This week we have been incredibly sick, hence the lack of blogs. James started coughing as soon as we hit the ground in Orlando from our trip to Iowa, then Nathan got a cold, and now I have it, and so does Kaitlyn. I've been down in the dumps for the last few days, but thankfully it didn't really start for me until after Christmas Day. The kids seem to think that when we're sick, we get medicine and Gatorade to make us feel better. The kids LOVE Gatorade and medicine. The flavors are so good, right?!?
Today, I was giving Nathan a short back rub since he's been slaving over the house and kids since I've been sleeping for two days. His back started hurting this morning, and since I was starting to feel sorta better, I thought it would be nice to help him with his back.
Nathan took off his shirt to lay down on the couch, and James asked why he had taken off his shirt. "Well, Mommy is going to rub my back because it hurts, so I took off my shirt." he said. James said, "You need some medicine!"
Then I said, "Well rubbing his back is really the only medicine that I can give him"
James replied, "You need Gatorade! Daddy, can I get you some Gatorade?"
"Sure!" said Nathan.
I piped up, "What flavor do you want Daddy, green or orange?" reminding Daddy inadvertently that we were out of fruit punch.
"I'll leave it up to you." said Daddy to James.
"OK!" and James tore off to go to the garage. Nathan politely reminded him to grab one that was in the refrigerator.
He came back with a green Gatorade, which is no surprise since green is his favorite color and he tells us that daily. If there is a choice that's green, he takes it.
"Here you go Daddy! Here is your Gatorade!" James said running as quickly as possible to Daddy lying on the couch.
"Thank you James, that really helps buddy!" Daddy said.
Pause... about two seconds...
James said, "Want to share?" We just laughed. Typical. James proceeded to tell Nathan that it is a lot more fun to share than to drink it all by himself. :)
