"one word" check-ins.

Scene 1:  Eli entered my office this afternoon, crying.  

 "Mom, I fell and hurt myself", he pathetically explained to me with tears streaming down both cheeks.  "I tripped over my shoes in the tunnel."  

 Two things - 
1.)  The poor child inherited my clumsiness.
2.)  The tunnel is the hallway by the Kindergarten bathrooms.  

 I bandaged his two little knees and sent him back to class - after he composed himself.  He hobbled dramatically, but made it.  I would love to know what he told his class, as he is one to exaggerate on occasion.  I love him.

 Scene 2:  Baby Jeremiah woke up from his nap.  He was extra clingy and cuddly.  As I hugged him close, I noticed he felt a little warm.  But, I was freezing all day and thought maybe his skin just felt warm to me.  Just to be sure, I walked to the front office to find the thermometer.  

 It read 102.8.  Uh oh.  

 I'm still not sure what's up.

 Scene 3:  Silas entered the car, laughing.  

 "Mom!  Callie, Maddy, Kaylee, and Hailey played a prank on me."

 "What did they do?"

 "They drew me a picture of a mermaid.  'Cause they know I hate mermaids."
He's just being funny.  He really wasn't mad about it :)
Since it was kind of a different day, on the drive home, I changed up our "high/low's" a bit.  I asked, "If you could describe your day in one word, what would it be?"

 They responded as follows:

 Silas - "busy."
Eli - "uhhhhhh, kind of good, kind of bad."  {ha!  I didn't correct him.}
Jeremiah - "mmm daddy car." 

 And there you have it - our day in a nutshell!
the prank, the bandaged knees, and the sickie.

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