Sunday, January 15, 2012

Day 6, 7, 8 and 9: AWOL UPDATE

Sorry for not updating and getting everyone up-to-date on my cleaning fanatics. We have had a very challenging household this past week.  

Just after my last blog on the 7th,  our entire family came down with the bug. Actually, Brady had the bug on Friday and Saturday and was throwing up every 15 minutes throughout the night. Come Sunday at 6:30, the rest of us started feeling queazy and within the hour all 5 of us were throwing up.  It really hit fast and it hit hard. We can laugh about it now but at one point in the evening, we were tag-teaming the toilet. One person would throw up, then the next, then the next....  Needless to say, our house smelled so wonderful! 

Bella had it the worst. Obviously nobody went to work or school that Monday, but Bella was out on Tuesday and Wednesday too. The aching in the stomach and the sore throat from the violent vomiting took it's toll on all of us. Lexie was the most resilient and was ready for school on Tuesday morning. Lauren went to school but she didn't look well when I picked her up so we kept her in bed the rest of the day.  Come Thursday, we were back to a regular family - and a very messy one at that.  

Laundry was the worst. With the younger kids, making it to the bathroom or even to the bowl in front of them is a challenge. Lots of towels and sheets and comforters to wash. Yuck! The clothing was next and then the shampooing of the carpets and lastly was the bathrooms. Fun! Fun! Fun!

Lexie's birthday was on the 5th and we celebrated on Saturday with 28 of Lexie's friends. We rented a mongo-jumphouse and the kids played their hearts out. It was very low key as the kids spent the entire time in the jump house and then eating cupcakes. Not much work needed on the party, just on cleaning the house from top to bottom.

I am now the owner of a fully cleaned house - all bedrooms are neat and tidy and hopefully they will stay that way.  I still have to keep up with the once a day laundry that should keep that part of me in check.  The kids are making their beds everyday and hopefully this will become a habit for them as well.  There still is loads of stuff to do so I think that tomorrow is the start of cleaning once again and I'll be hitting that garage first.  Wish me luck!

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