Monday Musings

Here we are!  Another week is upon us.  I'm sitting here sipping the last cup of coffee and watching an Everybody Loves Raymond rerun.  I love that show!  Parts of it remind me of my family.  I just laid Brianna down for her nap.  Matthew is laying next to me napping as well.  He doesn't nap anymore but today he isn't feeling well.  It happened suddenly.  He first complained about a stomach ache but then said his head hurt.  He's making all sorts of grunting noises and is twitching around.  I keep asking him if he's okay, if he feels like throwing up, etc. but he's not telling me.  He just wants to sleep.  I hate not knowing exactly what's going on with these kids because then I don't know how to help.  Brianna has developed these spots on her body.  At first is started with one, then another.  They look like mosquito bites and I thought that's all it was but each day she wakes up and I find more.  I washed her sheet, Lysol'd the bed.  Not sure what's going on. 

So anyway, the weekend went by too quickly.  On Saturday Matthew and I went school shopping.  He picked out a backpack and I purchased some new clothes for him.  School shopping!  School!  Yikes!  In a little over two weeks I'll be putting him on the school bus and sending him off for kindergarten.  It doesn't seem possible.  My mind keeps going back to the image of when the nurse first handed him to me in the hospital.  With the hospital cap on his head and the hospital blanket wrapped around his body like a burrito.  That moment stays in my mind.  I'll never forget it.  Now almost six years later he's starting school and will be gone all day, five days a week.  Part of me is sad and another part of me is excited for this new adventure.  Plus, I'll have one on one time with Brianna during the day so we'll get to have a special bond.  Bittersweet. 

Sunday, as previously written, we went to church.  I had a long conversation with my mother-in-law over the phone and then my father-in-law and his wife came over for a visit.  Rob cooked a delicious meal with barbecue chicken, smashed potatoes and corn on the cob.  Yummy!  Thanks for spoiling us, honey!

Now here we are.  Another week.  It's always hard seeing my husband off to work on Monday morning.  The kids and I dropped off some library books and then headed to the playground this morning for awhile.  They loved playing but it was starting to get too crowded so we left.  Once we arrived home that is when Matthew started acting funny.  He's still laying on the couch, now with the sniffles.  If he's okay this evening after dinner Rob wants to take him down the street to the baseball field to practice hitting balls.  Speaking of which ...

We signed Matthew up for baseball in the fall.  He did well in the spring and wanted to keep playing.  Fall Ball isn't as popular as it is in the spring so there is only two teams in his age group.  Rob was asked to step up as head coach and he's excited about it.  There's a huge bag of equipment sitting in the foyer and he's always busy emailing all the parents and getting things ready.  Hopefully practices can start next week.  We are playing against our neighbor's team so this should be fun. 

In other news Brianna's second birthday is next week.  I can't believe it.  Another milestone.  We decided not to have a big party this year.  It's too much work and we have a lot going on.  So we may spend the day at the amusement park and then have a little something with just immediate family.  They say time flies when you have children and that's the truth! 

I guess that's all I have for today.  I'm hoping Matthew feels better so we can enjoy the beautiful weather.  It's in the 70's today.  That's so unusual for August but I'll take it!  The rest of the week is calling for rain but the forecast hasn't been very accurate lately.  Enjoy your week ya'll!