You know that Dr. Seuss book that says, “what a day Dad had…”? Well, that describes our day, except it should read “what a day *Mom* had! We did school in the morning, and got ready to go to a homeschooling sledding/pizza party at 3pm. Naomi was still feeling pretty poorly, and I had to wake her from a nap to go with her grandma while the rest of us went to the sledding hill. She woke with a fever of 102.8 and was acting miserable, so I gave her more pain reliever.

Craig’s mom came and picked her up, but when I stopped at the gas station for a cup of coffee, I saw a lady who has been an EMT since I was a girl, and after talking it over with her, decided I should call the doctor once again about Naomi. He concurred with me that I should bring her in again for another urinalysis.

I dropped the boys off with friends at the sledding hill, picked up Naomi from my MIL at her church, and headed to the doctor. I got there, and there were two other patients waiting. We sat there for about 45 minutes reading books, while we waited for the doctor. We finally got in, did the UA, and she is improving! The fever could be from and ear infection, or a virus that is going around town.

As I was heading back to the sledding party, I passed the friends, who were obviously done sledding, and were headed to the pizza parlor. So…I dropped by my MIL’s church to give her an update on Naomi, went to the library to pick up some books, and headed over to the pizza parlor. Everyone was already eating when we got there, and started dessert before we even got dinner, as some had to leave. By the time we finished eating, everyone was pretty much gone, so we packed up and headed home. I am still trying to get used to hauling five kids around, plus the diaper bag, hats, gloves, coats, leftovers, etc…it is amazing we didn’t leave anything!

At the pizza parlor, there was a big screen tv, and they were playing “The Cat in the Hat.” What a worthless movie! Of course, the kids couldn’t keep their eyes off of it. The sad thing is the other family’s kids all had watched it and heartily recommended it! Ack! We have been avoiding it like the plague!

I had been trying to get our bedroom clean before Craig came home from town. I didn’t quite make it, but the boys helped me do a lot at the last minute, and he definitely noticed a difference! There are just a couple of things left that hopefully I will be able to get done this weekend.

I will be so glad to fall into bed….