The weather FINALLY warmed up this week and while we were still home, convalescing, it was so nice to be outside for lunch.
enjoying one of her favorite lunches – hummus on pita and sliced fruit.
because sometimes even cholita likes a little hummus.
Emilia has been battling a bug for the past week. Today I took her to go see Dr. Walker who diagnosed her as having lobal pneumonia (lobal meaning it’s contained to just one lobe of one lung – bottom right). Frankly, I’m not super surprised. As a kid who’s battled every RSV, bronchitis, and bronchial infection pretty much since birth and has asthma to boot, it really was just a matter of time. Dr. Walker had nurse Tara give Emilia a shot of fast-acting antibiotic and we are to return tomorrow morning to get a confirmation of the diagnosis and a possible chest x-ray to boot. Whew. When it rains it pours I tell ya!
thankfully the weather was finally nice today so we were able to get outside and get some fresh air which never hurt anyone. it also gave us an opportunity to practice some biking skills.
instead of really ‘riding’ her trike emi walks it – seems super awkward to me. makes me think we should go for a scooter.
also worked on our bubble blowing skills taught by the wonderful Ms. Jean at the Y (also credited with teaching Emilia how to blow her nose into a kleenex).
told you she was obsessed with the gnomos – wearing her ball cap and my sunglasses.
my sick, pensive baby.
So we’ll be laying low this weekend, but I promise to continue snapping away!
Wednesday was PJ Day at Emilia’s school. Basically it was a chance for the kids (and their teachers) to come to school dressed in their PJs. So cute. Emilia was super excited by it but was a little confused and kept asking if it was Halloween (I guess because she felt they were in costumes?)
the rainboots were not part of her school look.
As you can see she was feeling pretty rotten at this point… but never rotten enough to miss out on some valuable play time with her Papa. The current fave game is “caballito” or horse rides.
total bliss.
This month we were charged with making green play-doh for Emilia’s preschool class. (Each month a different family has signed up to make play-doh. They use it during their ‘discovery centers’ that are set up when the kids first come in during the mornings. It wasn’t nearly as hard or as messy as I thought it would be and Emilia loved giving it a test run with some of my cookie cutters.
am kinda thinking i should have made it a little greener – looks kinda minty instead of green green. oh well.
Emilia was a little under the weather yesterday afternoon. I had to go in and wake her from her nap at 4:30 – when I did I noticed she was drenched in sweat. Taking her temp a little while later we learned she was running a 101 fever. Tylenol and a couple of ‘shows’ to the rescue. It was the perfect excuse to cuddle under her favorite blanket on the sofa.
all shiny-eyed and icky feeling.
She’s pretty much fine now – was a little feverish this morning but by this afternoon she was running around like her usual self.
Sunday started off perfectly – a cool but bright Sunday morning lounging around in our PJs (and someone rockin’ her “pampuflas” from Fafa) while she and her Papa made breakfast outside on the grill. (Marcus had the genius idea of doing sausage on the grill – thus eliminating the smell in the house!) The rest of Sunday was a blur with a zip up to IKEA but it was so nice to be outside for a little bit and enjoy the sun!
Saturday we were fortunate enough to have the Cankurtaran’s over for dinner. Emilia and Alara played beautifully together and while they destroyed the playroom (as is to be expected), there was no fighting and in fact, very few tears and only one injury (Emilia bonked her forehead on the corner of the bookcase in the living room – a corner which has since been covered. Oops.
emilia insisted they had to eat in the living room because that’s where they ate the last time they were over (for Thanksgiving).
partial view of the shredded playroom…
this was hilarious – so it was the end of the evening and we had put the pjs on the girls when I told them “okay girls, time for bed!” they both climbed in to emi’s bed and then emilia put the covers over them and alara started sucking her thumb. suddenly emilia was a little confused…
then thrilled.
snuggling under the covers.
good night kisses.
