's feeling well. Riley is out again tomorrow - still has a fever of 101. I'll be home tomorrow as Jeremy took today. So glad it was such a good day for Madi!!
Honest Abe... at least, Honest Madi
Today was great. Madi won her AR (advanced reader) award for having 63.3 points for reading books (and some of her books don't even have AR points or she'd have even more. The second place person has 36.8 points. Mrs. Campbell had to add 4th and 5th places just so that other students had a chance to earn something because the top three readers were the same as the last six weeks.
I checked on Madi twice during the day. She was a little warm this morning, but by lunchtime, she felt just fine. She was upbeat and even did part of the hopscotch as we were going inside so I figured her day would be ok. She mentioned that she had a small headache so we'll still give her tylenol for tonight.
Another awesome thing that happened was that Madi was chosen to participate in the Geography Bowl - basically like a spelling bee, but related to geography and finding places on maps. She had her first meeting today. She has two more meetings next week. I'll get to watch her compete on Thursday, December 15. I have no doubt she'll do awesome!!!
The all-time best thing that happened today had to do with her... tbc
I checked on Madi twice during the day. She was a little warm this morning, but by lunchtime, she felt just fine. She was upbeat and even did part of the hopscotch as we were going inside so I figured her day would be ok. She mentioned that she had a small headache so we'll still give her tylenol for tonight.
Another awesome thing that happened was that Madi was chosen to participate in the Geography Bowl - basically like a spelling bee, but related to geography and finding places on maps. She had her first meeting today. She has two more meetings next week. I'll get to watch her compete on Thursday, December 15. I have no doubt she'll do awesome!!!
The all-time best thing that happened today had to do with her... tbc
Feeling Better
Madi has a temp of 98.4 and 98.8. Took it twice and these were the readings. So off to school we go. No other symptoms. I told her she could sit out of gym and stay in my room during specials if she didn't want to work and move a lot. She said no and wants to go to gym.
She came into our room later and told me to feel her heartrate because it was fast and making her stomach hurt. Her heart rate feels normal and so I sent her on her way. I did give her tylenol for in case she is having aches.
I told her that we'll see how her day goes and if her temp goes up or whatever, then I'll get her home. Jeremy is home with Riley. She's continuing to run about 101. So that's the news for now.
She came into our room later and told me to feel her heartrate because it was fast and making her stomach hurt. Her heart rate feels normal and so I sent her on her way. I did give her tylenol for in case she is having aches.
I told her that we'll see how her day goes and if her temp goes up or whatever, then I'll get her home. Jeremy is home with Riley. She's continuing to run about 101. So that's the news for now.
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