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Starting to get the Ick


Photo-A-Day #3580

It was a good thing that I was out sick from work last night. I had Eva and Andrew home today. Andrew woke up coughing a bit. Rather than expose the babysitter’s son to a cold, which he was also having one, we kept Andrew home with me and Eva. And then there is the thing about a Blizzard happening tonight into tomorrow. As I write this snowplows are going up and down my street putting big piles of snow on the corners. Our corner, the corner across the street. It is going to be fun tomorrow digging out. I’m glad that schools called about closings early this afternoon.

I took the kids to the store because of the Blizzard. We got there early before it was too crazy. They were both good on the trip. When we got home they watched a movie together and played nicely. They helped clean up the living room, a bit. I got some work done and they played independently. We had lunch and they I had both of them go upstairs to play quietly in their respective rooms. After an hour or so Andrew came downstairs and watched a preview episode of Miles from Tomorrowland with me. I’m interviewing the creator later this week and wanted to check out the first episode. Andrew sat incredibly still for me while watching at the computer.

After that we went into the living room and I watched an episode of Avengers Assemble. Andrew wasn’t that into that show and at 2:30 Andrew put himself to sleep. He slept till 5:00. When he got up he didn’t want to eat dinner but rather wanted to go back to bed. He is running a slight fever. Allison put him back to bed but instead he wanted to come back downstairs. He got his second wind and was sitting in the laundry basket watching Eva play Disney Infinity 2.0. Allison actually took a photo of him first on her phone. When she showed it to me I took a bunch of my own. He was still in good enough spirits to ham it up a little.

Recovery Road


Photo-A-Day #3560

The kids have been home for two extra days of Christmas Break. Granted, Andrew is home all the time but he did not go to the sitter’s on Monday as usual. Instead I got an e-mail from Allison letting me know that Andrew had thrown up in his sleep. He came downstairs covered and the night just got worse. Eventually Eva came down as well and she got sick. Allison scaled a mountain of dirty laundry over the course of the night and into the next day. Because they had thrown up and had fevers they were also homebound today, too. Can’t have the kiddos out there getting the rest of the school sick.

The kids were in good spirits today. I was home with them and Allison got to go in to school and start her new duties floating between the first grade and fifth and other grades. She’s got a whole different schedule for this half of the year. While she was there we were home watching some movies and also watching Eva’s new obsession, Girl Meets World. I used to love the show Boy Meets World and I love that Eva has discovered this new show about the daughter of Corey and Topenga. There are some fun Easter Eggs for fans of the original. It is a bit hokey but has gotten better as it has progressed. I am looking forward to more guest star appearances from former cast members, especially William Daniels and Will Friedle. I can’t wait to see them again. I want to find the original series so I can show Eva that one as well. I think that the whole series had some good messages in its run and she might enjoy them.