A Tough Day

Today was one tough day! How did we get such a yucky day? Yesterday morning my Joshie fell outside and cracked his head open. (Matt came running inside carrying Josh-- BLOOD ALL OVER!!) We took him to the clinic where he ended up getting 3 staples in the back of his head. So trying to keep Josh down and the two Alexs from jumping or running by my Joshie has been quite the task. The two Alexs are boys who are four, rambunctious, and physical which is fine except for this week when Josh has a head wound. Add to that one baby with a ouchie diaper rash and another baby who is making a career out of being attached to Mommy (that would be baby Ava) and the rain so we all had to stay inside and that is one rough day! When Matt and I decided to let the kids come today I didn't think about it being so rough because I didn't realize how much one person touches the back of their head. Josh couldn't sit on the couch to watch Baby Signing Time, he couldn't eat at the table because is head kept brushing up against his chair, he couldn't play Batman dress ups since the clothes rubbed on the back of his head when he put the costume on and off. He couldn't sit at the table for our art project. Man! I'm going to think tonight and come up with some non-head-touching activities for the rest of the week.
We ended up sitting in a circle on the floor for our art project which was a pizza shaped puzzle. We colored sauce, crust, cheese and our favorite toppings and chopped it into bits for pizza. We traded puzzles and sang a song about pizza.
We started a new Baby Signing Time DVD today. I was hoping it would keep the older boys calmer since they've never seen it. It included the signs for emotions so watch out for happy (hand moves up from chest towards face) and sad (two pointer fingers trace the path of a tear on cheeks) . It also has the signs for hot (one hand in a claw shape moves from the mouth towards the shoulder) and cold (arms near body with hands in fists, shaking). From our sign language book we're learning the signs for game, share, help and music.
We didn't do much today because it seemed someone or another was sad most of the day and I just spent a lot of time reassuring my kiddos they were okay. I know tomorrow will be better!
On a positive note: Tyler sang the tune of ABC's with us when we sang it in preschool and Kiara was walking around singing the Baby Signing Time Theme (Baby, Baby, Baby Signing Time). CUTE!!