Bob wanted to play SJ's new Christmas game, Headbandz. He gathered up six people and they played that game for quite some time. The rest of our guests were down in the theater room playing Rock Band. SJ was not hanging out too much with our guests. He was hiding out upstairs in the playroom playing Wii by himself. I tried repeatedly to get him to join us, but he didn't want to come downstairs.
That is not totally uncommon, but he usually plays with the one friend's son. (We later realized he was coming down with something. Keep reading.)
We had a great time with our guests and made plans to get together with them at the end of January. (We won't be hosting this time.) I always love when we get together. They are a great group. I think it is so wonderful that my husband has been able to keep in touch with his close high school friends. Sadly, I am only Facebook friends with my high school friends.
The next day we were invited to go sledding at a classmate of SJ's. The dad texted my husband and told him to have us come in the evening. He said there would be sledding and a bonfire. It was very cold that night. The dad had a huge bonfire started. The kids started sledding as soon as we got there. They have a great yard for sledding. The kids kept sledding the whole time we were there. My husband tried a few runs, but gave up and joined me by the fire.
SJ and Bob had such a great time at our friend's house. SJ has known this boy for a few years. They have been on the same soccer and baseball teams and have been in each other's class a couple of times. The parents have always been extremely accepting of SJ and never were flustered by his occasional meltdowns. They are great friends to have! We stayed at their house for a few hours and then made our way home.
Sunday we had more guests at our house. My parents brought one of my cousin's and my cousin's son to our house to watch the football game. The boys weren't interested in watching the game, but my dad never left the basement. Bob told my mom how much fun Headbandz was, so we all played that. SJ liked the game at first. He was laughing so hard when people were asking the others questions to figure out what they were supposed to be.
After 30 minutes, he started to lose interest. I made him continue to play for a few more minutes. I am trying to teach him that he can't just quit in the middle of a game. We finished up the game shortly after that. The boys then went upstairs to play video games and my mom and I joined the men downstairs. My aunt and uncle also came over to watch the game. Everyone left when the game was over.
We just hung out for the remainder of the evening. We were supposed to go to our friend's cabin for New Years, but Bob is super allergic to dogs. Our friends were all bringing their dogs and they told us their cabin was small. We thanked them for the invite, but decided to spend New Year's at home. They asked us to join them for skiing, so my husband was considering it for him and SJ.
Unfortunately, SJ woke up sick on Monday. He had a high fever and didn't even want to get out of bed. He stayed that way all day Monday and Tuesday. So no skiing, no party, no nothing. We just watched the New Year's programs and rang in the New Year quietly. I hope you had a healthier new year than we did!
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