My poor Shane got the Coxsackie virus and he’s been in so much pain since Sunday night. He’s got blisters inside his mouth and on his feet. I never knew such a nasty virus existed until now. He’s had a high fever for 2 days and hasn’t eaten anything since Sunday night.

I stayed home with him for the last two days and I have never seen him like this before. He fell asleep on the sofa while I went to make a quick phone call in the kitchen.

I took him to the doctor’s yesterday and while we were waiting over half an hour in the waiting room, Shane kept asking me to take him home. After his exam he got so upset and threw up everything that was in him stomach, which was just water. Walking out of the doctor’s office drenched in Shane’s aftermath, I felt so helpless. There was nothing I could do to ease his pain. I had to force him to take a few drops of Motrin and some water, which in itself was an epic battle. Poor Shane… he’s so clingy and so needy and my blackberry has been buzzing all day with floods of emails from work. I was losing it. By Tuesday afternoon, I had to call Andrew SOS’ing him to come home ASAP from his Toronto trip. He came home on a delayed flight that night close to mid-night. After I filled him in on what’s been happening for the last two days, we found ourselves sitting in the dark in our living room with blackberries in our hands, asking… who’s going to stay home and watch him tomorrow. He said, well if anybody should get fired, it should be you, don’t you think? We both laughed. (He’s lucky I found that funny.)  With all the missed work I had in the last two days, there was no way I could miss another day. Plus, I submitted all my vacation days allowed for this year so I had no days left. I HAVE to go in at least for a few hours even if I had to bring Shane with me. So Andrew pushed the “send” button to his work stating that he had to miss work.

Glad to say that although Shane was miserable, he was in good spirits and upbeat because he was happy he was hanging out with Dad.

I woke up this morning to the tune of Chloe screaming at me about her ear pain. Really? At first I thought she was making this up because she was jealous of all the attention her brother had been getting. Then again, after her last strep episode I couldn’t ignore her so I take her to the doctor. She has an ear infection.

Sigh…

Shane’s been very quiet today. He said he wanted to walk by himself and let go of my hand. He then put his hands in his pockets and walked away, looking pretty complex.

We had a fantastic Graduation Ceremony at kids school this morning and all of the children performed several songs with their classes.

Performances by Shane’s class

Here comes Ms. Chloe!

All the children did a wonderful job!

Our friends came over for dinner so we went to a local park to have a picnic. Chloe said grace before the meal.

We made a lot of special memories here and I’m thankful that we had the opportunity to spend quality time as a family.

Shane’s silly face

Leaving Vermont, heading home!

Tea time at the Lodge

Chloe and I went swimming while the boys took a nap. We spent about two hours playing in the water and Chloe’s learning to swim by herself!

ready for a somersault?

I was never able to do one before  and it was not going to happen now.

Shane and Andrew really bonded this weekend. Andrew’s been traveling so much this month, it was so nice to have him back.

This is one of my favorite photos of him. He’s such a boy’s boy. He grunts, he loves super heros, and  loves to jump into mud puddles.

And here’s a girl’s girl, Chloe. She loves princesses, her favorite color is pink, and she would wear dresses all the time if she could.

Kids in bed by 8pm.

We got to enjoy movies every night after the kids were down.