The Lieslands

Mari had a fever last night. Hopefully hers won’t last five days, like Andrew’s did.

Andrew’s fever appears to have subsided, which would be a good thing. Hopefully it won’t come back. This isn’t the first time that we have thought it was gone.

Elliot: Went to the urologist today to talk about his reflux. More tests in six months, then again six months later. In the meantime, hopefully he won’t have any more urinary tract infections.

Mari: Pink-eye is almost cleared up.

Andrew: Has had a fever, with no other symptoms, since Saturday. If it’s not gone by morning (and I don’t know why it would be), he is going to the doctor.

Andrew loves soccer. In fact, he loves all sports. Lately we have heard of several other kids his age who are starting to play soccer (of some sort, I guess). I mentioned something to Susan about it tonight and we quickly agreed that we don’t really feel like there is a a good reason to start him playing soccer so soon. About fifteen minutes later she sat down to read Mothering Magazine and there was an article called “Soccer Can Wait.” We agree.

We had a long, but fun, weekend.

Erin, Nate, Ian, and Cameron were in town, arriving last Wednesday. We had a lot of fun hanging out with them and our kids played really well together. Things were pretty low-key.

On Saturday night, we hit Old Timers Day at The Rabbit Hash General Store, which was really fun. Our main reason for going was to check out Jake Speed and the Freddies, who did not disappoint. Their bluegrass/Ohio River style fit in perfectly with the river as a backdrop. We took the Anderson Ferry across the river on the way there, which was a nice little touch as well.

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We re-finished our living room and dining room floors this weekend. We actually started on Thursday night, painting the ceilings in each room while all the furniture was out. We stayed the weekend at my parents, which was fun, but tiring. The kids have not been sleeping well and I think we are all looking forward to sleeping in our own beds.

Today was Andrew’s first day of school, which I think had us all a little nervous. He was up early, and trying to keep himself excited. I just spoke with him and Susan on the phone and it sounds like he had a great time. She said that he was a little nervous before-hand, but once they got there he just went and played with his friends.

He was only there for an hour today. They were supposed to have another shortened class tomorrow, but the whole school is going to be closed due to the heat. Next week he will go for two hours on Thursday and then finally on Friday the whole class meets for the whole time, 3 & 1/2 hours.

I am glad and relieved that things went well.

Friday night, at the new-parent pot-luck, we learned that we had another meeting last night, the New School Year Meeting. The first hour was just new parents, and then the second hour was all parents, and then after that we had a meeting in Andrew’s classroom, with his teacher. Overall it was a really nice experience. The community at the Waldorf School is great and we feel that the atmosphere and philosophy coincide nicely with our parenting principles. I think that my favorite part of the evening was at the beginning of the second hour, when all the parents were led in the singing of a song. I have never been to a meeting that started that way.

Elliot is 6 months old today, which I have always considered a major milestone. He is definitely starting to act older, showing a preference toward certain toys and getting very upset when he drops them or they get taken away.

Due to a late breaking development, Andrew is going to be transferring to the Cincinnati Waldorf School for pre-school.

Tonight we have our first parent meeting. First, as in, first parent meeting ever, as parents. Kinda’ exciting, but honestly, I am feeling a little intimidated.

We got all of our appliances in place and operational. There was a slight delay with the new washer because of a manufacturing defect, but that has been fixed and we are on our way.

I tried to take a picture of the kids watching the new washer, but now the camera is acting up.