Christmas lights and sickness

The first 2 weeks of December were not the best time at our house.  We had 2 weeks of sickness and it was not fun.  Aria came down with a fever the week after Thanksgiving.  Then just when I thought Siena wasn't going to get it (it had been a week since Aria first started with her fever) Siena got it.  Both lasted 4 days a piece.  Luckily they were just high fevers, no ear infection, cold, runny noses, etc.  Aria kept throwing her motrin up though which was a nightmare.  And note to self, Tylenol does nothing for the fevers, don't force it down them if it's not going to work.  Stick with Motrin.

Funny story, well funny now a month later.  One day I just gotten both girls down for a nap.  Aria was so tired cuz she hadn't been sleeping cuz of her fever.  15 minutes into her nap she wakes up coughing and I can tell she is throwing up.  So I run in there before she cries too loud and wakes Siena up.  Get her up and I realize she needs a bath.  By now she hasn't stopped crying and has woken Siena up. So I figure I might as well put them both in the bath.  So they're happily playing in the bath when all of the sudden Aria says poop and I look down and she has pooped in the tub...ugh!!  So I transferred them to my tub to wash and then I got to wash and sanitize the bathtub, toys, crib, sheets, blankets from poop and throw up, yeah it was quite a fun couple hours.

Anyways, after we were all feeling better we had to get out of the house and do something Christmasy...I was not feeling the Christmas spirit.  Although I think everyone gets sick around Christmas so maybe I should feel all Christmasy when we're sick.  We had barely even listened to Christmas music.  So we decided to go look at the lights down at temple square.  We went on a crazy busy Saturday night of the tabernacle choir concert but it ended up working out really well.  We ate dinner at the food court and then walked around.  We didn't last very long because it was cold and the girls just liked it ok.  And we had Jaron with us and I didn't want to keep him out in the cold.  But overall it was a fun night and I was glad we made it down there.