Jammies and Jingles

At the Children's Museum here in town they do a lot of special events. Last night we went to Jammies and Jingles, a Christmas themed event. It was so much fun! 

Caroline and Liam with Santa

Playing one of the games

Quick selfie of the girls

The boys making a gingerbread house

Yes, this picture happened and is hilarious.
And yes, there were better pictures to share with you but I couldn't help myself. 

Since we went before eating dinner we didn't think anything was of concern when Liam told us his tummy hurt right before we left. We were very upset with him when he refused to eat his dinner and just kept crying and screaming that his tummy hurt. He got sent straight to his room and Evan was convinced that he was just trying to get out of eating what we had prepared. Unfortunately, an hour later after I had fed Caroline and put her to bed, I walked into his room to check on him where he immediately started throwing up all over his bed. I hurriedly picked him up and we made it to the threshold of the bathroom before he started vomiting again. 

Poor guy was ill every half hour for 5 hours! Evan and I took turns sleeping downstairs with him and helping him "make it to the bucket."  We tried to explain that there was a germ bug in his belly and he had to get him out. Although when he woke up a half an hour later upset that he was going to be sick again he told us, "I already threw up that bug! He's gone!" 

Liam is currently all better. He has thoroughly enjoyed his day of staying in his PJ's, watching cartoons and movies and drinking "juice" (pedialyte). 

Caroline also was ill last night. After I fed her at 12:30 am and went downstairs to be with Liam the rest of the night, she apparently had thrown up sometime between 1 am and 7 am. Evan swears he didn't hear her fuss or cry. She immediately got a bath this morning. 

Now we are just waiting for "our turn". We are both hopeful that maybe we won't get it but both of us are extremely realistic that it's only a matter of time. 

Don't worry, we won't fill you in on the details when it's our turn. Just pray that our immune systems are strong enough to battle this. It's a doozy!

+ A giant thank you to my husband who cleaned up every time Liam didn't "make it" There was some serious team work last night dealing with a sick 4 year old who does not understand what is happening to his poor little body. So happy to have you on my team babe!