Keeping It Low Key

So we are all caught up on the big events of the last month or so, so what is there to report on today?  The answer is, not much.  Recent events, combined with pregnancy, have really worn me out and I am just trying to take it a little easy and stay out of trouble.  So what's left are the little, day to day things that have happened recently.

Despite my best efforts, Merrick has been really busy.  We are about half way through soccer season, piano lessons are rolling again, and Merrick has started cub scouts.  Pair all that with school and homework and you have one busy kid.  He has been having a rough time at school.  He has been having a difficulty with a friend who has been hitting him frequently (not out of an effort to hurt him but more out of excitement).  It escalated to the point where they both ended up in the principal's office this week.  Merrick has had a tough time with this because he had never had to go to the principal's office before and while he was not in trouble in the least and merely there to report on the situation, he has been taking it personally.  We are working on having a positive attitude this year and being happy at school and it has been a challenge.

For Carrigan's part, she has been much less busy.  Instead she has enjoyed running errands with me and we have both enjoyed spending time together playing and doing crafts.  She has been having a good school year and has been extra motivated to learn her letters and to write her name.  Her big problem has been that no matter what we are doing, she manages to get hurt lately.  Over the last week she has had some pretty big injuries and I have been joking (sort of) about wrapping her in bubble wrap.

That's it for today.  As always, more to come next week...