Digestion

Nyla jumping around to entertain Cora




Bohdin hasn't been feeling well this week. Monday and Tuesday he complained of a headache after lunch. Monday he took a long afternoon nap but he didn't on Tuesday. Last night while Nyla, Cora, and I went to the library Bohdin fell asleep for the night. He didn't have a headache yesterday but it does look like he has pink eye in his right eye. He seemed fine again this morning and we went to J-'s house for a little while. By evening he was feeling off again and fell asleep about 7pm which is about 3 hours earlier than normal. We had to miss soccer practice tonight.

Since Bohdin hasn't been feeling well Nyla has been playing with Cora. Cora absolutely loves it and thinks Nyla is hilarious. They have come up with several fun games together and a few less fun things. The pictures above show Cora and Nyla on the boat. Cora didn't get it.

All three birds have hatched now but I didn't take any pictures today.




Nyla explained digestion to me last night. I added punctuation to make it more understandable.

Each time I eat a food and I store it in my body everywhere I want it to be. And then the germs take the food and put it under their pillow. And then the tooth fairy comes and takes the food and then the tooth fairy gives them some toys. And then the next morning they wake up and take the toys to the basement.

Drywall

A robin made a nest in the weeping cherry tree outside the front door. While I think it was a poor choice on her part (we scare her when we open the door) it gives us an amazing opportunity. We check on the eggs at least once per day. This evening one of the birds had finally hatched. I had no idea that baby birds were so unattractive. We'll go out tomorrow and see if the other ones have hatched.




The drywallers came today and in a matter of hours all of the sheetrock was hung. Unfortunately one of them also broke a piece of the new stove. Buddy will settle that tomorrow. By the end of the week this room might be paint ready. Buddy was right to hire this part out. It would have taken him forever.




We have a hydrangea blooming in our front yard. Buddy put one in Nyla's hair and took a picture. Why is her tongue sticking out? That's just what she likes to do. I have pictures of her as a baby doing the same thing.



Bohdin was practicing headers with a soft ball Sunday morning. Nyla and Cora were in the room playing.
Bohdin - Did you see at soccer practice the time I hit the ball twice with my head?
me - No. I missed that.
Nyla (with accompanying hand gestures) - I saw the time you hit the ball with your butt and penis straight.
Bohdin - Um. I can't do that.
Nyla - Well I'm practicing so I can.

Pinkalicious

Thursday morning we went to see the production of Pinkalicious at the local theater. It was turned into a musical and wasn't too bad. The book is not great but somebody managed to turn it into a decent play. Nyla liked it and Cora was riveted for most of it. Bohdin said he liked it but not as much as the True Story of the Three Little Pigs that we saw last fall. Bohdin probably had the most fun prior to the show starting. It's a dinner theater so people sit at tables. We sat across from a five year old girl that Bohdin had a lot of fun with. They told jokes and made shadow animals with their hands on the table. Nyla said her favorite part was when the announcer said the show would begin in two minutes.

Thursday evening we went to soccer practice. Being there gives me a unique opportunity to see Cora's walking progress. At home it is difficult to see day to day changes so seeing weekly changes at soccer practice is neat. At the beginning of this session six weeks ago Cora wasn't walking at all. She spent practice sitting on the floor or in my lap chewing on things. This past week she spent more time walking than anything else. She walks over to the play equipment, the soccer net, and other people. It's really amazing. Every week she walks more. I'm not sure she crawled at all this past week. Bohdin has been changing as well. He hardly cries any more at practice. He may have once this session but I can't remember.



Cora was born with a large thingy in between where her two front teeth would go. Now that the teeth are in it is quite noticeable. In preparation for this blog post I looked up the term for that thing and I stumbled across an article written by a dentist for the Journal of Human Lactation. That thing is called the maxillary frenum. The author of the article came up with a classification system for how it is attached. There are four classes and a nursing child in class three or four has the potential for lots of cavities. I rushed to check Bohdin and Nyla. They are both class three. Cora is probably class four. I'm going to call the dentist Monday morning to see if he will clip it. I thought it was just going to be a cute gap that could be fixed later if wanted. I had no idea it would affect her dental health.





We went to the zoo yesterday morning to meet up with the boy Bohdin had played with a few weeks ago, J-. Bohdin played for about 45 minutes in the splash park before they arrived. By the time they arrived we were ready to leave so we'll meet up again another time. Bohdin said he didn't have fun because it was too crowded. Nyla likes the idea of splash parks better than the reality so she hardly got wet. We'll try again when it's not so busy. I think they will both have more fun then. I tried to put Cora near some water but she wasn't interested so I put her back in the carrier.

Glassblowing

Buddy had a coupon for the glassworks in town and Saturday was the last day to use it. He mostly watched but assisted a little as a cup was being made. We haven't picked the cup up yet. It's something that Buddy has always been interested in so it was a neat opportunity. The kids were bored but survived. Bohdin is old enough to do a fused glass project so we may take him back someday to do that.




Cora had a rough weekend with nights being the worst. Another tooth popped out unexpectedly on the bottom left. One on the top right looks like it will be out anytime and I may have seen something on the bottom right. Cora guards her mouth so it could be days before I know for certain. She has been sleeping horribly which means I've been sleeping horribly. That led to me being grumpy and short tempered. Bohdin cried tonight when I was reading to him because he felt that I didn't like him very much recently and I've been yelling a lot. I felt pretty bad.

This morning when I was in the kitchen I heard a different sounding cry from Cora. When I went to investigate in the living room I didn't see her there. She had climbed up the stairs and was waiting for someone to bring her back down. It was a "come get me cry". I was really proud that she did learn her lesson about coming down the steps. She still really likes to climb up them though. One of the barricades was down and she snuck past me. This doesn't mean that we are going to let her climb the stairs whenever she wants.

On the way downstairs this morning Bohdin was laying at the top of the stairs saying he wasn't ready to come down to breakfast. Nyla cried out in concern that he would die if he didn't come down and eat. She said she needed a brother and didn't want him to die. I thought it was really sweet.

I've been feeling guilty about how much time I've been spending with Cora over the weekend. She's been fussy and tired and has taken a lot of attention. I gave Bohdin a Playmobil toy I had stashed in the closet on Sunday and gave Nyla one on Monday. Her toy was a Hansel and Gretal set with parents, a witch, and some accessories so the story could be recreated. Nyla decided the name Gretal was okay but renamed the brother Pebble since he dropped pebbles to mark the path. The mom was named Carry because she came with a backpack type thing to carry things and the father was named Chop because he chopped down wood.

Pictures

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Games

Bohdin has enjoyed playing a geography game he "invented". He and I sit in front of the map. One person calls out a country and the other has to point to it with closed eyes. It's quite difficult to do well and Bohdin was frustrated that he would get close but miss almost all of them. I pointed out that it was great that he even knew which region to point in. Close is as good as it gets in that sort of game. At least he wasn't pointing to Libya in South America. Accidentally hitting Spain is not bad. We then moved on to 20 questions geography which was winnable. We played both of those games a lot at Bohdin's request this week.

Cora had a terrible night Wednesday night. She woke up crying inconsolably around midnight. I assumed it was teething pain and thought pain medicine might be helpful. I was surprised when I took it out because it was still in the manufacturer's packaging. I thought she had some before but this would be her first time. I gave it to her and she threw up within a minute of ingesting it. Then about three minutes later she threw up again. We had a bath together and went back to sleep. She slept better the rest of the night and the tooth was much further out in the morning.

Thursday was the homeschool field day. It was at a historic house on the banks of the Ohio river near our house. Normally we have to drive further to events. We arrived a little late because I didn't want to wake Cora from her nap. The event was pretty small and a bit disorganized since kids were in charge. There were some fun times. Both kids came home with prizes.







Friday was the big homeschool fair and yard sale. I was really looking forward to it because it is a great place to find cheap used books. There was only one piece of curriculum I wanted but I thought it highly unlikely that I would find it. I also gave Bohdin and Nyla each five dollars to spend since they also have things like games, puzzles, and other toys there. The event is held at a park and the playground is just past where everybody sets up. As I was looking around the kids asked over and over if it was time to go to the playground. I finally gave in and they played while I picked us up some lunch in the line right next to the playground. After lunch the kids wanted to do the inflatable stuff. Bohdin did the bouncy obstacle course three times and Nyla just once since we had to wait in the bathroom line. The kids did the bouncy house next and then I wanted to go back over to the books. I found a few more things including the curriculum I wanted. It wasn't the deal of the century but I did save almost half price if shipping is considered. Nyla spent her money on a tea set and Bohdin bought an Aztec thing and a magnetized Rubik's cube. Bohdin and Nyla did the obstacle course two more times with Nyla winning handily both times. Bohdin said his favorite part was the fun and his least favorite part was the shopping.

When we came home Cora was feeling a little hot. She had a low grade fever and slept a bit. Then she took another restless nap a few hours later. She slept really poorly through the night as her fever continued and climbed. It's the first fever she has ever had. I don't know what is causing it. She also has diarrhea. She doesn't have any congestion and her mood isn't any worse than earlier in the week when she was teething. Right now she is walking down the hall toward the stairs so she is behaving normally.

GooGoo

Watching a movie together

Buddy took Bohdin and Nyla to the movies on Sunday to see KungFu Panda 2. They had seen the first one earlier in the week when I recorded it. Bohdin really liked it and Nyla sort of liked it. They both said they liked seeing the sequel in the theater. They so rarely see anything in the theater that I guess it is a real treat for them.

Buddy was busy working over the Memorial Day weekend on the house. He insulated a lot of the new kitchen and did some more tile in the basement. That insulation was sorely needed because temperatures skyrocketed into the mid 90s. The insulation blocked all of the holes to the outdoors. That room feels a lot more comfortable now.



Cora's teeth have been working hard to break through the gums and I think two more finally have. She has been pretty miserable the past few days and having a lot of trouble sleeping. Several times she woke up in the middle of the night crying. She has also been having a really difficult time going to sleep. I have had to put her in the sling a lot lately which is unusual. Normally she just falls asleep nursing for me.

Cora has developed an affinity for one of Nyla's baby dolls. Her preference is for the one she is holding in the picture below. Nyla had zero interest in that doll recently until Cora liked it. Now they share it. Nyla has named the baby GooGoo. The baby Nyla is holding is named Pizza. Several months ago when Nana was here Nyla named something (a doll or Playmobil person) Sarah. I had doubts that Nyla chose the name because that was such an unusual choice for Nyla. She prefers nontraditional names like the ones above or Dancing Princess, Chicken Boat, and Swimming Girl.



Bohdin picked some lettuce for dinner last night and there were a lot of bugs on it. I had to go carefully over each leaf to get rid of all of them. I made a lemon dill dressing for it and I joked that we were having salad with a lemon dill and bug vinaigrette. Bohdin said he hoped he wasn't having that. I'm not certain if he did try any. He may have been full though from all of the peas he ate outside before picking the lettuce. He has also been hogging all of the raspberries. I've only had two so far.