First Week of School

Colin's first day of school was this past Monday and there are some pictures of it to the right in Links, including this adorable picture. As you can see, Colin was pretty upset and afraid of going to school.
He had a great week, not that it should surprise us. But I was curious how he would do, considering his Mom's Day Out school was only twice a week, but Kindergarten would be every day.
His biggest challenge this week was a consistent cough he developed right before school started, which got progressively worse as the week wore on. On Thursday, we found out that Noah had cryptosporidium. That is the bug that is, for some reason, very wide-spread this year with over 200 cases just in the Dallas area. It causes stomach craps and diarrhea and he has had it for nearly a week now. We aren't sure where he picked it up. The most common place to get it is in public water parks, but we haven't been to one in quite a while. Then on Friday, Tammy took Colin to the doctor for his cough and the doctor mentioned bronchitis. Not sure if he actually has bronchitis or if it's just suspected, but we have to closely monitor him through the weekend to ensure it doesn't develop into pneumonia. So in the meantime, he has multiple medicines and breathing treatments. Hopefully, with the long weekend, he will get over it and be refreshed for school again on Tuesday.

The Wiggles!

On August 2nd, we took the boys along with their cousins (Diamond and Dream) to see The Wiggles in concert. They are a popular kid's music group from down under, Australia. They have their own show on TV and have numerous CDs out. Their music is quite entertaining and when I find myself humming the songs, I'm not annoyed like music from some other kid's performers (no names of purple dinosaurs will be mentioned here). They have very catchy tunes and the kids really like them. They also put on a very good show that's fairly painless for parents to sit through.
At one point in the show, you can give Wags the Dog a bone, so I made sure I had several dog bones for the boys and we walked up to the stage and dropped off the bones for Wags. It was very amusing to watch the boys expression the closer we got to the stage. Of course, once we reached our destination, we were right in front of the Wiggles as they sang a song, and I had to work to remind them what they were there for, as they stood completely awe-struck staring at Anthony (the one wearing blue). "Colin, put the bone on the stage.... Colin? Put the bone on the stage...."
There are some pictures from the concert posted at the link on the right.

At long last, another post

Needless to say, posting recently hasn't been a priority and other things kept distracting me. I have uploaded some new pictures at the link to the right. They include pictures of Colin's 5th birthday, as well as his pre-K graduation.
Next week, he starts Kindergarten. Maybe I should consider taking the day off. No, not for Colin but for Mom as she'll have quite an adjustment to make. :)