Illness Already!

3 days into preschool, Quinten picked up a virus. He had a fever, sore throat and no appetite. Mark stay home on Thursday and I took Friday. I told Mark we just had to do our best to keep him comfortable and wait out the virus with rest, Tylenol, etc. I was fairly certain it was just a virus but then thought-what if I miscalculated the illness and it was the swine flu? Mark really wanted me to take him in and thought that I could not live with myself if I held off too late. Quinten did receive a steroid dose since he tends to move viruses to his lungs.

1st day of preschool!

Quinten started preschool today at the Primrose Academy! We were going to wait one more year but due to a variety of circumstances we decided it was time to start. We prepped him about how much fun and exciting school would be for him. He was great; posed for pictures (he often now refuses to pose); had put his backpack together for goodies. Ironically, he has a runny nose which is extremely rare for him. We got to the school and he turned to him and I thought he would cling. But, we went to his room and he headed for the tool bench. He turned from me when I went to give him a kiss (which I knew he was a little sad) but he never cried. I checked again before leaving and he was at the computer with several kids. I forgot his Lactaid milk so had to return home for it. I checked again and he was playing in the kitchen! Originally, I was going to come for him after a half day but I think he will stay all day. The new toys will make him excited and I hope he does not look back!

Labor Day in Ohio

Mark took Quinten camping on Friday and Lauren and her friend, Holly, joined them late Saturday evening. All the kids had great fun in the water and camping out. Quinten has a little crush on Lauren's friend and it is pretty cute. The camping had several tests for Mark. First, the bikes came off the camper while he was driving to Alum Creek. He never heard them fall and there was no commotion so we assume no one was hurt. The heater and lights would not work and the nights went down to the high 50's. Lauren and Holly slept in the tent while Mark and Quinten slept in the camper. Janet joined them after returning home from New Jersey. It rained Sunday night/Monday morning but we stayed dry and managed to pack up before the heavier rain arrived.

Janet has continued her annual Labor Day tradition of traveling to a new state with her sister and 2 friends. For the last several years they have pulled the state out of the hat with New Jersey being the winner for 2009! We are a pretty laid back group so one day was spent literally sitting under an umbrella, reading snoozing and playing in the waves. It was so relaxing and brought tons of memories of past ocean trips. Funny, I could not remember the last time I was on the ocean and yet I have gone many times in years past. The casino's were not too friendly as I lost my planned gambling money before it got late. The tables were quite expensive with only a couple of $10 tables. The $100 tables were not in the high rollers room. We decided to pull next year's state at during the trip and Texas look out!

Labor Day in New Jersey

Car Wash

Last night after dinner, we only had time to do one thing. Quinten talked about playing his new grump game, no comments please!; eating an ice-cream cone; or washing mommy's car. You can clearly see which he wanted to do more! I was so proud and happy that washing my car was his desire. We were finishing up and he said "time for ice cream!". I reminded him that he picked washing the car over eating ice-cream. He said "oh" and went inside. Guess who got ice-cream? Daddy was there when he made his choice and even commented how surprised he was about the car wash. I want the record to show it is not always mommy who lets him get his way! If we are not careful, he is going to play both of us all the time! I never realized I stick out my tongue until Quinten started doing it and Mark told me that I do it all the time!