Water from on high?

So, this past week has not been the most fun week in our household.  Our baby girl has had a runny nose and a little cough, but it hasn’t been too bad.  Then, Luke starts coughing last Monday night, he was coughing so hard none of us really got much sleep.  Then Tuesday he has a temp of 101.8, so I kept him home from school.  By Wednesday Luke still had a cough, but only when he was laying down, and his temp was back to normal…so off to school he went.  

Thursday was the same thing.  Then Thursday night Luke starts coughing all night again, and in the morning he is running a fever again.  Only this time his fever has stayed and has been much higher.  We even made an ER run Saturday night, because not only has he had this fever on and off, been coughing almost all the time, not wanting to eat or drink (VERY strange for Luke), but now he also was vomiting.  Now it is Monday and he has still vomited off and on, and still has a high temp.  We go back to see his doc today….so maybe we’ll find out if this is more than a virus.

Yeah, we’ve had lots of fun this week!  I know all you moms and dads can completely relate.  Sick kids are not fun.  Anyone who has a “special” kid knows that sick “special” kids are a definite challenge.  They can’t tell you if something hurts and it is so hard to help them.

But, even in the midst of our “fun” week, we have had some really great moments.  It just proves that even when you’re tired, worn out, and sick you can find some joy.

One such time was on Tuesday or Wednesday night, I can’t even remember. Anyway, I got Luke and his baby sister’s bath ready.  I ran the shower for a while with hot water so it was nice and steamy in there.  Then took both kids and I sat in there with them for about 15 minutes.  They had a ball being together with water, of all things!  They splashed each other, threw toys out of the bathtub, and did some experimentation. 

Luke figured out a while back that if he moved a certain handle, water would flow out of the spout for the bath.  Well this night, our baby girl went to play with the same handle.  This time instead of coming out the spout the water came out of the shower head.  I reached over and turned off the water.  Then Luke decides to make sure that what happened…really happened.  After all when he moves the handle the water comes from below, sister must have done something special to make it come out way up high like that.

So Luke and his baby sister switched places, and Luke pushes up the handle.  Water spurts out of the shower head, and both kids start laughing.  So this started a whole new game.  Luke would turn the handle on, Luke and our baby girl  would laugh, and then Luke would turn it off.  It was pretty funny to watch.  They both thought this was the funniest thing ever.  Maybe this means they might be ready for showers soon?!