Week ending February 24, 2008: What a week of contrasts. I have a space reserved on my dry erase board where I write down cute things that the kids say or do, or just things that I would like to write about what the kids have done during the week so that I’ll have something to write about on Sunday. Well, the week before, the kids were not cute. Not at all. When it was mid-week and I realized that there was nothing on the board I tried to watch more closely in case I could spot one of those events that is not at all funny while it is happening, but is so predictably awful that I could see how it might seem funny in the future, or might be funny to the other parents who have gone through similar events. Not happening. The kids were so miserable recovering from their cold/flu that I could just barely stand them. I started to feel really sorry for parents of children who have chronic illnesses. I don’t know how I’d survive! We were running perilously low on toilet paper so I really had to make a trip to Sam’s Club and what a miserable occasion that was. The Sam’s Club carts seat two kids side-by-side, so Alex and Chloe didn’t even have to walk, but Chloe was so grouchy that she kept taking it out on her brother and beating/kicking/pushing/pinching and otherwise torturing him. After several warnings I took her out of the cart and told her she had to walk. She hung on the side of the cart making a low sustained whine until I finally felt sorry enough for her I declared “time out from the seat” over and I put her back in the cart seat. While at Sam’s Club we passed by some plants that I couldn’t resist, although with the miserable weather and miserable kids, I couldn’t begin to guess how I was going to get them planted. Well, 7 days passed and the temperature hit 72F and the kids felt better and we all got to go OUTSIDE and the kids played with all the toys they hadn’t seen in weeks and I got to do some gardening in the warm sunshine. And we got to take the kids for a ride in the convertible with the top down. What a contrast! After two weeks stuck in the house with miserable kids, some sunshine and happy kids was a truly appreciated gift from God. Then two days later it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. Three and a half inches! Fortunately the kids were still feeling well, so they went out and enjoyed the snow.
Also this week we took the kids to visit their Great Grandfather, and to see the new indoor children’s garden at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. We had a nice visit, and the Gardens were fantastic, as expected by Longwood standards.
pictures from Longwood: http://picasaweb.google.com/constance.phelps/LongwoodKidsGardenEtc
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