Last night, Peyton woke up around 930pm, and she came down. She didn’t whine for her usual requests (potty, thirsty, diaper). She didn’t say anything at all. It was just her look that said it all – sad and sickly. We took her temp and it was 101. So, we dosed her, had her drink some water, and she returned to sleep. This morning, she woke up looking pretty good! We didn’t have anything to do until Brandon’s basketball. She was doing well at breakfast, but became warm again at around 830am. Another dose, and she was back! I took her separately to basketball, since I didn’t want her to miss out on ballet. There is only one more session before her parent performance, and I didn’t want her to miss out. Brandon had basketball at 10, and Peyton’s class was 11. We left around 1030am, and headed over to the class. She was in good spirits, and changed her clothes in the car. Then, the class had a new teacher, and since we were off last week, I think it disrupted her routine. She sat against the mirror the whole class. She didn’t want to answer the teacher either. So, after 45 minutes of watching her do nothing, we left. I met Dave at our local private school to check out the school, since Dave wants to move Peyton somewhere closer to home. We hung out there, asked a few questions, and both the kids enjoyed exploring. Both were into tangrams, and also the rubber band on peg activities. We learned that the pre-K kids are studying artists and composers along with science and Spanish. It is a struggle between wanting Peyton to be more advanced in school versus having her be more social and comfortable where she is now. We left after about 20 minutes – Peyton and I to go home, while Brandon went to take team pictures with Dave. We got home, and when I asked her why she didn’t want to perform, she started to cry. I gave up, and went to feed her lunch. She did say she wanted to perform next week with her original coach. And that she doesn’t like ballet but wants me to sign her up for the next session. I don’t get it. She doesn’t want to do basketball, baseball or piano. She just wants to swim. We’ll see about that. Swim starts in April, so we’ll see if that’s really what she wants. Brandon and Dave came home when she was half way through her lunch. She finished up, cleaned up, then started walking upstairs. She announced, “I’m going to go take a nap now.” We let her go upstairs, and in 15 minutes, after I’d cleaned up, I went in to check on her. She was fast asleep under her covers. She was really pooped! I went to take a nap, too, and she woke up after about an hour. She came down, and laid down some more. She got one more dose of medicine, as she still had a fever around 100. As she felt better, in the afternoon, both kids were playing so nicely together – much better than when both are well! I warned Brandon about getting too close. His response was, “Well, if I get sick, I get sick!” They played for about an hour by themselves, then I told Brandon to change to go out to the library. I was going to pick up some books, and I had to renew my library card. It was perfect timing, since we were going to dinner for Bonnie’s birthday. Unfortunately, everyone had to renew their cards, so the line was pretty long. Once we got it renewed, Brandon told awhile to select his 5 books. I selected some for Peyton, then we quickly checked out. We got to the restaurant about 10 minutes late. Brandon didn’t want to sit next to Mckayla, so he took the seat next to Auntie Julie. Peyton would have been ALL OVER that seat next to Mckayla; too bad she wasn’t able to come. Sweet Mckayla brought a card for Peyton. It was folded up, so I kept it that way until giving it to Peyton. Brandon read some of his books, and shared them with Logan across the table. The kids were all spaced out evenly, since there were fewer of them. We ordered, and Brandon ate his falafel that I’d gotten him, and filled up on pita. My salmon was super yummy as well. After dinner was done, Bonnie switched seats with Brandon, who then went over to sit by Logan. He quickly commandeered Logan’s phone, and they were playing games. He told me he was “sharing” with Logan. When it was his turn, he turned the phone toward himself, until reminded. Then when it was Logan’s turn, he was hugging the back of his chair, almost with his arm around him. Logan was very nice to share with Brandon, and they kept each other entertained while the adults ate dessert. Logan missed out, since he was so engrossed with the games. Brandon knew he had been banned, so he preferred to play instead anyway. Since there was a group waiting for our table, we vacated ours. We said our goodbyes, and Bonnie had given Brandon a birthday present for next month. Brandon and I got outside first, and Brandon said, “Wait, why do I get a present when we’re here for Auntie Bonnie’s birthday?” I told him he’d better say thank you, then, and also take the opportunity to thank Logan for sharing. He did both as they came out. We said our goodbyes, then headed home. Peyton was in the bath at that point, so when she got out, I asked her if she wanted to read a book out of the bag I’d brought back from the library. She jumped at the chance. Brandon whined that he wanted to read, too, but Dave told him that since he’d gone out and not napped this afternoon, he needed to sleep. Peyton read me, “Miss Nelson is Missing”. Brandon will be seeing the play with his class next month. She read most of it, and then I told her to get in her bed so I could give her the present from Connor and Logan and also the card from Mckayla. She did as she was told quickly, and I met her in the room with the items. She opened the present and was very excited! She got an alphabet stamp set. I suggested her first use of it be to write a thank you card. I told her she could personalize it, and she immediately picked out the C and L for Connor and Logan. Then, I got her Mckayla’s card. She opened that and read it, too. It was so cute, I took a photo of it:
Dave and I are now going to watch a movie we were scared to watch in the theater (Dark Knight) We just have to wait to make sure the kids are TOTALLY asleep first.
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