Trading Places

Caroline spent the day home with me yesterday, still feverish but eating like a horse and seeming generally happy if a little less rambunctious than usual. Ben got off the school bus yesterday and immediately announced that he didn't feel well and his stomach hurt. He spent the afternoon/evening mostly lying on the couch and didn't eat dinner. As expected, this morning Caroline was back to her usual self and headed off to preschool, while Ben is lying in my bed watching TV ;) At least a sick nine year old is a lot easier to take care of than a sick two year old :) Rebecca as usual remains unfazed by the illness around her, and has not missed a day of school yet this year.

Sick Baby

Fever? Check. Diarrhea? Check. Tired? Loss of appetite? Check, check. Poor baby fell asleep on the couch before 7PM :(

Feels Like Spring

We had a beautiful warm and sunny weekend, and the warmth and sun is continuing for at least the next couple of days, with temperatures forecast to be in the 70s today and tomorrow. (Wednesday it looks like it's going to be cooler and rainy but it looks like the overall trend is heading in the right direction!)

Joel and I were supposed to go to a fundraiser Saturday night but our babysitter got sick so we had to scrap those plans. We had a nice weekend anyway, if quiet -- Rebecca and I both got hair cuts, Ben spent Saturday afternoon playing at a friend's house while I spent some time with Rebecca trying to make progress on the bike-riding front. She is so high-strung shall we say, that her nerves get in the way of managing to ride her bike for more than 5 seconds at a time because she gets scared. We made a little progress with that. Unfortunately when we went back out to give it another try yesterday we discovered one of her bike tires was totally flat, she must have gotten a flat tire yesterday. I was unsuccessful in locating the source of the leak so far, so the bike-riding has been put on hold.

Saturday night we hit up one of our usual spots for dinner, Burger 21, and Sunday (after skipping Hebrew school due to the time change) we had a nice visit from Mort & Mary and the first barbecue of the year, with steak, chicken, salad and quinoa. I also made gluten free blondies with chocolate chips, and Mary picked up several varieties of gourmet ice cream from the store so the kids had a delicious version of brownie sundaes.

I also bought the movie Frozen for Rebecca yesterday on iTunes; while I was doing laundry and straightening up yesterday morning she watched it twice (after having already seen it twice in the theater) and then last night after dinner I sat down and watched it with her since I had not seen it myself yet. She and Ben got to bed a little late because of that, but I figured the time change always messes up our schedule a bit anyway so I didn't mind too much.

Got Whipped Cream?

Pajama Day!

I forgot to take a pic of Caroline when I dropped her off this morning , so an after-Pajama Day shot will have to do. I sent gluten free pancakes in with her so she was not left out of the pancake party!

25 Years (But I'm only paying tuition for 10)

Saturday night we went out to dinner with friends and then to CJP's 25th anniversary celebration at Temple Israel. Hard to believe that we are in our 7th year of having a kid at CJP , with three more to go ;) I calculated out that tuition once, it's into 6 figures ;) They had a green screen thing where you could get your picture taken and then choose a background, so I chose this one. The next morning Ben wandered downstairs sleepily in his pajamas, looked at the print out of this pic that was laying on the kitchen counter, and asked, "Why were there dinosaurs at the party last night?"

March is Schizophrenic

Yesterday was sunny and a high of about 72. Caroline and I took an early morning walk around the lake while Ben and Rebecca were at Hebrew school, and the kids spent much of the day outside. Rebecca went grocery shopping with Joel after Hebrew school, hopped out of the car around 12:30 and disappeared for the afternoon. She resurfaced around 4 after realizing she hadn't eaten lunch and was starving and had a grilled cheese sandwich and then disappeared again for another hour or so until we finally dragged her inside. Ben also spent most of the afternoon outside playing though he was slightly easier to keep track of ;)

It's good that the kids got some outside time yesterday because today it is in the 50s and raining right now and is supposed to drop into the 30s by late afternoon, with the forecast calling for freezing rain and high winds. Ugh!