We made it home from our Disney vacation on a Saturday night. The plan was to spend Sunday relaxing and resting from a busy vacation. The point of that information is that we didn't leave the house at all on Sunday.
Monday morning Walker woke up with a fever. The fever moved into a cough and he was pretty miserable. Tuesday morning I took him to the doctor to rule out strep (he has only had it once and it was horrible for him). The diagnosis was just a virus. Then the durn thing made the slow move through the all kids. Monday - Walker, Wednesday - Lydia and Eli, and Finally Friday - Colin. So everyone was coughing and I was dosing out the tylenol and motrin for seven days.
Now I am super glad that it was a rather mild sickness, but we were house bound for an entire week. Gosh. That is a long time for these busy adventurous kids to be trapped at home.
So when the fevers broke and the coughing calmed, we headed out and and didn't look back.
There was park hopping:
And big brother's making sure sister got her turn on the slide:
{Now this picture would be perfect if that was Eli in the middle, but it isn't. Just some stranger. No matter, I still like the capture.}
And the perfect beach day with friends from around the corner and all the way from Canada.
And these little legs marching through the sand. I can't even.
And a mid-week outing with daddy? What a gift.
And that beach trip was so fantastic we tried again on Sunday. It was windy so we didn't say for long, but the kids still had a fun.
They dug holes and made fortresses to keep the wind at bay.
{Even if they had to wear fleece jackets while working away.}
I'm grateful for the days out, even more so when we have had a stretch of time at home.
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