Today, my babies were diagnosed with some pretty heavy illnesses and infections. This is hard because, well, the obvious reason- my children are sick. But also, for the less obvious reason- tomorrow is groundhog day. this has been the biggest thing that my three year old has been looking forward to for at least a week (which is a really long lead-time for a three year old.) There's a big festival that we've been planning to attend, and we even made t-shirts for it (see below.) And now, tomorrow morning, on Groundhog Day, i have to alert my three year old that she is not going to school (where they have been talking about and learning about groundhogs and shadows), and that, even worse, we are not going to the festival. This is so sad. This is when being the responsible adult sucks. I am not the type of parent who lets a little sickness stand in the way of a good time. But, i have a newborn. I have to think along the lines of doing the right thing to keep her healthy and safe. I have to say, "No" to the groundhogs in order to say, "Yes" to our health. Welcome to adulthood.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Groundhog Day...
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day (i looked it up- and as much as i want to say "groundhog's day", it is singular.)
Today, my babies were diagnosed with some pretty heavy illnesses and infections. This is hard because, well, the obvious reason- my children are sick. But also, for the less obvious reason- tomorrow is groundhog day. this has been the biggest thing that my three year old has been looking forward to for at least a week (which is a really long lead-time for a three year old.) There's a big festival that we've been planning to attend, and we even made t-shirts for it (see below.) And now, tomorrow morning, on Groundhog Day, i have to alert my three year old that she is not going to school (where they have been talking about and learning about groundhogs and shadows), and that, even worse, we are not going to the festival. This is so sad. This is when being the responsible adult sucks. I am not the type of parent who lets a little sickness stand in the way of a good time. But, i have a newborn. I have to think along the lines of doing the right thing to keep her healthy and safe. I have to say, "No" to the groundhogs in order to say, "Yes" to our health. Welcome to adulthood.
Today, my babies were diagnosed with some pretty heavy illnesses and infections. This is hard because, well, the obvious reason- my children are sick. But also, for the less obvious reason- tomorrow is groundhog day. this has been the biggest thing that my three year old has been looking forward to for at least a week (which is a really long lead-time for a three year old.) There's a big festival that we've been planning to attend, and we even made t-shirts for it (see below.) And now, tomorrow morning, on Groundhog Day, i have to alert my three year old that she is not going to school (where they have been talking about and learning about groundhogs and shadows), and that, even worse, we are not going to the festival. This is so sad. This is when being the responsible adult sucks. I am not the type of parent who lets a little sickness stand in the way of a good time. But, i have a newborn. I have to think along the lines of doing the right thing to keep her healthy and safe. I have to say, "No" to the groundhogs in order to say, "Yes" to our health. Welcome to adulthood.
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