Today Wes’ amazing PSW was ill and couldn’t come. So Jon and I scrambled to fill her shoes, sitting in on all his classes, reminding him endlessly to pay attention, mute and unmute, and constantly reminding him that he was “in school”. I think this is all very confusing to him.

His teacher this year is a very patient young man who frequently tells the males in his class that they are being a “good man”. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I don’t think I would appreciate a teacher telling my daughters that they are a “good girl”, yet, I think his intent is to develop ideas about what makes a “good” man. I think his intent is good, I’m just not sure how well it reads.

Before school I was working on some headbands to help cover up my new tennis ball sized bald spot (where they shaved my hair to excise the cyst last Friday), and Wes really liked my Halloween themed fabric. So I made a couple head bands for him and Ava too. He was excited to have a new posse, the “Halloween headband club”. This has been a thing for a while now. Sometimes he gets really excited when someone (or more than one) is wearing the same color as he is. Sometimes this, alternatively, makes him angry. We never know which Westli is climbing out of bed, so none of us plan our wardrobes based on what Wes is or is not wearing. Today he was excited, hurray!

Wes gets big ugly pimples. You can see one on his nose and by his left eye. He has been getting them for years too. He hates being asked to wash or wipe his face to prevent them, and he really hates when they get big and painful. I do try to intervene, but he just thinks I like pinching him and making everything hurt. Recently Taylor and Liv to a smaller extent have also been getting lots of break outs. I have less concerns about them as they are almost 15. Wes has gotten them since he was 8 or 9. (That is also when his secondary reproductive features started… long hairs mostly) I haven’t seen it growing much on his face yet, but that will come soon.

Well here is hoping the rest of the day moves along seamlessly!