After three days away from the kids, we returned home refreshed, relaxed and ready to take on take our kids and a new week. What we did not anticipate having to take on was sickness. On Sunday I knew immediately when I picked up Mitchell for a hug that he was warm. Not feverish exactly, but definitely warmer than normal. By Monday, he had a full-blown fever over 101. I hate fevers in little ones. They just seem so sick and listless. Mitchell's eyes looked bleary and he wanted nothing more that to be held and rocked. Pat and I managed to rearrange our schedules so that one of us was home with him, but it was a long, hard week for all of us. The kids were housebound from Sunday to Thursday and I had to employ some creativity to keep them entertained. We made playdough, had some fun with tape, colored and had a silly dance contested. And we watched a lot of movies. Luckily Evie didn't get sick so she was able to go to preschool on Wednesday. She really, really needed that! Our kids are used to being busy and playing with other children so being stuck in our house for days on end made us all a little stir crazy. Mitchell's fever finally broke on Wednesday night thank goodness. He's still not 100%, but he's definitely on the mend. Sick Mitch has proven to be grumpy and a little mean, not to mention very clingy to Mama and very whiny. I can't say I'd blame him - I'd be a grumpy mess too! - but we will be very happy to have our happy Mitch back again.
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| Little Sickie |
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| Evie loved making playdough |
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| Fun with tape - bowling , balance beam, road map and hopscotch! |
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| On the mend... |
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| ...but still grumpy! |
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