Salmonella

A few of my most recent thoughts on food poisoning include: having a few extra pounds on in case of salmonella is a gd good idea. Also, I will never eat a raw egg. No, never.
Poor William has been sick with salmonella for five days now. It started with a fever and joint aches, and mostly it has been frequent trips to the loo and he hasn't been able to eat solid food. After extensive internet research and multiple conversations with my friends in the nursing field (thanks Denise!) we know that there is no need to seek medical attention, he simply needs to wait it out and keep hydrated. So after his vacation in San Francisco for the weekend (where he ate a raw quail egg at a sushi restaurant), William has had a vacation on the couch. Kind of. He is starting to look skinny, and I expect any day for him to wake up and eat a bunch of food and be his normal self. It just hasn't happened yet.

Parent teacher conference

Last night William and I met with Haven's teacher, Mrs. Potter, for our first parent teacher conference. We weren't expecting too much, Haven has only been in school for a few months. Also I have been helping out in her classroom once a week and I have a pretty good idea how hectic it gets in there with 23 kids to one teacher. Mrs. Potter is great though, I dare not underestimate her. Once, when I was filing some kids work into their folders there were three that had no names. When I asked her about them she told me whose they were by sight. And she named three of the four leftover folders. Needless to say, we had a nice chat about Haven. Haven is kind of shy in school, but otherwise a perfect student, according to Mrs. Potter. She tests high in her assessments and so we talked about gifted programs, which don't start until later years. Haven is able to read at a second grade level in her reading assessment, but that's only because that is as far as Mrs. Potter was able to test her. She still needs to bring in some higher level books to see at what level Haven is able to read. This impresses me because I remember being as confused as hell about reading in kindergarten. I caught on quick at an later age, but when I was five reading was scary. I look forward to seeing all Haven is able to achieve in school, so far she is off to a great start!

Watching the 'Dabbie-dahs'

Audrey is the newest and biggest fan of the Doodlebops, thanks to the leftover DVD collection from when Haven was exactly Audrey's age.