Isaac Starts T-Ball

Don't tell Cindy, but I'm hi-jacking her blog. :)

I wanted to tell you that Isaac is really excited to be on a T-Ball team this year. He has never actually participated in baseball, softball, kickball, or anything much like that, so he has a bit of learning to do, but really wants to. Most of his team appear to be older and more experienced in baseball so I am hopeful he maintains a sense of learning and fun throughout this.

I haven't seen a lot of T-Ball games in my life, but those that I have seen tend to look more like a large group of baby carnivores all chasing after the one limping next meal -- very fun. My favorite part of T-Ball games was nominating myself to be the commentator from the bleachers. The other parents seemed to enjoy my play-by-play calls of the action on the field.

T-Ball has come a long way. The kids seem older, more experienced, and the practices so far give the impression that the games will be played more like little league games than T-Ball. The first practice was this past Tuesday and part of it involved how to perform a double-play. I am hopeful that its purpose was mostly to introduce the kids to structured teamwork.

Back to school, back to health, back to normal

It was so good to send Isaac back to school today. I'm sure his friends will be glad to see him and he them. He's on his second day of antibiotics. He never had a fever that I noticed yesterday. He said he was tired this morning so I hope he does ok. If he's still tired after school I'll have him lie down for a while. Thank goodness it's Friday! Tomorrow Shane and Isaac are going to Walking with Dinosaurs at the coliseum. We got him tickets for his birthday back in March. He's very excited.

While the guys are at the show, Allie and I are going to the free zoo in Madison. Afterwards we'll all meet up and have dinner at Culver's. At first Allie was disappointed to miss the dinosaur show, but when we talked about what we would do with our mother daughter time, she got very excited about the possible places we could go and things we could do. We also explained that Isaac got fewer birthday presents because of the cost of tickets, and so she decided that on her birthday she'd rather have toys than see a show. :)

It feels so good to get back to normal!

Allie's ears

I was surprised to hear this afternoon that Allie has a double ear infection. She only complained of pain in one ear just this morning. She's now on an antibiotic and pain reliever.

The doctor said it's ok for Isaac to go back to school tomorrow. He's excited. I'm so relieved! It's been a long time!

Both kids are doing fine and enjoying each other's company these many days. Although I think they're starting to need a break from each other because they've been arguing a bit more than usual.

Sinus Infection

It's looking more like a sinus infection that Isaac has. His nose is getting runnier and there is more dried green mucus around his nose. (Sorry if you're grossed out by the details.) He started taking an antibiotic this morning. I made doctor appointments for both kids this afternoon. I had to make one for Allie because she has an earache, so I figured I might as well bring Isaac in, too, even though she already prescribed an antibiotic for him. I wanted to get him started on the antibiotic this morning so that he could go back to school tomorrow -- as long as his fever doesn't make another appearance this afternoon.