Ever since yesterdays chocolate episode with Chester, everyone’s hearing has been on high alert.
Today, Kylee heard some rustling sounds coming from the storage room. She immediately ran down the hall to stop the scavenger in his tracks. Fortunately, it was only Evan digging out some oatmeal for breakfast on this cold snowy morning.
Chester did survive his latest ordeal, but not without a sleepless night for me. He was up every two hours.
Busy at work, I received a phone call from Kylee.
While everyone was at school and at work, Chester (once again) managed to find his way into the food storage room downstairs.
It has been determined that he ate this:
followed by this:
(unfortunately, one of the most lethal forms of chocolate)
The chips… all gone.
The cocoa… undetermined.
So I left work to assess the situation and to induce vomiting. I immediately administered diluted hydrogen peroxide and while I waited for the results, I vacuumed and scrubbed the rug then dumped and weighed the remaining cocoa.
The weigh in estimates that he ate less than an ounce (which is good news). But, still afraid to leave him alone, here I sit… working from home and watching for signs of nausea from the peroxide or lack of co-ordination, muscle twitching, hyperactivity, increased heart rate and raised blood pressure from the cocoa.
No vomiting yet… but seemingly fine.
Yesterday, Taylor did a very brave thing.
She sang a solo in front of family, friends and strangers. Something I most certainly could never do!
A couple of times, nerves got the best of her, but, she kept her composure and carried on. Her voice never waivered and she always sounded beautiful.
She looked beautiful too.
I have never been more proud of her!!!!!
As she self evaluates, and receives constructive encouragement (I despise the word criticism) from her teacher, she will prepare herself for another solo at the Christmas concert in December.
I can’t wait!!
