The Simmonds Family: The First Few Weeks in October

SHE IS TROUBLE!!!!!!

I love it when these three play together!

I will NEVER have a clean pantry again!

Ella went on a field trip to the dentist office in our neighborhood and came home ready to do some work in Cooper's mouth. Good thing she had a brother who is a good sport.

So...I tried! But, we failed! We did not escape this fall without some kind of stomach virus. This one I am sure will stick in my memory forever! It started with a morning phone call saying Addison had thrown up and needed to go home. My mom so graciously picked Addie up and said she looked fine and was in great spirits. Weird! It must have been a little something she ate..right? No! The next call came about 2:15 saying Ella had thrown up in P.E. and needed to go home. The poor things was devastated. I quickly found someone to cover my classroom and ran to get her, while feeling badly about exposing my parents to what ever this was. About three minutes away from Ella's school, my phone rings, it's Kid's Choice saying Coop is throwing up and needs to go home. I run in to get Ella, she throws up on the way to the car and the half mile to get Coop. I run in to get Coop, he throws up as soon as he gets in the car (this is now my own personal hell), they both throw up the mile to my parent's house, get Addie and they take turns throwing up the mile home. It was all I could do to get them in the house and each cozied up to their very own toilet. While running back and forth between the two playing nurse, I look over at Addie and she decides to take her first steps. Seven! Right then! In the middle of everything! She then waited over a week to try it again. I had to start laughing at the situation. What else was I to do? I had already come to terms with the days of laundry that was just made in a short hour.