At one point today, all three kids were in the nurse’s office at the same time. That was the morning. I called Chris to tell him what was going on and to ask him if he can take Ainsley (after all it is his day off), and he informs me that he a parishioner has died and he has a funeral to do (this is unfortunate and of course, it is part of his ministry). I call my sister and tell her and she says, “That is bad. I guess it can’t get any worse.” Of course, it did.
So how did the morning start . . . it started good. It took me, Chris, and the kids to take everything into the school building. We made it. We stayed and watched Madie on tv for her birthday announcement. The morning is going well. I went home and an hour later I went up to school to do the craft with Ainsley’s room. I am passing out all of the items for the craft and Ainsley comes up to give me a hug. I kiss her on the head and she is burning up. Yup. The nurse officially diagnosed her with a fever and said she had to go home. Ugh. Since it was just a fever and she had already exposed the class for an hour that morning, the teacher asked if I would stay and finish the craft. While I’m finishing the craft with the class, the nurse calls the class to tell me that Madie has spilled hot chocolate all over her clothes and could I please come and bring her a change of clothes. Ugh, again. By this point, the craft is nearly done and the other mothers graciously offered to clean up so that I could go home. When I got to the nurse’s office, Ainsley is in tow, Madie is in the bathroom soaked, and Ben is on his way to the room because he forgot to take his meds that morning. UGHHH!!!! It is a good thing I gave a present to the nurse. I was going to have to send another one at the rate we were going.
Ms. Shirley saved the day and agreed to let Ainsely hang out with her while I went back to school to finish the other two’s parties. All I had to do for Ben was send a fruit tray and show up. With Madie, I had all of the games to supply and organize. It was quite a bit of work. In the end, the kids really had a good time. Plus, Chris was able to show up for a little bit and he played his guitar and sang Christmas carols (“Grandma got run over by a reindeer” and “Twelve Days of Christmas: Phineas and Ferb Style”) It was fun. Then I go to pick up all of my supplies from the craft only to find out that the craft project was ruined for all of the kids. The glue leaked into the containers and made the water murky (the kids made snow globes). Plus water got into all of the pictures. So the day did eventually get worse. But the singing was certainly fun!!
The day ended really well with Madie going to a slumber party and my other two chicks snuggling with mom and all falling asleep on the couch. I am so tired. Ainsley is doing better . . . slightly. But she is mad. She had to leave too soon from Ms. Shirley’s.
Only 9 more days to go. And then maybe I can get some sleep.
The Puddles 