Fishing

Ian went to Kindergarten Open House night last night. We had great fun with the fish theme:

Making patterns out of goldfish crackers

Cutting playdough fish

Doing fish puzzles

Dry Erase boards

Songs about fish

Painting fish

And Ian's favorite....fishing for letter sounds!

Trend

So anytime we visit or travel somewhere, Ian comes home sick. My theory is b/c he is around "non-family germs" and it just hits him (and naturally his sister too!) He spiked a fever at my parents home this past week and now has an awful cough. Our pediatrician had no open spots this afternoon so tomorrow, we have an appointment. I have used all my creative ways to occupy children in a doctors office of:

1. Bribe treats (food is no longer allowed at this office--GROWL!)
2. Bubbles
3. Balloons
4. Books
5. Magna doodles
6. Crayons on the exam table paper
7. Inflatible ball to kick in the room
8. Toys

Please, if you have other ideas, pass them my way!!!!

Ball Game

Ian had the opportunity to go to "A Night at the Braves" this year with Brett (Livy and I stayed home as she doesn't do so great with the trip). This event is for transplant kids and their families to go and do something "normal" like see a baseball game thanks to the philanthropy of the The Braves. Ian had a great time eating a hotdog (yes he ate the whole footlong hotdog by himself!)

cotton candy

and walking around the stadium.

And because we like to try to be as efficient as possible, we piggybacked a clinic visit at CHOA on that day too. We found out that MUSC (our hospital here in SC) is not sending the EBV blood work to CHOA as they are supposed to and that means we'll be making a few phone calls/visits with the hospital administrators to figure out what needs to happen to make that happen. Brett and I played paper, rock, scissors on who got to deal with that one and I am thrilled to say that I am not it for once! :)

Registered

Ian is registered for Kindergarten! The ladies at the office got huge eyes when looking over his paperwork and saw that he had a liver transplant which of course brought on all sorts of new questions. There is an open house later this month and we'll be meeting with some school administrators then to talk about Ian's medical history, etc. School is just a few months away starting on August 17th.....can't belive my baby will be going!