London eats everything!

 We knew when we got London, it was going to be a lot of work. And some days are much harder than others.  Last week, while I was staining the playground. London was outside with him tied to a tree.  We didn't think there was anything he could get into.  Well he got into our rock garden.  I knew he had something in his mouth.  When I got closer to him, he swallowed it.  It could have been a rock, sticks, chalk, leaves, who knows.  But it was big.  He vomited afterwards and ate grass like crazy.  We also induced vomiting to try and get it back up.  I never saw a large object.  

That week, London had diarrhea and kept me up a lot at night going to the bathroom.  Luckily he is potty trained and doesn't go in the the house (unless Brian is too slow finding his shoes then he does).  Towards the end of the week, London had a fever and was lethargic.  I took him to the vet on Saturday.  He was given antibiotics and probiotics.  The same prescription a few weeks ago.  Sure enough, it cleared it up.  He started feeling better.  

Also this week, London ate Austin's math homework.  Austin was devastated.  He completely freaked out and thought there was no way he could go back to school the next day.  Finally Austin realized there are much bigger problems in the world than London eating his math homework.   Homework is not allowed to be let on the floor.  Sydney was playing with London when it happened but London got away quickly.  

School and sports have kept the kids very busy!  They have about an hour of homework each night.  Especially Austin, it takes him longer to get his stuff done.  It doesn't help he doesn't stay focused most of the time.  This lack of focus developed since COVID.  He was much better focused in the spring.  

Austin has done amazing with cross country.  He loves it!  And he's fast.  He is running 7:10 mile splits.  I can't run that fast.  I am so glad he tried cross county this year.  

Sydney has been busy with cheer and soccer.  She now likes soccer better than cheer.  She has sports most nights during the week.  That is overwhelming her a little bit.  She is going to try out for a travel basketball team this winter.  There are not enough girls to do basketball at her school.  We will see what happens.  

Getting back into the school routine

 Austin and Sydney have been back to school for three weeks now.  It has been a little bit of an adjustment.  We are very fortune that our school offers in person five days a week.  We feel the kids really need to get back to school. We did okay in the spring with online learning but they do best in the classroom.  

Austin is back to getting up extra early (including on the weekends when he could be sleeping in).  He also likes it when I bring London up to his room to get him up.  London sleeps in his pen so he's not allowed in the bedrooms at night.  The kids like packing up their stuff for school in the morning.  I find it a lot annoying and rushed but it seems to work for them.  They each have a chromebook that needs charged daily.  

The homework is real.  It's back to real school with real work.  I was kind of thinking we would be eased into it but it's back to a lot of work.  I am not complaining.  I think it's great.  It's just we went from 0-60 very fast!  

Austin is loving cross county.  He practices three nights a week.  He had his first meet last weekend.  He did great!  He had to run 1.5 miles.  I was super proud of him.  I know I can't run that much so fast.  

Sydney has been cheering at football games.  She will also start soccer games this weekend.  She loves both of them.  She's is very busy but loving it.  She continues to do piano.  

Brian celebrated a big birthday this week.   With everything going on with school, we didn't get to celebrate much.  Austin made him a slideshow and Sydney made him a card.  We had cupcakes after practice.  And his gift was solar panel delivery.  Brian is excited to put solar panals on our roof.  I am not nearly as excited as I know how much work it will be.  But I was happy to see him excited for his delivery.  

London is almost 4 months old and weighs 27 pounds.  He's going to be a big dog.  Overall he's not too bad.  He still needs a lot of work though.  He likes to jump up especially to get stuff on the table.  He ware working on his walking around the block.  And he still likes to bit the kids when playing.  He continues to go to puppy class once a week.  

First Day of School

 Well here we are are.  The first day of school after being out for almost 6 months.  Yes in the spring we did virtual school but it was not the same.  Austin and Sydney were so excited to go to school.  They were ready.  

Sydney set her alarm clock to get herself up.  Austin got woke up by me placing London in his bed.  They had their normal breakfast. Austin had oatmeal with a hot chocolate and Sydney had bread with chocolate.  They got ready fairly quickly.  Then it was time for first day of school pictures.  The kids said it's the least favorite part of their day.  However this year it went well because London got to be in the pictures.  

Brian and I took them to school.  We walked them towards the school.  They were happy and ready to go.  We picked them up after school.  They played for a little bit with their friends.  We stopped at the library for Austin to get a book.  Sydney wasn't too happy about that.  Then we came home.  Sydney had piano and cheer that evening.  

It was a good first week of school but the kids were tired.  They are still not going to bed as early as they should.  Plus getting back into the routine is hard.  Sports are keeping them busy too.  

We know that covid is still out there but it's nice to have a little sense of normal.  We are all okay with wearing masks.  Austin even said it's not that bad to have to wear one all day at school.  Kids are amazing!