Unexpected Family Days

So this week we have been plauged with the stomach bug once again in our house the week before Thanksgiving! Serisously 2 years in a row?! Well anyways once again Lindsay was also the culprit who brought it home! Good thing she's cute and we love her!
Well so Lindsay was sick Saturday and Sunday. I got it Sunday and Monday. Colby was down with it Monday and Tuesday. Austin got it Tuesday and Wednesday! So due to all this we've had a lot of famliy time together but in the spirit of Thanksgiving I am choosing to look at it from a different light this year!
Ok so Monday the kids went to school...I was not feeling well so it was nice to have some downtime to rest that day. Monday evening was when we figured out Colby had it b/c he was running to the potty. That morning he still seemed to not feel great so we chose to keep him home. Our plans that day had been to go shopping with Lindsay at Lakeside so we kept our plans. By 9 when it was time to leave everyone seemed to be feeling good so we went on. I was glad we did b/c we really ended up having a fun time! The kids loved just running around they even had an improptu picnic of crackers and juice around the fountain! It was so good seeing them play together! They usually fight a lot on weekdays when Colby gets home from school. Anyway we first went to the Disney Store. Well they were entertained in there for atleast 30 min. We let them just browse and dream about Christmas ideas. We did choose to let them both pick one small item. Colby chose a small plane from the movie Planes and Lindsay chose some princess jewelry. We don't really make a practice of buying them stuff when we are out but we figured this was a special occassion. After the Disney Store we went to PB Kids ...their other fav store. Again we spent about 30 min in there. Colby loved playing with all the trains/cars and kitchen stuff and Lindsay had a blast pushing the toy stroller around. When we left that store Colby was begging to go eat. Even though none of our tummies really felt like it we went ahead and ate Chickfila...probably a BIG mistake for poor Austin who was the next victim!
We went home and all rested for awhile. Austin got out and picked up Colby's school work and ran a couple of errands. That afternoon Colby and I did his homework and worked on some handwriting. That afternoon Austin also got really sick! It was a rough night b/c I had to take care of the kids and handle Austin being so sick!
Wednesday morning was a little better. Austin was starting to feel better. We went on and made the decision though to keep everyone home. Colby was still saying he didn't want to go to school although we think he was really wanting more fun time with mommy and daddy then anything. His tummy might have felt a little off but nothing major. Lindsay woke up with a HUGE poop mess so we decided to keep her home too not knowing if we were all still contagious. At first I thought it was going to be a really bad day b/c of the way it started. I left around 8:30 and went on to the grocery store. It helped for me to get out a little while by myself. It put things back in perspective! When I got home we put away the groceries. The kids were kind of anxious to get outside so we let them play in the front yard. Austin still wasn't feeling great at this point. We just pretty much went from outside, watching tv, doing a little school work throughout the day. By that evening everyone seemed to be feeling much better! We thought we we were well on our way to getting over this mess! Even though it wasn't what we had planned I did enjoy all the family time we had with the kids. That afternoon we even got out and took a walk. The kids also played so great together which was nice! And I honestly enjoyed "homeschooling" Colby. I am not sure I could do it every day but it was fun to teach him math, phonics, and handwriting for a couple days!