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February 07, 2005
a season of discontent
What a rough weekend we had! Abel came home from school on Thursday sick with some stomach virus. He and Oliver were up sick all night and part of the following day--what a mess! I suppose I should have waited on writing that entry about us getting more sleep.
Saturday, we were all eager to get out of the house and play outside. We ventured up Signal Mountain and found a great playground, the Pumpkin Patch. It has all kinds of great things for the kids to play on, including the longest slide that I have seen. It is made of some green material that allows you to actually slide rather than squeak your way down to the bottom. Aidan was fearless and raced down the slide without a second thought. Abel, however, is our cautious one. He sat on one side of my lap while Oliver was on the other. We headed down the slide together and went a lot faster than I expected. I also began to turn sideways and landed on my back in a pile of mulch at the bottom of the slide still clutching both children--thank goodness. Aidan also amazed us with his ability on the zip line. He was able to catch the rope, pull himself onto the tire while holding onto the rope, jump up to grab on, and propel himself to the opposite end of the line--all of that from a boy who just turned 4. Mark and I were impressed. I do enjoy the tenacity of my little guys.
Family time can be so much fun...However, we returned home that evening unaware of what was to come. By 10:30 p.m., Mark, Aidan, and I were all extremely ill and heavily regretting the mexican food we had for dinner. That night was spent in complete service to everyone--baby, needy 2 yr. old, extremely sick 4 yr. old and husband--which amounts to NO FUN. I think that I have this multiple children thing down until I run across days like this. Meeting everyone's needs would be more manageable if I felt anywhere near decent myself, but that was not the case. Aidan has not fully recovered; I seemed to pull something in my neck (probably during my graceful landing off the slide); Mark and Ollie are now battling sinus troubles; and Abel is desperate for attention and actually tries to make himself sick. We will make it, though. Today is a better day.
| By cooleys | 04:06 PM
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