Even drinking lots of water didn't keep Reece and Riley healthy. (See previous post)
Reece started a fever sometime on Saturday. It's hovered around the 100* mark ever since. He has acted completely normal, except he hasn't been interested in eating.
Riley began a fever on Sunday. It also hovered around 100*. Riley was way more miserable. His cheeks were very Rosy, and he was more lethargic during this. Again, not much of an appetite.
On Monday, Reece seemed pretty good, I sent him to school and got the call an hour later to pick him up. Riley was on fire, so we kept him home. Riley always looked sick and Reece never did.
Monday night, things were looking up. We already knew we needed to keep both of them home due to the 24 hr rule, but it was looking like we were in the clear. I gave one last "just in case" dose of Motrin to Riley, and put them to bed.
This morning, Riley woke up with a temperature of 104.9*!!! Reece was about a 101*. I called the doctor and had to go in to see the Physician's Assistant. They both tested positive for Influenza B. The doctor thinks we caught it in time to get Tamiflu in their system. Whew! Either way.... this will be a process to get over. They have to be fever free for 24 hrs, without medicine to go back to school.
This morning I also got the call that gave us a snow day. Yay, for not feeling badly about missing school, and BOO that I had to get out and drive in this today. We were supposed to only get 4-6 inches by the end of today..... pretty sure we had that amount by early morning. One thing I can't get used to, here in McPherson, is how lousy the snow removal is. They rarely plow side streets. Long story short.... we made it to the doctor's office fine, had to drive slow, but fine. The snow looked like it had picked up dramatically while there. We had to go get the Rx, so I went to Dillon's because it was the closest to the office. I was so close to getting stuck! I really had to coax my car to finally move! Then it was home. I slid just a bit at every stop sign, and thankfully, I've learned to relax and not panic when that happens, but in my driveway, I was almost stuck again! I had to coax my car again, with the visual of me hitting the gas and slamming into my neighbors house... hehe! I really get paranoid in snow!!
Finally, we are home with meds, and hopefully it kicks in fast! I've shoveled twice now, and we at least have 8+ inches right now. We need a snow blower, because our driveway is so long, it's very hard to clear off. I really only got the sidewalks and a fifth of our driveway done. My car might be stuck for a bit....
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Healthy Reece
Mr. Reece has had a double whammy of health talk at school. He is so funny! He takes school super serious!
Not only does our school give the kiddos a healthy snack every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (it's a great variety:bananas, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, apples, carrots, green peppers w/ ranch, oranges etc...) they give the elementary kids a 4 week (one day a week) Nutrition class. A registered dietitian comes in, and talks to the kids about eating good foods and staying away from bad foods. Then she gives them a TON of new foods to try. Her only rule is to try everything. I've been lucky enough to be able to sit in on this with one of my classes I para in. I'm a smart girl, and I truly understand the importance of eating healthy, and I really desire to eat better than I do, but on a budget, it's often hard to pick all the right foods and not go for the cheaper "not so healthy" items... But I have enjoyed learning with the kids.
Reece has also had a dentist come talk to him about happy teeth. Once again....Reece takes this very seriously! I can't complain though.
Now that Reece has been taught about good health, he has a one track mind. Well... kind of. The only drink he really wants is water. I tell him that he really needs to drink some milk too, but he really wanted me to start packing him a water bottle for lunch, instead of him buying milk. Thankfully, I won that battle.
Aunt Jaime was here on Friday, and she was sipping on a Dr. Pepper. Reece says, "Aunt Jaime? When are you going to stop drinking pop? Pop is really bad because it has too much sugar in it!" (This is as he begged her for some Peanut M&M's, obviously he hasn't been taught about the sugar in those.)
Thanks Mr. Dentist!
Reece has written off pop! Let's see how long that lasts.... He has been complaining of an upset tummy this weekend, and we have a "Sprite Stash" for these times....Jake gets him a Sprite, and Reece was really unhappy about that! He didn't want it. NO POP!!
He has just been a funny kid these days.... He randomly asks me, "Do we have any fruits or vegetables for me to eat?" Wouldn't it be awesome if all of our kids did this all the time? And what would be better, is if they grew up like this FOREVER!
Reece still has some learning to do.... we went to Applebees to meet Aunt Jaime last night. Because Reece's tummy has been hurting, he told me he just wanted water, and no food. I convinced him to eating just 1 of my french fries. (I never eat many of mine.) He guzzled water, and actually ate most of my fries. Back to the water.... I asked him to slow down, because of our drive home. He looked at me, "Mom? Do you know how healthy my tummy wants to be? It wants to be VERY healthy, because I drink so much water!" (Again, he hasn't learned how unhealthy fries are.)
He's just too funny!! And a side note from Reece: If you do drink pop, use a straw! (This is followed by a visual with his hands of how a straw makes the sugar go down your throat)
Not only does our school give the kiddos a healthy snack every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (it's a great variety:bananas, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, apples, carrots, green peppers w/ ranch, oranges etc...) they give the elementary kids a 4 week (one day a week) Nutrition class. A registered dietitian comes in, and talks to the kids about eating good foods and staying away from bad foods. Then she gives them a TON of new foods to try. Her only rule is to try everything. I've been lucky enough to be able to sit in on this with one of my classes I para in. I'm a smart girl, and I truly understand the importance of eating healthy, and I really desire to eat better than I do, but on a budget, it's often hard to pick all the right foods and not go for the cheaper "not so healthy" items... But I have enjoyed learning with the kids.
Reece has also had a dentist come talk to him about happy teeth. Once again....Reece takes this very seriously! I can't complain though.
Now that Reece has been taught about good health, he has a one track mind. Well... kind of. The only drink he really wants is water. I tell him that he really needs to drink some milk too, but he really wanted me to start packing him a water bottle for lunch, instead of him buying milk. Thankfully, I won that battle.
Aunt Jaime was here on Friday, and she was sipping on a Dr. Pepper. Reece says, "Aunt Jaime? When are you going to stop drinking pop? Pop is really bad because it has too much sugar in it!" (This is as he begged her for some Peanut M&M's, obviously he hasn't been taught about the sugar in those.)
Thanks Mr. Dentist!
Reece has written off pop! Let's see how long that lasts.... He has been complaining of an upset tummy this weekend, and we have a "Sprite Stash" for these times....Jake gets him a Sprite, and Reece was really unhappy about that! He didn't want it. NO POP!!
He has just been a funny kid these days.... He randomly asks me, "Do we have any fruits or vegetables for me to eat?" Wouldn't it be awesome if all of our kids did this all the time? And what would be better, is if they grew up like this FOREVER!
Reece still has some learning to do.... we went to Applebees to meet Aunt Jaime last night. Because Reece's tummy has been hurting, he told me he just wanted water, and no food. I convinced him to eating just 1 of my french fries. (I never eat many of mine.) He guzzled water, and actually ate most of my fries. Back to the water.... I asked him to slow down, because of our drive home. He looked at me, "Mom? Do you know how healthy my tummy wants to be? It wants to be VERY healthy, because I drink so much water!" (Again, he hasn't learned how unhealthy fries are.)
He's just too funny!! And a side note from Reece: If you do drink pop, use a straw! (This is followed by a visual with his hands of how a straw makes the sugar go down your throat)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
100th Day
Reece had his 100th day of school today, so check out these awesome glasses!
Also, Reece said the most clever thing.... We were doing his homework just a minute ago, and we were doing his sight word list. I decided to switch to a new list, and it was his number words one through twenty, followed by his color words. He ran down the list with no problem, but when he read "twelve" he added, "it's NOT twoteen."What a smart boy to recognize that twelve is different from the other teens.
I found "twoteen" to be a funny word.
At his last conference he was reversing his teen numbers. They all ended with the number 1. It makes sense if you think of the way we say it. We say the number teen in that order... he could write his number up to 100, but those darn teens threw him off. It's been fixed. He no longer does this. It's amazing how much kiddos learn in kindergarten these days!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
If You Were Here Today....
...You'd see this.
Riley, intensely playing "Star Wars."
Reece, focused in on his D.S.
All, because this is what it looks like outside.Granted, my car does have a sheet of ice on it, and supposedly snow is in our very near future, but I'm so bored of snow days!! The chances of tomorrow being a real snow day is HIGH.
I must be getting old. Snow days are beginning to get to me.
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Next....
If you read this blog, chances are high you are old, like me.
Here's why.
At school we've had several indoor recess days.
A favorite activity in the 5th grade class is playing "Apples 2 Apples."
My favorite game ever!
I was observing them play, and a red card was played.
The red card said
"Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen"
The judge says,
"I don't even know who that is, so this card can't win."
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You are welcome for proving you are old. ;)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Another One Bites The Dust...
Tooth that is!
Reece lost yet another tooth today.... and oh did the waterworks come. It was literally hanging by a thread, and before I even touched him, there were more tears than anyone has ever seen.... EVER! It was pretty dramatic! Hopefully, the Tooth Fairy makes it up to Reece!150
Kansas turned the BIG 1-5-0 yesterday!
I signed up for Kansas Day cookies for the boys class..... which really means I signed up my amazingly, talented, cookie making sister to make KS Day cookies. =)
And to top off this wonderful day..... The Kansas Jayhawks killed the K-State Wildcats! WooHoo!! It's only fitting, since a purple wildcat has nothing to do with Kansas history...Happy Birthday, Kansas!!
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