Pandemonium, Presents & Puke

Go to the bathroom now, this is a looooong post. I started writing it late Wednesday, and it is now 8 on Sunday.

We are back from our trip to Colorado for Christmas! We left early in the morning Friday. We had a lot of fun spending time with grandma and papa, cousins, uncles and aunts. They had a ton (well, not a ton but 25 inches) of snow, and the kids had a bunch of fun sledding. There was so much going on, I think I'll just go chronologically so I (hopefully) don't miss anything.

Friday, the traveling went surprisingly well. The kids usually seem to travel well and the roads were pretty clear for the most part. We made good time and arrived about two. The rest of the afternoon/evening was just sitting around visiting and dealing with over-tired kids.

Saturday was filled with a small amount of shopping trying to find a few last minute items, and the stockings - which I forgot to bring! How can Santa fill them with all that stuff? Thanks to T@rget for their cheapo $.99 ones. The stores were amazingly crowded and bare, thanks to the two feet of snow to stop shipments out of Denver and hold all of those last minute shoppers hostage in their homes. The parking lots were even worse, with half of the spots covered with mounds of snow. In spite of all this, we got all that we needed (and more). I also FORGOT to bring my make-up (How did THAT happen?).

We also bought a toboggan at the sportsmans store, it turned out to be well worth the money and the effort in trying to find one. T@rget was out of snow pants, boots and snow toys. (You'd think that snow caught people off-guard). We made it back to grandma's house (one-lane, snow filled road and all) and suited up the kids for fun. Bring on the sleds! There was even laughing when they wrecked, aside from T saying "I didn't want to do that". Turns out, K likes it but is a screamer! Even grandma went down with the kids.

Wake-up! Wake-up! I'm still telling our story here. Later, we were bathing the kids, getting them ready for bed. I had just gotten KL out and turned to wash up K. All of a sudden T (who is standing near the back of the tub) starts throwing up! K starts freaking out as it continues to mix with the tub water. I tell her, "just stand on the side of the tub". She continues to freak as he throws up a bit more, so I got her a towel so she could wait in the bathroom while I cleaned up T and the tub. I highly recommend the tub for throw up when someone doesn't make it to the toilet and/or you have a three year old who is still a bit unsure of what is happening to his body. He continued throwing up for awhile, and he got to the toilet every time (other than in the night when he launched on the sleeping bag).

Sunday, Sunday. Christmas Eve, filled with more sledding and fun, crab legs for dinner (ham for the kids and those who don't like), Yummy snacks, family and birthday cake for Brandi. They open their gifts on Christmas Eve and then Santa comes in the morning.

In total, there were 17 people on Christmas Eve opening presents (at once) in the Living Room. I'm not sure who got what from whom, so thank you all for everything.

Monday, Merry Christmas, Santa came. The kids didn't wake up real early they came out and just stood back by the couch. No running to their loot, no look mom! Santa came. T finally walked over to his stuff and just looked and shook like he had Parkinson's. Finally K said (as she bopped her head) "I have to wake up my brain." She gradually made her way to her stuff, commenting on how Santa must not have brought her the guitar she asked for (Santa was sneaky and wrapped the "big" presents this year, just in case they happened to see anything on our travels), and how she threw up last night. What??? Really?? Then breakfast and cranky KL to nap - 3 hours, she has never slept that long. When she woke up, we put her in the high chair for a snack and she really wouldn't eat and continued to be cranky. DH got her our to wash her up and she launched all over him and the kitchen floor. She launched all over grandma a bit later. Meanwhile... K is napping, which she NEVER, is repeat NEVER does. Later, Tonya and I are watching some sappy Christmas movie the H@llmark CHannel and I just don't feel right. Guess what! yay for me, I have it too. Whilst I'm running into the bathroom, K yells, "Grandma, mommy made it to the bathroom in time!" Then T comes in and says "Yuck! why's it red?" (Holiday oreos if you must know.) I couldn't even keep down water, but that was better that dry heaves. Lovely aye? I even slept on the couch for easier access to my porcelain friend.

Tuesday brought on more sickness, DH, Uncle Tim, Grandma, Cousin David and Baby J. I couldn't sit on the couch without falling asleep, and still had chills all day. I was glad we weren't coming home until Wednesday.

I didn't go see anyone, or go do anywhere I wanted to go. Hopefully next time we will all feel better and we will get to visit other places than the bathroom at grandma's and papa's.

Since we've been back, we have passed our germs on to mom, Tedi, Laren, Devon and Grandma. Laren and Tedi got to spend an extra day because of it. I bet they are GLAD we came back. I called dad to check to see if they've been sick, so far no, thankfully.