This week we had the science fair at school. I signed up to help serve pizza, so I was there to put a couple of slices of pizza on everyone's plate! It's always fun to see the projects that the kids do for the fair. Yes, even some kindergarten kids do science fair projects! Last year Matt and the boys went with me, and Matt's comment was "I can't wait for Zane to do the science fair..."
While I was at the science fair, Mason threw up at home. Matt said he was eating a pretzel and coughed a couple of times, so he thought he just got choked and gagged. After I got home, we realized that wasn't the case, because an hour later he got sick again. It got worse...he was throwing up every 15 minutes for the next 3-4 hours and about 45 minutes after that. We lost count, but know he got sick around 20 times! Poor little fella. I was almost in tears having to watch him suffer like that. He finally went to bed around 4:45 and didn't get sick after that.
So Friday Matt stayed home with both boys (kept Zane home "just in case") in the morning and I came home from work in the afternoon. All was well...until at 4:00 Zane started telling me his tummy hurt. I just knew what was coming! At 5:00 he got sick...about 20 times also...and got sick until 4:00 Saturday morning. Again, miserable watching him suffer and being able to do nothing!
Today I had to get up early to go to a pancake breakfast my school had at Applebee's. Our school is turning 75 this year, so it was a fund-raiser for our birthday celebration. We pre-sold 275 tickets, and other people came to the door. It was VERY successful and I think we raised a good amount of money. I was a pancake server...so had to get people's drinks and take them their pancakes. The kids enjoyed seeing their teacher bringing them their food! And I must say that I have a new-found respect for servers...I would take on a school full of 5-year olds versus working in a restaurant any day!
The rest of today we have just hung around home. I stripped our bed and washed every sheet, blanket, comforter, and pillow. This evening Matt started getting stomach cramps and is currently laying in bed...and getting sick! I guess he has clean sheets to sleep in! Zane and I are camping out in the basement tonight, watching movies and sleeping on the couch. I've been washing my hands like crazy, trying to Lysol/Clorox everything, and hoping I can avoid the germs. I'm fearful I won't...so decided to post today "just in case."
STAY HEALTHY!!
Zane-isms
- The other night Matt, Zane, and I were sitting in the basement, I suggested that we go upstairs and watch t.v. in our bedroom before bedtime. Zane said, "I'm going to stay down here so I don't bother you." Lots of times if I'm working on school stuff upstairs, Matt and Zane will come downstairs for that reason...but it made me feel bad!
- Zane and I were playing and he wanted to teach me a "dance." So he would do something and then ask me to do the same. I started doing the "moves" and he said, "No Mom. You have to do the technique first." WHAT???
Mason's Marvels
- Some things Mason "says" these days: "nuh"=no (while he shakes his head); "bi bu"=big bird; "bubu"=bubbles; "ba"=bath. Looks like he enjoys the "b" sound!
