Sunday, December 25, 2005

Not quite as planned ....

Our day started with copious vomiting by Bill .... who spent the rest of the day alternating between the bed and the toilet. Poor soul. Not a morsel has passed his lips all day till 9pm when he has managed a small sandwich.

Tamsin woke around 6.30am and opened stocking presents - her favourite seemed to be the satsuma at the bottom! Breakfast of cereal and croissants was followed by joyful ripping and tearing - she was delighted with the Baby Annabell and has carried her round all day, the Thomas Aquadraw and the various games (Misfit/Greedy Gorilla) have all been investigated thoroughly, and a few things are still left to be investigated properly (My Little Pony computer game, Finding Nemo LeapPad book). Isabelle has mostly just enjoyed standing up, taking a few steps, laughing and waving her arms victoriously, and sitting down again!

My clever and caring husband gave me a CD he had put together with all the tracks on that 'Soundtrack of my Life' meme we did on the blogring a while ago - I filled up with tears just looking at the titles, so who knows what will happen when I listen! What a sweetie - shame he was ill in bed so missed my opening it.

I took the girls to church and got home about noon. Things got a bit stressful after that with my Mum and I trying to produce the lunch with constant interruptions and demands from Tamsin for attention. *Must* do something about her total inability to function without me for more than 30 seconds if she knows I am around. Lunch appeared around 2pm and was delicious! Consecutive naps for Mum and I were followed by sandwiches, baths and bed for the girls, and the very final bedtime mummymilk for Tamsin. She has one more week to have it in the mornings, and then that's it. I have drawn my boundary, probably much later than I should have done, but I have really had enough.

Bill surfaced around 5pm but didn't last long and went back to bed, but has appeared again now and appears to be on the mend. Probably just a 12-hour stomach virus. Just a shame it was this particular 12 hours. Am now madly praying I don't get it - I am phobic.

5 comments:

a said...

Oh I hope you don't catch the puky bug. Poor Bill, and the CD prezzie sounds wonderful, what a lovely thoughtful idea.
Ali
where the days go

Sarah said...

ew, also hoping you escape the bug. Poor Bill, send him my love. Glad the rest of you had a good day though. Hope Boxing Day is a bit better!

Unknown said...

excellent present from Bill - well done him :-)

Hope he is indeed recovered this morning and no one else is infected.

HelenHaricot said...

poor Bill, what a fantastic present though - Merry needs to do a blog award for thoughtful husband!
Happy xmas

Anonymous said...

Poor Bill! Hope he's on the mend now. As for small children not functioning without you, Becca is *just* growing out of this one now and in fact has recently taken to anouncing that she's "going upstairs to be on my own" for whole 10 minutes at a time!