A couple of weeks ago we had a day like that. It was actually a series of days that accumulated to make for a chaotic Monday. But I'll start at the Saturday before. Myles woke up complaining of stomach pain, which he had been mentioning on and off for a week, so I decided to see if we could get him in to his pediatrician. The day went like this - Myles, Gilby, and Ryker went to karate while Sydney and I ran an errand, we caravaned to the pediatrician, went to the appointment, drove to get x-rays, grabbed some lunch, went to Sydney's soccer game, made a quick stop at home, Gilby took the kids to Myles' soccer, and I went to work for the evening. At some point in the afternoon, the pediatrician called and reported that the stomach xrays looked like Myles either had kidney stones, or had swallowed four pebbles, but he was leaning toward the pebbles. Myles!! That kid always keeps us on our toes. We were instructed on how to do a fun "clean out" and told to check for the rocks. (That was Gilby's favorite part of the weekend.)
Fast forward to Monday about 5AM - Ryker showed up at my bedside complaining of stomach pain. I didn't think much of it, got up to do a workout video during which time Ryker constantly asked me to make him breakfast. Got done with the workout and went to make Ryker breakfast. (All the kids are up and asking for ALL THE THINGS at this point.) Ryker was coughing at the counter while I got breakfast ready, and when I turned around, he started to throw up a bit. I thought he had choked while coughing, cleaned him up and gave him a bowl of cereal. About halfway through he threw it all up all over the counter and in my hands. Yummy. I decided he was sick and that I would stay home for the day. Fifteen minutes later and Ryker is running around like a crazy man, feels fine, and ate more breakfast without incident. I changed my mind and decided I had to go to work. Now running super late, I quickly got ready and we were on our way. The other two kids had gotten on the bus and Gilby was at work.
That morning Myles' pediatrician called to get an update and asked me to get follow up xrays to see if the rocks were moving along. I left work a bit early, picked up Myles and Sydney from their after school program and went to get the xrays. The good news was that the pebbles were well on their way out, but the bad news was that there was a new pebble in his stomach. Myles!! Ugh. (Yes, all relevant parties are now aware and watching for any future pebble swallowing.)
While getting the xrays, our neighbor had texted me to tell me the electricity was out on our block. I didn't think much of it. I grabbed dinner for the kids at a drive-thru on the way home since it was already getting late. While pulling into the driveway I thought our garage door opener was out of batteries because it wasn't working. It took me a minute to realize that because the electricity was out, our garage door wouldn't open either. No problem, I went to open the front door, and when that didn't work, I realized that all of our doors were latch locked from the inside due to Myles being an escape artist and us having to keep our house on lock down so he can't get out. Gilby pulled up with Ryker at that same time. The kids were having a little picnic on the front lawn while we were figuring out what to do, and then Ryker had to pee.
Right after that, Myles told us he had to poop. Yup, that got us moving quickly. Off to Qdoba we went for dinner for the adults and a stop in the public restroom. When we got home later our electricity was still off. My husband is a genius and figured out a way to use the extension ladder to break into our bedroom window and let us all in through the front.
An eventful, chaotic night indeed.
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