P is for Precipitation and Pink Noses

August 23, 2010

Today was a rather difficult day.  We spent P day with PBS kids and tissues.  The kids and I are sick, and keep coughing and sneezing.  We had lots of late nights over the weekend, and Sunday night Eliza never slept because she did not feel well.  We are all tired and spent the day in pajamas and sweatshirts.  It was rainy and cold today.  We had the windows open and there was so much wind through the house, and it was lovely.  We watched Sid the Science kid and they talked all about rainy days, so we talked about how rain happens.  We learned the word precipitation, and they were so excited that they learned a new P word.

Since everyone was sick we really spent most of the day with orange juice and PBS.  The kids were so tired they barely wanted to play.  Every time they sneezed they freaked out and ran to me to wipe their very pink little noses.  It took us till bedtime to do our letter poster for the day.  But we still talked about the sound, and found lots of P words on tv and in the books we read.  I told them the story of the princess and the pea, and they thought that was great.

Breakfast was pancakes with home canned peaches.  Lunch was leftover pulled pork pizza.  Snack was peanut butter on perfect oat bread and popcorn.  Dinner was pot roast with potatoes, and princess squash, a variety actually called Cinderella squash softer and sweeter than butternut.  The kids at least ate really well.  They had a long bath followed by lots of baby vaporub and we all just snuggled on the couch under a blanket and watched a movie before bed.

There wasn't a lot of overt educational activities today, but we stuck to our routine even through being sick, so I am pleased.  The kids never get sick, so on the extremely rare occasion they are, they really are quite sick and unable to do what they normally do.  So today was all about making them comfortable.  Eliza was so stuffed up she couldn't even sing.  Most of the day she kept climbing in my lap and asking me to hold her and kiss her. 

While we weren't exactly "schooling" today it was a perfect day to be home and comfy together.  We played and talked and sniffled and sneezed, but still had a good time together.  We carried around Eliza's Penelope the penguin all day and taught her all our P words.  We used the potty, and CJ hasn't had an accident since last week.  His diaper was totally dry when he woke up this morning.  Eliza used the potty 6 times, but still went a lot in her diaper.  We are making lots of progress.  Hopefully Q day will be quiet and everyone will feel better.  Thanks for reading!