12/5/12

The girls were up bright and early this morning – I kind of like when they wake up without me having to get them up – they seem much more chipper that way. Olivia was complaining that her tummy hurt this morning, but she’s was being ultra-dramatic about it…we thought she was just making it up, so we went about our day. I dropped them off, headed to work, and around 9:30 I got a call from the school that she had thrown up. I was mortified – first, those poor teachers having to clean up after it, second, poor Olivia must have been so embarrassed, and third, not knowing what the problem was, I felt horrible for sending her to school when she actually didn’t feel well. Ugh, guilt all around! They said if she did it again we’d have to pick her up, but I didn’t want to leave her there feeling icky all day. So, I gathered up some work and made my way home. I picked her up and we cuddled in bed for a while. She watched cartoons while I did some work and it was a pretty nice way to spend the day!

After some chicken noodle soup for lunch, I sent her off for her nap and did some more work. She took a nice long nap, and seemed to be doing much better when she woke up. She wasn't complaining about her tummy anymore and was a little more talkative as the evening went on. By the time Christian and Amelia were home, she was pretty alert and ready to play. My final determination was that she’s just had too many holiday treats the past few days, and her tummy was not taking it well – especially that popcorn bark last night (SUPER sweet). So, we’ll just take a little break from that and get her back on track. Poor thing.

The girls found out that Buddy had been quite mischievous today. He found one of our family pictures, and drew funny faces all over it! I knew Amelia wouldn’t really “get it”, but I was curious to see what Olivia would do…if she would really realize that it was funny or not. And, she did. She thought it was HILARIOUS! When she found it, I heard her yell “Oh my gosh, look at this funny picture!”, and she grabbed it and came running to show me. So cute.

They had some more soup for dinner while Christian and I had some random leftovers. I did some picking up around the house while they girls ran around and Christian hung some more plastic on the windows. Not the best day, but at least productive!

Here are some pictures of Buddy Day 5: Picture That: