Crazy Week!

So this past week has been crazy and super busy! Right now we're scrambling around like crazy in an attempt to clean the house and the yard so we can have my family over to grill out for Father's Day. But I thought I would take a minute to post about our week (now that I've finally had a chance to catch my breath!)...

Monday began with Bobby & Hannah being sick. They caught what we thought was a 24 hour bug that was going around but apparently we were wrong. Bobby was actually on the road to recovery. Hannah, on the other hand, became feverish - with a temp of 102. So we gave her medicine and she immediately wanted to go to bed. She slept almost five hours straight. Eventually I woke her up so she could try to eat and drink something and so I could give her a bath. She stayed up until bed time and managed to eat a little. The next morning she was completely better.
I also woke her up so she could see the beautiful blue bird that had been trapped in our heater since Saturday. We could hear it in there scratching around but I was too nervous to open the heater without Bobby home (in case it escaped into the house). Every time it would scratch around Samuel would run over ands start banging on the outside of the stove. So we opened the front door and then the heater door. It took a few minutes but eventually the poor little thing cashed in its 'Get Out of Jail Free' card and flew away. Hannah was sitting on the couch and saw it leave. Sadly I don't have any pictures of the gorgeous little bird :-(

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Tuesday morning Hannah was 100% better and begging to go to playgroup. She made some little girlfriends her age at gymnastics and wanted to go to Sertoma to play with them. We spent about 2 1/2 hours there before we came home for lunch and naps. It's almost too hot to do anything outside!! After naps we headed back down the mountain because my sister had asked us to come over to swim and grill out. We had so much fun swimming and playing. Plus the food was good - grilled BBQ wings, brown rice and a delicious salad. We were all exhausted when we went to bed that night. ..............................................................................................................................

Wednesday we went to Gymnastics and I brought Samuel along. Bobby surprised us by coming too and we all went to lunch afterwards. Hannah wasn't as graceful this time around but she still had a lot of fun. She was in a different group with two new girls and another little boy. Samuel was very excited watching Hannah and wanted to join in the vault exercise. Perhaps we'll sign him up for the Mommy & Me tumbling class for his birthday.

While Hannah was doing this...

and this...
Samuel was playing in the cubby holes!
Wednesday evening Bobby was playing with the kids while I worked out on the Wii (I highly recommend EA Sports Active for anyone who has a Wii - it's awesome!!). He noticed a rash that was starting on Samuel's little body and we decided we'd keep an eye on it. It didn't look too bad and he's very sensitive to things so we weren't overly concerned. But like I said, we were keeping a close eye it...

This is supposed to be Hannah's chore but Samuel loves to vacuum!!

Hannah is pretending to be the Ghost Light from Cars. Not sure how having a bag on your head makes you a Ghost Light but okay.
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Thursday morning I took the kids swimming at OSP for a few hours. We ended up eating lunch with my niece who's a lifeguard there and then we came home for naps. That afternoon we played outside on the trampoline. I noticed Sammy's rash looked worse Tues. morning but it didn't get better or worse as the day went on. It was dark pink splotches all over his torso, face, and legs. He didn't have a fever, his breathing was fine, he wasn't itchy, he was eating good and playing - not at all grumpy. So I decided that if it wasn't gone by Monday I would take him to the doctor.


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Friday we went to lunch with my Mom & sister. Bobby surprised the kids by coming too. That morning Sammy's rash looked better and I thought he was on the road to recovery. After lunch my Mom & I decided to go shopping. By the time we got to K-Mart Samuel's face had turned dark pink again. So I called the pediatricians office just to talk to a nurse. But she wanted me to bring him in right away (luckily we were right down the road from the office) so they could check him. Diagnosis: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. It's highly contagious and normally very uncomfortable but we were blessed in that Sammy has a really mild case. He doesn't have the fever and blisters in the mouth that normally go along with it. All I can do is keep him cool and comfortable and give him Zyrtec for itchiness. As long as he's inside and cool he looks good. The minute he goes outside and gets hot he turns dark pink again. The doctor seems to think that he got it from Hannah or Bobby who (as you remember) were sick earlier in the week. It can be really mild in adults, or they can show no symptoms at all, and still spread it to kids.

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Saturday Bobby had to work at Stinky D's so he could be off Sunday for Father's Day. I had to take the store so I could get some things for our grill-out. Then we went to Captain D's to eat supper with Bobby. After we got home we made Mini-Smores, which were so delicious.
Honey Maid graham crackers + Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme + Hershey's Mini Milk Chocolate Chips = Sticky sticky yuminess

As you can see, Samuel throughly enjoyed his Smores. When I gave him a bath I found marshmallow creme in his ears!!
I'll post about Father's Day later :-) I think next week we'll just stay inside unless it's absolutely necessary to go outside!! And I think we're going to avoid large groups of kids too ;-)

I almost forgot - last Sunday we took the kids to see Up 3D. It was awesome!! I love that Hannah & Samuel will hold hands when crossing the road or walking somewhere together.