It has been such a crazy past week, even though we really didn't have anything planned. Thursday night my dad's parents got into town from Alabama, and it was the first time we had seen them since our wedding four years ago. And, the first time they got to meet Jacob! It was SO nice to see them, and Grandpa brought us his homemade jams and a set of coins from 2008, the year Jacob was born. My brother and I both have some really cool sets of coins that he gave to us, and it's so fun to have some to give to Jacob when he's old enough to understand. They were suppose to stay Thursday through Monday morning, but my Grandma isn't doing so well and really wanted to get home to her own surroundings and her routine. Even though it was a short visit, it was a treasured one.
Friday morning was hot, but not terrible, and we set up Jacob's pool and water table in the front yard since that is the ONLY place we have shade. Bob and I now refuse to buy our next house if it doesn't have some shade in the backyard, even just one tree. We hate not having a tree in our backyard. I love that it's fenced so Jacob can run like crazy without me chasing him all the time, but I wish he had some area to cool off back there without having to head to the front yard. But, we had a great time and we beat the heat a little bit.
Saturday and Sunday were mostly quiet, with lots of time at home. Jacob started not feeling well, and we thought he just had a little summer cold. Then I saw his throat and it looked so red, so I took him to the doctor this morning and sure enough, he's got strep. For the first time. Poor guy. Also sad because I had to cancel his playdate for later this week.
This weekend I packed away his train collection. We've done it before, but this time he was angry. He just plays with trains so much, and when he starts getting into the routine of refusing to play with anything else I put them away for a while so he gets out other toys again. Sure enough, out come the Legos and the play kitchen is back in action. He still has his cars, so we can still race things and get our wheel fix!
I think I wrote in an earlier post about how I stocked up on school supplies since they are so cheap during back to school time. Well, I bought colored pencils not knowing if Jacob would be interested in them or not. But, he LOVES them! It's funny because he colors with crayons, but loses his interest in them sometimes. He loves paints and markers, but is just tolerant of crayons. But he goes to town with the colored pencils! He's starting to tell us what he's drawing - mostly train related items! It's so cool to see his imagination coming through art now. He's also figured out how to trace his own hand, and anyone else's hand. He traces, and then colors it in. He's getting the concept of staying in the lines, which is neat. He's also starting to try to write his name, which is so amazing! My mom and I both write his name on a paper for him, and just lately he's started to say "Jacob," and then start to try to write. He's making an upside down "J" and then some scribbles, and then a circle for the "o." Not sure how he picked it up, but more power to him! Especially since in general he's not super interested in letters yet. He has an alphabet puzzle he does sometimes, but he more so matches the colors than he realizes the letters.
We had to skip Gymboree this morning since we found out he has strep. Normally I don't care if we have to miss since you can make up classes so easily there, but this was the last week of the summer Bob could go with us, and Jacob LOVES having his daddy with him! Bob already starts back at school Monday for some curriculum mapping (thank you, extra money), and then his first real day is a week from Monday. We still have some things on our "summer list" that we want to do that clearly won't get done, but oh well! Jacob and I will do them when the weather gets a little cooler and he starts feeling better. The only thing we need to make sure we do is bring our last round of summer reading books back by this weekend since the program ends on the 31st. That way Jacob gets his last round of points and we can get some more prizes for him. Last year we stocked up on some board books and actually gave some of them to him at Christmas. This year he's gotten two balls, and we need to use some points to get the free kids meal.
In other library news, I actually checked out a book for myself finally. And, actually read it. I'm pretty sure it's the first book I have read cover to cover since college (embarrassing). I think I got burned out with books since I was an English major. I think one year I had to read like 30 novels between two literature classes in one semester alone, so some of the fun of reading got sucked out of me then! Well, my reading since then has gone from classics to Tori Spelling's "Mommywood." I love watching Tori and Dean's reality show, so I figured I'd read the book. It's an easy read, and I was done before I knew it. Pretty funny, too. Especially when she talks about how difficult it is to change a poopy swim diaper. I haven't had to do that yet, but I could only imagine. Those diapers are difficult just to get off, let alone trying to contain the poop.
Here's to hoping Jacob has a speedy recovery!
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