yes. still sick. apparently, carter got off easy with just a wicked temp for 48 hours. i have had the worst sore throat of my life for 5 days now. plus cough. ava now has a temperature. with a sore throat and a "splitting headache" -- ah. just like her mother. i predict that tomorrow will be a very tough day.
plus, she burned her hands on the woodburning stove a few days ago, and that is causing her a lot of pain. it was not technically a bad burn--nothing like carter's, but one of them did blister a bit, and the skin sloughed off today. she was not a happy camper. until today, the worst of the experience has been her utter mortification. she was warming up her hands, and in order to touch the stove, she would have had to breach the barrier of the protective screen--something she knows not to do--so, she had to lift her hands up and over and then lower them at least 9 inches to the top of the stove, clearly a deliberate act. i know her hands were cold, but i have a little theory that she also was wondering "what would happen if I touched this stove?" -- a little bit of curiosity about exactly how hot it was, a little bit of attention seeking, and a little bit of simply needing to learn a tough lesson on her own. add to that a hard time judging the distance between the backs of her hands (fortunately that was the part she brushed the stove with) and the top of the stove. think about it--hold your hand palm down over the table--you know where the table is--now turn your hand over and try to do the same thing. it is different. not as sensitive. so, all of that = one bad burn on the back of her right hand.
poor kid.
on an entirely different note, somethng i have to get down for posterity--she has watched cinderella a few times, but after seeing it once or twice, we were riding in the car and listening to something on the radio, and a waltz came on. she said "mom! this is just like cinderella!" -- i was literally flabbergasted. yes, the prince/cinderella scene is a waltz, and yes we were listening to a waltz, but totally different. somehow she knew. perhaps others are reading this and saying well, duh, but as someone that is totally not auditory, this is incomprehensible to me. i nearly drove off the road.
and then, i immediately thought--well, i am in for a challenge. because i don't learn with my auiditory system. not one itty bitty bit. it is, in fact, my biggest weakness. and therefore, teaching her will be a tad difficult. i am inclined to read and write in order to learn. if a teacher stands in front of a class, and i don't take notes, i will have no idea what was said. not to mention a severe weakness when it comes to music, movies, and poetry slams.
hopefully she is at least kinesthetic--then at least we can meet in the middle.
