headache anyone?

So I woke up with a headache this morning, took out the garbage and climbed back into bed, until my headache subsided, which was about 9:30 am.  Before I woke up Nathan and Genevieve played a game of chess, and then they used the chess pieces in imaginative play and set up some kind of family.  But they are definitely on a chess kick.  We had breakfast and both Nathan and Genevieve worked on Math and piano practice.  Genevieve completed chapter 20 in Math.  She is already three weeks ahead of schedule in Math, but so far it has mostly been review, so I am sure she will slow down when she gets to more new materials.   Nathan finished another page in beast academy.  He was solving word problems gram weights.  He would have to determine how many weights were needed, or a question was like you have a 44 gram eliphinch, how many 8 gram weights and 4 gram weights would you need to get to 44 grams.  I have Nathan using a 100 chart to do this.  I wish I had a balance scale, and a bunch of different size weights.  I think Nathan would love it then. We then had to head out to hockey.

Genevieve is sure a different player on the ice this year, she has more determination, and is excited to get out there.  Nathan's always played with that intensity it seems.  Both sets of grandparents came out to see Nate and Gigi play today. 

After hockey today I told Nathan that it was important he have a shower.  All of a sudden he is sweating like crazy while playing sports.  He really did not want a shower as we only had 30 minutes before we had to leave to take Gigi to cheer.  I finally convinced him by telling him if he did not he was going to get jock itch.  I explained that Jock itch is a yeast infection in the jockstrap area.  I explained the peeling, the redness, pain and itchiness that come with it.  He promptly went into the shower when we got home and wanted more information on how exactly to make sure he did not get jock itch.  Hopefully this will work and I will not have a stinky boy ;)

We then raced off and took Genevieve to cheer for her 1.5 hr class.  I went to the teachers learning store and found some great poster board size dry erase world maps.  They are outline maps and basic and clear.  Kids were excited to see them, hopefully they will learn more world geography this year.

So tonight has ended with Nathan in tears and a pretty bad migraine.  His headache is not the my head may implode, and he turns purple magnitude headache, but it is pretty significant.  He asked for me to turn off his light for him, Nathan always goes to bed with the light on, so you know its bad when...  He also was begging me to do something to get rid of his headache, unfortunately there is nothing I can do to get rid of his headaches but time.

He did have some change in his routine today that he did not like.  I got him to change in the hockey change rooms instead of the front entrance.  We usually just put on the skates and the last few pieces of equipment in the front of the rink, but last week we were kinda in the way.  Well Nathan really did not want to go to the change rooms.  It ended up he was okay with using the changerooms, but he gets so nervous.  Not sure if this anxiety played a role in Nathan's headache tonight.  Dr Pleydell Pearce was thinking his headaches are from sensory processing issues that Nathan has, not sure how change fits in there but Nathan hates change and always has :)

Hopefully tomorrow will be headache free, we are off to see an opra tomorrow night "the Magic Flute"  This will be our first opera, and Nathan's horse riding instructor will be singing in the chorus.