On Moving Day & A Huge Giveaway!

Right before we packed up and moved out of our house Drummer got sick.  Sick babies are just miserable because they can't tell you what hurts and what they want except to cry, be fussy, and evade sleep.  They can't throw up neatly in a bowl, or run to the bathroom to avoid carpet at all costs. 

I was hoping that we could all avoid it, the remainder 7 of us, but not only does Drummer have those kissable lips (just take a look!), but he willingly and freely gives kisses, which cannot be turned down by anyone, not even Clover.  He will hold out his hands and the look in his eyes alone just draws you in, sometimes several times.  So, of course it was inevitable.

As we were getting in the car to drive away from our house, saying farewell to a home that was the only home some of them have known, Pearl said she didn't feel well.  The nesting bowls were packed who knows where, so I found a plastic sack and said to use that if she felt like she needed to throw up, and off we went.  15 minutes into the drive it all came up.  Those kisses from Drummer really were infectious.

Over the next couple of days the sickness went on tour at the Dill household.  Divine, Azure, Olive, then it jumped to Ryan and to Gammy.  I was running to the store for ginger ale.  Spicier for the adults, sweeter for the kids.  Saltine crackers all around.  Giving thanks for Gammy's nesting bowls, all in use throughout the house.  It seemed I asked Clover every hour how she felt, and every morning if she threw up in the night.  Nope!  Am I such a good girl that I didn't throw up?  she would respond.  Surely my least germ conscientious child (besides Drummer) would come down with it.  I didn't even enroll her in her new school, thinking she would just be out again with sickness.  Finally, we had several days of wellness  and I deemed it safe to send her off to school and we were finally rid of the nasty flu bug. 

My kids know there are three things they do when they get home from school.  Take their shoes off, wash their hands and put away their backpacks.  They are pretty good at remembering and I'm pretty vigilant in reminding them to wash their hands before any snacking takes place.  But, I went out to get some disinfecting wipes to keep everyone well in addition to the hand washing.  I gave the task to Clover because, well, she was home from school.  Honestly, sometimes I will ask the older girls to do things just because I know they'll actually do it, but Clover had so much fun going around cleaning light switches and doorknobs and she was actually helpful and happy!  She began singing cleaning the house is fun to do, fun to do, and then she started asking if she could clean other things like Gammy's vase and the piano bench knobs and her song went on: cleaning the bench knobs is fun to do, fun to do!  I let her have at it.  And so far we've stayed healthy.

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