What a time!

So we recovered enough for all 3 birthdays, but then got hit by a nasty flu (I believe it was the h1n1, but no official tests were done). Hannah came home on a Thursday and didn't feel well, by Friday morning her temp was up to 103.5. Then Sat. morning Caley, Riley, JD and Zeke all had fevers and coughs and then later that day AJ had a fever. Today is the first day Hannah, Caley and Riley went back to school, hoping the boys will be back tomorrow. They all felt miserable so we tucked them all in bed and gave them the portable dvd players from the car and they all just spent the weekend and first part of the week watching movies. Now we are hoping everyone is good by Halloween. Although I must admit I am not a fan of Halloween. First I have always hated to be scared, so I never liked haunted houses or stuff like that. Second it seems like a lot of work to get everyone dressed up for an hour of candy gathering! Third with 7 kids costumes can get expensive especially when they have an uncrafty mom. So this year we were creative with what we had and I found a few costumes on clearance..........so we will have a snowman, Napoleon Dynamite, a cheerleader, a ballerina, a baseball player, a girl scout and a yet to be determined costume for Zeke.....most likely a fireman.