Wednesday we planned to hang out with some friends and visit the Houston Children's Museum. The kids were very excited to go do this. We ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant before we went. It took us about 30 min to drive there. Again the kids just enjoyed sitting and seeing all the sights there in Houston. We got there and met our friend Rick and his 2 girls Addison and Mackenzie. They are 5 and 2. They were great friends of ours here in NOLA and moved to Houston this year. The museum was really big and awesome but Oh so crowded. I think it was a little overwhelming for all 4 kids. It was also hard to get them all interested in the same exhibits at the same time. They all wanted to go in different directions. We explored most of the museum downstairs. Lindsay was very clinging and whiney. We were thinking she was just overwhelmed and tired but we later found out she was getting sick. Colby really loved the kid town they had but we didn't get to fully explore and enjoy it b/c Lindsay was getting really fussy and it was just soo crowded. We did a few more exhibits inside before heading out. Going outside was wonderful...even though it was hot it wasn't nearly as chaotic as the indoor exhibits. The kids really seemed to love the water exhibits too! Although they all got soaked! We took a break and even had a juice and popcorn break in the shade. We went back in and tried to get the little girls to do the toddler exhibit but neither was really interested. We went to one more area to design some things. Colby and Addison were having fun but the little sisters were miserable...especially Lindsay! I would have loved to stay longer bc I don't feel like Colby got to do everything but I felt so bad for Lindsay and it was hard carrying her around everywhere.
We stopped to eat lunch at Jason's Deli. This is where we discovered why Lindsay wasn't herself. She was burning up! I didn't have a thermometer but I knew she had a low grade fever atleast. She refused to eat lunch and didn't eat anything the rest of the day. We got back to the hotel and she fell asleep. I felt so bad for her. I wasn't sure what would happen the rest of our trip. I was afraid she might have a stomach bug. We all rested that afternoon. I ended up calling and cancelling our dinner plans with the Theriots. I hated so much to miss it! But we didn't want to spread germs plus it seemed like we all needed to rest. So we stayed in the hotel the rest of the day. We all started to get restless around 4 though. Lindsay perked up enough to swim for an hour. She acted completely fine in the pool! I loved that we got to take them swimming almost every day on this trip! Such great excercise! We went back upstairs and Austin picked dinner up for us. It worked out well just to eat in the hotel room and take it easy. That night I slept with Lindsay and Austin with Colby just to hopefully prevent any spreading of germs. She ended up eating some yogurt about 3 am.
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