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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Spring Break? Sick Break {Parenthood}

It's the first day of Spring Break. The kids are excited to get out and have fun at the jump place, the park, the zoo, wherever our little hearts desire to explore. But as I give the kids good morning hugs I notice one of them is feeling a bit warm to the touch. My heart starts to pound and I know a higher temperature is going to read on the thermometer. 

Spring Break. Winter break. Summer Break. It's all just a sick break.

It seems to be the time my kids get sick. It's like their little bodies know now is the time that they do not need to be anywhere so it is ok to fall ill to some strange virus. I am stuck between feeling glad that I do not have to go anywhere and sad that my poor babies are feeling so icky. Every few days another one succumbs to the virus and before we know it, the whole household has become infected as our bit of free time comes to an end.

It's the few times out of the year where we can pile up into the car and head somewhere without too many restrictions. School breaks are the adventure times. The times where we don't have to adhere as much to the strict bedtimes as we do while the school is in session. I just want to cry for missing this time to have fun! Especially since the kids missed out on park adventure dates and similar fun times while myself and husband were sick during this past winter break.

Kids get sick. It's what they do. Instead of heading somewhere fun we are having movie-filled days with popcorn and fruit gummies. We are snuggling extra amounts on the couch. Sippy cups filled with juice and ice have been at the ready. As moms and parents, that is what we do when the kids get sick.

Too bad they couldn't miss a day or two of school. But with the weird on and off again fevers they have it is probably a good thing since they would have missed an entire week plus of school.

I guess it's a good thing that the virus waited until break to hit the family. We are lucky they get 2 weeks off for spring break. Otherwise, the kids would have missed school. It was a good time for no guilt cuddling and for mommy to work her magic on the healing process.

Hopefully it's gone before the kids go back to school at the beginning of next week. Even if it means we don't get to go out and do some fun things. No guilt. Just keep cuddling those sick babies.


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