Ditata Daily: Weekly Update

The week started off super chilly; which had us off to a slow start Monday morning:

After dropping T off at school, the Holmes kiddos came over and kept warm by playing in front of the fireplace:

Tenley came home from school and was excited to have learned about Hanukkah:

Monday evening I had a work meeting; which is always so much fun. We laughed so hard, then Amelia came and is always taking pics of us and making us pose since she's such a pro! I love having a job that surrounds me with such strong women:

Due to the new CCSD law, I had to take some time off from volunteering at Tenley's school until I was background checked and fingerprinted. I finally got cleared and was back in business on Tuesday. The kids were so excited to see me and I was so happy to help out! Tenley is doing so well in Kinder and made it to unit 15 on her sight words on Tuesday. We're so proud of her love for learning:

On Tuesday, Ev and Wes learned about the letter 'C' and made these adorable cactus', while Tenley brought home lots of work:

I was starting to lose my voice Tuesday evening, but promised the kids to take them ice skating Wednesday evening since they weren't able to over the weekend. We loved ice skating at The Cosmo last year and it's only $10 during the week for locals, plus it was "A Night with The Vegas Golden Knights"! Wes was beyond excited and talked about it all day. As soon as we got there we ran into Amy and the crew and were so excited to hit the rink with friends:

The Cosmo had fake snow fall and the kids went nuts for it:

All of a sudden Wes and Ev kept saying they were so sleepy so we had to leave before the players came out for their meet and greet. On our way out we ran into Chance the Gila Monster:

When we got home we could tell that Wes was going to wake up feeling awful. He was so tired that he asked us to put him right into bed; which never happens. When he woke up he had this nasty dry cough and fever. He was so miserable that he wouldn't move from the couch:

Luckily, Stevie picked Tenley up for school and made sure she made it into her classroom safely so we didn't have to leave the house. I knew Tenley was in good hands with her and Tenley was thrilled to go to school with Jackson:

(THANKS, STEVIE!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!)

Thank God for Stevie because Wes started throwing up as soon as Tenley left for school. I made the quickest appointment I could for Wes and Ev. Of course, he started to throw up on the way to the doctor so I took off my jacket and had him throw up on it since I had nothing else. The doc said his ears, nose and throat looked good, but put him on meds because she didn't want it to turn into something worse. The poor guy continued to throw up flem on the way to the pharmacy and ended up falling asleep as we waited for his scripts:

As soon as we got home, Ev took a much needed nap. It's so rare to have napping kids, but boy did I need it because I was coughing and had a fever, too:

Aunt Julie sent a delivery from Cheryl's Cookies and it was torture seeing those glorious cookies when all I could think about was soup. Luckily, Tenley and Ed were feeling fine and able to enjoy them right away:

(Thanks, Aunt Loolie and Uncle Bill!! Love you!!)

Wessie boy fell asleep while doing his breathing treatment Thursday night and it broke my heart:

Wes woke up feeling a little better Friday morning and even ate some toast and orange juice for breakfast. The breathing treatments seemed to really be helping the twins. We have so much albuterol and Ev wasn't going to need that much so I stole some to try to get my voice back:

Ev missed her dance class Saturday morning, but Tenley was rearing to go to cheer! The twins stayed home with Ed while I took T to class. I don't care how awful I feel, I love watching her cheer. She loves it so much; which makes it really fun for everyone:

All I wanted was warm food to soothe my throat so Ed made my favorite soup- chicken gnocchi soup. I spent the rest of Saturday being lazy, eating soup and drinking tea like a old lady:

Ev was feeling a bit better. but said she didn't want to go to her dress rehearsal that evening. She stayed home, rested, did breathing treatments and we prayed she'd feel up to dancing in the morning:

Bad news is Wes woke up feeling worse on Sunday, but good new was that Ev woke up feeling and acting like her sweet little self! Thank God! She was so excited for her Winter Recital of 'The Snow Queen' and the rest of us (except Wes) were excited to get out of the house:

(She dressed herself and wanted to wear her Blessed Mother necklace she got for her 6th birthday from Grammy and Pop-Pop!)

I was stunned with how well Evie did since she missed class and dress rehearsal, but she blew us away. She shines so bright on stage and loves it so much that it's hard to not smile ear to ear when you watch her: