I’m not going to lie.  It’s been a tough weekend. Ane started feeling sniffly on Wednesday.  By Thursday, she was running a mild temperature and skipped swimming lessons that evening.  We were debating her fitness for school on Friday, knowing it was iffy. Then Rerun woke up at 4:30 am on Friday, and tried climbing […]

Hey, kids? I approve of most sharing. I do NOT approve of sharing fevers and sore throats. Rerun came down with it on Thursday evening, and his fever finally started to break on Saturday – after we took him to the pediatrician’s office and learned that it was viral, not strep.  (So no insta-cure with […]

Two weeks ago, Tad brought home strep throat.  I was informed at our pediatrician’s office that strep was “really going around” at his school in particular.  So, he started antibiotics – amoxicillin, specifically. Last Thursday, a week into the amoxicillin, he sprouted the most fantastic red rash all over his chest and back, and it […]

We finally got to Grandma and Gichan’s – late.  As a result, Ane owes Gichan a batch of chocolate chip cookies.  (They had a bet going.) The kids eagerly dove into their stockings, and then into brunch. Then they dove in under the tree, but Thumper, despite smiles here and there, wasn’t feeling his best. […]