Saturday morning we got up and went to the George Bush Presidential Library. We took a walk through the grounds and around a small lake while waiting for it to open. It was very pretty.
(DH wanted to use one of these pictures of the kids for a Christmas card photo. I told him I couldn't sent a picture of the kids decked out in Aggie gear for Christmas.)
The library was very interesting. There was a scavenger hunt for the kids to play, so I spent most of my time finding Little Millie dogs, reading questions and writing answers. I didn't actually read much about George Bush, but there was a lot about him that I never knew. I'd like to go back without children and spend more time there.
After the library we went to Northgate, ate lunch & played pool at the Chicken. We walked through campus and played near the stadium. They had bounce houses, slides and lot of giveaways.
The kids took part in the kids' yell practice.
We watched the band lead the football players to the stadium and tossed the football around in the shade. After buying a sausage on a stick, we finally headed into the stadium. The game started off shaky but the Aggies pulled through and ended up routing the UAB team. Brian loved the game. He especially liked the fire breathing dragon mascot from UAB. He said he wants to be a fire breathing dragon when he grows up but he wants to be a red Aggie fire breathing dragon.
A had had enough football by halftime. We ended up sitting on a very nice grassy lawn and watching the game on the jumbotron. J went back and forth between the bleacher seats and the lawn. B stayed with DH the entire time not wanting to miss a minute of the football game.
At the end of the night A was in a fit. She complained about her legs hurting. The hotel room where we stayed was super musty/moldy/stinky so we ended up driving home after the game.
It was good thing we did because A woke up Sunday morning with a 103 fever. A trip to the doctor on Monday morning confirmed flu A, but the doctor said it was swine flu. She said the swine flu shows up as flu A but you have to sent it in to get it typed as swine flu. There are so many people sick they are only typing the flu for people who are hospitalized.
Luckily she had a very mild case and was back to school by Wednesday. I spent this week in a panic that all of us were going to get sick. We had all shared water bottles on Saturday before she got sick. Every twinge in my body was obviously the start of the swine flu. Every cough by the boys made me check them for fever. It has been almost a week now so I think we're safe and managed to get away with only one person sick.
Now I need to go knock on wood!
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