What did you do today?

Tonight, for family night, we looked at photos of Jace when he was a baby. Then we talked about journals and how they aren't as fun to write as they are to read later (For me, anyway). Then we had Jace and Lance write their own journals. We had them keep it simple and down to only a few minutes of writing. For example, Jace's went like this:

"Monday, Jan. 14, 2008... I went to shcool. I like shcool. I like the work and recess."

Jared helped Lance, and it went something like this:

Jared: "What did you do today?"
Lance: "I just go on the train with you."
Jared: "What else did you do today?"
Lance: "I just go on the bus, too."
Jared: "What did you do in preschool today?"
Lance: "I didn't bring anything at preschool." (He was bummed that today wasn't his day for show and tell.)
Jared: "What did you learn in preschool?"
Lance: "I just learn my bouncy ball." (After I had him put his toys down before we left, I found that once outside, he still had his red rubber ball. I told him to just put it in his coat pocket and he can play with it after preschool, which he did nicely without a fit. But I didn't know it would be his main source of thought throughout preschool!)

We'll have to figure this one out.

He sleeps

Kyle had a tough night a few nights ago. He woke up a couple times uncharacteristically crying and wouldn't stop. He had a runny nose and had been grabbing his ear, and I thought it might be an ear infection. I gave him Tylenol to get him through the night, and planned to call the Dr. first thing in the morning to get an appt. that day. But while I was waiting for the Tylenol to kick in, I remembered something I learned while Evan was sick and handling pain. Watching movies helps alleviate pain, according to some research (sorry I don't have the info...it was in the paper!) (also, thanks, mom, for cutting it out for me!). Something to do with getting your mind off the pain. Evan loved watching movies, and Jared kept getting him more, thus the pile of movies you see on our wall.

So I put one of our Baby Einstein movies on, and it was amazing! His trouble long forgotten, Kyle was glued to the T.V. He watched all 30 minutes of it, and I turned it on again. Soon, he was drooping off to sleep. It was so cute how he was propped up there on the couch enjoying the movie, and then... out. I couldn't resist snapping the photo.

Next day... turned out that he had no ear infection - just teething!