What a week!

I am so glad it is Friday!!  This week has been a bit of a tough one. We have had so many activities and doctor appts.  I cannot even get to it all in one post. I think I'll do bullets:)

~ Will wrapped up swim season with a big zone meet where he and some teammates won a medal for 2nd place in the boys relay.  We are really proud of your hard work on swim team this year Will!  The team also had a party this week at a local restaurant.  It was kind of funny.  The coach specifically asked parents to stay at the restaurant for the party but Will SO did not want me there. When I pointed out that every other parent was there,  He said, "I love you Mom and I think you are a great Mom but when you are my age, you just don't want your Mom there." I sat far away with another Mom:)

Will loves the backstroke and it is definitely his best stroke too.

~ Harry had a brutal week.  He has had a cough for 4 weeks now.  And I mean the worst cough you have ever heard.  So this week (after weekly visits to the doctor) he had a TB test, he started an antibiotic (in case it's pneumonia) and he is on an inhaler.  We are praying that whatever it is, it goes away.

~We also discovered that he is getting migraines.  He has had 2 this week.  It was so awful.  He was vomiting and could not hold his head up.  He was white as a ghost. I have never seen my son in such pain.  I had tears in my eyes just seeing him like that. We went straight to the pediatrician and she was concerned about an aneurism, brain mass etc.   I have also never seen our pediatricina so concerned about him.  That made me even more nervous. Then we realized that it is migraines.  My Mom got them. I get them. My sister gets them.  Will gets about one a week!  And now Harry gets them.  Needless to say, I have beaten myself up pretty bad this week for both being the genetic link to my children's migraines and also not recognizing that Harry was getting them.  He has had recent episodes of extreme headache and vomiting and I have chalked it up to other things (dehydration, the cough, etc).

~I went into Kate's school to teach about Chinese New Year yesterday.  It was so much fun.  Kate really had a lot to share with her class. In fact, she barely needed me there. I wish someone had video taped it because she was incredibly confident and articulate explaining the customs to her friends.  I read a book to the class.  We brought props.  We brought in dumplings, oranges and fortune cookies to share. Kate gave each of her classmates a red envelope with gold chocolate coins and the cutest Chinese erasers!  And we made Chinese lanterns.   I loved it and so did Kate and her class.

We brought our banner that I made from home:)

Kate just LOVES arts and crafts.  I wish I were a more artsy crafty Mom for her.

~ Tomorrow I am attending a retreat with my Mom's group at church.  I am so excited to have a short day of quiet reflection and peace.  Thank you Dave for taking over all Saturday duties for me!  They have this retreat every year and I have never gone before even though I have been in the group off and on for 11-12 years.  

~On Monday (Valentine's Day) Dave took off from work and he has some sort of little surprise  adventure planned.  I have no idea what we are doing but I am really touched that Dave took the day off to be with me.

I hope y'all have a great weekend.