A very busy week

There was a lot going on last week. Last Monday, I received a call from the health room at school stating Jay had a fever. The school made it very clear that he was not able to return until he had been fever free for 24 hours. His fever was low and never made it to 101 degrees. He ended up being fine on Tuesday and was able to return to school on Wednesday. It was a little weird.

On Tuesday, the school had the annual golden shoe race. All second grade classes compete to win the coveted golden shoe. The kids run 3/4 of a mile. The class which has all of the students come in first wins the golden shoe. EE came in 16th and Jay was sick.

EE coming into the finish line.

Tee has been learning to ride his trike on his own. It is really cute on how he wants to keep up with the other kids riding their bikes.

Tee posing for me.

On Wednesday, I took the morning and volunteered in the boys' classes. I was in EE's class from 10:15-11:45. I have a need to know what goes on in the class. EE's teacher is absolutely awesome. She is so patient and kind. I spent the morning folding the corners down on a construction paper and then tracing and cutting out a figure. I then went to Jay's class. She forgot I was coming but she had some things for me to do. I organized a sticker box and then made a gazillion copies of different things. I left a little after 1pm and I was wiped out. Jay's teacher is nice but very stern. She likes Jay so much. At least he behaves in class.

On Thursday, I took EE to a pediatric dermatologist. Because of my husband's history with Melanoma, we have to be more careful with our children. As a child my husband had melanoma three times. He is still carefully monitored. This past summer, I took the 2 older boys to have a mole check. EE has a mole in his nether region that has grown in size. The dermatologist I took him to thought it should be removed. He sent us to the specialist. I especially wanted a second opinion. The Dr. thought it looked ok. He asked us to continue to monitor them and bring them back in about 1 1/2 years.

On Friday, the school held the medal ceremony for children who completed a certain portion of their summer workbooks. I always have my children work on these during the summer. It is nice that they get recognized for their work.

We had been anxiously counting down the arrival of our friends from South Carolina. My friend and her husband ran the Marine Corp Marathon this past weekend. They stayed with us on Friday night. We went down to DC for the day. We were so lucky that they rain held off until the afternoon.

My friend and I.

A group picture minus one.


Me and Tee.


The boys and their friends(triplets). The connection between the kids blows my mind. They have been friends since they were about 2 years old. Each time we get them together (which is only about once a year) it seems like they have not missed one beat. How awesome to form such wonderful friendships so young. We have vowed to get the kids together as often as possible.

The girls came home from DC with us on Saturday night and stayed with us one more night. Their grandparents picked them up on Sunday morning. What a fun time we had.

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A magnet update. I am happy to report that Tee has had 2 bowel movements today. I am going to assume the magnet has made its way out. Tee is still talking about swallowing the magnet.