And so it begins

I have mixed feelings about fall. I love that it is cooling off more but it also means winter is on its way. And that also brings more sickness. Boo! It all started about 3 weeks ago when the day before the Primary Program, Tyce got sick and threw up. He acted much better but continued to have diarrhea for a week. Then last week, Ethan started throwing up ALL NIGHT/MORNING. It was the worst spell of stomach flu I had seen. Just as he was getting better, Tom and I both had the stomach flu on Sunday night. It was a little comical being sick together. We took turns helping the kids while the other laid around. Yuck, I hate throwing up. Immediately following our stomach flu, Ethan started coughing the other night and had the croup. Just as he is feeling better, Eli (my usually healthy one) feels a little warm so I sent him up to bed to rest. It's funny how my best eater (Ethan) is usually the sick one. Perhaps it's because he is the oldest and goes to school and gets exposed to the most germs. But last winter was such a great one for us that I was hopeful we would have another good year. Maybe we will get the worst of it over with right away... Here's to wishful thinking.