The Stomach Bug Strikes!!!!

Last week, I surprised Maddie and had lunch with her. She always loves surprise lunch dates!

As I left that day (Wednesday) I talked with the office admin. I was telling her that we'd been so lucky and other than a mild case of Flu A for Sydney, we'd had a great Winter. WHY DID I DO THAT?!

This was how the very NEXT day went.

3:45 PM: Sydney's school calls. She's thrown up everywhere

4:05 PM: Maddie and I walk in Sydney's school. Maddie throws up everywhere

Teacher: That's the same spot her sister threw up in.

4:07 PM: Sydney throws up in my car.

And then, it went ON and ON until 9 PM. The girls laid on the floor in the living room and rotated vomiting in their respective trash cans. It was a violent little thing. 

We finally got them both to sleep in the living room (I slept on the couch) where they slept all night. They woke up pretty perky, all things considering. But, obviously I wasn't about to start the next Outbreak, so we stayed home and rested all day. 

My mom is a saint and came to watch the girls at my house (in her mask, but still!) so Chris and I could go on our neighborhood date night. One couple had to back out last minute but we had such a great time with Anna and Brian. We did a Breakout room and then had dinner together.

The girls were feeling much better so over the weekend we did a little girls trip to get manicures and pedicures!

Soaking up this last week with them before Chris and I head to the Bahamas to celebrate our ten year anniversary!!

Curls and Cousins!

While at Walmart one day, I picked up a pack of sponge curlers. Maddie slept in them one night and the results were so pretty! She loved her hair.

So much so, that then Sydney wanted her hair in curlers too. 

My two curly sues! They have been sleeping in curlers a few times a week. It's actually simpler than brushing out the tangles in the morning, believe it or not. I just unroll the curlers and we go!

We had a cousin filled weekend! Cousin Adelyn had her 8th birthday party at All About Kids and the girls had a great time swimming!

Maddie had a sleepover with her friend Claire - they looked so sweet coming home the next morning. 

 Funny story - we have walkie talkies that work so the girls spend a lot of time "talking" to each other. 

It was Maddie's 100th Day of School! She dressed as herself at 100 years old!

Cousins Dane and Quinn came to town and we had a yummy supper at Gustavo's followed by some play time.

Chris and I celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary too! But more on that later because...we're going to the Bahamas!!

Wrapping up January!

I mentioned in the last post I flew down to Florida for a long weekend with the travel agency. It was a retreat for Senior Agents. We got to have a fun weekend trying new restaurants, visiting new hotels, and playing. I flew down but actually rode back with my sister. She was down there working for the week (she likes to work every couple of months to retain her cast member benefits.) I figured it would be a nice fun ride home chatting having some sister bonding time.

Or not. She's actually under the blanket sleeping. That was fine. 

I did the same thing a bit later. We understand each other. 

While I was playing researching, Chris was back home with the girls. They loved having him back!

We had a somewhat warm day and jumped on the trampoline for a bit. The static was REAL.

We've been playing lots of games right now. Current favorites are Headbands and Fibber.

And, of course, lots of gymnastics. Sydney is usually upside down more than she is right side up!

Big weekend planned with lots of fun things on the agenda!