Last week
Last week started off quite well and then went downhill rapidly 
And I started writing this and then had it in draft for ages, so now I’m forgetting the details lol.
On Monday M started Beyond Five in a Row with the book A Cricket in Times Square. So far that’s been going really well - it’s like FIAR but with a chapter book and slightly more involved activities to do based on the chapters in the story. We have much more successful mornings when I have some things planned. L pottered about as usual. He is very into felt tip pens at the moment and decorates all sorts of things with them, though not often things we’d like to have decorated with pen lol. Monday evening was Cubs for M. They’re doing an ongoing project about the environment and global concerns at the moment.
Tuesday was a busy day. We did a few things at home then rushed out to the supermarket for food for the week. We got some lunch there and went on to music, which this week was a samba session. The teacher had everyone joining in so L and I were on cow bells (though after initial enthusiasm he wandered off to the table and the colouring things) and M was on a tamborine. We learnt some rhythms and marched around the hall playing together. In the evening M, L and A went to rollerskating and I had Beavers. This week went much better than last - must’ve been testing us last week I think. Also we didn’t have as much to fit in this week (the week before we had a swimming up ceremony and lots to remember) so everything was calmer.
On Tuesday evening L went to bed OK but woke up burning hot and cranky just before I went to bed. We ended up dosing him up with ibuprofen (he won’t take paracetamol usually and even the ibuprofen takes alot of coaxing and I often end up wearing it!) and had a rough night.
By Wednesday he was not himself at all, very hot and upset and couldn’t sleep without being held. I think he had a sore throat and he had trouble swallowing. That evening he started with a rash too. He was also pretty bad on Thursday so we were all tired and fed up of staying in the house. I can’t remember Friday now, but I think he was starting to improve a bit.
Saturday morning I was desperate to go somewhere and do something other than sit and feed and cuddle L and L was more perky and getting his appetite back. We had a drive out to pick up some Scout stuff and visited a new garden centre which we’ve only ever driven past before. It had a good range of all the gardeny things we usually look for and L pottered about the plants happily. Their cafe was also very good so we had drinks and cakes in there before coming home.
