Bill and I had the kids up for a long weekend (they had friday off school)...and we were ready to have some fun. A sick 7-year old put a crimp in our plans...poor thing wasn't feeling well most of the weekend. I have tons of experience with kids...but not sick kids...I'm usually able to send sick kids home. There's nothing quite like a sick kid to make me doubt my abilities in child-rearing. I have to admit that I was quite shaky on knowing what to do for her...and I couldn't get ahold of her mom to ask. She had a queasy tummy, very sore throat, and a temperature of 103. I just did what I thought my mom would do...I gave her some medicine...freezies and gingerale...went out to buy her some throat drops, and put a bucket beside her as she lay on the couch, taking in as much tv as possible. Little by little she got better...so we must've done alright.
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Saturday night was the Santa Claus parade in town, and the kids and I were looking forward to it. Mikaela was too sick to go, so Bill stayed home with her. (Bill doesn't enjoy parades anyways, so he thought himself lucky to stay home and cook dinner!) I took the camcorder so Mikaela wouldn't completely miss out...Ophelia, Holden and I had fun making a little movie for her, showing her all of the best floats, and making her laugh with our antics. We all watched it after dinner...so Bill didn't get completely out of seeing the parade! ;)
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Sunday afternoon, Mikaela was feeling much better...so we went to visit Santa at the mall. (Bill scouted him out Friday night to make sure he had a real beard...he was a good Santa) We took along the camcorder again...what a fun new toy!!!...and filmed the kids visiting Santa. All Ophelia has been talking about wanting is an mp3 player (that's my fault)...and it's sad, because I know she's not going to get it. (She loves my CD walkman and then I told her about mp3 players, and how much smaller they are...and you don't need to carry CD's with you...she thought that was just the coolest thing ever!) Bill and I bought her a CD player for her room which we know she'll love too...I just hate seeing her disappointed...maybe we can get her one for her birthday. Mikaela wants a toy pink puppy and a real kitty...and Holden wants whatever he can get his hands on!
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Despite the sickness...we had a fun weekend with the kids. We watched movies, played games and saw Santa...what more could you ask for?!
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Bill and I don't seem to be able to spend much time alone together when we have the kids up, although the point of these weekends is to spend time with the kids. It's just strange that after a weekend, where we're both around, it feels like we haven't seen each other at all! I imagine that's what it's like when you're a full-time parent. All I know is that when we finally have our own kids, we're definitly going to have to make sure we have alone time so we don't go crazy!!!
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