Catching up...

I thought I better get on here while I had a small opportunity before someone else gets sick. Last Friday Ben had a field trip with his pre-school class out to the local Senior Center. We all took a pie to share with the community and the little ones made little booklets and sang songs. That was all great. What wasn't great was the fact that lots of little hands were all over my little Samuel and I was freaking out because the stomach flu has been going around for several weeks. Well, I don't know if this is where it came from but, I think it was...I mean they were all over him! Soooo...Sunday afternoon when I went into to get Sam out of his bed from his nap...WOW! I screamed for help! I have never seen so much regurgitated food in my life! I'm talking he had 4 eggs and 6 ounces of sweet potatoes earlier that morning & luckily his body knew something was about to happen because he had refused to eat lunch...which is not like him but, I had dismissed it because he had not had a nap so I thought he just wasn't eating because he was tired! WRONG! So there I am just standing there looking at the poor little guy wondering what I am supposed to do!? I mean the eggs were HANGING in his hair & from his ears!AHHHH! The bed was covered! I had Rachel start the water so it would be warm enough for me to wash him. I had Jakob grab a garbage bag so that I could just wrap up the sheet & all the contents & just chuck it (pardon the pun!) because I was not about to clean that mess up...we have more sheets! So, after scrubbing Sam 6 times with soap he finally passed my sniff test & then he threw up 2 more times right in the tub...at least! Of course later on he threw-up on me 3 more times! The rest of the story...he felt awful & whined until Wednesday! Jakob came home from school on Tuesday...well, you know the rest...I was up all night running btw. him & Sam! Then, Rachel came home from school on Wednesday & well...you know the rest. She is feeling much better right. And then, I got a little of the bug...not so much throw up b/c unlike the kids I was able to take a bunch of anti-nausea medicine as a preventive measure...glad I did b/c I really think it helped! Lasted only about 10 hours for me instead of days. So, now I am just waiting for Ben...hopefully he will survive! I am ready to sleep more than 45 minutes at a time...haven't done that since Saturday night!
Jakob's team won their second hockey game :-)! Sadly I missed it as it was on a school night & an hour drive away & he was not home until 10.
That's about it for our week...sick, sick, sick & me doing no less than 20 loads of yucky towels, sheets, & clothes!
So, here is the field trip that started it all...

Later that day we headed off to tour the Fire Station with a few Moms Club friends...

My brave little man...

Inside the big truck...

OK, I put the picture above and this one below so you could take a look at the boys fingers! they are the same: Right hand, first two fingers, right in the mouth!

Since I didn't get a chance to blog before here are some catch-up pictures:

Sam so excited when he first saw Rachel and JAkob when they came home from school my first day back home. I know, I know, I can't believe I didn't get one of Sam kissing & hugging Ben!

The Darling bunch hanging out...Rachel reading to everyone.

A few favorites of Little Sam...he was playing with a hockey ball.

Too sweet...

Ugh...these are out of order...I wanted the next one first...oh well...here are the three self-portraits together.

And here is Rachel's...

Just before I left on my trip it was Rachel's turn to be "Person of the week" at school. She worked very hard making her sentence strips to be displayed along with a few pictures. Click to enlarge to read them all.

Ben worked really hard on these castles and then said, "Mommy, you take a picture of me to show Daddy."

Hope you enjoy the weekend. We have hockey ahead of us and if everyone feels good... some sledding...we have had a slow, steady snow out there...so the sleds are calling!