Sick days...

So, the day after Halloween all the kids went to school like usual. But on the way home, Lucy fell asleep in the car (slightly unusual)...and when I brought her in and deposited her on the couch so she could start waking up (and I could start making dinner) she kept on sleeping. Jane, meanwhile, had also fallen asleep (very common) and I put her on the other side of the couch. Both girls slept maybe another hour, until I finally woke them up for dinner. Lucy said she wasn't hungry, Jane came to the table but proceeded to eat nothing...I finally thought to take their temperatures, and they were both over 100.

They proceeded to be sick for the rest of the week. Until Thursday evening their fevers stayed a little below 100. But it happened to be an awful time to be sick...Lucy's birthday was on Tuesday, and we had a big family party planned. So, the party went on as scheduled, and the girls perked up a bit and had a great time...but crashed again the next morning. They missed 4 days of school...Lucy missed her school birthday celebration, and her "Friend of the Week" week...every child in her class gets a special week to bring in pictures of themselves and treasures from home. Not good timing. But luckily, she didn't seem to worried, and she'll make up her week sometime.

The girls were confined to the couch mostly, but got bored after the first day. Jane got off her couch to sort Halloween candy.


Lucy and the magnetic cubes...


Opening a birthday card...


Decorating her birthday cake... (she requested a zebra cake, though she never talks about zebras and doesn't seem too attached to them in general)


Party at Grandma Hendricks'...



The girls had a smidgen of cake and a tablespoon of ice cream, and were jealous of Gene who got a bit more...



Lucy got many nice presents...the one she pulled out the next morning when she was confined to the couch again was a "box of goodies" from Aunt Reenie- art supplies! And we got her some art things too...To use an analogy: Art is to Lucy as sports are to Gene (is that an analogy...now I can't remember the right term for those things that were always on standardized tests). She can't get enough!