Rocks in the coat

Yesterday afternoon the boys were climbing the walls, so to speak.  I bundled Ted up in his coat, hat, mittens, and tucked him into  his stroller with a thick quilt.  Will wanted to ride his bike, but the tires needed air and he was too tired.  We all walked down to the lake and Will threw sticks and rocks at the ice.  Will wanted to bring a few rocks home, so I told him that was fine.  I advised him to take them up to his room for safe keeping.  

Today I had an early lab and nurse evaluation.  I woke up with a rash, so the nurse said she really didn't know what they were going to do with me?! She was very concerned and kind.  (I've been taking Benadryl all day.  We will see what tomorrow brings.)  I should probably call them back tomorrow, not what I wanted to do at all.  (Place frustration emoticon here)

Anyway...I hadn't gotten Will a new winter coat this year.  I thought he could make it another winter, but the zipper had started pulling out.  I stitched the zipper back into the coat, but it was pulling out again.  While Ryan and I were in Sioux City today I found Will a new coat at Old Navy.  It was such a good deal that I probably would have purchased him a coat even if he didn't need it.  Ryan and I also got to enjoy a child free meal at the Olive Garden.  Maybe it was frivolous, but we needed it!  (Hey I have cancer AND I'm allergic to the chemo!)

So I went into the school this afternoon to pick Will up and something interesting happened.  I was talking to Will's teacher and Will chimed in about our walk to the lake.  He described the rocks he collected.  By the way mom can you cut the rocks out of the sleeve of my coat? (Apparently there is a hole in the sleeve of his old coat and while we were at the lake rocks got inside his coat.)  I didn't tell Will I got him a new coat.  I took his old coat down to the basement and hung his new coat up on his hook in the family room.  I can't wait for tomorrow morning when he discovers he has a new coat!

Will was computer helper today at special time.  This was an extremely important day for Will.  He was overjoyed last week when he told me it was his turn.  Will lives for technology.  (Oh yes, if any of you have been wondering about my Twitter account.  Will figured out how to tweet links from my phone.  Don't worry, it wasn't bad or inappropriate.  It is a little funny.  I hadn't had a tweet in 149 days.  Will is tweeting about his favorite web sites from my account.  I disabled that feature on my phone, so while I'm not myself ...Will can't suggest his favorite web sites! That is one savvy kid!)