Sick and cracked!

Well, aside from the honesty in that comment, lol, it basically defines the literal side of my home right now...  I have 2 sick OS (offspring), and am battling the bugs so hard, that my hands are totally cracking from the sterilizing and hand washing!  I have this thing about germy bugs.  I hate them!  Possibly more than the average momma!  Not in an OCD fashion, but I just loathe being sick, when my family is sick, or when any of my kiddos are sickly. 

Spending as much time together as we do, I try as hard as I can to keep the bugs to a minimum.  I teach the kids to wash their hands before they eat, after they eat, when they come home from school, you get the idea.  Even the babies can sing the ABC hand washing tune!  As much as I hate bleach and the toxicity of it, I give in when it comes to sick bugs!  My hands are hating it and are letting me know as much!!  But alas, there are obviously some bugs that I couldn't get my hands on...  Dumb BUGS!!!!

I have the boys (it went from 1-2 last night!  BOO!!) quarantined with strict STAY BACK orders!  I am hoping the victim list doesn't grow, but let's get real.  We have taught our boys to be kind and affectionate and above all, share with kind hearts.  They seem to perfect those skills when the bugs are lurking!  lol  Of course, right?  I had this awful realization after a long night with #1 (Where I got smacked in the face with the harsh past reality of that once sleep deprived mother of my newborns!  Up every hour not knowing how you are functioning, but yet, doing it.  lol Only now, the sweet OS was older and actually apologized the next day for keeping me up all night!  Sweet lil' man!) and remembered the day before, while walking home from our sweet day at the park, watching the 3 boys giggling, passing the gatorade back and forth...  SHARING IT!!!!  The mega symptoms started that evening at dinner...  YUP, the damage had already been done.  DOUBLE DRAT!!  GATORADE!!!  That's it, new rule!  No more sharing.. Well, for the week!  lol

I don't get too freaked out about the kids being together after they get sick.  My theory is, long before the 1st symptom, they have already shared those lil' sleep ruining, booger inducing, sad little sick face-making germs!  I try to keep them apart from each other when I know things are lurking or when I have reason to believe they are an attack waiting to happen.  Otherwise, not much you can do once they've all slobbered on the same gatorade bottle, or rattle, or sippy cup! 

So now I sit and wait for the next attack on the horizon.  I have a good army in waiting and am not afraid to engage them!  I aint afraid of no germs!  GERMBUSTERS!!!  :)

*** This was written on 2-22-11.. Not sure why I didn't post it..  It seems pretty complete now that I just read through it...  I'll chalk it up to lack of sleep and improperly functioning brain cells!  ;)***