December 12, 2012

Outside Temp: 25 F (we got a little snow today, a little rain, and a little clear... not too cold, which is good...)

What I cooked today:
Burgers and Pasta: We had a 2lb package of ground beef from a neighbor, so I cooked that up as burgers.  Yummy!  I thought I'd switch things up a bit by using pasta instead of potatoes.  No complaints from the family.

Update:
When we got up this morning, we noticed that Ryan had been scratching at his dressing, and had actually left some scratches.  We cleaned him up (with alcohol and betadine, which stings!) and put some hydrocortosone on it.  We re-dressed it, and kept him home from school, just in case.  He didn't scratch most of the afternoon, so the meds must be doing something.  If he's good tomorrow, we'll send him to school.

The school had an early out today, for teacher training, so instead of class getting out at 3:30, it was out at 1pm, which is awesome.  They also had a scavenger hunt for 12-12-12, so my classes were essentially cancelled.  I did have the students for the last 10 minutes of the day, but there was no way I could make them productive at that point, so I just wrote off the day.  We will have to make sure that we really get working on their final projects tomorrow and Friday.

The afternoon was strange, in that the kids were home from school so early.  Allen had a migraine, so he went to bed, but Katie and Connor finished up homework and played, and played, and played.  At one point, it felt like a Saturday or Sunday, in that it was only 4:00, and they had been playing for hours!  They love these kind of days!