A little slower… Day 784 07JAN11

Joshua was moving a little slower today than normal. He went this morning to meet up with Wojtek for a home school field trip and then headed back home to meet with his teacher. He did fine at school but Renee said he was a little bit off. He didn't play much during the afternoon and when I got home around 7:00 he was crashed out on the couch in the sunroom. He woke up about an hour later and said he just didn't feel good. No temperature so for now we will just keep an eye on things and see where they lead. We hope he is not getting sick just in tome for Nonna's visit which starts tomorrow, keeping our fingers crossed…

Family Night… Day 783 06JAN11

Tonight was our night to get together with all of our family at the Children's Cancer Center. Renee and the kids spent the day at home doing school work and then ran some errands before stoping at my dad's house for a visit. I met them there after I got off of work and a little later we headed over the the CCC. It was a nice evening and it was great to hear that several of our kids will be finished with treatment very soon. This is very exciting to hear and it always makes me feel as is we have won another victory against the insidious cancer we all hate. We all reluctantly left later in the evening and headed for home. Tomorrow is the last day of school for the week and then Nonna will be here to visit. Joshua and Jarrod are just bursting at the seams with stuff they want to show her when she gets here.

Day off… Day 782 05JAN11

Joshua got a partial day of from school because his teacher's family was all sick and she didn't want to risk bringing anything "extra" over with her. So he managed to get done with what he had left rather quickly. Jarrod had a little more to get done but he got finished so they could get in some play time in the afternoon. Joshua still has a dry cough but his temperature is holding steady so we will continue to just watch and wait. We are hoping everyone, myself included, is all well and healthy by the time my mom gets here on Saturday. The boys are really excited that she is coming and looking forward to spending a bunch of time with her. Me too :)

Errands… Day 781 04JAN11

Joshua got his school work done pretty quick this morning so he and I ran a bunch of errands while Renee and Jarrod got his school stuff rolling. Joshua and I had fun and even made several unplanned stops just because it sounded like fun. When we got home Jarrod was still finishing up so we made some lunch and waited for him to get done. The rest of the afternoon we spent playing outside. The boys really like their new hockey net and were giving it a pretty good workout. It is wonderful to be able to o out and play with them and have fun. Our evening was pretty quiet as Renee and Jarrod got all the Christmas stuff taken down and boxed up. Jarrod helped me get it all back up int h attic in time to watch the Bolts beat the Capitals. Joshua told me he was rubbing his lucky shirt the whole third period and it worked. Joshua has a little bit of a cough today and his nose was running a bit. We are hoping that it is the tail end of whatever dropped his counts and not him getting sick. We will keep and eye on him tomorrow and see how he does.

School… Day 780 03JAN11

Joshua started off early with a trip to clinic to get his weekly finger stick for labs before heading right back home to be ready when Miss Angela arrived. He did very well on his first day back to school and had a good day. He finished all of his work up so he could go out and skate for a while. Jarrod had a good start as well and got in touch with two out of his four teachers to get started in their classes. Me, I went and talked myself right out of a voice. Maybe I should figure out a way to exercise my vocal chords during the breaks :)

Joshua's ANC came back at an alarmingly low 250 down from 3500 last week so we are now hoping that he has either beaten whatever caused it to drop or that he will not get sick. It seems like everywhere we turn someone is sick including me who has been fighting a cold for several days. We will keep our fingers crossed that he stays healthy and out of the hospital.

Jarrod and Joshua had ordered a hockey net for the driveway with money they got for Christmas and it arrived this afternoon. I understand it was "frustrating" to put together according to Joshua. They persevered however and got it finished so they could take it out for testing. Early reports indicate it was a good choice and will be rugged enough to handle both of them.

Back to school… Day 779 02JAN11

To be honest none of us are terribly excited about school starting back up. The boys would just as well stay on vacation forever and I would love to stay with them. Alas that is not the way it works. So tomorrow morning I will head out early to start a new semester and after clinic Joshua will meet with his teacher and get back working. Jarrod will fire up his computer and blow the dust off of his school supplies so he can get back in the saddle. In order to prpeare today we relaxed and played a bit. Renee was still feeling under the weather so we left her to rest while we tinkered around the house. Jarrod and I got the outside Christmas decorations taken down and boxed up while Joshua rested with Renee. Later in the afternoon I took the kids over to Renee's parents so they could play with Talyor and Avery. We joined them along with Scott and Alecia for a lovely diner to kick off the New Year. It was an early night for us all and we headed home to get ready for tomorrow. We have our fingers crossed that the boys will awake from their winter hibernation and get right back up to speed in school. Super special motivation this week is Nonna is going to be here on Saturday for a few days visit. It has been much too long since she has been able to come visit and we are all looking forward to her arrival. Here's hoping that this is a smooth return to school week for all of our friends out there.

1.1.11 New Year… Day 778 01JAN11

Welcome to the New Year! We wish a happy,and healthy New Year to all of our friends and family.

Our start of 2011 was a little slow. Renee woke up with a really upset tummy and feeling pretty crummy so we let her rest today. The boys divided their time between playing together indoors on the xbox and skating at the end of the street with the some of their friends. I did some stuff in the garage and took care of the household stuff. Our evening was consumed by hockey as the Bolts were playing (they won!) and the Winter Classic was on as well. Joshua was the only one who made it to the end of the game but we had fun watching them win together. He promptly ran of to bed as soon as it was over. So although we got off to a slow start I am sure we will make up for it as the year progresses.