Friday, March 20

Maren's home sick again, but I'm more sick! Maren is still stiff and sore from her illness earlier in the week so I let her stay home with me since I was going to stay home anyway. I can't turn my head, my neck is so sore and swollen. It's just wonderful. I don't remember being so sick where I could just lay in bed and feel all my joints aching and wishing I would never have to swallow again.

Maren discovered today that the leprechauns snuck some goodies into the trap somehow, without making it look any different from the outside. So they did visit after all! Sticker books, stickers, Skittles, and Swedish Fish made both the girls yell, "Thank you leprechauns!". Aeden got VERY frustrated with the Cars stickers when he tried to drive them instead of just stick them and admire them. :-)

Aeden has added an occasional "thank you" to his vocabulary, and today said, "me" and held his hands to his chest. I think he snuck out a "mo pease" (more please) earlier today to Brian as well.

Phone call tonight at 8:30:
"You teach Saturday young learners English conversation class? You start tomorrow at 1:00 with students. I need native speaker. Maybe you call me back later tonight if your friends can do it? I don't want to cancel class tomorrow, the parents will be upset..."

I really need to vacuum and mop the apartment. Aeden goes and sits in the corner and eats dust bunnies with a huge grin on his face. Whose kid is this anyway? He's not mine when he does that...but he is mine when I ask him to go to bed and he waves, says "byeeee" and trots off to bed with no more comment. He plays or reads in there for a while and then falls asleep. Can't complain about that.