But before then, we were golden! My neighbors came over Friday night and we celebrated Mr. Neighbor’s birthday in style: shrimp ceviche, rotisseried barbeque chicken, grilled squash, creamed spinach, chocolate cake, malbec … it really was a feast. We made half, they brought the other half, and we sat on the deck until we were overcome by bugs and a slight drizzle.
Saturday I made omelets and coffee and we ate breakfast out on the deck and enjoyed an overcast morning – lack of sun makes for a much cooler morning when it generally feels like the armpit of hell sometimes around here. We went to the children’s museum for something cheap to do with the kids (we have a membership) and spent a good part of the late morning/early afternoon there. Then we went window shopping for a co-pilot style bike trailer for Spencer … which no one carries in store. I sadly found it cheapest on Wal-mart’s web site with free shipping, so the allure of not having to step back in a store overcame me. (ps - I had photos to add from my phone, but it's refusing to mount right now so I guess not)
One of my closest friends from high school and her daughter (my goddaughter)have been in town this month from where they live in Belgium (I know! Belgium!) and they leave Tuesday (sad face). So Sunday we started the day with homemade banana nut pancakes and turkey bacon and then we packed up our swimming trunks and headed to her parents’ house for an afternoon of pool fun. The kids had a great time, we had a great time, and it was so nice to see Shelly and Rachel one last time before they head back to the land o’ 50-degrees.
We stopped for an early dinner on the way home, and I should have known something was wrong with Spencer, but I just assumed it was all the chlorine and sun. You know how kids get. He fell asleep on my lap in the restaurant with my headphones in so he could listen to the Beatles instead of the loud horrible country that all steakhouses put on. He felt warm, but I again thought it was just the sun (no burn because he was doused head to toe in sunscreen, but you still get sun). When we got home, I put him in bed and at 3am he climbed in with me. At 4am, Number 2 woke up and I put Number 1 back in bed, this time realizing he was pretty warm so I gave him Tylenol. At 6am he climbed back in with me, saying he was cold. The boy was drenched – obviously his fever broke, and he kept asking for more medicine so I gave him his vitamin. I felt terrible leaving this morning – handling two kids is hard enough without them both being sick (Henry has a cough and a runny nose, and Spencer has the fever and a cough).It was evidently not a good day for anyone - Henry didn't nap, Spencer was that irritating I-don't-feel-well-enough-to-stop-whining-but-well-enough-to-not-lay-down-all-day. I felt bad being at work but I'm also kind of glad I didn't have to deal with any of it.
Hopefully they are feeling up to snuff soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment