3 Surprises and a Nasty Bug

Surprise one started out with the boys and I rushing to the airport in Chicago. Now if you know my family you know that we travel A LOT...Planes used to excite the kids when they were little now its just a pain to them. The only people in my family that new about the surprise were Donte, my Dad, My Granny and my Uncle Maurice.....not even the boys new. They thought that we were going to the "city" for a long weekend. We boarded the plane and they soon figured out that we were going to fly to Baltimore. I must have heard "What's in Baltimore?" 100 times. I just kept saying "wait and see". When the plane landed they were about to explode. I looked at them calmly and said "Here's your surprise.....I flew you to Baltimore and now we are going to fly back to Chicago." The looks on their faces was priceless. Their little lips were saying "oooh thanks Mom" and their eyes were saying "are you kidding!" We deboarded and walked into the baggage claim. They were scanning the airport like FBI agents. Looking for a familiar face. They were looking so hard in the wrong direction that my Dad literally walked by them and stood behind them. I had them turn around and they jumped on Grandpa. They were so very happy to see him and Uncle Maurice. We then had to drive to Pennsylvania. A little after midnight we pulled up at my uncles house and snuck in through the garage. Mom and Granny were in the downstairs living room watching TV. The boys walked right up to her and she busted out in the biggest smile and there were kisses and hugs all around. We spent a great weekend there with our family and of course as all good times go it went by so very fast. The trip home was a bit bumpy because Chicago was hit by a winter storm....don't get me started. When we arrived home I felt a little icky but thought that it was just a little scratchiness of the throat....well lets just say I woke up this morning after a night of being totally sick...the boys and I all were up all night. I have been pumping us full of Robitussin and Tylenol and hopefully tomorrow we can get back to work and school. So theres two of the surprises. One for the boys one for Grandma. The third one is up to Donte so theres no telling when that will come to light. As for this Nasty Bug.....I can't wait to get rid of it!!!!