Fall Festival and more.

Soooo today started out kinda crazy. I think some of it had to do with last night. In the middle of the night (1 a.m.) Mikey woke up with a fever and threatening to throw up. I sat in the bathroom with him for a while and gave him meds. After an hour or so we went back to bed...he was so hot and kinda shaky. Finally both of us went to sleep. The next thing I know it is 6:50 in the morning...on a school morning. Toni gets up at 6...catches the bus at 7:07. grrrrrrrr, the alarm did not wake me up and John just shut it off. I flew out of bed and started getting Toni ready for school as fast as I could. She needed a lunch packed and her hair done. Not to mention it is Halloween and they were having a parade of costumes at 8:30. We don't really celebrate it..but I don't want her left out so I found a kitten mask that she could parade around in. It is also drug awareness week and she needed to wear something green today. I finally got her all ready to go by 7:15. She ate, drank, hair fixed, mask in hand, lunch in the backpack, folder from school signed, Gym shoes on because today is "B" day and that means comfy clothes and running shoes. We missed the bus so I had to drive her to school. Finally she was at school and I was home with my poor sick Mikey. He had a fever from Sunday to Tuesday and then was fine...till Thursday night. I don't get it. I took him into the doc and explained that I don't know what to do with him. He had no symptoms what so ever. No cough, no runny nose, not a sore ear, and no rash. I was out of idea's. What is wrong? They tested him for everything including strep but could find nothing wrong. I took my fevered boy home and I keep giving him meds to keep the fever out.

Well today was fall festival at church so I really wanted to go. I signed up for face painting. But then John got invited to go hunting this weekend and I was not sure what to do. Toni and Mikey go every year and were both really excited to go...so I had to go. Lucky me Lia decided to go. I knew that Mikey would only hang out with me (he has been really clingy for about a week now). So Lia ran around with Toni, Raul, and little 2 year old Marcos. They had fun. I signed up for the second shift of face painting. Before we went to the church I sat down and painted all the kids faces just to make sure I could do it. I could...first time for everything. Two people run the booth at all times so I knew I would be OK. Two lines of kids getting paint on there face. The first hour Mikey and I played games, saw Christian puppet shows, played in large bounce houses, O our church is so much fun. Last year we saw about 200 kids...I am sure there was more than that this year. The second hour came and Mikey was tired so I took him to the booth with me to hang out. I thought it would be great to sit there and chat with the other lady because I am quite fond of her and we are around the same age. People kept asking me if I was a professional....(so sweet). Did I mention that I love to paint faces. I am always looking for ways to make friends. This was such a bad idea. My "friend" abandoned me and her husband took her place...within like 10 minutes I was alone painting a huge line of faces. No one ever came over to even check on me. But I did have fun painting. The kids loved it and to see there face light up when they saw themselves in the mirror was priceless. Mikey sat on the floor next to my chair eating cupcakes and drawing ladybugs with paint. He is such a good boy. After the fest was over I found the lady who left me hanging. She said she just could not paint next to me because hers did not compare to mine. Kinda made me sad..I was just doing the best I could. I think sometimes I try to hard. On the other hand I want to paint faces again next year but I need to find someone that can sit next to me first. Lia and the gang had tons of fun as well. When it was time to go home I could not find my keys. I had to run around and ask if anyone had seen a set of keys. People kept asking me to describe them and I had to say they have a orange rectangle on them that reads "Key's I haven't lost yet". I spent 20 minutes looking for them. Lia was waiting in the car with all four children and was also looking through all there bags and stuff for them. Finally Lia found them in my camera bag (such a good place to put something so it does not get lost). I was happy, driving home to rest. Well..not really. Lia is coming over at 10:15 tonight to babysit while I go pick up Vince. He gets off at 10:30 from work. Anyway...I love everyone. Wish me luck on the fever thing. Oh...and now Mikey is coughing. Finally a symptom. Maybe it is just a cold.