Back to being sick... (and now, it's the entire household!)

Deciding when to keep my sick babies home from school isn't always something easy for me to do.  Inasmuch as I want to let them get adequate amount of rest so they can recover faster, I also don't want them missing out on school.  So I know it's really important for me to know when to keep them home, and when to say it's all right for them to go to school.

Today, all 3 of them will stay home.  All of us now are sick; fever, cold, and a whole lot of coughing (my poor babies!).  I also feel bad for my husband because he had to work today even though he's been really sick for the past couple of days.  I know he wanted to get more rest as well, but, duty calls.

We've been under medication for days now, which I love - not - the most, so  I've been feeling groggy and always exhausted.  But because I have 3 little patients I need to care for, I just tough it out, even though I really, really want to just lay down and rest my body.  They come first....  

Because of me being sick, too, I hardly got things done this entire weekend.  I still have clothes in the dryer I need to fold and put away.  One more load of laundry has been waiting since Friday.  And the worst, I haven't done school work, which is bad.  That means I have to work extra hard today to make up for those days I've missed out on.  I just don't know how it'll go today having all 3 kids at home, but I will make sure I find the time to do what needs to be done.

Anyway, it's only 6:35 AM right now, and the bus gets here at 7.  I've been waiting for the school bus so I can inform the driver that the kids are sick.  I will be calling the school here in a few as well, to let them know.  And as I'm writing this, I could hear two of my babies coughing, and it breaks my heart every time.  I hate seeing them sick!  I'm praying that they get better as quickly as possible, so they can be back to being cheerful and playful again.  They haven't been themselves lately, and it saddens me!

I already thought about making an appointment with their doctor this week.  I honestly believe they need to be on antibiotics now.  Also, we all need our flu shots.  But we won't be able to get it till we're all feeling better.

I think I need to still take it easy today, though I've got a million things I want to do in my head.  I think it's best I do things one at a time.  The last thing I need is for me to get worse and be too sick to take care of my babies, and my other baby.  But, I do need to do my school, so that will be my goal for today.  Do as much school work as I can.

On a side note, I'm pretty much done editing my blog, so now, I will start working on updating this more often.  I just couldn't catch up with stuff I want to write about, because of us being sick right now.  Hopefully, I'd get back on track in no time.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

C Family's Halloween 2016

All right, let's take a break for a few.  I've been doing school for hours now, and I feel like my head needs some time off even just for a few minutes.  I've been dragging myself today, actually, just to get stuff done.  I haven't been feeling too good for a few days now.  But just like what the commercial I always see on TV says, "Parents cannot take sick leave".  I believe I started feeling worse after we went out on Halloween to take the kids trick-or-treating.  But, I don't mind at all.  I'm happy with the fact that our babies had a blast.  I just think it has something to do with being out in that cold night with no sweater on.

family photo before we headed out to the Harvest Fest

Our 3 Little Monsters

Anyway, we took our kids to a local church in our area, which hosted a fun-filled Harvest Fest.  It was so much fun that even myself and my husband had a great time.  Apparently, most people from our place go to that event every year, that's why there were so many people there that night.  It was so awesome to see all the kids in their cute/funny/unique costumes, and of course, the parents as well!  Some dressed up, some didn't, like us.  Well, we were thinking about getting us costumes, but decided not to, at the last minute.  The kids got theirs, by the way, so don't worry.  And they got to choose who they wanted to dress up like for Halloween.  Kai dressed up as Optimus Prime.  Gabe's choice was, Storm Shadow (Ninja costume), and for our little Princess, she dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood.  Initially, she wanted to be Cinderella.  But she changed her mind after she saw a photo of herself dressed in Little Red Riding Hood costume on Halloween (2012), when she was 1 year old.  Good thing, their Papa hasn't bought their costumes yet, when she decided she wanted something different, or else, it would have been a waste of money.  Trust me when I say that, that girl won't stop till she gets what she wants.  And I am a hundred percent sure she would've kept asking for the "right costume", had we bought her something she decided on not wanting to wear anymore.  My husband said, she got that attitude from me.  Ha!  I think that's contestable...