Life in the Minnich home this week...

And it's only Wednesday! We've had, no I've had an interesting two days into this week. Let me share: Sam stayed home from school on Monday. He's had a low-grade fever and complaining about being light headed. So he stayed home and rested for the day. I don't like him missing school...especially after a 5 day break for Thanksgiving. He did lay around all day, so I knew something was up. Matt drove him to school on Tuesday. I get up Tuesday morning and noticed a certificate sitting on the kitchen table...there's a Honor Roll certificate with Sam's name on it! What???? He didn't mention it all Thanksgiving weekend. It sat in his backpack! He never said a word about it! Then around 11:30 I get a call from the clinic at school, the lady said he has no fever, but still a little light headed. She said he didn't look good. So pack up Daniel and went to school to get Sam. I thought maybe his blood sugar was low, being light headed and all. I marched everyone to the school clinic to ask if they have a glucose machine. The normal nurse wasn't there that day, someone else was there. I explained about my theory of Sam's blood sugar and she said she's not a nurse. I asked what was Sam's temperature. She said 99.2... I said it's not that bad. I knew 98.6 was normal. This "fill-in" person said, no it's 96.5....what??? How old is this girl? 96.5 is a radio station! I didn't say anything, I just wanted to get Sam home. That's when I explained the importance of being on the Honor Roll.
Wednesday: Getting Daniel ready for school drama. Let's begin on Monday. Daniel complains on the way to school that his tummy hurts. I asked him if he has to poop. "I don't know" was the answer. I have taken him into school two separate times when he complains about his tummy to poop. I really didn't want to take him in on Monday. He pooped already that morning. So I drop him off and head back home. I am 3 minutes from home and my cell rings. It's his teacher calling. Daniel is upset crying because he has to poop and he doesn't want his teachers to take him. Can I come back to take him potty. So I turn around and go back to school. I get him on the potty and no poop. He sits there a few minutes and chats with me. No poop. I thought maybe all the drama made his urge to poop stop. I leave and all is well. Now it's Wednesday and he poops twice in the morning. At noon (we leave around 12:20) he starts running into the bathroom to "try" to poop. Nothing. Then he starts whining and crying. He is realllly good at making himself cry, tears and all. He follows me around the house as I am putting shoes and coats on. All the while telling him to stop whining and crying. He tells me, "I ate soup for lunch, that makes me poop!" This continues all the 5 minutes it takes to drive to school. "I want you with me when I poop at school. I want you to wipe my butt." It's then the Mommy light bulb turns on...he wants me to be at school with him. Now the game is: When I complain about my tummy hurting, mommy thinks I have to poop. That way she comes into school with me.
It doesn't work. I drop Daniel off, crying all the way and the poor teacher is wondering what the heck is going on. I explain the new game and she gets it. When I picked him up afterwards, she tells all was well as soon as he got into school.
Mommy's Lesson learned: make sure Daniel poops before school.
Daniel's lesson learned: Mommy isn't that dumb afterall!
Well, my friends, wish me luck for the rest of the week. It could only get better :)