Snakes in My Throat

So it is March and we got a rare snow the other day (actually two this week). Hubby and I were planning to go to Memphis with friends to the temple but that was eventually canceled. My boys were going to Mimi's house to spend the night and I couldn't break their hearts and not let them go since that is all they talked about for the week - so they went on Friday (when it was snowing!!) I think it is important to understand that hubby is somewhat overprotective of sweet Franklin. Franklin has had many health problems since birth and hubby justs wants him to be healthy 24/7, but let's face it Franklin is 3, almost 4 - staying free from colds, etc is NOT going to happen. So hubby states emphatically that Franklin CAN'T PLAY IN THE SNOW!!! How cruel is that?

Luckily for Franklin, aunt Mimi just ignores hubby and therefore, Franklin plays in the snow when parents are gone. Franklin, Cole, and cousins have a blast in the snow just like other children are doing all over the neighborhoods of LR. All is fine......until Saturday evening when Franklin and Cole are home again getting ready for bed. Franklin awakes during the night and hubby is hovering because Franklin has watery eyes and a running nose - what appears to be the onset of --- a COLD!!! THis will not do for hubby....so he doses Franklin up to prevent the oncoming cold (which also means, fever, running nose, and sleepless nights for all).

On Sunday morning, hubby gets up early and leaves for a meeting in Glenwood leaving me to get everyone else ready for our own church services. Cole is going to spend the day with his biological mom and so off he goes. I wake Franklin up to get him ready for church and he tells me that he has "snakes in my throat." Now that is new to me since I didn't know that snakes could get in your throat!! Needless to say, Franklin was suffering from a sore throat due to the drainage from the running nose (that is my guess). So instead of getting out for the day we just medicated and then cuddled, knowing that I would face the wrath of hubby when he returned for the day if he actually figured out that Franklin did indeed play in the snow on Friday! Hubby never misses a chance to point out that he was RIGHT not to let Franklin play in the SNOW.

We love hubby even though he is overprotective!! So now it is my charge to remove the snakes from Franklin's throat and get him well again ---hopefully he will be feeling better today but if not, that means that I get to cuddle with him once more so all is not so bad. Until next time, the Doctor is out......removing snakes from the throat of a 3 year old!!