Past few days...

I walk in the door at 9pm after Back to School Night to find Joe asleep on the couch (exhausted after the draining, heart- wrenching loss last night), Owen asleep in his crib(so missed seeing him all day) and Joey laying on the sunroom floor wearing Joe's Dawkins jersey pretending to be asleep...but quietly giggling at a cartoon. After "sending" Joe to bed, Joey and I get started on the homework he thought he'd get away with not doing tonight...sitting on the kitchen floor Joey eating a brownie, me a helping of Aimee's yummy Tuesday night dinner (love you for it). Gotta love getting into the swing of being "back to school."

So backtracking over the past few days...

Owen's treatment went well yesterday. It was actually a really good day. He had physical therapy in the morning and he has shown progress in the last couple weeks. Our appt. at CHOP was for 10:30 and we made it downtown in an hour, it is amazing how fast you can get there when there is no traffic! It was a pretty quiet day in oncology so we smoothly sailed from one "checkpoint" to the next without any terribly long wait time. Even the pharmacy had Owen's meds ready when we checked into the day hospital, which I think is a first. The past two weeks Owen has refused to relax and take a nap until we head home in the truck at the end of the day so I was dreading the prospect of entertaining him for hours as he has to sit to get his meds. He still didn't nap but he played with his toys for the entire treatment without fussing to "get down"...a big accomplishment.

Football Sunday!!! Watching Joey make his first big tackle gave me an overwhelming sense of pride (and relief---I think he is starting to "get it.") I totally understand how parents get completely engrossed in these games! It was such a hot day and the opposing team STOMPED our team...but all the boys (including Joey) put their ALL out there on the field. So cool!