Thought it was some hair gel, but it 'snot

Elijah is poorly, poor Elijah. He tells me 37 times a day that he is soooooo poorly, while he is wailing, in between wiping snot on his hand, his arm, my leg, he does blow his nose but then sort of wipes it across his face. The hair? Not gel, oh no it isn't. Ewwww.

Poor little man, we can't keep up with the nose, it is winning every race. He is hot and his eyes are red and watery. And he cries. A lot. As a general rule he doesn't cry, hardly at all. He has been crying for 3 days. He can't sleep too well either and he wants daddy AND mummy to sit all day and just snuggle him and read.


Which all sounds heavenly, except sometimes, we have to move and do dull things like pee and collect other boys from school, which makes him cry and cough and just generally melt down rather spectacularly.
This winter has been a rotten old wet one, February is the most miserable month isn't it? Christmas is all over, the spring is just a bit too far away to look forward to. We're going away next week, just for 3 days, it will be lovely .... we won't think about teenagers left here, will we?
I say...... H is taking me to lunch for valentines day, on thursday though because then Sophie can look after snot head for us. What a thing though, h isn't known for his romantic gestures, which makes the ones he does do extra splendid. He really is a bit gorgeous lately.
Did I tell you he has started a blog? He has, he lets me read it too. He won't read mine because he says it might make me feel I have to curtail what I write ( and also? He has me here, saying it all...I suspect the very thought of having to sit and read all this might make him lose the very will to live)
H's blog is going to be informative and every now and then I think there will be something that makes my heart skip a bit. Just like him of course.
It is 1am, I have got to sleeeeeeeeep. I think the boys have at last stopped crying and waking up. I hate to go to bed, just doze off and then get woken up, guaranteed to get a snarl every time!
So, night night, may the snot stay away from your homes.