The dreaded Swine Flu has entered our household and strangely, it only seems to have affected the women- Alden and Al both ran low-grade fevers but that is it. Addie and I sound like we have smoked for the last 20 years and are hacking up our lungs. It's been a great time to just lay around and play together and watch more TV in the last few days then the kids have probably watched in the last year combined! The end is in sight, thanks to Tamiflu.
Some lessons I learned from Swine Flu:
1. Never give your daughter her Abuterol before nap time if you expect her to sleep
2. I can only handle 5 episodes of Elmo's World in 1 sitting
3. My kids will drink anything that I do- they both guzzled Gatorade for the first time ever!
4. Alden is 100% boy- and he loves to tease his sister when he knows that she can't get him back
5. There is nothing sweeter than a sick kid needing a snuggle with their Mommy
6. It's okay for the house to be a disaster- I will feel better soon and can clean it then
7. Breakfast food is great 3 meals a day for a few days...
Here are some pics of what H1N1 looks like in our house:
A couch taken apart by a PJ-clad little boy watching his own movie on the portable DVD player. At this point, we had 1 show on TV (for Mom), 1 show on the laptop (for Addie) and 1 show as seen here, for Alden.
Alden, who has yet to get sick, is full of vim and vigor. Here he's make a Choo-Choo with all the couch cushions and pillows. He was crushed when I took 1 cushion back so I could sit on the couch.
Here is 1 of our many "picnics"- the kids loved lounging and eating. We did consume almost an entire container of Clementines in 3 days- can't get enough of that vitamin C! Addie is the only one who got dressed on our PJ day- she gets that from her Dad! Alden was thrilled to be in his PJ's all day!
Fort building- about 1 hr into a Motrin dose, Addie is happy-go-lucky and happy to "camp" with Alden between the coffee table and couch with the cushions and pillows providing the "tent." Notice she took her DVD player with her- they sat side-by-side and watched Elmo- so sweet- just don't breath on your brother!
Play-doh time! I just love the small individual sized Play-dohs- no need to share any germs! Plus they were able to play quietly and peacefully.
We aren't out of the woods yet, but I am grateful for the time to just sit and be with my kids. The pile of essays in my in-box to grade can wait- snuggling with a sick kid cannot. Thank you, Lord, for this special time!
