Monday

Still having some sleeping issues. Lucy has been crying at bedtime and nap time. Of course she still has to sleep so we are just toughing it out. I hate to have her cry. Last night she cried for a long time before falling asleep. DH and I both went in to her and comforted her a couple times. H shares a room with her and she talked to her and told her she was okay. Tonight she cried but for a much shorter time.

S left before the awards on Saturday. She found out today that they got a trophy and two plaques! Yeah! Way to go Starsteppers!

We had the missionaries and mom over for dinner tonight. I made turkey soup, "mud soup", rolls, salad and "Tiffany's dessert". Our missionaries are very nice. Elder V from Tonga is still with us. He gave the thought after dinner and I found it very touching. He talked about the troubles in his country right now and how he's worried about his family. Last week his father sent him an e-mail and told him not to worry but to focus on doing the Lord's work. He talked about Alma and his example of courage.

H stayed home from school today. She wasn't feeling well. I think she just has a cold, this morning we weren't sure. Yesterday she left church early because we thought she had pink eye, both her eyes were red and puffy. She's also sniffly. Now she is coughing. Poor H.
While she was home we made the invitations for her party. We also went and delivered most of them. I took her to do four when we picked up S from school. After dinner she and DH went and did some. Several of the girls were also sick. Something must be going around.

Brother found a carved Chinese dragon that we got from Grandpa Thacker this last Christmas. He was looking at it and asking about dragons and how they flew and if they were real. I was answering him. He has lots of questions all the time.
As we were talking tonight I told him that dragons probably are not real. We have komodo dragons and we know about dinosaurs and stuff. Many cultures have dragon lore, which is interesting. Blah, blah, blah. After awhile he said, "that's not very scientific mom." Which cracked me up. He thinks we should know more about everything.