Meetings, meetings, fifth disease, and stomach flu

We had parent teacher conferences for both school kids (four core teachers and one kindergarten teacher), a PT session for Kay, and a meeting with Taylor's high school enrollment counselor. I am glad that is over. We spent the better part of two days in meetings.

All the teachers said our kids are great though so that is always nice to hear. Taylor always gets the same report - he is so smart, wonderful, helpful, we wish we could clone him. Cam is so smart, imaginative and kind but a little sensitive (same report we got for Taylor at that age). Cam is more artistic though and has better handwriting (ha,ha sorry Taylor). That child never stops drawing.
Cam's art work:



An angel
A boy
Lost Hopkins frog
Self portrait
Another boy
The sun and the butterfly


I am still recovering from high school enrollment. Wow, wasn't he just in kindergarten. He is so together though. He will be fine. He is taking college prep courses for all his core classes. So geometry for math and CP science, history and language. He is also going to take computer programing and possibly Latin. He is applying to take zero hour as well so he can have an additional hour of school each day to fit in extra classes. After all this college should be no problem at all.

Kay woke up on Friday morning with a 101 fever and bright red cheeks. She was super cranky all day. Saturday same thing but she started vomiting as well. All weekend she was miserable. On Monday I called to get her in to the doctor. I suspected she may have fifth disease. The red circles on her face had gone away but she was starting to get a rash on her neck. Dr. Fox gave her some meds for her tummy but there is no treatment for fifth disease. You just have to wait and let it run it's course. Tuesday she was covered with the rash. I let her run around in just a diaper and gave her lots of baths with cornstarch. That helped some. She spent most of the weekend alternating between meting into a puddle of gooey sadness and erupting in trembling volcanic toddler rage. At least she didn't get scarlett fever. That also happens to be going around school. I didn't think people even got that anymore. Go figure.

Cam comforting little sick sister.
Happy time in the sink bath again.
Not so happy rash on her back. It is kinda hard to see in a picture.


We didn't go for a play date at Aunt Sarah's this week. She may never want us back. During last weeks visit Kay screamed and we had to bolt out of there pretty quick. Cam and I didn't help clean up as well as we should because we were in a hurry to get Kay out before she gave everyone a headache. Then on top of all that we unknowingly exposed all the kids there to fifth disease. Yeah, it's one of those happy little illnesses that is contagious before any symptoms show up. Once the rash comes and lets you know something is wrong it is no longer contagious. Nice huh?
Maybe she will let us come play next week. Hopefully no one there will get sick.

I got two days off again this week. So I finally finished my house cleaning projects. Happy Happy Joy Joy! Now if we can just maintain it will be a perfect world. I sorta skipped sleeping Wednesday night but it's all good. Back to work tonight. Maybe I should go take a little nap.

Clean Kay's room
Clean Cam's room
All the removed toys to be sorted make Mom and Dad's room a big mess. I finally got everything sorted and now our room is clean too. When we moved in Cam unpacked by dumping all the toys out on the floor. They got scooped into baskets and stuffed into closets until I finally made time to actually find a place for everything. That has been on my to do list for a while.

1st Day of School

The first day of school for the boys. Kaylynne is still at home but I bet she would love to go. She is so sociable.

Cameron went off to kindergarten (he went to Pre-K last year at the same school). He was not worried at all. He was very excited. He met his teacher at back to school night and found out she is going to have a baby. She is due in November and it is a boy. Cameron thinks that is very cool. Cameron said she should name it kool mo dee or Ariel if it is a girl (his brother showed him an old episode of the simpsons and Cam borrowed that line from Lisa and Bart). I told him she probably had other plans so then he decided she should name it after him. Well, Cam's middle name is Ash and she happens to be naming the baby Asher so that was pretty funny.

Cameron is getting the hang of eating in the cafeteria (Pre-K was only half day and K is full day). He already knows how to read so he loves going to the library to check out books all by himself. He also loves art and writing. They have a question of the day and the kids answer it and the teacher writes down their story. My favorite so far--"What would you do if one of your friends fell on the playground?" Some of the kids said, "don't kick them" most of the kids said, "tell the teacher" Cameron said "I would make sure they were OK, take care of them and tell them to feel better, find the teacher, get them a band aid, help them up and give them a hug and play with them." How cute. He is very detail oriented.

Taylor started 8th grade. He likes his teachers and his classes except for creative math. He is in band again this year as a drummer. His favorite class (and teacher) is language arts. He is doing well, keeping busy and still volunteering at the library after school. I can't believe this is his last year in middle school. He will go to the big high school next year. He is almost the age his father and I were when we met. How does time fly so fast. He is taller than me and so grown up.

Cameron 1st day picture

Taylor 1st day picture

High School

I will update this section as time allows and as I remember. High school was a long time ago.

Jeff was working at Taco Bell. There was a pool party and he stopped by for a little bit on his way to work.

We used to hang out at SkateLand and Stubbeman Village, The Quarter House and of course McDonalds. I spent way to much time at McDonalds. I was the party hostess. I did about 300 birthday parties a year plus special apperances like marching in parades and serving as body guard to Grimace and Ronald.