And They All Come Tumbling Down

I consider our little family a healthy family.  We don't, by any means, eat all the fruits and veggies we are supposed to and, to be honest, we lack in the physical activity department.  When I refer to healthy I mean we tend to have pretty good immune systems.  Dominick has been sick a handful of times during his past 10 years. Simon spent his first Christmas very sick with a stomach virus and had croup before he was a year old. Other than that my boys, in particular, are fairly sturdy.  So it was to my great surprise that in the early morning of October 22nd both my boys managed to become inflicted with a stomach virus complete with all the usual physical reactions.  This was the first time both my boys were sick at once.
At 5:30am when Simon first started throwing up in his crib I agreed to let Nick stay home and take care of him while I went to work.  An hour later when Dominick complained of a stomach ache and then proceeded to follow in his brother's footsteps I knew this was a task for mom.  The day progressed like any sick kid day would.  Dry cereal and water, lots of dirty towels, dirty sheets and dirty clothes, long naps, races to the bathroom and whiny children.  Finally, at about 5:00pm, I started to see the sunlight.  A few hours had passed without incident and both boys were up and showing signs of energy, I was feeling optimisitic until....it was mommy's turn.  Sure enough, the next six hours belonged to me, enjoying the lovely gift my boys were kind enough to share with me.  Needless to say, we all survived.  Saturday was a better day.  I even took the kids to the pumpkin patch between rain showers so they could finally get their Halloween pumpkins.  Simon lost any weight he gained over the past month and Dominick and I could stand to lose a few so no complaints here.  Nick never got sick but I am not surprised.  As a parent one of the worst things is to see your children in pain. One of the most important jobs as a parent, especially mommies, is to know how to comfort/hold/kiss and cuddle with your babies no matter how old they are or how sick they are.