the weekend before Christmas

Twas the weekend before Christmas & all seemed just right,
getting our home ready for Christmas, all merry and bright.
With parties to go to & planned activities in store,
it promised to be a weekend of memories galore.

On Friday we traveled to my in-laws' place
because Santa was there showing his jolly round face.
We ate and we laughed and went on our way
for Saturday we were going to the Nutcracker ballet.

Early next morning was Luke's basketball game,
he played well at first but then events turned way lame
In the second half he looked as white as a sheet
then spewed all over the court which wasn't so neat.

He went down the court--leaving a trail as he ran
the janitor was definitely not Luke's biggest fan.
We left in a hurry, but outside we would learn
that Andrew decided that he would also have a turn.

The Nutcracker was out, much to my total dismay
since we would be spending quality time next to the bidet;
We found some friends that wanted our seats
and that night I was in the routine of "kid vomits, clean up, repeat."

"Now Clorox! now, sanitizer! Now antibacterial soap!
On Sprite! On saltines! I was at the end of my rope!

And then, on Sunday, Justin was down,
missing another family party (imagine a big frown);
I took all the kids since they all seemed better
But it was then Nick's turn to feel under the weather

Monday he stayed home from school, I was his servant
as the day wore on it became very apparent
That I, too, to this darn bug was succumbing,
as the hours passed by the sicker I was becoming.

"I don't have time to be sick!" I yelled out in fury
but a dose of Ibuprofen took my aches away in a hurry
I went to bed early only to later arise
to be sick, faint twice and into the bathtub I capsized.

As I fell to the ground with a rather large bang
Justin to my side very quickly he sprang
I was not making sense when I finally came to
so he took me to the ED for and IV and labs too!

Everything checked out and I was totally fine
and the bug in our household finally resigned
Back to normal our routine did become,
but with the holiday coming it was anything but humdrum.

With Christmas approaching and still much to do
we were grateful we were over our bout with the flu;
And could be with our family as much as we desired
without worrying that we would be grumpy and tired.

Christmas Eve was a joy, I didn't take pictures
but it was fun to be with family, my hubs, and my youngsters;
We put on their pjs, all our worries a hindsight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

(pictures to come soon!)