colds and candle light

We didn't do a whole lot this weekend because the kids are sick with colds. (Emma's worse than Aiden) It also hasn't helped that the weather turned cold starting saturday. I was really enjoying those warm days we had all week long. At least we got some trips to the park and a picnic in while it lasted!

(how my house looks after a day with sick kiddos, and lounging around all day)

Last night while we were trying to get the kids to sleep the power went out. It was dark outside, so the house was pitch black except for the glow from Kart's lap top. This freaked out aiden who always sleeps with a lamp on. So Kart got a flashlight out and stood it up on his dresser in place of his lamp that was on. That was enough to put him to sleep while we delt with Emma's crying. She was just miserable! She couldn't breathe very well so we gave her an albuterol treatment (we use a nebulizer to blow the mist of medicine in the direction of her nose/mouth so she'll breathe it in, and it opens up her lungs) Finally after medicine and rocking her a lot we got her to go to bed. But that only lasted about an hour. The waking up went on all night every hour until about 3am? I don't even know because the power being off made my clock wrong. (it came back on around 12:30am) Eventually we both got to sleep the rest of the night. I hope she gets better soon!

Despite all the chaos, kart and I did have a few quiet moments while emma was sleeping durring the power outage. I had just put her down and came into our now candle lit living room where Kart was looking out the window. We could hear piano music being played by our neighbor downstairs. He was playing "I can't help falling in love with you" (and other pop love songs) So right there by the glow of candle light we slow danced to the music. It was the most romantic moment! Suddenly I was grateful for our power outage.

It reminded me of the times growing up when we'd beg our mom to let us eat by candle light. I always thought that was so fun and special. I don't particularly love being in the dark, but when I'm with the people I love it's not so scary and actually kind of fun; sitting there, together, in the candle light.