Absent Again

We had a wonderful weekend. Tim & I enjoyed a "date" on Saturday afternoon, and then had friends over for dinner and a playdate that evening. Abbi & Charlie both enjoyed visiting with their grandparents on Sunday. Abbi went for her first ride in the push car with grandpa! She traveled well this trip, but it's only a short drive (a little over an hour). So, with such a great weekend behind us, I was looking forward to a good week! Did I mention I also went shopping and the Easter bunny is ready for our house!
Of course, nothing ever goes as planned. Mondays are so hectic, with Tim's night class and the added appointments we had for eye exams, the evening was chaotic. Charlie was whining more than usual and Abbi was ready for bed before I even finished bath time. This should be a good thing, except when I'm by myself on Mondays. She's exhuasted and Charlie still needs to finish his bath, pjs, and story time. She's wailing and by the time you get her to sleep and actually in her crib over an hour will have passed. Needless to say, Charlie looks like a prune on Monday nights!
Anyway, Charlie was up at 2 a.m. with a high fever, chills, and vomitting. Needless to say, I didn't get a lot of sleep after that. But, as for Abbi, she finally slept for almost five hours straight!!!!! She hasn't done that in over five months!!!! We're trying melatonin and perhaps that along with a lot of prayers is working. Plus, she's doing so much lately. She's crawling all over the place and she's pulling herself up and trying to cruise the furniture as well. However, she usually cries after she realizes that she's been standing for a few minutes. On Friday, she even climbed two stairs!
Oh, yeah, my blog title- Absent Again. Yes, I'm taking another day off to care for my sick son, who can't go to preschool while Daddy goes on a job interview. I was shocked to look at my absence history and realized that I've missed 9 days of school this year. And, only 2 of those days were due to my own illness or personal business! I can remember missing less than five days of work in an entire year! But, that's not going to happen after two kids. Luckily, I have great students and a supportive principal.

Well, I'm off to drop off lesson plans. Lucky sub, he/she will get to make masks for Romeo & Juliet today!
I hope everyone else is well!