Day 3: snow and gastroenteritis

Damn. I knew this year was going too well. Moments after publishing yesterday's blog, I heard a cry from Greta that was unmistakable: the cry that takes place about 10 seconds before she's going to throw up. You parents probably know what I'm talking about, or at least recognize the I'm-lonely or I'm-feeling-needy cries from the I'm-feeling-distressed cries. So, we spent a lot of the night consoling Greta, cleaning up, and attempting to fit in as much sleep as possible. It was a very unpleasant night. I will tell you that trifle is pretty going in, but coming up is another story. Today, Greta is just tired and cranky, and I don't know about Pat, but I am overanalyzing every tummy rumble. Oh, and it is snowing like crazy. I took some pictures first thing this morning. We have accumulated quite a bit since then, but I think I would be crazy to leave my nice, warm house just to prove that it snows a lot here. Most people know that already.

Because it would be wrong to photodocument the vomit part of the night/day, you get snow pictures. (I love our house.)

These are my cute, sensible polka dot boots.

It is very rare for us to not leave the house at some point during a day. Very, very rare. But with the silly amount of snow and Greta's sketchy stomach, there was basically no way we were leaving the house today. Greta was bummed and kept asking if we could go someplace fun. She did rule out going to a couple places and at some point even said, "We can't go to the museum because they know I'm sick and because it's closed because it's too cold." Yes, something like that. I like that she thinks the museum knows which of its members are sick.

While I'm not Catholic and not really even religious, I have no qualms about busting out the Saint Anthony prayer when I've lost something. (For those of you who didn't have a Catholic grandmother teach you the Saint Anthony prayer, here's a similar version.) I would stop using it, but it works every time. Does anyone know if there is a saint you can pray to who keeps stomach bugs away? Holy crap, I just found this and this and, wow, this.

Fran