weekend fun and an extra day

It was a very summery weekend with temperatures in the 80s. Weird! I much prefer the cool fall weather, so hopefully we'll be back to that soon. On Saturday we all went to Celia's soccer practice. It might have been more fun if it hadn't been so hot, but Henry and I were just hanging around and it was too hot outside. There was a new playground for him to play on, and he really liked that, and we sat in the shady dugout on the baseball field for a while. I wanted to see Celia's soccer a little, so we went to watch the last ten minutes. We had lunch, the kids played on the playground for a while, and we went home. Chris and I were all worn out for the rest of the day! 

On Sunday we went to a place with a corn maze, corn crib, a couple rides and other fun stuff. It was fun, but again it was very hot outside. Definitely would have been more fun on a 60 degree day. The kids really like the corn crib. They could have stayed in there all day. We spent more than half an hour just in there.

I had noticed earlier that Henry felt warm, and then he didn't want any lunch and was really dragging as we walked around. He was very quiet, and I kept asking if he was okay and he would say yes. He did perk up a little for ice cream. But sure enough, when we got home I took his temperature and he had a fever of almost 102. Poor little guy. He spent the rest of the afternoon glued to either me or Chris. We rented the movie Cars, which we guessed Henry would like, and he sat for the entire thing. He didn't want dinner, and then fell asleep sitting in Chris's lap when Celia and I went up to take a shower. Poor little guy. So he slept from 6:15 to 8:15, and then we got him changed and put him to bed. We were afraid he wouldn't sleep well, but he slept through the night until 7:00 this morning.

Celia was so cute when she found out Henry was sick. She kept saying how cute Henry was, sleeping with Chris in the chair, and she really wanted to take a picture of them. She was concerned about how we would get him to bed, and as soon as she woke up this morning she asked how Henry did. She is such a sweet little mommy. I hate when Henry is sick, but it was cute that he fell asleep and reminded us a little of having a newborn. 

I cancelled my work appointments today, and had a bonus day at home with the little guy. Luckily, it seems like the worst is over for him. I took him to the doctor and he has Hand, Foot, and Mouth. His throat is sore, so he hasn't eaten much today. He started feeling a little warm before his nap and I have him some Motrin, but other than that he's been a pretty happy guy. We stopped at the store on the way home from the doctor, and got him popsicles and sauce pouches. He was so funny talking to people in the store. Someone would say hi to him, and he would say in a tiny little voice: "Hi. I'm Henwee." Haha.

I got some work done and prepped dinner during nap time, and then Henry and I went outside to wait for the bus. The kids played so well together outside that we stayed out until it was almost time for dinner. 

They have pretend houses under the magnolia tree, and they play in there for a long time. They collect berries and acorns in dishes, and pretend all kinds of things. They stay so busy. It will be hard when it's too cold to play outside every day. 

It's ended up being a very nice day "off".