The stomache flu

So on Wednesday Geromy started to feel sick....so he called into work while I took all 4 kids out alone for 3 hours....we went to cub foods and target. (I will post the details of that in a moment) I thought that he was the only sick one....that night about 10 pm Gabe vomits all over the place....I am up with him till 4am. Just as I get him to sleep I hear Tajia. She vomits all down the steps. And within minutes I hear Nomuken. It was a long night of little sleep and a long Thursday of cleaning up and doing laundry. Deze didn't get sick at all....guess that whole theroy or eating dirt keeps you heathly may be right on!
Thursday night I had a fever and was up with Gabe till 6am....at 6:45am Deze got up for the day. At which time I sent her in to wake up daddy....he was feeling better and running on lots of sleep. Gabe has not thrown up today...but then again he is afraid to eat.
They are all getting better slowly but surely. I hate it when Gabe has a fever. It seriously scares me....its hard to explain why. The main reason is cause he goes from wild and moving all the time to laying still for hours and only getting up to pee and puke. It is just not him at all...it seriously makes me worry that he is "near death".
I get that sounds odd to say....but when he goes from one extreme to the other it is odd to see. He is back to being wild though....
Wednesday morning we got the fence put in. I love, love, love it! Gabe and Deze are now trapped!!!! There are 2 gates to it, one is padlocked and the other has a hook lock on it. Once they figure out the hook lock it too will have a padlock.

So back to the trip to target and cub foods while letting Geromy rest on Wednesday. It was hell to say the least. I spend half the time prying Gabe off things. He wanted legos...and he was holding onto anything soild and dropping to the ground. He is 60lbs so not light. I would pick him up and walk and Deze would jump from the cart. I bet we were a sight to see! And the best part to it all is that through all the screaming and grabbing of things, I stayed calm. I didn't yell or respond to the other mother in cub foods that approached me to tell me how to make my kids listen......I wanted to, but didn't. We made it out of both stores with everything on the list....except for the dish soap....
I was happy that we all lived to make it home! I would love to take a shopping trip with 4 NT kids one day. Just one time, I want to see what it is like. I love my kids just the way that they are, I really do, but I wonder what things are like on the "other side" sometimes.

We got a letter from the school today. They are refusing all services for Deze. They do not believe that she needs any intervention.....ummm yea all kids jump off the fridge at 3.5 yrs old and break bones and keep on going without tears...so, so normal (where is the eye roll smiley face when I need it?)
They are saying her speech is normal....she does speak. It is all repeating. She calls herself Deze....she does not say "I" or "me " unless it is repeated? She says things like "Dezire want lunch?" its the same thing I ask her. Its her way of saying she is hungry.
I have also noticed that she is not eating any food that needs to be chewed....she is living on applesauce, jello, popsicles and ice cream. I am not sure what to do about this. She will chew on anything.....rocks, cig. butts.....you name it....but not eat it.
We are still on a borrowed cord......so I will update as a can....fighting warranty to get one....and on a side note, the puppies are potty trained!!! Now if only they would teach Deze!!!!