My sick baby girl

First, I have to start off by saying that I am a strange duck ;).  As I made the title for this blog post, I was actually visualizing diagramming the sentence.  So strange, huh!  Anyone else ever do that?

So, today was co-op at New Life, I had all my stuff together, even got up early and got my work-out taken care of!!!  We had some oatmeal with cut up banana slices and milk here at home, I loaded up all my plants and things for my class, and we went to Chick-Fil-A for their free breakfast.  Yes, I fed them before we went...it's only 3 chicken minis each and sure enough, Krypto and Gwangi both said they were still hungry after we ate...how will I ever feed them when they are teenagers, ahhh!

We got the boys settled in their 9 o'clock PE classes and Sissi and I take that hour to color pictures, talk to each other, talk to friends that pass by, play games on Connilee's or Sarah's phone (lol) and whatever else happens along.  I put her in Teacher's Tots at 9:45 and go up to get set up for my Plant Kingdom class.  We start class: Prayer Requests and Prayer time, Show and Tell of things they found over the course of the week, and sharing about George Washington Carver (our notable person of the week).  We're just getting ready to start our experiment and transplant project, and then to discuss stems and show them the celery that I had cut up and put in colored water to display the xylem and phloem, and in walks Valerie...oh, no!  "Sissi is sick, she has a headache and a fever"...really, I just saw her 30 minutes ago and she seemed fine...argh!  I set my TA, Rosalene, up with teaching the rest of the class and I go to get her.  Sure enough, she's lethargic, barely talking (NOT normal for her, the girl that doesn't know any strangers ;)) and is hot.  I sit and rock her while we wait for the 10 o'clock classes to finish up and then I figure we'll just go home.  Gwangi comes up to my class at 11 and of course, as expected, he's upset about having to leave early...Krypto comes out and is on his way to his "Where in the World" geography class and I see the disappointment in his face.  Along comes Hosanna to the rescue!!!!  She offers to let the boys go to their 11 o'clock classes, feed them lunch and bring them home...really, she that already has 4 kids...hmm, maybe she isn't done yet (I'm ducking now so I don't get hit when she throws something at me ;))  But, really, Hosanna my dear friend, I so appreciate you and thank you for all that you do for me, you're awesome!

We get out to the car...ouch, my arms were hurting, two bags, my rolling carts with papers, books and plants, two jackets and a 30+ lb sleepy girl in my arms....b-a-r-e-l-y made it.  We weren't out of the parking lot and she was asleep (now, New Life has a huge parking...but still!)  I unloaded the car when we got home and tried to put her in bed; but, she woke up and asked to watch 'Aladdin'....so, I figured it would be a special treat for my sickie.

Please pray this is short lived and no one else gets sick...we already did that this year!

Here she is, in all her cute, dear, adorable, sickiness (yes, a made up word we use)...

And...here she is just two days ago, thrilled and ecstatic that she had finished her first Kumon book "My First Book of Tracing"...good job baby girl, I'm so proud of you!!!