BRONCHITIS AND THE INAUGURAL

Our outward adventure to the LA Zoo this weekend was disrupted by a bout of bronchitis. We didn’t want to take any chances making things worse. Of course we didn’t know what it was at the time. With a bad cough and a 103 fever the night before, venturing out to the Zoo for the Critters N’ Kids classes would not have been fair to the other kids attending the class. We had been planning this event for a few weeks so when we decided to postpone it she was rightly disappointed, saying “I won’t cough on anyone I promise”. We didn’t think it was a good idea to venture out so we hunkered down inside and had a day of relaxation, right.

I’m not sure where she found all of her energy but I didn’t expect a sick child to want to play so much. It turned out to be a challenge keeping her entertained all day. Yes the television came into play, I’m guilty of that. We watched two movies, Toy Story and the Aristicats. Both are excellent films for entertainment value and highly recommended for a day at home. We also played outside riding scooters, walking, listening to the birds and playing with her favorite unicorns. The V-Tech computer game she got from her Uncle Denis for Christmas came in handy. Learning letters, numbers and shapes was great entertainment for about thirty minutes. Soon my favorite part of the day came, nap time. Normally it’s a fight to get her to take a nap. And she did put up a little resistance but she was not herself and finally gave into the comforts of a warm blanket and soft pillow on mom and dad’s bed.

Later in the afternoon just before diner we decided to look at the Inaugural Celebration coming up and it inspired us to break out our United States of America puzzle. This turned out to be a great opportunity to talk about our country and the historic event coming this week. By the way this puzzle is a sturdy wood puzzle with colored pieces that fit together nicely. This is the kind of puzzle I had growing up and I remember playing with it for many years. This puzzle gave us an opportunity to talk about our country, all the various states, what they are like and what government is. We talked about the world and the difference between the states and countries. While she is too young to really understand, we had fun with it.