What a week. . .

Since last Monday (so it's really what a week and a half) we have just been busy with all the little things in life. Life has been good but it seems like a lot of everyday things just keep happening.

I'm going to skip over the whole bully at the bus stop issue. That seems to be better now. But that took up a lot of my thoughts last week. Luckily this is a very nice community and so there was plenty of support and things are looking up at the bus stop.

Saturday our ward primary had their practice for the Primary Sacrament Program, which was the next day. Erik practiced reading his scripture for the program and did a very nice job. For some reason learning the word "whatsoever" was much easier for him than learning "kingdom." We were so impressed with him getting ready on Saturday all by himself. I guess the part that was impressive is that after breakfast he just disappeared into his room. We figured he was playing and so just let him be. Spencer and I cleaned up the dishes and then out came Erik all ready for church. (Usually he protests and throws a fit about getting dressed for church or about going to church.)

He was disappointed and felt duped when he found out that we were just dropping him off and that the rest of the family was not wearing church clothes or going to church. He wasn't sure that he liked having 2 church days in a row either. But by the time we picked him up he was just fine with it all. Having a pizza party and feeding the children doughnuts sure helped him be happy, as he put it. He really likes his primary teacher and the primary in this ward. We are just thrilled with it. Erik is getting to the point that he looks forward to primary time each week and doesn't protest much at all. He comes home so happy after church that it makes our Sunday evenings so nice. Needless to say the primary program went great. Erik did well, as did the other children. We only had one burst of laughter when a little 3 year old sunbeam (that everyone in town knows because she is so social) got a hiccup in the middle of her line.

Erik had a good Monday at school. But Tuesday he woke up with a temperature of 102. So he's been home all this week. Their poor kid was so worried about not going to school that it finally dawned on me that he thought he was not going to get to ever go back to school. After figuring that out he felt better about school but keeps reminding me that he's missing out on learning and is going to be behind. He is so worried that he won't learn what he should and sad that he is missing out on all that goes on each day.

Luckily so far no one else in the family has gotten sick. Cameron is just busy eating, sleeping and keeping someone (usually Mommy, but Daddy also) moving about the house while holding him. The little stink likes to be on the move but is not mobile yet. So he works himself into quite a fit screaming and crying if he doesn't get to move around the house throughout the day. Needless to say not much gets done. We have started using the johnny jump-up and that helps for about 15 minutes.

Spencer after he gets home from work has been busy figuring out wiring for the garage and the lathe/phase converter. Erik last night got a lesson on reading an electrical diagram and how a switch works.