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My voice is almost gone. It comes out in a hoarse whisper. Very unflattering, so I'm trying to speak as little as possible. Dang cold. But, on the other hand my UTI is feeling much better.

I want to do nothing for the rest of the day. Is that an option? Could I put the kids in some sort of homeostasis? They'd never know what happened and I could laze around all day! If only :)

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"Mom, what do you think would happen if someone bashed someone else in the head with their stomach?"

I continue putting the dishes away, while carefully thinking about this question. Most likely, it wouldn't hurt the person's head, but just the other person's stomach. But what if he was really buff and had a rock hard stomach...

"Mom?" Petey starts to ask the question again.

"I don't think it would really hurt to get hit in the head by a stomach. What do you think?" You see how he has trained me? I spend time wondering and trying to figure out these bizarre subjects he wants to discuss!

"You know what I think? I think...it's green HAPPY HOLIDAY versus red HAPPY HOLIDAY!!" He's forgotten all about the question and moved on to a battle between green and red crafty foam words. Now I'm left to ponder the stomach vs. head question all alone :)

I just thought I'd share this glimpse into life with Petey.

And now for some mama-bragging:

Last night we had our parent teacher conferences. Petey's teacher said that he was a gem! She said it is kids like him that make her love being a teacher, make her look forward to coming into to school each day. He really is at a beautiful age right now. He loves to learn and loves to be taught. He absorbs information like a sponge and wants to share that knowledge with anyone who will listen. Of course, it helps that he has such an enthusiastic and helpful teacher.

Zack's teacher was concerned about his lack of ability/willingness to focus. This has been a consistent problem with him throughout his school career. Aside from that she said his story writing is really good. He's always been awesome at making up stories. Chris told her that he comes from a family of late bloomers, so we aren't worried about Zack. it's true. We learned long ago that he does things at his own speed. When it comes to learning a new skill (like tying shoes) he'll do it when he's good and ready and not a moment before!

I'm proud of both my boys. They adapted back to public school pretty smoothly and seem to be doing well. They both enjoy it and I feel that's important. I'm glad they're happy.