G.G., Bible Study, and the ickies

Nico had a lot of fun with Grandma while I was gone! Thanks so much for watching him, Mom! 

I returned home Saturday night, and saw Nico the next morning. He woke up while I had gone to the bathroom and I came back into the clubhouse with an angry-voiced Nico saying "Mommy! Mommy!" because I wasn't there. Hehe.. he was grumpy but I made him smile and then we snuggled for a long while in the bed before getting up.

Sunday we had church and then that night was the first night of Bible Study this year. We dropped Nico off at the big kids group and Guy and I went to our group. It was great to see everyone again. We had to go around the room and introduce ourselves (even though we knew most of the people) and say something interesting about us that nobody would know. Mine was that Guy and I did a lot of puzzles together while we were dating and that a few years ago we did a 13,000 piece one. When it was Guy's turn, he told everyone that he likes to try to identify sandwiches from long distances. Hehe.

We haven't heard anything about Guy's job yet, but he did tell me that he got a "wink" from the hiring manager. Not sure if I already mentioned that. Now we're just waiting... and waiting... and waiting...

On Tuesday morning we went to see G.G. and Nico wanted to bring his checkers game to play with her. He brought it with us and G.G. taught him how to play. G.G. also let him feed Scamper two treats, and Scamper ate them right off his hand, to help him learn that Scamper wouldn't hurt him.

On Wednesday morning we went to the park with Allicia and crew. We usually do this Monday but on Monday we both desperately needed to go grocery shopping, so we postponed it until Wednesday. The plus to doing it on Wednesday was that there were no lawn mowers.

For the past few days Nico has been complaining of tummy aches before, during, after bed and before, during, after eating. Wednesday morning he only had a few bites of pancake and started whining. After lunch he told me he was sick and needed to stay home from school. Hmm.. I sent him anyway. He did fine at school but didn't eat anything when he came home, and right before bed he got sick once. He felt so much better afterward, and slept until morning, when he ate some food and then again for lunch. I kept him home from school. He skipped dinner again tonight and though he's telling me he doesn't have a tummy ache, he really has no appetite for food. He ate a few monster teeth before going to bed just now, but wasn't very interested. He had a temp of 99.3 earlier. Not that that's significant, but sometimes that can mean something.

I'm hoping he'll be okay tonight and wake up his chipper self tomorrow. He does seem to have a runny nose, so perhaps that's related.

That's it for this week... hopefully next week we'll have news from Guy's job!

Interview and Salt Lake City

Guy had his interview last Friday at 3 PM. He tells me it went well, but we are still waiting to hear the results of it! 

The rest of the week was really spent me getting ready for my trip to SLC, I had a lot of last minute stuff to do. So Nico came with me running errands, and he played a new game on his iPad. I download free apps, but only the ones that are only temporarily free and used to be $4+, because those are the good ones, the ones that don't have any ads or are silly. There are two Dr. Panda apps I've downloaded this way and they are awesome!! The latest one, Nico gets to drive around animals in cars and construction equipment to run errands around the town. He has enjoyed it.

I left to come to Salt Lake City yesterday after I dropped Nico off at school. My mom came in and picked him up from school at 3:15. I arrived last night here around 6 PM. I have had a good time so far and I've been really enjoying seeing the pictures Grandma has sent me. It looks like they are having a good time and that makes me happy! Nico gets to sleep upstairs in the suite with Grandma.

Here he is being silly in the morning. 

Waiting for their pizza at Chicago Connection. Looks like they're playing Tic Tac Toe!

Waiting for the bell to ring at school

And now I'm remembering, on Tuesday he didn't want to go to school and seemed very tired and I admit I was worried that he was sick or something. I could not get him to get into line after the bell rang and he kept whining and squirming around on the floor. I told him that he wouldn't get to play on his iPad after school if he didn't get into line and he said "Ok!" and happily got into line and was perfectly fine. Then he ran up to me and gave me his usual hug and kiss and got back into line. 

I love that he has randomly started doing that when he says goodbye at school. Hug and kiss. He asks for "rough hugs" which means I squeeze him really hard. He started saying this because I started asking for soft hugs or gentle hugs. He says "You like soft hugs and I like rough hugs!" Sometimes we forget to do the hug/kiss routine but I love it when he remembers. Kind of like how he came up with the idea to count to 3 before praying. He still does that every morning. We have to have our eyes open while he counts, and then we have to close them when he starts praying. If he sees that we have our eyes closed while he's counting, then he has to start over.

Ok off to bed for me!

Until next week!

Moving, New School

We moved officially last Saturday. My parents took Nico up to the cabin overnight so that we could focus on moving and unpacking. Once moved in, we had planned that Nico would sleep in a twin bed in the main suite but he asked to sleep in Guy's bed which is in the closet. So, we let him! It turned out to be a good thing because there is a door to the closet area (it's a large closet), and Guy and I could shut it and then play games of cribbage. Jeff & Allicia got us a cribbage board as a move-in present. We've played it a few times already. We have everything we need except a kitchen sink and a stove. When we move into the Clubhouse (the renovated garage), we will have both of those things! The stove will just be a burner, but we don't need much else. The reduction of dishes and things in our living space has been very freeing. I know that most of them are packed away in storage and will resurface when we move to a bigger place one day, but right now I am enjoying living minimally.

Nico has been very happy to live "in Evie's house", and asks to play with her soon after getting up every morning.

On Monday we went to meet Nico's new teacher, Miss Erica. The classroom has a fish that Nico got to feed. From the looks of it I think Nico will be well suited to be in that class, the older kids are all in the afternoon class and she said there are some good outgoing personalities in that class that will get along great with Nico.

On Tuesday Nico had his last day at his old school. They were sure to give him hugs and tell him they will miss him. Tuesday after school, Grandma and I picked Nico up from school and started our journey to Salt Lake City for 6 days. We are here now! There is a dōTERRA convention here so that is what I've been doing while Grandma and Nico play. At the zoo, all the swimming pool, at the toy store, they are having a lot of fun. And so am I! We plan to drive back to Boise on Monday.

Only a few pictures this week.

Watching his iPad on top of a box

Nico and Grandma at the zoo

Not a very thoughtful composition since the name of the zoo is cut out, but it is the Hogle Zoo. They rode the train at the zoo three times! Nico just kept wanting to ride it again.

And a video! Tuesday morning, eating breakfast in our new place.