I was wearing my coat, carrying my coffee, lunch and purse, poised to leave for work this morning when it occurred to us to take Cole's temperature. He has been sick for a week, but woke in a coughing fit around 4:30a.m. today and never went back down. Well, actually he attempted to, but then Cora started her coughing fit culminating in vomit. Cole was burning up at over 102 when we tested it! I called in sick for the morning, we scheduled a Dr. appt for 1:30 and B rearranged his schedule to cover the afternoon sick-kid shift.
So for the first time since May of 2010 I have spent the morning alone with Cole. We've read a great number of books, unpacked his garbage bags of toys (earned by very good behavior today), and had some good fun tracing our hands on paper. I have cherished this 1:1 time with him after the fast pace of parenting two. Although all morning I kept catching myself thinking "Oh no! Where is Cora, did I forget her in the living room?"
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