Plans Gone Awry

Thursday night was an interesting night at our house. Lilliana began getting very cranky around 7. We put her to bed thinking she was tired. Then the coughing started and the screaming and well she was up all night. I figured she had gotten what Eli got so Anthony took her to the Dr. first thing. She had an ear infection and the same thing Eli had. At that point we decided to call our plans off to go away. I was very bummed but knew it would not be fun with both of them being sick.

Friday was spent Anthony and I taking turns with them and trying to catch up on sleep as we were both exhausted from the day before. Thankfully they both seemed to be pretty content to just relax and play quietly. When they are sick and congeted we always give them a vapor bath. Eli loves it because it means bubbles!


Lilliana got her teeth brushed for the first time that night. She was not thrilled but that is ok.


Eli was starting to feel better at this point and had remembered me telling him we were getting ice cream when we went up north. He kept asking so I let him make a small sundae and we watched 101 Dalmations.


Saturday was a day I wish in so many ways could have been redone! I got a lot done as I was the only one feeling well. I got the fridge cleaned, homemade applesauce made, corn froze. It was a productive day for me. The kids still were iffy but much better than Friday. Anthony was the one that was not good. He was seriously so angry at the littlest things. It was pure rage. I have never seen him act this way. He also was so tired even though he had gotten plenty of sleep. His eyes were swollen and hurt. He also just felt sick I was about ready to lose it because he was just so angry and just not himself. Finally we realized he probably had mold poisoning. He has been working in a house that is just terrible for the past week! Even with the equipment they are supposed to use he is still having side affects. Finally after realizing it I could cope a little more but I hope I don't ever have to endure that again. Thankfully they all filled out accident reports last week so if something does happen it is documented. We also went for a short walk so the kids could get some fresh air and the dogs would be walked. Eli was fascinated that the clouds were moving. He kept telling me to take a picture of them. He also found some leaves and kept telling me how they were falling.



It was nice to get out of the stuffy house!


Thankfully the kids slept well on Saturday night. They were still coughing a lot but they were not up all night crying. Anthony was so nice and let me sleep in on Sunday. Apparantly Eli thought I needed to be up right away though. He kept asking to come get me.  Anthony told him at 9:00 he could come get me. Anthony took the dogs out and Eli snuck upstairs. He came to my side of the bed and said, "Alexis, Alexis" while patting my shoulder. I opened my eyes and he smiled his silly grin and said, "mom its 9 o'clock time to get up." I just laughed. I could not believe he called me by my first name. Needless to say I came downstairs and it was only 8:00. LOL Anthony told him he was silly. I got the kids breakfast and dressed and all that stuff. I let Lilliana brush her teeth by herself after I did it. She loved it and was making funny faces.

The kids both still had nasty noses and coughs so we decided going to church was not a good idea. I worked on Christmas presents. Anthony and Eli played Legos and Lilliana slept a lot. We all took great naps. I made the best calzones for dinner. It was a nice relaxing peaceful day! I had been wanting to go take some before pictures of things before the leaves really started changing so I went and took some. I took Eli with me. He loved it. So here are my pictures for the past few days of "signs of fall."

Our maple before it completely changes!

My Tag-A-Long Photograher

Walnuts

Maple beginning the beautiful change

Fields of beans ready to be harvested. Many days that pond is filled with geese or cranes on their way south

Pumpkins and my Little Man

Scarcrows

Beautiful Maple Leaves

Birds flying south.........these happen to be cranes

We decided to go for another walk and let Eli go to the park last night. He had a lot of energy and it is supposed to be rainy all week as you can tell from the clouds so we went.



All in all it was an enjoyable weekend even if everybody was  sick!! We will go up north soon and the colors on the trees will be brilliant. This week should not be too busy so we will enjoy it and hopefully be able to get outside and enjoy wonderful fall weather!