Our break began with antibiotics! Ollie developed a contagious bacteria called "hemophilus influenza" (nothing to do with the flu), which usually presents as ear infections... in Ollie it showed up as crusty eyes, in Mommy it was cough and congestion and in Simone it was throwing up! From Sunday morning to Wednesday morning, our little girl threw up 18 times! It was devastating to watch... we've never seen her sit still as long as she did! Laying on the couch, not moving, not talking... it was scary. The doc said if she wasn't keeping the medicine down after a couple of days, we were going to have to go to the hospital for an IV! Uh, no thanks! The alternative would be Gravol suppositories! WHAT? Also not on my holiday To Do List!!! Thank goodness Jeff remained healthy through it all and was able to do all of the running around to get us better.
Until we have teenagers, I imagine this is a once-in-a-lifetime shot for these two people!
Auntie Mick, the Sweetest, Most Generous person ever, spoiled us with an Amazing spread, including her very own spaghetti sauce with meatballs and a homemade banana bread! Thank you so much! The energy to prepare something so delicious is not usually present at our house (even when we are healthy!), so this was an especially timely gift! We are so grateful! (And SO FULL!!!)
On Friday, people were finally starting to feel better (must have been the Outstanding Dinner from the night before!), so we began our day with some Art! We set up the easel and Simone got her first (nudey!) paint lesson from Daddy!
Let's cheers our paint brushes!
These water colours are kind watery!
Before heading up for snooze, we hit up the Dress-Up Box. Princess Ollie made his, uh, her debut! Come on, it could be a pirate shirt!!!
Simone, aka Cinderella, does her chores so she can head to the ball! (Thank you again to Auntie Shilo for the gorgeous dresses!)
Ok, enough of the girly costumes, let's get Super!!! Captain America shows his muscles off as he hoists Superboy in the air!
Who, me?
Here comes Supergirl!!! Some serious muscle face here!
After snooze, we got back into Art. Simone's coloring and tracing are certainly improving! She sat for a good half hour and focused on this piece of art! Even with a distracting Little Brother running around, trying to get her attention!
Ollie tries his hand at coloring! Strapped in is always the safest bet, if we don't want to be scrubbing all of the walls and furniture down!
We are sure looking forward to a more eventful second week, as well as Mimi's return from Mexico!!!
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