Hello everyone! It is such a cozy morning here. It is snowing, big fat snowflakes, Wyatt is playing, I have coffee, and it is relatively quiet. I don’t have too many plans for today. I think today we will do some Christmas crafting, and I need to sit down with a giant stack of books to prep for some of Wyatt’s history unit the next few weeks. Today seems like the perfect day to do that. We definitely have enough books here to last us a while, for reading for fun and for school.

Otherwise, it has been a weird week. I had to take care of a few things for my mom, like paying some of her bills, and making sure her health insurance was set for next year. Why does this have to be done every year? I was so confused. I have a guy who looks at all the different insurance plans and chooses one based off of my mom’s needs so at least that is helpful and I don’t need to actually figure it out myself.

Then Tuesday Wyatt woke up with a slight fever. Nothing crazy, and not even technically a fever but it was close and you could tell he didn’t feel well. His little cheeks were flushed and he just wasn’t himself. He stayed in bed watching tv pretty much all day, quiet, which is unusual for him and I just hung out with him. By about 5 that night he had rallied and was feeling much better, and Wednesday he was almost back to normal. Except we did have a return of the medicine induced nausea! I have learned that if he doesn’t eat a lot the night before he will feel sick the next morning after his meds. Observation is key with this kid and I have honed my mom observation skills to a t! But Tuesday night he just didn’t feel like eating – not because he still didn’t feel good, mind you, but because as he started to feel better he ate a ton in the afternoon. We were off our norm, and that was ok.

Yesterday, we kind of played catch up. We took it easy until Wyatt’s stomach was better, than we caught up on some school work. It’s been really nice with the ramp, because now Wyatt’s wheelchair can actually come in the house! Before there was no way I could carry it in and out all the time, and Wyatt as well. Wyatt was easy honestly, even though he weighs more than it – the chair is just super awkward. Anyway, he has been excited about it and we have had school in my office the past few days for a change. He can sit in his wheelchair at my antique double desk. It’s fun to switch it up. I have also been spending a lot of time there besides my time with Wyatt, working on the already mentioned history unit study.

Last night we finally got out of the house though for a little event at the library. I had signed us up for the 3d printing cookie cutter event, which was entirely free, and I thought it would be neat. We got to design a cookie cutter, and then the library printed it on the 3d printer. Wyatt and I discussed what he wanted before we went, a Christmas snail, so all I had to do when we got there was find an image. Our end of it was very simple. I have no idea what the librarian had to do on his end but we left with our cookie cutter. We will have to do a lot of fill in with decoration but that is ok. We can handle that. I also got to show Wyatt how magical a 3d printer is. I find them a mystery since I have no idea how they work honestly but it seems like you can make anything on earth with them. Anyway, there were only four of us there to make them, including Wyatt, and ours was the last to be printed, so we had some time to chat with the librarian. He told us that he plans on having little workshops like that frequently, for different items, and that we can design things at home and have the library print them, for $1.00. He also said that he is planning on making small assistive devices, like pencil grips or things to help open doors, etc, to have available for free for those who need them. I of course thought that was a fabulous idea!

Today I think we will just chill a little, do a little school, have some independent time so I can get some work done, and then tonight is pizza Friday so yay! I don’t have to make dinner!

So, our week this week was a little bleh, but that is ok. I was able to get a lot of different things done that needed to get done, work on my stepmom’s Christmas present that I am embroidering, and just hang out with my kid. So it wasn’t too terrible overall.

I hope that whatever you are doing today, you do something to make you smile, no matter how small!