A sick week

I haven't had any big stories to write this week. We've been dealing with lots of winter germs. Max went from flu straight to cought/bronchitis and Ellie is now starting with the cough just as Max finishes up. Meanwhile, I've been fighting it too, and I think I'm loosing the battle. I thought Echineachea was the key to staying well as a Mom taking care of sick kids, but I think that had limited potency. Trying to keep up while working through all of this hasn't been easy, so needless to say, the blog wasn't a priority this week. However, with the kids napping and me trying to avoid further cleaning, I thought I'd just remind us of a few highlights from the week.

Monday night when we came home from daycare, Ellie announces, "Mommy, Erin is so luck." Erin is the daycare providers daughter. Me, "Why Ellie?" Ellie, "Becuase she gets to stay at Ms. Sara's A- L - L the time!" What does a Mom say to that. I am glad Ellie has fun at Ms. Sara's but a little sad that she doesn't enjoy our house as much. I can only hope it's becuase she's starting to enjoy playing with the other kids.

Tuesday when I picked Ellie up from Ms. Sara's, I told her it was time to go and to say bye to her friends. She turns around and says, "Bye O - W - E - N...." My response, "Ellie, are there not other people here too?" Ellie, "Bye Brody, Erin, Parker and Sammy." Meanwhile, Sammy's Dad is there to pick her up and he puts his hand to his mouth and makes a "AHHHHH" sound.

Thursday when I picked Ellie up from Ms. Sara's she was there with just Owen. THese are her favorite times. While the 3 adults talked, I watcher her follow Owen around the room playing like a shadow. I couldn't get her up the stairs. However, as soon as Owen started up the stairs, she was right behind him. She sure loves her Owen!

This week while at Ms. Sara's Ellie also learned how to write her name for the first time. We have been talking about spelling, but I haven't worked with her at all on handwriting. Ms. Sara sure has! She does great. I can't believe she can write her name already! Well done Ellie.

Meanwhile, with Max this week, he is slowly starting to feel better. I have grown such a feeling of attachment with him finally. I always love him to pieces, but I can feel him wanting to communicate with me all the time. It's just wonderful to watch his eyes light up when he sees me and see that smile build across his whole face! We have started a game of sticking our tongues out at each other. I say tongue and sometimes touch his with my finger and he thinks it's hallarious, especially when I proceed to then stick mind out too. (Not at each other, just down towards our chins.) It's the first game we have besides laughing at each other (which is still a favorite)

Although he is pretty sick in this picture, he still gives the smiles!

While Max was sick, I had him back in bed beside me again. But after about a week, now that the coughing fits have died down, it was easy to transition him back into his crib. I'm very proud of his flexibility. We didn't have any crying. This boads well for me being able to still get in a few snuggle naps on he weekends now and again to fullfill some of my cuddle needs. He is definitely a Momma's boy and I am just loving every minute of it.

Friday I took him with me to pick up Ellie at Ms. Sara's. Max will start going there in August. She held him for a few minutes and he didn't cry - though did look a little worried. But I stayed close and he stayed strong. When she finally gave him back to me, he let out a very audible sigh of relief to be back in my arms. It was sweet - though I know he needs to get used to Miss Sara.

This morning we have all just hung out around the house. I skipped church becuase I'm not feeling great. THe fun of a lazy morning, which I never used to be able to handle is just watching the kids have fun and playing with them too. Max and Ellie really do enjoy being around each other now and I can imagine it's only going to grow. I love watching them entertain each other and laugh together! It makes me want a bigger family!

This isn't exactly a normal post, but a week with sick kids is one I've learned to just make my way through the best I can. Things won't be perfect and that's okay (I keep telling myself.)

Yesterday while the kids napped, I did finally get to start on a project I've been planning since I had my first house back in Spring Ridge - it's a bathroom mural of a sea scene. It's not finished, but it was fun to get started. Not a work of art, but a great use of my creative side. I do enjoy these projects and one great thing about having kids is that I have an excuse to live like one sometimes!