Sick Kids and Summer Vacation

Rylee has pneumonia.  She had a cold that was on-again/off-again but when she came back from her best friend’s sleep over birthday party she had a fever.  I took her to the doctor and he said, “it’s always the sleep over parties that throw them over the edge.”

We’ve been holed up in the house for a week now and we’re all going a little crazy.  When Rylee realized she couldn’t go to her summer camp and Henry realized that we couldn’t go to the lake for the fireworks they both started crying in the doctor’s office.  It broke my heart, but health is obviously more important than camp or fireworks.

We are making lemonade out of lemons.  I told the kids they didn’t have to earn their TV/video time this week, which caused much needed celebration.

We’ve been cooking.

I’ve organized the pantry with cute Thirty-one boxes.

The kids have caught up on important stuff like watching episodes of Phineas and Ferb and organizing Rylee’s My Little Pony collection. (FYI – Pinkie Pie has to be the most annoying pony ever invented. Does anyone else side with me here???)

We’ve been napping.

The laundry in my house is caught up and I’ve been lifting dumbbells in between, since I can’t get to the gym.

That said, I’m still going crazy and am looking forward to everyone being healthy again.  I’m also looking forward to my Magic Mike pole dance party tonight at Bon Bon Barre.

For July 4th I told them we could set up the tent in the family room and pretend we are at the lake.

How about you?  What low-key things do you do when your kids are home sick?

Lisa 😉

Lisa Traugott is a Mom’s Choice Award winning writer, fitness blogger, wife and mom of two.  Her book, “She’s Losing It!”  is available at Amazon.com.

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