Parker caught the bug {the flu bug}

I was on my way home from work yesterday when an aid at the school called

She had Parker in the office and he was one sick little boy

He went down to the office in the morning and said he didn't feel good

They took his temp and sent him back to class

Fast forward an hour and the poor kiddo was puking on the floor and had a fever

I brought him home and got him comfy on the couch

The poor boy threw up every half hour for 8 and half hours

That's a whole lot of puking

{and this mama did a whole lot of hand washing}

He couldn't even keep water down 

which also meant that we couldn't keep meds in him to get the fever down

My heart ached

He didn't know what he wanted

He thought he wanted a drink but would soon want the bucket

He was hot and wanted an ice pack but all of a sudden he had the chills and wanted a warm bath

He was fidgety and couldn't get comfortable

At 10:30 he finally fell asleep but was pretty restless

I slept in the living room with him and heard him laughing at 3AM

My initial thought was - Oh my goodness, his fever is high and he's delusional

and then he started telling me about his dream

He even got up and imitated what the people in his dream were doing

Praise the Lord this boy was showing signs of improvement

He went back to bed and slept until 8:40

His cheeks are pink but the thermometer says 98.7

I don't wish this violent bug on anyone

Stay healthy my friends and wash those hands

FALLing into my flannel sheets

Fall is definitely here

We had a sick boy who stayed home from school on Monday

{sore throat and stuffy nose}

The furnace got turned on

{We prayed like crazy that it would work and will continue to work}

We sat at a very chilly soccer game Friday night
{And needed an inhaler- Boooo}

We went to the corn field maze and bought a pumpkin
{We love supporting small town businesses}

Made chili for supper
{Left over chili is perfect for lunch after church}

The hubby broke out leaf blower
{Our maple looks AMAZING but will soon be bare}
By the end of the weekend, I was ready for a warm bed so,

the flannel sheets got put on
{There's nothing better than sheets straight out of the dryer}

A few pictures from this week:

The cutest goalie ever
He scored 2 points for his team

Ready for the corn field maze

Our beautiful maple

I feel like we went from air conditioning to turning on the heat
What happened to my Fall cleaning {windows open} weather?
Tomorrow we're supposed to have highs in the 40's with possible snow

I'm glad we got some Fall fun in over the weekend

Guilt trip for the working mama

My boys are back in the mind set that they need their backs rubbed before falling asleep

{I'm not complaining, I know they'll grow up in the blink of eye and this is something I'll miss}

As I was rubbing Parker's back on Thursday night, he said:

Mom, your coming to the fall festival thing tomorrow right?

I get to throw pie in Mr. Castle's face!

GUILT TRIP

The wheels started turning

Normally I take Friday's off from clients but I had a FULL afternoon of hair cutting

I made mental notes to call each client in the morning to see if they could all move up a half hour

If there was "one" client who couldn't come early,

my little boys heart would be crushed

He desperately wanted me to see him throw that pie

It all worked out and I got to be there

Parker's 3rd grade class sold the most raffle tickets so they got to throw pie 

He had so much fun and I would have been so bummed if I had missed it

Fall Craftiness

The other night I was looking on Pinterest and told the hubby I was addicted

He said - Admitting you have a problem is the first step

{He thinks he's funny!}

The only problem I have with Pinterest is:

I see so many cute things but when I try to recreate them,

they don't turn out as cute and I'm left feeling totally disappointed

I've been working on a few things lately

I made a yarn wreath for a bridal shower and was asked to make one for a benefit

Here it is:

I'm not in love with it but from the sounds of it, there were several ladies fighting over it

And here's one of my more favorite Pinterest remakes

I saw one of these and decided it was a must for my secret sister at church

After I got it done {but before I added the K} I wanted to keep it for myself

I LOVE candy corn
The candy corn M&M's are out of this world delicious and my SIL was so kind to send me some
I'm pretty sure they were sent for the boys but in this family - We Share!


I'm home with a sick boy today
so I'll be doing some more pinning on Pinterest in between administering meds

Keeping up

We're keeping up but some days I feel like we're barely hanging on

These last couple of weeks have been anything but easy

I'm worked to death and totally exhausted

Last night I went to a craft night and just sat there in a a complete fog

I have so many things I'd like to do but I can't even think straight

This week my schedule looked something like this-

        7:45 Drop kids off at school

8:15-10:00 Job #1

10:20-12:00 Job #2

12:30-2:45 Job #1

3:00 Pick up kids

3:40-5:00 Job #2

Make super

On Mondays I teach at job #3 from 7:00-9:30

On Tuesday nights I work at job #1

On Wednesdays Spencer has youth group and the hubby bowls

Some days I wish I just worked a 9-5 job

Then I remind myself that I'm able to be with the boys all summer and we don't have to pay for day care

This to shall pass

So.... with everything going on, I am failing at my October photo challenge

We are 10 days in already and I'm 8 days behind

{Story of my life}

In the very few minutes I get to myself, I've been working my craftiness {or lack of}

I find all these adorable things on Pinterest and try to recreate them

 and then I'm totally disappointed with the outcome

but 

I'll share a few things with you later this week

I'm heading out to take some pictures on this beautiful fall morning