The troops are on the move

For the last three days Daniel has been fighting a war with the stomach flu or some similar sickness. He has been plagued with high temperatures that even Tylenol and Advil do not seem to alleviate and woke up this morning at 4:30 am throwing up. Daniel has spent the last three days basically rooted to the couch watching 'Chicken Little'. He can now sing most of the songs in the movie and it is quite funny hearing him singing out 'I am the champion' and 'I will survive'. Daniel's favorite song is a song by the Bare Naked Ladies called 'One Little Slip'. He now knows the words to almost the entire song. The amazing thing is he sings the correct words and this is not a simple song to sing. For example here is the start of the song (Daniel can sing this part):

It was a recipe for disaster
A four course meal of no sirree
It seemed that happily ever after
Was happy everyone was after me
It was a cup of good intentions
A table spoon of one big mess
A dash of over reaction
I assume you know the rest

One little slip, One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things

I guess maybe Daniel has watched 'Chicken Little' a little too much.

But I think the end is in sight. He seemed much better today and only had to take Tylenol once. He even ate half of a hamburger for dinner. And this morning Daniel told me, 'I think my white blood cells are winning the battle'. Hopefully the battle will be won soon.

There's no place like home

The Walls' family had quite an adventurous and fun filled Spring Break last week. Sammy and I spent the week with Tutu and Papa, while Dan and Daniel flew out to the East Coast to stay with Uncle Jeff, Auntie Cassi, cousin Alex and Hannah.

Dan and Daniel flew out of LAX the Sunday before Easter and spent the week in Virginia with Dan's brother and family. Daniel was perfect on the plane rides and had a lot of fun playing with his cousin Alex. They got to see Papa Walls, go to the Aerospace museum and Washington D.C., went to a Nationals ballgame, visited Great Granny Fisher and relatives in Baltimore and much more. I will have to get Dan to write more about the trip and all the fun stuff they did out there.

Sammy got a rare treat for the week; the exclusive attention of Tutu and Papa. It was quite strange having only Sammy around with Tutu and Papa. Although Sammy caught the stomach flu bug right before we left and spent 3 or 4 days sick with high temps and then got in one of his molars, we still had lots of fun. Sammy especially enjoyed his time with Papa having confetti fights on the bed (throwing that Easter basket grass at each other). Sammy must have really had a good time because when it was to leave he said he wanted to stay at Tutu and Papa's house and he bawled as we drove away.

Although we all had a great vacation, it was so nice to come back home. We got home yesterday and at naptime Daniel fell into his bed and said, 'There's no place like home.' I had to agree.