Monday, Isaac was back at school. Oliver and I took Seb to Gymboree, as Mondays usual routine. It got very cold on Monday, to the point that Greenville school district put a delay on schools starting 2 hours later on the Tuesday. Oliver's wise headmaster sent an email Monday afternoon saying that school would begin as usual on Tuesday. The school district encompasses such a large area......Isaac's however decided to start 3 hours later on the Tuesday. Monday night the temperature went down to -13 centigrade. It was cold, very cold. The water in the boys water table froze solid, 3 inches thick
Tuesday, I took Oliver to school. It was most noticeably icy on the roads near the house, but once you go on to the main highways it wasn't too bad. Traffic was fairly light, and he got to school early. Isaac, Seb and I returned home and played till it was time to take Isaac to school. If Isaac had not been doing lunch and learn, he would not have been going in. It was cold again on Tuesday night, but only about -7....
Wednesday Oliver had an ENT appointment at Greenville Hospital. This is the first time we have been to one of the main hospital buildings, and it went well. We were seen fairly quickly by Dr Cooter. Turns out he has 3 kids in the upper school of Oliver's school, he recognized the uniform straight away. He took a swab from Oliver's recurring ear infection to send away to be cultured. He then proceeded to vacuum Oliver's ear. All is can say is yuck, there were some big chunks of disgustingness coming out. How it has not been causing him pain, I do not know. He has been given drops and an oral antibiotic (it tastes disgusting), to try and fight the infection. Dr Cooter wanted Oliver to get his hearing checked ASAP, but we were only able to get an appointment over in Greer next week. We also have to see Dr Cooter again in 10 days time. I dropped Oliver back at school, and headed home. The afternoon was spent with Isaac not really knowing what to do with himself....
Thursday morning, I went and looked at a preschool for Seb. I have spent the week sending emails and arranging visits to local day care/ preschools. I started with a list of about 8, whittled it down to about 5 using their websites. Only 3 got back to me, 1 I called and left a message, the other I called and arranged a visit for Monday. One didn't do a half day program for Sebs age.
So the first one I saw on Thursday I quite liked. It is convenient, the room is nice and spacious, they have a good out door area and water play area. Seb freaked when he first went in, but settled eventually. We took a little tour to the gym, where Soccer Shots was taking place. Seb went and joined in, with no instruction from anyone. He loved it!!! I took him back to what would be his room, and he was fine, and even went off to play. We spent longer than anticipated here, and were late for a meet up group. We met at Acrosmiths Gymnastics. This is a cheerleading/gym place where they had a big springy mat, a running trampoline, beams and lots of other equipment laid out for kids to play. Seb loved it. It was good fun, and there were loads of mums with kids all different ages. I spoke to lots of different people, which was nice.
Friday I checked out another day care. This one is located on Woodruff Road, so a little further than I would like to travel. It was laid out quite similar to the preschool the boys went to in England. The rooms are all open, and they also have a play area, half of which Sebs age is not allowed on. They make all their meals on site, and there were plenty of staff. But it just didn't feel right...... From there we went to Rachel's house. So nice to catch up with a good friend, while the kids played nicely.
As it was the second Friday of the month, it was Free Community Zumba at the Kroc Centre in Greenville. I was supposed to be meeting some friends, but I was the only one from our group who showed up. Didn't matter, I love these sessions, it is a good work out and lots of fun, just how zumba should be.
Today we did the costco shop (ouch), then went to the mall for some lunch, and to return some Christmas presents. The rest of the day had been spent at home relaxing, and enjoying our time together.
I have decided to take January off from drinking. I had my last alcohol on Sunday night, and have not touched a drop since. I am proud of myself. My drinking was not out of hand, but after a heavy trip back to England, and the run up to Christmas, I think my body needed a break. So far so good. One thing I am noticing is how tired I am, but I am putting this down to recovering from travelling, and sorting out things here. I feel like I have done so much paper work and general family up keep this week. I have also made a start on my course, which doesn't start till next month.
So that's the catch up..... Sorry for the lack of photos, but we have not taken any this week!
Next week will be spent seeing friends, getting Oliver's hearing tested (the culture grew a bacterial infection, just in case you were wondering), and doing at least 2 maybe even 3 Zumba sessions.....
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