Sunday - Tuesday: Florida

One of the things Isaac really wanted to do while in Florida was to go to the cake restaurant.

So we did.  (The boys had such low expectations for this vacation that we were able to get them all done.  They included things like "Play Mouse Trap" and "Swim in the pool".)

Excitement at going fast on the boat:

Watching the train.  I was surprised at how many times their heads moved together.

Cake!  In the past the favorite has been orange crunch, but this time around it was the pineapple one.

We picked up some shells.

We also saw dolphins (unpictured) and a ton of manatee.

Tuesday we had to go home. :(  It was a later flight, so we had a nice morning and we were still able to get some gelato.

Joshua showed us why he wanted to find a spiral shell on Sunday.  I was surprised that he had such a specific thing in mind, but it turns out he saw it on the floor of the airport.  Oh, that was a bad picture.  Oh well.  The flights back went well, although Isaac was not feeling well at the end.

Monday: ha, just kidding

The day went pretty well.  I remembered to take the correct car to get the tires changed, although I do have to admit that I sat in and turned on the wrong car prior to looking over my shoulder and seeing the tires in the other car.  I knew this was going to be a problem, so even if I had pulled out of the garage I don't think I would have gotten very far.

Then last night I got a fever.  It's a bit funny because about two hours prior I was telling Ben that I felt pretty good and must be over the gunk.  

Sunday: belated Leprechaun Day

Joshua had a food craft project in mind for the last several weeks and kept remembering it, so today we finally made it.  He was so excited.

As you can see from the pictures if you zoom in, it was a pot of gold with a rainbow.  (From L:R, Joshua, Isaac, Ben, Amanda).  I think Isaac's came out the best.

Saturday: art by Joshua

Joshua made me a house with a chimney and a garden.  The yellow dot on the blue stick is a sun, which I thought was a creative way of getting it in the sky.

I had a bridal shower this afternoon and when I came home all the groceries were put away and the table was clean!  It was wonderful!

Friday: the day

It was a pretty normal day.  I did some stuff.  Isaac still had a temp in the morning, but by the end of the day he was fever and medicine free.  I'm hoping it bodes well for tonight and tomorrow.

Joshua took his karate test for the next belt.  (Isaac and I will take it another time since he couldn't go tonight.)

I saw a duck on the deck!

Tornado was really affectionate today.  He even climbed all over Isaac a few times.

Thursday: getting better

We're slowly on the mend around here.

Joshua was fever and medicine free all day, so I'm expecting him to go back to school tomorrow.

Isaac had a temp early in the day and was still on medicine later on the day due to a headache.  For the most part the medicine worked pretty well, but since we knew early on that he wouldn't be in school tomorrow I didn't try to push not taking medicine.

Ben went to work, he had a headache though.

I was better for most of the day.  There was a small headache in the late afternoon, but that was all.  It's amazing how much more motivated I feel to do things when I feel fine.  I almost just need to look at what I have (or haven't) accomplished and base how I'm feeling on that.

I also picked up my sewing machine from getting a tune-up and plugged in my new iron!  Oh!  Right before vacation my iron unexpectedly died.  I was using it, then left it for a bit, and then it wouldn't start heating up again.  There was no warning, it just stopped.  I'm trying a cordless iron this time.  The old one was nice, but the cord was always in the way.  So far so good, but I'm only used it for a few minutes.

Wednesday: sick

Well, everyone was some degree of sick today.  It was nice that it mostly waited until after vacation, but still annoying.  I feel weird telling school the kids are still not going to be there after we just took a vacation...but it was definitely the right choice.

Isaac probably ended up being the most sick.  He wasn't doing all that well before school, but just complaining about being tired and we did get in very late last night.  He finally had a fever right before we left.  It was a low fever, but still a fever.  He proceeded to sleep for the next three hours.  He woke up for a bit, came down with a migraine, and then slept for two more hours.  He was doing well right before bed, but the medicine would have just been starting to wear off.

Joshua was the loudest.  He's had a cough the last few days that seemed to start all of this.  He also woke up in the morning and was doing poorly, but had a temperature right away.  Some ibuprofen quickly cured him.  Unfortunately, he did have a temp of 101F later in the day so he won't be going to school tomorrow.  He was doing ok at bed time.

Ben wasn't feeling great also with a very low fever and a headache.  He went to bed early and wasn't feeling well.

I've probably been the best out of everyone.  I was achy on and off throughout the day.  I ended up taking a five to ten minute nap after dinner and it really seemed to snap me out of it.  (Possibly combined with some ibuprofen, but that really should have kicked in quite a bit earlier.)

Here's hoping tomorrow goes better!  As a whole it wasn't terrible today, but it's hard when no one is feeling well.