That's right...now we're all stuffed up or dripping : (
I have the beginnings of a face ache. Poor little JoJo is still not better, but she doesn't have a fever so I don't think she has an ear infection. Patience just has dark droopy eyes and she's willing to sit (or lie down) and watch a movie. Admittedly, that's not so very bad!
Yesterday after lunch I was wiping Patience's hands and face and said, "what do you want now?" with her bag of Halloween candy in mind. She said, "Baba." I said, "Don't you want some Halloween candy?" and she said, "No candy, nap!" So off she went with her bottle for a nice afternoon nap (lucky duck!).
Don said she did great with trick-or-treating! She didn't say, "trick-or-treat," but she did say "thank you" everytime. And she would just stand there saying thank you with her bag open until people gave her more candy! And more often than not, she would try to enter people's houses...they must have seemed like the kind of people she's like to get to know!
Nathan brought home bad news...a failed math test. He says the teacher is going to let him rewrite an especially dismal part of the test which would raise his score. Let's hope that's right, because a failed test means no basketball, which starts next weekend.
Dylan fessed up to something he's been secretly doing after school: he's singing in a Jazz ensemble! I told him vehemently "no more choirs or bands, young man!" because I though that 5 was definitely enough! But the music department wants to start a younger vocal jazz group because right now the really good one is made up of grades 11 and 12 students. Dylan is in the "second string," so to speak, which is made up of grades 8 to 10. It's a small group...6 students. And Dylan wants to know if Grandma is going to come to February Blues, Poppy's Jazz festival, to hear him play and sing! He figures we can celebrate JoJo's birthday whenever the festival is, so you can kill two birds with one stone!
Oh, and here's another news flash: Dylan has decided that he's NOT going to Disneyland this year. He has three more years of pricey band trips, including one to China! so there's no rush in laying out the big bucks this year. I'm sure he'll regret it when the rest of the group heads out in April, but you can only do so much when you're not independently wealthy. I figure he can continue saving, and by next year's band trip he'll be all set. It's painful to learn delayed gratification, but what a great perspective to be able to have.
Okay, I'm off to do more reading. Patience, unfortunately, loves "Fox in Socks." It's very difficult to read!
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Yay! A post!
I'm so sorry to hear that everyone is feel under the weather. That's no fun! Are you able to take a decongestant, so that your face ache doesn't turn into a full-blown sinus infection?
Good news about Dylan and his jazz chorus! And interesting that he's forgoing Disneyland. I agree that China is a better choice, and leaves him more time to fund-raise/save.
I, too, hope that Nathan is able to raise his math grade, and be able to play basketball. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
thanks for posting! It's great to catch up!
Hug and kiss everyone for me.
I hope you are all feeling better!! Haley is finally over her long bout of Bronchitis and no one seems to be affected. Hope it's just a change in the weather/minor thing for you all!! Love H.
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