Our Week

This first picture, of our kitchen counter, represents the week we’ve been having.

It started last Monday with Jake hitting the couch to rest with a fever and aches. It was the beginning of six days on the couch for him – the first three, he didn’t move at all. As you can see in the picture, though, he was handling it quite well – always keeping his cool, even when asleep with a fever.

The next morning – Tuesday – Jessie reached for something someone was cutting with scissors and got her finger caught in the scissors, losing most of her fingernail and a tiny piece of her finger. We had to bandage up her whole hand because she would have pulled off and choked on one that just covered her finger. She kept pulling off the big bandage anyway, so I spent the day wrapping and re-wrapping. If you can’t tell which finger it is that’s cut, I’ll tell you...it’s the bright red one. This is one tough girl, though – as soon as the bandage was on, she was clapping her hands and crawling around, using her hurt hand.

By Sunday morning, all four kids were sick. Ryan had already been sick for a few days and was able to get up to eat. Jessie and Emma were just coming down with it.

The girls weren’t looking quite so cool as Jake.

It’s Tuesday now - day nine - and we’re just back from the doctor where we picked up drops for two girls with pink-eye. I didn’t take pink-eye pictures. Nobody wants to see that.

It’s like a hospital around here.