Sick Day

Apparently I spoke too soon when I said Chloe was all better.  She did make it through school on Monday and seemed to feel fine.  She ate very little all day long, but she never threw up.  Then Tuesday morning she woke up saying her stomach hurt, but she and I both thought she was just really hungry.  We were running a little behind so I gave her a small cup of almond milk and took her and Chris to school.  All elementary school kids are given free breakfast here so they always just eat at school.  After I dropped them off at school I headed for the gym for my first torture, I mean workout, session.  Now, the kids are dropped off at school at 7:35 and I was at the gym until about 9:30.  Unfortunately, Chloe didn't even make it to breakfast before she threw up at school.  :(  Michael works nights right now so he sleeps during the day.  Poor Chloe had to sit in the nurse's office while the school and Michael's co-workers all tried to get in touch with us for about an hour and a half.  When I finally got the phone call and found out what had been going on, I felt awful!  Luckily, Chloe was actually still feeling much better.  I think her tummy just isn't really back to normal yet and wasn't ready for milk.  She wasn't pale or pitiful looking when I finally made it to the school to pick her up so I still felt bad, but not as bad as I would have if I had been greeted by a pale, sickly child at the school.  Anyway, she's still a bit sick and will stay on a restricted diet for a few more days. 
So, this morning I was planning on keeping Chloe home one more day from school, but, of course, right after I get Chris up he heads into the bathroom and he's sick too.  :(  So I'm spending my day today taking care of two sick kiddos and doing a lot of cleaning.  Max is pretty upset again too.  I'm trying to take him outside and walk around with him for a few minutes every now and then, but it's cold outside today so that's not a lot of fun.  He's given up for now and is taking a nice nap in his crate so that's good.  Both kids also got Valentine cards from Mimi and Pawpaw in the mail today so that has cheered them both up a bit.  :) 
This is not great timing for me to start this new workout program, but maybe it will work out alright.  I survived my first workout yesterday, but it was extremely tough!  And, today, I'm really feeling some pain and stiffness.  My body is obviously not used to so much physical activity.  Luckily, today is a rest day for me anyway so I'm not missing anything by staying home with my sick babies.  I'm not sure if I'll make it to the gym tomorrow though since Michael sleeps until about lunch time and then he has a couple appointments before going to work in the evening.  I've already let my trainer know I might not make it in tomorrow though and asked her if there might be something I could just do at home to be sure and still get a workout in.  I really do want to stick with this even though it's very difficult.  I felt almost like a contestant on The Biggest Loser yesterday, and I really want to prove that I can lose the weight and get healthier just like they're all doing!
So, sorry for the boring posts lately with no pictures or anything too exciting going on, but once we're all healthy around here again we'll work on fixing that.  :)