Not Your Typical Easter Sunday

Ella and Allison get their toes painted

baby toes

The Easter Bunny was here

Connor loves his new "Bowser's Castle"

The scooter was a big hit and the dog was too

Finding some eggs

Ella found a bunch of eggs

Almost got it!

Connor with his new dog

The kids on Easter morning

It all began on Tuesday evening, when Connor complained of a "tummy ache" at Allison's swim practice. I handed him my phone and told him to sit for a while.  I figured that all the running up and down the halls after eating was making his stomach hurt a bit.  The rest of the night was pretty "normal" until 1 am when I heard Connor scream, "Mommy!"   I jumped out of bed and ran to his room.  He asked me to lay by him and was crying.  So, exhausted, I crawled into bed.  About 10 minutes later I had vomit all over my shoulder and EVERYWHERE in his bed.  I called for Craig to come and get him out of his pjs, which were also covered in vomit as I stripped the bed and took with some stuffed animals that were also subjected to the vomit.  After giving everything a rinse and then starting the laundry, I headed back to his room to make up a new bed of mostly towels and lay by him.  There is something very uneasy about sharing a bed with a three year old who is vomiting.  I jolted with his every move, ready to "catch" the vomit in the garbage.  After the initial episode, he managed to get most of the vomit in the garbage.  Wednesday morning I ran around trying to get out the door with a VERY sick child.  I drove Allison to school and ran into a friend who picked up some crackers and Sprite for me since I didn't think he could make it.  He spent the morning on the couch throwing up and tired.  At 11:30, we had to pick up Allison and I was dying for a coffee, so I put the kids in the car, picked her up and drove to the drive thru Starbucks.  Luckily I had the garbage, as he vomited in the car.  We rushed home and the rest of the day was spent on the couch.  Allison had dance practice (the last before her recital), so I drove to practice, put the kids in the double jogger and walked while she practiced.  It was cold, but I didn't want to expose anyone.  That night was rough, he was up a lot with a fever and vomiting.  Thursday was more of the same, although we did go to the playground for 15 minutes, but he wanted me to hold him after about 10, too tired to do much, but we all needed a little fresh air!  Then, the diarrhea started and he was in a lot of pain and spent the rest of the day on the couch.  Friday, Craig was off from work and again, we spent the day inside.  We left for an hour or so, so the cleaning lady could clean and Connor was asleep in the car and stroller. He felt TERRIBLE! Friday night I took Allison and Ella to Allison's swimming while Craig stayed home with Connor.  That night Allison woke up at 2 am throwing up.  At that point we knew the weekend was going to be spent in GR instead of spending it in Grand Haven.  Allison was super bummed that we had to miss Kathryn's birthday party and Easter Sunday.  After spending many days inside, we were all super bummed that our Easter plans were not going to be what we thought.  Saturday, Craig and I took turns taking long runs to prepare for the 25K in three weeks and my mom visited and we did a quick Costco and Bed Bath and Beyond trip while Allison stayed on the couch with Craig.  Sunday the Easter Bunny visited our house, which lifted everyone's spirits.  We spent some time outside pulling weeds and picking up sticks, but just as Allison began to feel better (Connor was much better), Ella started in with a fever.  All day Monday she had a fever and today she has a fever too.  What can I say, we are all so sick of being sick!!!!  The rain doesn't help much easier.  Here are few snapshots of the last week and our "Easter" this year.