Wizards, castles and the emergency room

I know... it's been a while. Things have been pretty busy here. Elias is doing well. Two weekends ago, his grandparents visited from Roseburg and he got a new castle for his many knights. He's pretty excited about it and has been playing with it a lot. Harry had a parent teacher conference with E's preschool teacher who told Harry that Elias spends a lot of time looking at books, likes to play with all of the kids at different times and likes yoga. She also said that Elias loves to talk at circle time but has a hard time listening to others when it's their turn. I guess he thinks his thoughts and experiences are more interesting than anyone else's. Where could he possibly get that? She also said that often when they're talking about something, like the water for instance, they have to put it in superhero terms to get Elias involved. Example: "Elias, what power could a superhero have that would change water?" Answer "I know! Maybe the superpower would be to freeze so that the superhero can turn water to ice!" Thank you Frozone from The Incredibles and thank you, Harry.

I have been really busy with school so I haven't been around as much, though Elias and I seem to be trading an illness back and forth. Neither one of us has been sick in a couple years, but this season has hit us hard. Elias got sick again last weekend and came down with a fever. During the course of the fever he had a seizure and we ended up taking him to the emergency room. He's fine, but on the advice of his pediatrician we scheduled an EEG for Elias and he has to go see a pediatric neurologist. He has recovered from the fever though he still has a cold and sinus infection. He's in pretty good spirits but he's been getting really tired and he stayed home from preschool all week. Harry and I took turns staying home with him, but I spent most of the week home and got to slow down from school a bit.