Saturday already?

Where did the week go?
Let's see...
*Kev had to teach three nights this week instead of two. They are trying to squeeze in the snow make-up days before Spring break/end of the year for adult Ed.

*Jerald and Magdalyn are singing in a children's choir Easter Sunday. They spent a good bit of time this week practicing for that.

*Rocklin cannot get enough of the warm weather and spent a significant amount of time with his football. He also enjoyed rolling around the ground ensuring that his knees/shins will remain black until fall...no matter how much he scrubs them in the shower.

*Aaron seems to have given up his obsession with tic-tac-toe (for now at least) and is consumed with checkers and making paper airplanes.

*Parker was extremely sick this week. We were very relieved to find that it was an infection and not a worsening of his other health issues. After a round of antibiotics he's a much happier little guy. Now we are back to our usual symptoms, which is a welcome relief after five days of being so sick. This wasn't the worst he's ever been, but sure close to it. Scary and heartwrenching to say the least!

*Since Parker was so very sick, I was so very tired and the other kiddos were so very ready for the nice weather, we opted to take Spring break a bit early. We ditched school for the week and I let them spend a lot of time outdoors while I cleaned a tiny bit and mostly just snuggled with Parker.

*Once Parker was feeling better, I spent a couple of days trying to reclaim the house. Things really "go to pot" quickly if mom takes a day or two "off".

*I switched out clothing. This meant sorting through about 2o totes full of clothes, pulling out winter stuff from the closets and deciding what to keep/what to toss. Then repacking the totes and washing all of the Spring/Summer stuff. Afterwards, I made a list of what we need to buy for each person to round out our Spring/summer wardrobes. I am SO glad this only happens twice a year!

*Scrubbed my teapot collection and decided to get rid of several of them, so they sat on the table all week until I finally packed them up this morning.

*I did a LOT of laundry and made a lot of meals.

*Jerald worked on mastering the art of yo-yoing.

*Rocklin renewed his love for all things Space/Astronauts/Astronomy/NASA and spent a lot of time reading on that subject.

*Magdalyn read books to the little boys anytime they asked, shared her markers and paper with them and convinced them to play dolls with her.

*We went to the mall for the boys to get haircuts and a bit of shopping. That's the first time we've gone to the mall in quite a while.

*Today we went to the mall again. This time to meet up with Nana and the cousins for pictures. My mom wanted pics of all 8 grandkids together. We used to do this annually, but for various reasons it's been a few years since we've done it. We prepared ourselves to deal with Aaron and one of my nephews to be uncooperative. Dominic hates to have his picture taken and Aaron is extremely sensitive to light and gets bothered by the camera easily. They both did wonderful! Parker though, he was a tough one. We did finally get a few decent pics...he was at least looking at the camera and had a half-smile in a few of them.

I'm sure there are several other little things that happened through the week, but I think I hit the big ones. It was one of those weeks that both seemed to fly by and drag on forever at the same time. Now, we head into the seasonal allergy season and I'm hoping the coughing/wheezing I've been hearing from the bedroom is not going to keep me from church yet again.