It was a full, though not necessarily smooth day over here. It began with Brady feeling a bit crummy, but rallying, as we do. Very shortly thereafter, one of the lovely home care nurses stopped by to discuss a few things with us and teach us some other things. Always learning, let me tell ya! 😅
Through the appointment, the bigger kids hung with the babes and WOW did that get loud! They tried hard, and some kids were less impressed with the help they were/n’t receiving. Sounds like siblings, right? But as soon as we were free to help, I did, and the bigs got a little break. They had pulled out all the dining chairs and draped blankets over them, creating a huge fort. They really did well 💜
Aaaaand then, as keeps happening, suddenly Brady was absolutely unequivocally down and out 😕 He was positively miserable. Frozen. Shaking. Sick as a dog. So, the man got meds, cranked on his heated sweater, three layers of blankets, and I lay on him for about 10-15 minutes until the real shakes stopped. Do you know they’re called rigors?? 😩 HATE that. Anyway…
Once I was done in there, I came out to the kitchen and found Dekker making his lunch before heading out to the high schools final performance of this years musical – Shrek! He was upbeat and good to go. He sure enjoyed being involved in the backstage team 💜 Way to go, Dekker!
He left and the rest of us lunched and kicked off quiet time. The loudest quiet time ever. The toddlers are in a particularly rude stage where they don’t nap during nap time, but then they scream for the rest of the day because they really needed to sleep. Its fun.
While they played in their beds, Brady got up, ate toast, and went back to bed.
I spent a good chunk of time trying to shut the babies down, and being completely unable to let down myself. Whatever. Eventually I gave up, made supper, and got on with the day.
I made rice and curry. The epitome of easy comfort food. We all ate a lot. Even Brady managed a decently full serving.
Once that was over, babies went down. Well, two out of three. The toddlers went to bed. Brady stayed home with them, and I took Munchie and the others to Martensville to pick up some donuts to celebrate Dekker’s time in the musical. We came back to a totally quiet, peaceful house, tucked in on the couches in the living room, and watched a little Mr Bean until everyone was tired. It was perfect.
It was not our best day, but there were also wins, for which I am SO grateful. Well done, Dekker 💜 Thank you for putting in and showing up for the musical yet again. You are an incredibly hard worker, and a delight to be around. I am so happy you are part of our family.
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