Easter and The Tulip Festival

For Easter this year my parents were in town! We were excited to have a fun weekend with them and then....it hit! The pukes! 

We were on our way home from Costco when Tyson started erupting like a volcano in the car. We got home and got him cleaned up and he did it again! In the mean time, Madi was going potty and started crying. When we checked on her we found that she had erupted as well! I gave both kids showers and put them to bed. 

We began a game with my parents to try to enjoy what was left of the evening, and we were interrupted twice by Madilyn and at least one more time by Tyson with more eruptions. After changing the beds and cleaning the kids numerous times, we were finally able to get ourselves to bed. 

The next day they seemed to be doing better, but we decided to forego the egg hunt with my cousins, just in case. Sure enough, Tyson woke up from his nap screaming and covered in puke! Luckily, Madilyn was done with it! We were well enough to have a fun egg hunt from the Easter Bunny at our house on Easter and everyone seemed to be doing ok! It had been more than 24 hours since the last eruption, so it seemed we were out of the woods! There was a get-together at my grandma's house that night. Lucas, unfortunately, was starting to feel sick, so he stayed home, but the rest of us went. We had a fun time, but Lucas texted me saying that he had started puking! We went home and as soon as we got in the house, Tyson puked again! Seriously?!? That night my mom joined in the puke war. 

The next day I took them to the airport to go home and on the way back from the airport, Tyson went at it again! At this point I was going a little crazy! I'm just glad I didn't get hit with it because puking is one of the worst things in the world to me. This seemed to be the end of it, and we made it three whole days with nothing. It must be over with, right? On thursday evening as I was headed out the door for a meeting, Tyson puked! Luckily, this was the last of it! I don't think I could have handles any more!

 It was definitely an Easter unlike any other! I at least got some pictures of the kids in their Easter clothes at a time when they were feeling ok!

A couple of weeks later, Lucas's mom came to visit. We decided to all go to the Tulip Festival. It was so beautiful! The only other time we had been to the gardens was last Fall for the Scarecrow Festival. It was neat to see the different flowers that were in bloom now, and it was fun to try to re-create some of the photos that we took in the Fall. It was really windy, but we had fun and enjoyed sharing it with Grandma!