Seth is doing well, thanks for all the supportive comments! Keeping him from whacking his head again is proving to be much more difficult than I had originally thought, however. He purposefully hit Joseph in the head with his own yesterday. I guess it is his best weapon now that I think about it. . . One more trip to the ER and CPS will be knocking down our door. I can see the headlines now: “Parents deny neglect after child suffers three concussions”
I think I’ll buy him a helmet.
No baby yet, obviously. I’m glad we made it through last week’s fiasco without having that complication, however. This is the longest I’ve gone with any of them so far and I have to admit I’m spoiled since my due date isn’t until Saturday. I’ve got an appointment this morning, so we’ll see how that goes. It’s all voodoo and magic, so I’m not sure why they check dilation and effacement anyway.
The kids’ curriculum arrived (the K12 parts of it–Rosetta Stone and Saxon Math are still on their way, I guess). It is all I can do to hold the kids off until school officially starts. If part of the lessons weren’t online I wouldn’t have an excuse for them. They are quite persistent! They’ve read all the supplemental literature already, played with the fun Phonics tile set, and Seth finished up his old Handwriting Without Tears books that I bought him for the summer (because I told him he couldn’t start his new one until the old one was done. The child is meticulous and when he has his mind set on something, there’s no stopping him). I got oodles of school supplies at Target for $13 (finally, I get to buy them!!), a table and cute chairs at IKEA for super cheapo, and a new laptop from the school district (free!). It is super cute–one of those Asus Eee notebooks that really aren’t good for anything except internet use (gasp–a PC, you say?? I know, it is scandalous). It is small and portable, so it will be perfect for their online school work. Rumor has it that we’ll be able to purchase them from the district when the year is over. Since they retail for $400 I’m sure we’ll be offered a really good deal. In fact, Seth prayed last night that he would be able to keep his new school computer forever. . .hah! We’ll see, little man.
It is that time again to renew my hosting for this website and I have to admit, I’m loathed to spend so much on something I’m not sure I can upkeep once school starts (not to mention another infant and two busy little ones who aren’t in school). One of my main beefs is that my favorite uploading tool, Image Well, was washing out my photos, but the most recent version which does not wash them out isn’t free anymore. Jerks. I guess what it comes down to is that I’m too lazy to upload them the regular way. I only have so much time on my computer before someone comes and harasses me, ok? Geez.
And just in case you were wondering, I’m writing this at 5:30 am whilst washing a chocolate chip cookie down with a V8. I see Rolaids in my future.
