Michelle Smiles

Teaching my children to question authority, except mine.

The House of Snot

November2

You know how people with farms or old southern homes or estates name them?  Well I’m naming our little suburban dwelling The House of Snot.  Fortunately (knock wood, throw salt over my shoulder, say a little prayer), only the kids have gotten sick so far.  The grown ups are just tired.  Steve saw the crazy in my eyes knew I was at the end of my rope and encouraged me to take Saturday afternoon off.  I went to a movie all by myself and ate popcorn all by myself and wandered Hobby Lobby all by myself.  It was lovely but not quite the tropical all inclusive (no children allowed) resort with cabana boys bringing me fruity adult beverages that I am currently dreaming of.

Here is Steve with his 2 sick girlies this weekend.

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p1010068Tessa is doing better.  She didn’t get sick again last night and made it through this morning until nap time without a problem.  But a combination of getting a taste of sleeping with mommy and daddy and her favorite froggy being in the wash after being puked on made her cry when I put her down which led to coughing which led to more puking.  I cleaned it all up and put her back down and she finally passed out.  I’m hoping she gets a lot of sleep because she needs it. I’ve seen a lot of this face in the past 5 days.  Not so cute.

Sabrina seems goes back and forth between seeming to be just fine and seeming worse.  Her cough was rather ugly this morning and she sat quietly on the couch all morning.  She covered herself up and got a cup of water and her laptop.  She went between playing with her laptop and watching cartoons.  She even broke The Toddler Code and admitted she was tired at nap time.  Hopefully, she will wake up feeling better.

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Neither has a fever so I just think they have colds.  I guess I should be jumping for joy that they don’t have the flu.

p1010060And completely random but I’ve worried about Tessa’s growth since shortly after she was born.  She’s been a little bean.   All of a sudden she is having a growth spurt.  She’s been wearing 12 month sized clothes for maybe 2 months.  They were initially kind of big.  I had assumed she would wear 12 month size for most of the winter because she has been slow to grow out of each size.  I noticed a couple of weeks ago that her toes are pretty snug at the end of her sleepers.  This weekend, we ran out of clean clothes because we were changing her 6 or 7 times a day.  We threw her in some 18 month things and even a few 2T things.  The 18 month stuff was pretty close to a good fit and the 2T wasn’t nearly as big on her as it should have been.

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4 Comments to

“The House of Snot”

  1. On November 2nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm Bobbi Says:

    Tessa is getting big. I have noticed it!! It’s funny how they suddenly spurt up!!! Hope she bounces back quickly!!

    Sabrina looked pathetic. You know it’s bad when they admit they are tired!!!

    Two words for you: CLOROX WIPES

  2. On November 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 pm Rhonda Says:

    I am so sorry that it feels like it’s never going to end. It does eventually. Glad you got a little time to yourself wth a movie and popcorn!!!

  3. On November 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm Stephanie Says:

    What a wonderful man!! So glad you got some time to yourself.

    I hope the girls are feeling better soon and you are spared! I agree with Bobbi…I have about 8 containers of Lysol/Clorox wipes and 3 cans of spray lysol. I have officially become a germophobe!

  4. On November 3rd, 2009 at 5:18 pm rachel-asouthernfairytale Says:

    SOOO sad little ones ðŸ™

    Sweet hubby!!!

    Hope everyone is SUPER better!!!

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