Last night Will woke up with a croupy cough and a fever, according to James. I managed to sleep through it all.  He got the meds and the steam treatment, but wasn't quite up to snuff this morning, and has seemed to get worse throughout the day.  The cough has stuck around and when his medicine wore off, boy did that fever come back fast! Plus his throat started to hurt and he got pretty fussy, so I gave him more. (I try to not over medicate fevers since I know it's the body's way of fighting infection, but I don't want my kids to be miserable either.)  Anyway, it's been a resting on the couch, watch TV day. He enjoyed watching a Bass Fishing Tournment, Qualifiying for the NASCAR Race tomorrow and then the Cars movie.

Sadly this was the day for the Annual Office Summer Blast (it used to be Family Fun Day, but those without families didn't come so they changed the name).  It's being held at one of the owner's house and the boys LOVE going there because they have all kinds of cool toys.  When Will found out he couldn't go–but James and Alex were still going to go, oh my. He'd remember every so often and start to cry again. We came up with a special treat for him. First, I went to the library and got a bunch of new DVDs to watch. (Ok, that was more for me then him, I was sick of seeing Cars for the hundredth time!)  Then after James and Alex left, we went to McD's and got him a milk shake and a Happy Meal. I'm not sure how much of the meal he'll eat, but the milk shake has been enjoyed. And, I knew that'd be the best thing for his sore throat.  But as an indication of how sick he is, Will didn't say much at all on the way to McDonald's.  That's VERY unusual. Smile

Now he seems to be feeling a bit better, he's getting restless on the couch, not just laying there and looking so pathetic and sad. So we'll see how it goes. Either way, with the fever I know we'll be home tomorrow morning. Of course this happened the one time I work in the nursery the same time James plays with the praise team. I had to call the nursery director who told me she had 18 people out tomorrow! So hopefully with all the people gone, all their kids will be gone as well. I guess it's the weekend for one last hurrah before August and the start of school?  Or maybe they're all going to the Brickyard 400! (Yeah, I'm sure all the parents with toddlers are out vacationing or at the race! Hopefully it will be a nice slow day for the other people working!)