Last Night

Last night I was not feeling very good. There is a bug going through the schools and I work with middle school kids who have all been sick lately, so no surprise I got sick. I went to bed early telling the girls if they needed anything in the middle of the night to call for their dad. Arik smiled because NEVER have they called for dad before.

So I was sleeping and all of the sudden I hear, "DAD!!" "DAD!!" mixed in with some crying. I laugh and hit Arik. "They are calling for you." I told him. He rolls over and says, "I am going to yell at them." I laugh again and tell him I will get them. I start down the stairs and here Brookelyn yell, "Dad come quick, NOW!" I go a little faster and hear Kira crying. I just think that Kira fell out of bed but then Brookelyn tells me, "She just threw up." She had leaned over her new bed and threw up on the ground. I grab her and take her upstairs to clean her up. She asks if she can take a bath and if I were covered in gross stuff, I would take a bath too. So I turn on the water and Kira strips down.

At this point, Arik walks into the bathroom and asks what happened. I explain and he says, "What can I do?" I tell him to give Kira her bath while I clean up her floor. I decided if I give him the easy part then he will keep helping. By the way, I have the GREATEST husband in the world. I go back downstairs to clean up the mess. It smelled gross so I tell Brookelyn she can sleep upstairs on the couch. No mother would let thier child sleep in that, right? So she grabs her stuff and goes upstairs. I clean up the floor and am heading upstairs when Brookelyn tells dad her stomach hurts and she runs into the bathroom and throws up in the toliet. This is one of the great things about Brookelyn. Ever since she was two she has thrown up in the bathroom which is so very nice for me. Arik helps her and finishs with Kira while I get Brookelyn's bed ready. We then pump up an air matress for Kira and she sleeps next to her sister. They didn't want to be separated.

We all get back in bed. Kira tells me she wants water. I tell her to get it herself and she tells me, "But I am sick, mom." So I get up get her and Brookelyn a drink and go back to bed. An hour later Kira throws up again. I cralwed back into bed, tired and still not feeling well myself. Arik rolls over and says, "Can I help?" I start crying and say, "Thank you so much for helping earlier. You are the greatest." He says, "Yeah, whatever." and goes back to sleep. He really is great. What would I do without him.

The girls are feeling better everything is just coming out the other end now which is okay since they have made it to the bathroom all day. I think it only lasts 24 hours so we are on the mend. But, what a night!