So today Dallen is at home with me, instead of at my friends house, where he usually is on Tuesday's and Wednesday's when I'm at work. Last night he woke up around midnight and he was CRYING! The only time he wakes up at night crying is when he is sick. Last Wednesday night, he decided to share Sienna's toothbrush with her, and two days later she was diagnosed with Strep. I sort of thought he had been lucky and had missed getting it... until last night. We had a doctor's appointment this morning, and I was right- Strep throat. Sad for him, but I was glad that my intuition was right after I called in to work for the day. From the way he's acting, I would have had no idea he was sick at all. This child of mine (unlike his big sis) is a trooper. The only way I ever know he is sick is if he wakes up crying in the night. He is such a happy boy!
Lately, Dallen and I have had a lot more "Mommy and me" time. Sienna started first grade about a month ago. It is seriously the most wonderful thing to have time to dedicate to Dallen! And it's also strange; not so much to be with him, but to have my time monopolized by a 2 year old instead of a 6 year old. Sienna likes to be involved in everything, she likes to be the center of attention in our home. So when she is home, I very rarely get to spend time do things with just Dallen. She is having quite the adjustment being gone all day from us. I think she really enjoys school. I know she applies herself, and is learning very quickly. But she absolutely can't stand that we get to spend the day together, and she is not doing what we're doing. Yesterday Sienna came home from school saying "This was the best day that I've EVER had!" About an hour or so later as we were all catching up with our doings from the day, she then said "This has been one of the worst days of my life!" She is so confused. I tried to talk with her about it, but she doesn't know what to do with her emotions. She knows that she had a great day at school, but then on the flip side she's feeling upset that we DID something without her. I'm trying to be mindful of this, and not discuss certain "really fun" things that Dallen and I do in front of her. I'm hoping she'll grow out of this jealousy soon.
So with our newfound time, I decided to start really focusing on learning letters and sounds with Dallen. I've not spent nearly the time with him up to this point in his life, as I had with Sienna at the same age learning letters. Of course he knows a lot, just from natural exposure through reading. I'm excited to see how quickly he'll learn and pick up on letters and sounds when I have time to focus on it with him! We've also had some park visits, a few walks, and I've been letting him watch a movie each day (too much tv time, I know). He LOVES that he gets to pick out whatever he wants! In a couple of days, we'll be heading down south to Colorado Springs for the day, to meet up with my sister, Casey and her son, Hayden. We are so looking forward to going to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo with them!!
I don't know when I'll blog again, but hopefully I'll have more time for this too!! I'll end with a recent picture of my little loves. This is from when we visited the Butterfly Pavillion last month. Fun times!!
