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Ben is great about helping me get out away from the kids for some fun.  This week Amanda and I ventured to a tap class.  I’ve wanted to learn to tap since college.  Now seemed like the perfect time to try.  We did some research and decided to try TAPS professional studio in the Baker neighborhood of Denver.

Thumbs up from Van Helsing.

My computer is back!  I thought it would be tomorrow, but it came early.  I went up to Flatirons as soon as the boys woke from naps. 

My trackpad was acting wonky for about a week, then it stopped functioning all together.  I took it in Friday and they shipped it out to the warehouse.  Since I have Applecare on it they also replaced the battery, the logic board (?), two memory cards, as well as the trackpad.  Hooray! I’m in tip-top shape again. 

The previous post was re-edited after it failed to post correctly from my phone.

I have things to write about – school, date night, tap class, but my computer has been out for repairs. You’ll have to make due with this picture post.

A nice walk to the grocery store. Life is good.

A wagon ride by the butterfly bush

After the roseola resolved, Sam got another fever three days later.  This one has a slight cough and runny nose.  Must be unrelated to the first illness. 

Feeling a bit better today.

We’re going to need to buy an all-red pack of markers for this one.

At school they decorated drawings of shirts.  I saw everyone else with paints, swirly rainbows of color, and even glued on bits of colored paper.  Jack’s shirt?  Well:

School again for Jack.  He loves it, and I love it.  He comes home so tired and hungry every day though.  Maybe he needs a bigger breakfast.  The only downside so far is all the car seat action I have to do for two quick trips every day.  When the weather cools off I might start walking it.  It’s 3 min drive versus 22 min walk according to Google.  Not a big deal until you consider that it’s a round trip – so about an hour to walk, sign in, and walk back. That’s an hour that I need to ensure Sam can be awake for.  After his illness I’m anxious to get him back on a regular sleep schedule.

Speaking of Sam, the rash is bigger this morning so I’m pretty sure of my diagnosis.  He’s getting happier every day too.  I think you’ll agree his belly is still cute with red pinpricks.

My big project was cleaning out and organizing Jack’s room aka the Toy Explosion.  Success!  Jack discovered he could pair his mask with his cape.

And the boys took to the spinning chair.  You can enjoy it in video, and see Sam’s googly eyes at the end, or click the link to see an endlessly spinning gif.

https://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/jR7lB

He stopped having a fever last night.  Now he has tiny red bumps on him.  It doesn’t look like the classic rash, but I think it might be roseola.  

That’s good news if it’s true, it means the illness is over.

This pretty much sums it up.

Yes, today was the first day of preschool.  It was great to have a couple hours to myself.  I look forward to having this most days of the week.

Jack protested all morning about going to school.  Then he slipped wordlessly into the class, lured by a sticker.  I could hardly coax him back for a hug.  He was said he had a good time when I picked him up.  He said he is excited to go back.

But he also complained of hunger, complained and threw his biggest public tantrum ever at Jimmy Johns.  Because I bought him a cookie for his first day and as thanks for running errands on the way home.  So of course you scream and retch and pound your feet on the ground, right?  Because you picked the wrong flavor, or you didn’t want a piece, or you wanted to eat it at the table but spent the whole time crying.  All perfectly legitimate reasons for freaking out at high decibels.

Meanwhile, Sam is still sick.  I’ve called the doctor a few times and we agree he can wait longer (sick visits cost me about $120 out of pocket with my insurance).

Every little scrape for the rest of the day unleashed Jack’s full fury and outrage with tears, and it always caused Sam to break down too. There’s been a lot of tears in the house today, and not enough laughs.  But I think that will change eventually.

(There are a few more staged first day of preschool photos on my flickr that you are welcome to enjoy.)

Uh oh, there’s a simple GIF maker out there.  I already make one. 

https://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/gJVp6

Now I just need to figure out if I can embed them.

Last week they asked Jack to give a talk in Primary today.  We wrote it together and put it into book form.  We read it together every nap and nightly story time so he could give the talk himself. 

See, traditionally a parent goes up and feeds the kid their lines one by one.  But I knew Jack was up for the challenge of speaking on his own.  He loves to be picked to do things in Primary, so that was a big motivator (the fact that he was “chosen” to give a talk and got to stand on the step stool and talk into the microphone when no one else gets a turn).

I took little sick Sam in just to watch and film.  I couldn’t resist!  The teachers were all gushing too and asked if he would repeat it for the Primary Program later this year in front of the whole congregation.  I’ll bet he will!

Update: I posted this quickly, then watched the video.  Thought I would add a couple things
–Sorry for the swaying.  I was holding Sam too.
–He messed up a line on the hard page.  We practiced it a lot the last couple days.  He repeats a line instead, stops, shrugs, then says the correct line perfectly.  I was so proud!
–I can understand him well since I know the talk, but I realized if might be helpful to print it here.

Heavenly Father gave us a family.
My family has Dad, Mom, Jack, and Sam.
Heavenly Father and Jesus want us to show our family love by doing things together.
With Dad I like to play legos.
With Mom I like to bake desserts.
With Sam I like to wrestle and play.
All of us like to go on family walks.
I love my family.