On the home front: I caught a cold or some kind of virus and got very sick. So. Sick. For three weeks. Then, in the middle of that, Joshua became ill. When his fever wouldn't break, I took the two of us to the doctor. Thankfully, he tested negative for strep and flu. The doctor didn't test me because he said I had bronchitis and pneumonia and would need the same meds anyway. He put me on a Z-pack which was awesome. I felt better in about a week, but that cough hung on for a couple more weeks.
The hubs and boys did manage to surprised me with fun Valentine's gifts.
Then, as I was finally feeling well, Kaleb got sick. He just felt weak and tired, and had a fever. Same as me. After a few days of that, he came to me one afternoon and said he was having trouble breathing so we headed to the walk-in clinic. The one Joshua and I went to was closed so we went to a different one. Kaleb had two chest x-rays done. The doctor told me that he had a partially collapsed lung and that we needed to head to the ER! He kept talking about chest tubes and maybe a transfer to Children's Hospital!! The ER doctor, however, disagreed and said it was simply a bad case of pneumonia. So a Z-pack for him too!
Needless to say, none of the projects I had planned actually got done in February. Really nothing got done. The hubs, poor man...came home from 10-12 hour work days to cook dinner and clean house while I was sick. I literally spent a month, just laying on the couch. Occasionally, I would get up and do things but I'd just wind up back on the couch. Then the same with Kaleb for two weeks.
However, everyone was well enough to attend the much anticipated Newsboys concert at the end of the month! Kaleb's 2nd concert and a first for Gabriel and Drake. Joshua spent the evening with his grandpa. They had a great time and so did we. It was an awesome concert. All that my boys were hoping it would be and, as a bonus, we received three meet-and-great tickets. Plus a gift card for two free t-shirts. Drake decided he would be too shy to meet the band so he stayed back with Dad while I took Kaleb and Gabriel to get autographs.
Homeschool: While I was sick, we did nothing. I couldn't read aloud without coughing and couldn't sit at the kitchen table. The boys did an occasional math lesson....if they understood it on their own, but that is about it. We watched some educational stuff of TV but mostly the boys just played and had a fun home-bound school break.
I did spend a lot of my sick time reading on my own. I want to switch our homeschool approach to Charlotte Mason. I've been reading everything I can get my hands on about her. I started listening to The Delectable Education podcast which I love. Between the podcast and books, I am SOLD! We tried it a little bit before I got sick and our school day did go a lot smoother. I also realized a lot of our group work aligns well with Charlotte Mason's philosophies so we're not too far off base anyway. I'm excited to dive in deeper this month.
So that's about it. Hoping and praying that March is much nicer to us. We have baseball sign-ups, Drake's birthday, and some fun field trips coming up. Also our local homeschool co-op has started. Should be a fun and busy month!
Christie 💙
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