I ran over a small dog or cat yesterday!!

I was on the way home from a friend's and was driving in to Coastlands when it just ran straight out in front of me.

I stopped and turned around (hoping that it had run away - cos I had NO idea what to do if I found it!)

Sure enough it had run away. Fortunately the driver behind me stopped too - he had seen it happen and confirmed that there was nothing I could have done.

Its been cold and rainy here - yuck - and my teeth are really painful because I went to the orthodontist yesterday. Hopefully by tomorrow they will be better and I can eat properly again.

I was thinking this morning how I really need to get Lachlan to take a bit more responsibility for himself. I was quite irritated that he wouldn't/couldn't put on his own shoes this morning. (He has a newish pair that he has trouble with).


Me and chicken pox boy dropped him off a pre-school this morning and headed off about our day. Just before I was due to collect Lachie, I got a call from pre-school to say that he had hit his fingernail with a hammer and split it. Ouch!! Apparently there was ooodles of blood, and, as you can imagine, a lot of pain!!


So for the first hour he was home I realised my dreams of him doing a bit more himself would have to fade away for another day! He needed me to take off his shoes, help him go to the toilet, help with his afternoon snack.....!


Anyhoo, he was in much finer fettle for the rest of the afternoon.

Who is this grubby boy?!

Well, while Fletcher has more spots than Lachlan did, he is certainly coping better. He slept all night in his own bed last night, with only an unsettled period around 10pm. I hadn't put any calamine lotion on his spots today, and they didn't appear to be bothering him.

We sent Lachie off to pre-school this morning and then did some jobs in town together (me hoping that no-one would notice the pox)!

...and we finished off the afternoon with a walk, despite the cold air. All children now snuggled up in their beds:)

Chickenpox...Round 2

Exactly two weeks to the day after Lachie starting breaking out in spots - I noticed that Fletcher was coming down with them too!!

I was lucky that Lachlan had a really mild case. The spots were mainly restricted to his tummy and back. It really only caused him discomfort for two nights and two days. So we were up at 3am watching a DVD two nights in a row!!

Fletcher so far seems to have a few more spots than Lachie did :( He slept with me last night which was a bit of a drag - he is such a noisy sleeper!!

Fortunately, I will be able to send Lachie off to pre-school tomorrow as he is immune. I wait with interest to see whether the boys have passed it on to any of their coffee group friends or the pre-school kids.