Friday, January 2, 2009

Starting the New Year with a new virus!

Well as luck would have it ... all 4 of us got the crud immediately after school break began and Chris took vacation time for the holidays, including his birthday.  Hey ... don't make fun of my homemade cake ... it's dairy-free and eats better than the store bought stuff.
Jet ran a fever on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ... I followed him, remaining in bed the following Saturday, Charlie was next up and finally Chris is sniffling.  The good news was that we could keep the agenda pretty low beat since there were no great travels or plans.  The bad news is that it's a stinky way to spend the holidays.  It was a virus so there was no quick antibiotic fix (darn it) ... but it won't keep me from filling the "just in case - Amox script" that my doctor gave me
 as I was leaving her office ... it's like handing me a chocolate and saying "only open it if you are on the verge of starvation".  
Oh well,  Santa answered the call and delivered everything on the boys lists.  Oh by the way ... in this picture, the boys are not opening up presents on Christmas Eve ... no ... it's taken immediately 
following  the 5:30am wake up call by the boys bounding into our room on Christmas morning ... that's the reason it's pitch black outside the windows.  Well Santa and Grandma made sure it was a Star Wars Clone Wars Christmas.  We are well outfitted here on Kensington Lane should any aliens or Darth Vadar come a calling.   
Chris and I did make it to a neighborhood Christmas party and
 another neighborhood New Years Eve Party though it's hard to mingle without a voice.  The Demi Moore voice gave way to nothing by 9pm ... thus we were home by 10pm and asleep by 10:30pm.  We did make it for the New Years ring in for London ... that counts right?
So as we're rounding the bend towards the end of the holiday break, we celebrated with a visit to Chucky Cheese and are planning a visit to Legoland tomorrow.  It was AMAZING how everybody's spirits rose after Chucky.  Chris and I did sneak a quick date in.  We caught the movie Slumdog Millionare and sushi this afternoon.  Great flick by the way but not somethings that's going to be uplifting.  

Finally, a thank you and we'll miss you to our good friend Carol who has been working with our Charlie for over a year.  We love you Carol and will miss you.  Thanks for all that you do.  You've made a great impact on our family and in our lives!

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