A week of the Flu

As parents Beki and I have decided that we would much rather have one of us sick than the boy. Not only does it hurt to watch your child struggle with illness, but it also means that one of you has to stay home with him. I guess in normal situations this wouldn't be a problem, but for us it means that one of us will be staying home from school. We decided to mix it up and take turns, so Beki stayed home Monday and Tuesday, then I took Wednesday and Thursday, with Beki picking up Friday. The boy was pretty good about being sick, he didn't cry or complain much, just hung out on the couch and watched movies and cartoons. As we got later in the week he started to feel better and better during the day, so we would play games, or jump around a bit, but never for too long before he would say, "I need a little rest." The good news is that he is back to his rambunctious self, and was even able to go to his classmates birthday party.

On Thursday we got watching The Imagination Movers in Concert, and they got to a song where they were all bouncing on little trampolines. Owen jumped off the couch - which was a remarkable feat for someone who had felt like crap all week - and ran to get his little trampoline.

He then proceeded to rock out for a good two minutes.

This was about all of the action that we got out of him, but it was a pretty funny couple of minutes.

On Friday the Boy was feeling much better, and he and mommy made some Jello Jigglers.

While he isn't a huge fan of eating them, he sure likes to jiggle the jigglers!

Finally feeling better, Owen was able to go to a Birthday Party for some kids in his class at school. It was held at a bowling alley - which was an eye opening experience for Beki. In Utah it is not legal to smoke inside any building (of course this isn't that big of a deal because outside of Salt Lake City, no one really smokes), but outside of Utah when you think of bowling alleys you think of cigarette smoke and beer, which pretty much sums things up at this place of business. From what Beki told me, it appears that this party was for two kids in Owen's class and a child from an older grade, so there were 18,000 children running around the place while mom and dad got drunk...good times.

Owen wore his cape because the invitation said that the kids could dress up if they wanted to, and he wanted to wear a cape.

Now if this ball return looks small, it is because this bowing alley is not like the ones that we are used to in the normal world. This is duckpin bowling, which is just like regular bowling except for everything is smaller, which is good for kids, but still looks strange.

Owen had some difficulty understanding the underhand roll idea, he much preferred the shot-put method.

I must say that the cape greatly increases the awesome factor!

Since he is my son, Owen was also interested in the video games. (They didn't waste their money on them, but they are still fun to climb on!)

This is Owen's friend from school Jaden...they were getting in some survival practice for life in Prince George's County!

Overall the Boy had fun, especially when you consider that he had been stuck inside all week!