Summer Vacation is over...

And how do we spend the last summer vacation week??

It started off okay, got most of our shopping done, spent a little time at the park Wednesday morning with the kids, Squiggly, and some friends. That was nice, kids got to play and run around until Squiggly said time was up, she was ready for a nap with a bottle.
Headed back home, afternoon went as usual with an unexpected nap from J (wow, if I only would've known he would've gotten so tired from the park I would've done it more often). Mom Jr. also took a nap before she went for 3 hours of dance (one more week for that).
Thursday morning comes around and J is not quite himself. He comes and lays down by me on the bed and ends up falling back to sleep (not like him at all).
When he does wake up, he's crying and is just laying around, well, turns out he has a 102 fever. I give him some fever reducer, give him a cool bubble bath, and then his favorite, an ice pop (he doesn't realize it's the kind with electrolytes).
By the afternoon I start to notice my throat is getting a little sore...hmmm, maybe it's from having the windows open all night, but then how come it didn't bother me this morning? I now have the air on and I didn't step outside at all today. Now I just feel tired, my body's starting to get achy so I decide to just sit down on the couch. I felt kind of guilty because this was suppose to me my cleaning time but J was hanging by me constantly so I didn't feel that bad because with me laying down he layed down too and fell asleep.
With the day going on so was the way I was feeling. By the evening my throat was hurting so bad I didn't eat or even want to talk. I made dinner and just went upstairs to lay down. As the night went on my throat got worse.
Am I sick? Hmmm, that doesn't happen to me..........I'm the one who takes care of everyone else, does the cooking, shopping, cleaning. I can't get sick because when that happens everything basically stops.
Morning comes around and yes, I have given in and accepted that I am sick. I don't know what gave it away...um, maybe the runny nose, the scratchy throat, the tiredness...
Still, I had to continue as much as possible, I still had Squiggly coming (I did warn my cousin ahead of time). Squiggly gets here and her Mom says she had a fever over night also. I told her I sprayed the house with Lysol, opened all the windows, drilled into J that he had to stay away from Squiggly (which since he still wasn't feeling well was fine by him).
Squiggly's Mom said she was going to get out of work early. J was still just laying there on the chair with a sad face.
I had the hand sanitizer out and told the kids to wash their hands...they can't get sick....school starts on Tuesday!!!!
I think this might be like a 24 hour bug because all of a sudden J was like himself again. He started getting into Dora's adventure, jumping around, putting on his spy glasses. Wow, okay, I'll take it!! Squiggly had a low grade fever, gave her a little fever reducer and put her in the swing cause she had sleepy eyes. She dozed off for a little but when she woke up she too was back to normal, wanting to explore, ate all her lunch, be her little giggly self.
I still was sick but seeing the kids better made me feel a little better.
Daddy came home early knowing we were sick, Squiggly left early with her Mom, and I headed upstairs for some rest time for me (because honestly I didn't feel well).
Mom Jr. comes upstairs and says "where's the thermometer?" "who now?" "Jr."....
Here we go again....Jr.'s temp.-104, fever reducer, cool wet towel on his forehead, and here I sit with him trying to cool him down. He started getting achy, I managed to get him to relax but for Jr. that's really hard to do, he kept wanting to see T.V. or know what time it was...We just told him don't worry you can catch up on everything later.
Daddy took the other 3 to school to find out the teachers for Mom Jr., Jr., and D. They came home happy because they all got the teachers I requested!! Yahoo.....
Now the evening is setting in...I'm praying no one else gets sick, it's going to be a very warm weekend which leads into our school schedule. I'm hoping to feel better by morning because "Mom" has to keep going-Mom Jr. has her school materials list that we need to shop for as well as lunch items....
Here I thought the last week or even weekend would be spent in the crystal clear pool we completely re-did, barbecuing, and taking the last few pictures for the end of the summer vacation of 2009.

Just a Mom hoping for healthy children to begin their new school year!!!