Connor had a good night sleep Saturday night and woke up without any more fever.  His runny nose also improved and just had some residual congestion and cough.  He was back to his usual self too.  It was slightly cooler on Sunday but still very sunny, so we decided to try miniature golf together.  Both Logan and Connor were excited, holding their clubs and golf balls to the first hole.  As soon as it was our turn to start playing, Logan just wanted to start putting and did not really want any guidance from Stuart.  He was quite good trying to get the ball into the hole; he probably thought that the point of the game was the fastest to get to the hole rather than the number of hits.  He was good waiting for his turn among our group, but he was slightly impatient to wait until the previous group to finish with each hole.  He managed to finish the entire 18 holes without much complaints.  Connor, on the other hand, did not really care to play.  We tried to guide him through the first couple of holes; later he kinda just gave up trying.  He ended up just following us walking through the holes; he finally lost his patience and started asking for snack.  With some popcorn in hand, he managed to walk through the rest of the game.  We all then took a snack at one of the picnic tables, enjoying the nice sunshine.  Logan remembered about the arcade games located inside the facility, so we allowed him to play 3 games.  Connor and I just sat under the sun watching other players on the course and he was always excited each time the light-rail train went by.

    In the afternoon, we went to the Almaden Lake Park for some exercise.  We brought Logan’s bike and he did not mind hopping on.  He biked from one side of the lake to the opposite side where the playgrounds were.  He can bike quite fast these days, and he did not mind the slightly up and down hill sections.  He learned how to use his brakes quite well too.  Since Connor was recovering from a cold, we had him in the stroller.  Both Stuart and I had to jog at times to keep up with Logan.  When we arrived at the playgrounds, Logan and Connor had fun playing at the toddler area for a long time.  After the snack, we moved on to the “spider web” climbing structures.  Logan enjoys climbing on them these days, and for the first time, Connor was interested in them too.  He was not too bold though and wanted my help while he tried climbing on it.  Before sunset, we got Logan back on the bike, so we could make our way back home.

   After dinner, we skyped with Grandma to wish her happy birthday.  Since they learned about Grandma’s birthday, they had been singing the Happy Birthday song all day, especially Connor.  But when it was time to sing to Grandma, Connor was a bit shy.  It was cute that when Grandma tried to round both boys over to help her blow out a candle.  Grandma tried to gather them by asking “where are you"?”.  Connor immediately said “Home” (which I thought was funny).  Logan and Connor helped blow out the candle through the screen and wished Grandma a happy birthday!

     Connor was fine yesterday, but this morning he woke up earlier than usual, and started to have a runny nose and a minor cough.  As a result, we decided against going to Monterey as we initially planned, and just did something local and low key.  Connor did not eat as much for lunch but had a good nap.  When he woke up, he felt warm; he was having a low grade fever (99.8).  However he was happy as usual.  We went to play at the quiet playground in a local school as the weather was nice.  Connor seemed less energized, so I carried him between different structures.  He had fun playing at the toddler structure by himself, then later with Logan.  We then took a break for snack; Connor enjoyed eating cranberries and ate quite a bit.  Afterward, Connor became more tired.  He preferred sitting with me instead of going to play.  He was quite comfortable cuddling with me while watching Logan playing at the structures.  When I asked if he was not well, he nodded, but he declined when I asked if he wanted to go home.  So we stayed sitting under the sun for a bit longer. 

    Connor continued to get worse by the time we returned home.  He was warmer (temp up to 101.9), having teary eyes and a wet nose.  He was fatigued and did not really want to talk.  After the ibuprofen finally kicked in, Connor smiled again, and started talking and singing at the dinner table.  I bathed him and he went down to sleep without much issue.  We will see what happens tonight when the medicine wears off.

   For Valentine’s Day, the boys each wrote some valentine’s cards for their classmates.  We wrote them over the weekend, and it was tiring to keep encouraging Logan to write them all.  He ended up doing everything as told, writing “Logan” on each of the cards.  I guided Connor’s hand to write his.  He kept asking after each card too if we were done.  In return, the boys received many valentine’s card or little gifts from their classmates too.  Connor also had a potluck with his classmates at school that he brought a big bowl of fruits to share.  Both boys also brought home their own beautiful artwork for us.  After dinner, we enjoyed a heart shaped brownie that I made the night before.  Logan kept asking what it was, but at the same time, kept eating it.  He ate half of the heart while Connor ate 1/3 before leaving the table feeling very full.

     I am losing my “mommy boy” to daddy.  Every night after the boys put on their PJ, they have been doing a book exchange.  They both will grab a book from their room and bring it to the other room to trade with each other.  After the book exchange, we will say goodnight, then Connor and I will go back to his room to read.  But tonight, Connor’s hand reached out and grabbed daddy’s hand to go with him.  He then turned to me, said “Night-night” with a big smile and no regret.  As they walked away, Logan said “I want daddy too”.  I pretended to be sad (and I was), then Logan gave in and said “I want mommy”.  I did suggest that daddy will come in to say goodnight again after we finished reading.  Hopefully tomorrow someone will pick me.

   Logan came home with his first homework assignment.  He brought home a book with the instructions to read it to us tonight.  When he returns the book to school tomorrow, he will receive an accomplishment magnet.  He was also given a “I Can Read” chart for him to place the magnets on it as he earns them.  Logan also brought home his first magnet which was from the ten little books that Logan had already learned to read the past few months. 

    The first homework assignment today was a book called “Pam”.  He read that to me after dinner; he did quite well needing only a couple of reminders for certain words.  We’ll just have to remember to return the little pamphlet book to school or receive a $25 fine for it’s replacement.