I left today open in case I needed to go look at more houses up in Woodlands with the realtor but it looks like we're all going to go tomorrow morning instead and just look at 3 places (one we've already seen but has been named "the nice house" so it's at the top of the list!). Unfortunately, our other top Woodlands choice ("the koi pond house") is already taken.
I started off the day thinking we'd head over to Holland Village to do some exploring but then thought we ought to go to the pool in the morning, have lunch, and then go to Holland Village. I'm so glad I went with that plan because Henry didn't eat much of his snack (not totally abnormal but he likes everything I gave him and didn't eat the gingerbread men which was odd). We went to the pool and he didn't play very much and after about 20-25 minutes started asking to go home. I got him into dry clothes and then I started hanging up all the towels and suits on the drying rack in the kids shower. By the time I came out to start lunch (about 3 minutes tops!), he was asleep on the couch.
He ended up throwing up twice (once all over his bedding so housekeeping had to come up and replace everything for him). At about 6 PM (after I read to him for about two hours straight!), he sat up and started talking in his normal voice. Then said he was hungry so we went to the table and I gave him some of the random bland stuff we had on hand (Craig & the girls had gone out at this point to get saltines and other sick-people food). He started shoveling everything into his mouth and talking to me non-stop! He was talking about Christmas, Texas, God, books we read, random stories from things we've done in Texas and Singapore, things he's waiting for in the sea shipment. He had a lot on his mind!
I gave him a shower and Craig read to him and he went off to bed feeling totally normal (better than normal, it seemed!). Now I just hope no one else gets what he had. It didn't last long but it didn't look like a lot of fun from his end. Poor little guy. I'm glad that the girls are old enough to entertain themselves. I have too many memories of one kid being sick and the other kid(s) being really needy, too. I'm also glad that Craig had already come back from Indonesia and was able to come home at a reasonable time!
Sarah made a nice little craft out of straws. We have these double-bendy straws from DAISO and she formed them into a heart and made a wand for Henry as a get-well gift. Anna came off the bus today all excited that she made a new friend. We had yummy microwave popcorn made with "corn grown with love in the Burgundy region of France" and it came in a cool box that you microwave it in. So much nicer than the bags that are the standard in the US.
So, tomorrow we're house-hunting for (hopefully) the last time and we have a sitter coming so Craig & I can have a date night. I'm hoping to take the kids to see Santa on Sunday morning and we're hoping to get out and do something touristy this weekend as well.
