Weekend Update

This weekend has come and gone. We stayed at home most of the weekend since little sister is still running a fever.  :-(  Tonight makes 4 days of running a fever.  The doctor said she would run a fever 3-4 days and she definitely has.  We prayed tonight that her fever will break soon.  Oh and she no longer wants to take medicine to keep the fever down.  We fought her tooth and nail this morning at 5:15 for 45 minutes to get 1 tsp of ibuprofen down, but she was not having it.  After church I asked Shawn to pick up some Tylenol chewables for her.  When he got home she took two of them like it was nothing . . . we were SO excited!!  Then when it came around for her next dose, she would NOT take them!!  So frustrating.  Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully she will not need them anyway, but she is set on not taking any medicine.  Aside from her not feeling well, she has not been herself these past few days.  Very whiny and cranky, which is unlike her.  Praying for a fresh start tomorrow and patience for me!

The food plan went pretty well this week.  I ended up scrapping one dinner meal later in the week because we had so many leftovers and Shawn is currently on a strict fruits and veggies eating plan, so it makes it hard to finish up a 9x13 casserole dish when it is usually only Jase and I eating.  All and all the plan has been great though.  I know what we are scheduled to have each day for every meal and yesterday I bought all of the food for the week, so in theory I am set!

My first week of homeschool wasn't bad at all.  Even with Allyson being sick half of the week, we were still able to do 4 days (we took off the 4th).  I still have a lot to iron out and add to our morning routine, but for the most part it is getting there.  Tomorrow we will be starting a weather graph.  The kids will look outside and see if the weather is sunny, rainy, cloudy or windy and chart it on our bar graph I made.  At the end of the month we will be able to see what kind of weather we had that month and which category had the most and least.  I think Jase will enjoy it.

The baby's room is coming right along.  Nothing is on the walls, but all of the furniture is in place and the bedding has been washed and is on his bed.  I am using the same bedding from Jase and it works for sure.  We've washed 4 loads of baby clothes from Jase and his dresser is now full!!  Shawn was folding some of the clothes earlier and started laughing and said "We're about to have another baby!"  Hard to believe we are down to the final weeks now.  :-)

A little illness

These past two days have been pretty low key for us at the French household.  Wednesday night after coming home from church, Allyson felt warm and has had a fever ever since.  I ended up taking her to the doctor today because her temperature was still 103 degrees this morning with basically no other symptoms.  Ears looked fine, no congestion, but the doctor said her throat was red with a couple of puss pockets.  They tested her for strep, but it was negative, which means that she has a viral throat infection.  The doctor said that fever and sore throat will probably last 3-4 days and then congestion and runny nose may follow for 10 days or so.  :(  She also said that she has seen a lot of these viral throat infections lately and that they can hurt just as bad as strep throat, with no antibiotics to treat it.  We are giving her ibuprofen for pain and to keep her fever down.  We are praying that her fever breaks soon.

As for Jase, he went over to Aunt Alisha's while I took her to the doctor.  It was a real treat for him to spend one-on-one time with Alisha and Joseph.  As soon as I told him this morning where he was going he immediately asked if he could bring his Star Wars pods and I said sure.  Alisha sent this picture to me and obviously he was soaking up the time with his Uncle JoJo!!

After we came home, we ate lunch and I laid sister down for a nap.  Jase and I were able to have our time together for school and it went well.  I've really been wanting to get him on the computer more and have him navigate more on his own.  This afternoon was a perfect time to do that.  Last week I found a website with some free math games, so we checked it out and he found a couple that he liked.  It was great helping him and watching his little brain problem solve to pop the balloons.  And before going to bed tonight he remembered that he wanted to show Daddy, so the three of us went into our bedroom and watched Jase play.  Of course he thinks he is a pro now (or "master" as he refers to himself) . . . we need to work on being humble just a little!

Oh and 36 weeks today . . . I can't believe that I have 4 weeks left.  In the beginning it felt like time would not pass fast enough, but once I hit about half way it has been going by super fast.  I'm getting really excited about meeting our little Finn. I even had a dream last night that I was in the hospital with him.  EEK!!  I'm so excited!!