Children change everything....

Every day! For weeks, I've been planning a day trip to visit a friend that I went to college with. I was all set yesterday, with detailed directions, what I was going to pack for the kids, what time I was going to leave, what I was going wear! DH got off work early yesterday so we decided to take Zander to the park and then go over to the mall to wander aimlessly. The park is always a big hit with Zander! When we finished up at the park, Zander was surprisingly easy to get in the car seat... usually he fights to stay! Right then, I should have realised something was up. We headed over to the mall, got the huge (pain in the neck) double stroller out and went in. Zander likes to walk around the mall so the stroller is just back up. We weren't there for more than five minutes when he was saying "Up?" , so I stuck him in the stroller and he rode along happily... clue number two that something is amiss. After a quick, unproductive tour of the mall we decide to go out for supper. Zander is pretty good in restaurants so we didn't think it would be an issue. We got to our table and he didn't want to sit in the highchair. We even had crayons, cheerios and cranberries and ordered him a chocolate milk, but he just wanted to sit in my lap. The clues just keep coming! He didn't even want a drink of my pop! We finally decided that he was being a bit too whiney and that we didn't want to disturb other diners so we packed up and headed home. When we got home, DH got Zander out of the car seat and said, "He's pretty warm eh?" I asked him if he was sure and he replied that he was burning up. Once we got inside, we checked his temperature and it was 100.8 F! Low grade fever, nothing to worry about. Five minutes later it was 101.5 F. When Zander went into his room and crawled into bed without us prompting, I knew that he was definitely not feeling well. After a dose of Ad.vil, and a bit of a snooze, DH went in to check on him. He pretty much bounced out of bed and seemed like he was back to normal! What's with that??!!??! We got him fed and put him back to bed at 8:30... he protested but he stayed in bed! I checked on him at 10 and he was sweating but not feverish. He woke up a couple of times last night but he went back to bed on his own and slept until 8 this morning! I figured he was ok to make the visit to my friend afterall but I called her and her boys have bad colds! Looks like we'll be staying home today...