Days Like Today

I really enjoy days like today. I went to Erin's and we had our almost-weekly bread baking morning. It was really good. We are getting more proficient, too. It took us exactly two hours today from the time I walked in her door until we had finished bread cooling on the counter. I remember when it used to take us at least three hours. We had both recently watched the YouTube video by President Uchtdorf called "Create" and we felt like we'd heeded his counsel to create something today. It always feels like we've really accomplished something worthwhile when we've had a successful bread baking day.
After baking the bread, one of the four of us (who shall remain unnamed!) was hungry for a Sonic slush and tater tots. So off we went! After that, we stopped by Target. I needed a new 4-cup measuring cup...we had worn off the markings on the one I had! Then it was back to Erin's to bag up the bread. I headed home and got things put away. Then Brian and Abby stopped by after school for a quick dinner before Brian was off to his college class. It's always fun to have them stop by, even if it's just for a half hour or so. We enjoy that.
Tonight I worked on getting some supplies/materials together for a project Jan and I are working on. It seems like we're always working on one project or another! We just keep getting ourselves caught up in teaching or doing one thing or another. But it's fun.
Last night we went to Casa again for one of Emma's t-ball games. This is her last week to play and we wanted to get in one more game. Matthew starts baseball next week, so we'll get to travel down to watch him play next. And Eliza, Abby and Dallin are all playing soccer now, so we'll have lots of athletic events to watch in the coming months. What fun!!!

Abby 1, Abby 2 and T-Ball

In my last post, I mentioned that Abby had the viral fever. She still had it on Monday, so she spent the day with me resting and recovering. I thought we were out of the woods, but around 3 in the afternoon, she once again had a fever. That day we watched Space Buddies and several cartoon shows. I went into my workroom to work on a book project, and she wanted to be by me. So I set up a small table for her and gave her the makings for some beaded bracelets. She made one, and wanted to then be at my elbow "helping" me with my book. She did great. She's a wonderful rub-on applier. She helped me choose the photos and words to use on each page. We dropped her off at Kamille's workplace and we headed to Casa Grande to watch Emma's t-ball game. It's so much fun to watch games for kids at that age---no stress, but lots of funny things. They try so hard to do what their parents/teammates/coaches tell them to do. Too bad, it's probably three different things all at once. What's a kid to do??!! Emma's team is called the Muckdogs. Don't know where that came from, but she's a cute player!

Brian thought last night that Abby would be well enough for school today, but she woke up with a slight fever, so she spent today with me, too. Today we watched Space Buddies, 102 Dalmations and Inspector Gadget. I was prepared today! Erin came by later in the morning with Ellie and Hattie. Since Abby hasn't had a fever since early this morning, and since Erin's girls have both already had this virus, Abby was able to mix and mingle with the other girls. They had lunch together, which was fun. Ellie and Abby chose a mix of Chicken & Stars and Chicken Noodle soup. Hattie wanted mac and cheese. Erin toasted a bagel and I had the leftover soup. The favorite treat of the "sickies" has been Scribbler popsicles. They're small and cute and the kids love them. They're also helpful in keeping down a fever.

Abby is still fever-free, so it's a very good probability that she'll be sitting in her class with her fellow students tomorrow. We're crossing our fingers that Luke will be able to dodge the viral germs. After all, we have a trip to the zoo planned for Saturday, and if he's sick, we can't go....again! Say a prayer that he'll skip the sharing this time.