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Monday, March 16, 2020

2020 :: 11/52

Al was off Monday & Tuesday. Monday night trevor and I had parent/child basketball again and we had a blast! he's getting much better at dribbling and shooting! Monday night after bedtime, I went over to Jodi's to watch our bachelor show finale.

Tuesday tova woke up with a fever (103.4) so she just hung out all day. she didn't feel well before lunch and nap, but took a good nap.

Wednesday tova still had some fevers so we didn't do much.

Thursday she didn't have a fever from 2am to 10am but then got a high fever again. she was tired and wouldn't eat lunch, so I laid her down early and called the pediatrician. they wanted to see her so we went in after nap. dr Sarumi couldn't find anything big and figured tova would probably have one more day of fevers then break out in a rash and be done. they did get a urine sample but that came back normal. tova did have one more day of fever but get the rash. she didn't have a cough or runny nose so dr was sure tova didn't have influenza or coronavirus (since that was really starting to spread and was closing down lots of events.) we picked up trevor from school and hung out at home.

Al was off Friday-Sunday and while tova slowly got feeling better, due to the coronavirus we stayed home all weekend and played outside in the afternoons (it was still a bit chilly outside.) Friday I finished my next quilting squares, ran a couple errands, and Al coached track from 330-6p. trevor earned some video game time.

Saturday swimming lessons was cancelled so we all spent the morning in trevor's room playing with his toys, trevor picked out some toys to sell, and I reorganized his shelves and toy closet.

sunday during nap time, I went to our friend's benefit for their 1 year old who has brain cancer. Jodi and jenny were working it so I helped them and held our other friend's baby. it was a good time, raised lots of money for the family, but we didn't win any of our buckets. once home, I took the kids outside while Al made supper. tova can just about climb up our rock wall to the fort & top of the slide by herself. tova finally slept through the night sunday night after 3 weeks of lots of wake ups!!

we got word over the weekend that eau Claire schools were closing Thursday through april 3 (2.5 weeks which had spring break in there) due to coronavirus. then sunday night we were told that eau Claire schools were going to only be on Monday then closed for the rest of the 3 weeks.

"ready for schoo"

Al accidentally took the car with the stroller in the back so we were lucky the snow melted so we could get into the shed to get this push bike out. although tova is just about too big for it.

matching top knots

video game time

brothers ninja turtle jammies

spring training

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

2020 :: 10/52

Tuesday morning tova woke up with a rash on her hands and cheeks and I was pretty sure it was hand foot mouth (Carsyn & some daycare kids at Jodi's house had had it a little over a week prior.) luckily tova had her 2 year checkup scheduled for this day already. so we went to the new building again, this time to see doctor Sarumi. she confirmed tova had hand foot mouth and said her ear infections were gone. she also said we could stop the nasty antibiotic that was upsetting tova's stomach, giving her diarrhea, and giving her bad diaper rash. Sarumi said that tova's fevers were from the hand foot mouth and once the rash shows up the fevers usually stop. because the building is so new still there aren't many people who go there yet, so we got right in and got to chat with Sarumi for a long while. tova got her flu shot and had to have blood drawn; she was super brave and didn't even cry.

mom came down that afternoon to watch tova while I went to a job interview with the city of eau Claire. it's a perfect position for me in the finance department and it's part time and a limited term employment (likely lasting 3-6 months). I was pretty nervous not having done anything professional in 6 years but I think it went ok. then I came home to walk with mom and tova to get trevor. trevor was pretty excited to see nana. tova was quite whiney and cried a lot (not feeling well still?) so I gave her Tylenol. we had supper with nana, then she headed home. the kids had baths, al came home, then it was time for books and bed.

Wednesday tova was feeling way better and her rash had peaked so we went to hangar 54 with matt, Jodi and the kids for wing night for tova's birthday celebration with them. we had fun, the food was delicious, and tova got a free ice cream dessert for her birthday.

Al was off wed & thurs so we had lots of family time.

Friday morning, tova and I went to the indoor sports center with jenny, klare, and Jodi & the daycare kids. another little get together for tova's birthday. tova got tired about 11am (it ends at 1130) and said she was ready to go.

Saturday morning the kids and I drove up to the cities. the kids stayed with mom while I went up to maple grove to quilt with my aunts & cousins. my cousin maren met me at mom's and rode with me. we got back to mom's about 430.

sunday morning, trevor and I met my good friend gina and her almost 6 year old, Cal for a nature walk. it was muddy (and trevor slipped in the mud once) but it was nice! it got to be almost 60 degrees on sunday but it was windy. the boys had fun together. we headed back to mom's for lunch, nap and outside play time since it was so nice out. trevor, tova, mom, unc-o and I had an early supper at buffalo wild wings since trevor's been wanting to eat there then we headed for home.