Hot Chocolate, Movies and a Nasty Cough

Even though we are in the tale end of the fall, it feels more like winter in the DFW area. We got our first real cold front this past weekend. We had big plans scheduled but quickly had to change them thanks to the weather and a sick little boy.

Friday evening, I had to pick up a few things at Target and made a stop at the Starbucks inside of Target for a warm refreshment. The kids have never really had hot chocolate. Mason attempted to drink some last year, but quickly changed his mind before he ever took a sip. Since one of his favorite Christmas movies happens to be The Polar Express and he mentions the hot chocolate scene all the time, I thought it would be a great night to have some hot chocolate.

Starbucks has spectacular marketing, because I look forward to their red cups every holiday season. It worked on the kids too, because they loved drinking from their own red cup. Thankfully, they understand kids and make warm hot chocolate for the little ones, instead of it being scolding hot. Because I wasn't sure how they would do sipping it or if they would even enjoy it, I opted to have them drink it from a straw. They didn't find it too weird, since I do this with my coffee every now and again. It was a huge success and they loved it. A family that drinks hot chocolate together, stays together. Peyton enjoyed some as well, just a little later.

We had planned to look at Christmas lights after our outing but the kids were extremely tired and weren't in the mood to look at lights, so we headed home. After getting the kids down to bed, Adam & I watched one of our favorite holiday movies, Love Actually.

Saturday we had planned on driving down to Waco for the Baylor vs Texas football game, but that changed quickly when Mason woke up with a nasty cough and it was raining and cold outside. The weather wasn't exactly great for our family to sit through a game for 3 hours and we didn't want to risk Mason getting worse or anyone else getting sick. So we stayed home. Since we weren't going to the game, that meant Taylor could go to her best friend, Emma's birthday party. This was her very first birthday party to get invited to from a friend in her class. Taylor was so excited to go to the party and see all of her friends.

We watched the Baylor game from the comfort of our couches and cheered them on as they beat Texas two years in a row. It was a great ending to a thrilling season for the Baylor Bears. RG3, the quarterback has also been nominated for the Heisman.

After the game was over, Adam went out to pick up some food for he and I to eat when Mason's woke up coughing. When I went in to check on him, he was burning up and had a 102 temperature. His entire face was red, so I brought him downstairs to lie on the couch so that Adam & I could keep a better eye on him.

Despite not feeling well at all, he still tried to smile for the camera. Being the concerned mom that I am, I opted to have him sleep in our room that night. I knew it was going to be a long night with him coughing and feeling awful and the fact that I would be up nursing Miss Peyton. Thankfully, he was so tired and the medicine did it's job and he slept through the night without coughing.

Sunday morning, Mason still had a low grade fever so I had him lay on the couch all day. He was only allowed to get up to go to the bathroom. With a very young baby and a busy Christmas season ahead of us, I didn't want to run the risk of anyone else getting sick. We spent the day watching movies and cuddling. It wasn't the weekend I had expected, but it was relaxing for the most part which is what our family needed.