Some Festive Fun!! and some not so fun stuff

Our little family has been recovering from one sickness after another it seems in the last week.  From ear infections to sore throats to croup, we've had it all.  The kids seem to finally be on the mend so hopefully we'll be able to resume our regular daily schedule.  While we were shut in the house recovering we had time to decorate the house for Christmas.  Emma decorated the tree almost entirely by herself.   Most of the ornaments are clustered in the center of the tree but she was very proud of herself so I resisted the urge to redistribute the ornaments proportionately around the tree.

Walker spent much of the evening curled up on the couch and slathered in Vicks Vaporub trying to recover from a very nasty, wheezy cough.

 Luckily a little later on the in the evening the Advil kicked in and he had the energy to open up the decoration that he was looking forward to for weeks...our train that goes around the bottom of the tree.  The kids LOVE this little train and it is so fun to see their excitement as Allan pulls each piece out of the box and sets it up.  Then they squeal with delight as the train makes it's way around the track playing Christmas music.

Walker's main contribution, however, was managing the boxes.  He spent a long time building this mountain out of the empty boxes our Christmas decorations were stored in.

We finished our decorating and the kids headed off to bed but Walker's cough only got worse and his breathing more labored.  We started to panic about the time his little lips took on a sickly blue color, so Allan took him to the hospital.  A short time later we found out he had croup and the doctor treated him with an oral steroid.  Allan said he was such a brave little trooper and even though he was tired and sad because he had to leave his bed and his Mommy he didn't make a fuss.  Luckily he was able to come home and sleep well and is on his way to feeling 100% again.

Walker being treated with the oral steroid.  He is pretty sure that he looks like a fire fighter.

And a picture of little Lillian because she's just so stinkin' cute!!