Easter Weekend

Our plan was to go to North Jersey to stay with Phil and Adina on Saturday night and then have Easter dinner with them. Amazing how kids can take well planned intentions and turn them right upside down.
Poor Stellan is feeling quite sick. :( He has permasnot. It's really quite gross. And, try as I might, he cannot figure out how to blow his nose. It's quite frustrating actually. I tell him to close his mouth and blow. Inevitably he opens his mouth while blowing. I figure it will just click one of these days. He was walking around with his eyes half open and even had a phlegmy cough. I got the sign, he was not going to be leaving the house this weekend. James and Jameson still went as planned and I got sick baby duty. (OK, I know he's not a baby. But when one of the boys is sick, he's automatically my little baby again. Heck, when James gets sick he acts like a baby....wait, isn't that all men?)
I was actually looking forward to an evening by myself, once Stellan went to bed of course. Once he woke up from his nap he was beyond pathetic. He just wanted to snuggle with me on the couch. Trust me, I didn't complain! One of my favourite things to do is to snuggle with the kids. I let him pick betweeen two movies, Cars and Finding Nemo. It was like he didn't know what to do. He had never seen a full length movie before. He chose cars (even though I was promoting Nemo). We snuggled in and started the movie. Problem was....I forgot to grab a box of tissue. Within minutes I had to get off the comfy sofa and grab tissues. I thought I grabbed plenty but I ended up getting up several times to replenish our supply. He was drooling all over me since he had to breathe through his mouth. Poor little angel. Then he started complaining because his eye hurt. That was my clue that this apparent cold might have developed into something more. But it was Saturday evening on Easter weekend. We'll have to wait it out until Monday morning when I can call the doctor.
During the bed time routine it was so cute that Stellan wanted to do everything as if Jameson was actually there. We even read our bed time story in Jameson's room. Before I put him down I decided to take things into my own hands. I pulled out the aspirator. Since he can't figure out how to blow his own nose I figured I had to suck out the snot. He HATED HATED HATED it. I have rarely heard him scream like that. At the end he looked at me with a tear streaked face and pleaded, "Please don't do that again mommy". How heart wrenching.
He fussed a bit when I put him down but, who can blame him. He did nothing active all afternoon and here I was expecting him to sleep again. He did fall asleep and slept very well. Until 4 o'clock. Then he was up for the day and ready to go. Problem was, I wasn't ready. After an hour of pleading/begging/a bit of yelling, he finally went back to sleep. Until 6:30. I was not a happy camper.
I realized that we would not be able to make it to church as planned. I sent a text to James to let him know. I was disappointed but it was just the reality of the situation. I asked James to come home as soon as he could after church. I hated ruining his plans too but I was starting to feel the need for some sick baby relief. He ended up getting home just after 3:30. For the second time today I was not a happy camper.....

I went outside and hid the only eggs I had left (I sent the rest to Adina's for her egg hunt). I told the kids that we were going outside for a hunt, hoping they would be excited and I would have a great photo-op. Jameson was thrilled, Stellan was, well, less than thrilled. In fact, he was screaming when we brought him outside. Jameson got right down to it and started collecting the eggs. (Granted, they weren't hidden. I placed them on the bushed, next to the sidewalk, etc.) Once James opened an egg and showed Stellan that there was candy inside, he finally decided it was time to join in on the fun. Jameson turned around and noticed that Stellan had started looking for the eggs. He walked over to him and gave Stellan half of the eggs he had collected. How sweet! He's such a great big brother. They continued the search and managed to find all of the eggs (all 15 of them). What a great little egg hunt. Now I'm looking forward to doing it again next year.

I went for a walk after the hunt and took much pleasure in seeing daffodils blooming as well as trees budding. I love spring!! It was a bit chilly but I ended up going for an hour long fast-paced walk. I need to get in shape for the New York 5 Boro bike ride. It's a month and a half away!