Feverish Sunday

Now it's a little cloudy and also still hot and muggy, but earlier the sun was shining and it was not as hot. In sum, it was a beautiful day, perfect for a Sunday. In spite of all that, we had an unpleasant surprise at 8 am when Linton came into our bedroom -- he was sneezing a lot and had a fever, almost 103. A delay of three hours brought on Kelvin's fever. I guess they both have the same virus that kept their grandma in bed all day Friday with a high fever (she was happy that she didn't get sick before we left -- too bad the virus had already been shared -- I think I had it too, I just didn't have a fever, only runny nose and lots of sinus pain and pressure. I'm much better now).

This scenario didn't keep us from enjoying the day, though, or at least part of it. Both boys had their doses of acetaminophen (we like to use this melt-in-your mouth version [the ages 2-6 one]) and although Linton was a bit whiny because of his runny nose and he looked tired, Kelvin was as chipper as ever and agreed to go for a bike ride at this trail. Linton went in the bike trailer and Kelvin, K, and I rode our bikes. We had a great time and rode about 3 miles or more. We had to get some things at the home improvement store and by the time we got there, Linton's fever had already returned. He fell asleep on K's arms and slept for a while, after the fever went down, he ate a little lunch and went to take another nap with daddy. Kelvin's fever spiked again and it took quite a bit to go down, so he just laid down on the couch and even took a nap there... we had a birthday party to go to, but we're obviously not going. Oh, yeah, and we miss the air conditioning in a day like this one when it's really hot inside and the boys' small bodies need cooling. Good thing we have ceiling fans, even though some are ugly.

This is a terribly boring post, but I really cannot work on it to make it better because I'm finishing it with a fussy boy in my lap and another sitting at a chair nearby.