social pajamas

well for those of you who check in:
the kids played surgery again. apparently, k had nose and knees surgery. her surgeon came by to tell me to be sure to ice both of them and that he had set up a tube to circulate the ice water between them. he also made sure to tell me to take her to PT and to wiggle her nose. they had several eye operations too. clearly they are thinking a great deal about mom and nani. (we are cautiously optimistic about nani's eye. it is still inconclusive, but there was better vision today.)

k and ro are working on their reading. k likes to hold books up "like a teacher" and read us a story. ro is working on sounding out words and does not get as discouraged.

the kids and i talked about haiti and at first they said that we did not have extra money to give. so then we talked about money we used for things we "need" and for things we "want." and we talked about how we had enough for our "needs" while so many people in haiti did not have enough for their needs. they then thought it was a good idea to give.

we introduced the wii last week. i think it will be our friday night family activity. anyone who wants to play can stop by.

today, k stuck her hand out and said her usual "nice to meetchya." i responded with "hi, i am jigna." and she came back with, "hi i am nani." so we then played nani and jigna ride the bus to go to the museum. nani and jigna go to a movie theater to watch elmo and eat popcorn. and nani and jigna did all of this while i did my knee exercises. i can know see how to make my PT fun -- integrate k into it. she did get tired of standing on the pillow on one foot before i was done.

r played in the snow with liz and came home beaming. that kid just glows when he is happy.

they have been staying up way too late so mornings have been a little hard on them. but evenings except for a few screams here and there have been pleasant. we have been doing puzzles, homework, writing, computer time, some yoga, among other things.

the days are getting brighter a little earlier and staying brighter a little longer. it is not spring but it is neither the darkest nor the coldest week any more.

dad has been falling asleep on the couch in the evenings. i just told him to plug in his computer because the power was low and tried to hand him the plug. he said "yes" and rolled over. i asked him if had heard me and replied that he did. i asked him what i said. his response "social pajamas."

and that folks is all the news that fit to print...