Month: January 2008

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Family

A Long Weekend

This past weekend I took off Friday and had a holiday Monday (MLK) so ended up with a four-day weekend. Originally we had “big” plans to go to a park with the girls, or have some other outing. But that changed when CE got strep-related tonsillitis on Wednesday.

So with the baby sick, we decided it was best to keep our plans low-key. Then Thursday afternoon she had a fever and broke out with a rash. The doctor said it was probably a reaction to the antibiotics and to not give her anymore. Also we had an appointment Friday morning at 8:30 AM.

That night CE slept fitfully and would wake up every hour or so. Giving her Tylenol like the doctor directed didn’t help much. Also it must have disturbed MD, because whenever I would just be getting back to sleep after soothing CE, I’d feel a tapping on my shoulder and it was the other daughter wanting water, or her CD player turned on, or something.

Finally by Sunday CE was on her new antibiotics and was feeling, and sleeping, better. We were able to rest Sunday afternoon and she was up to playing with her aunts G and H when they came over for a visit.

Monday we were back to the regular routine. We were talking about what to do when MD got invited over to Mackenzie’s house to play for the day. So CE had us to herself and MD had a great time playing with a friend she hadn’t visited for a while. At home CE helped me bake oatmeal raisin cookies (mostly by being the batter taster) and spent time playing and reading with CDF.

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Daughters Wife

Pictures from the Holiday

We took a bunch of pictures over the Christmas holiday. These are mostly of CE who was quite pleased to pose — as long as she got to see afterwards. MD wasn’t feeling well as she was still recovering from a stomach “flu.”

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CDF and CE at Dadu’s
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CE’s Grin
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Looking off
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MD was Sick
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Around the House

Happy New Year

There is an old saying that says something along the lines of whatever you do today, you’ll end up doing for the rest of the year. That and eating a lot of beans (or was it peas) of a certain variety will guarantee lots of money. But regardless of the veracity of those claims, today I spent with CDF and the girls, which makes it a good day by any measure.

I had yesterday and today off as the College was closed. Since the girls have been sick, we decided to keep it low key and stay around the house. Today we went out for a walk around the neighborhood. MD rode her bike, CE sat in the wagon and was pulled along by CDF, and I held the dog’s leash. We went down by the hospital and then came back.

This afternoon, after naps, MD, CE and I watched the beginning of Willow. They each sat in a child sized seat on either side of me. CE was engrossed in the movie almost as much as MD.

Later on we went outside to play and ended up going into the “woods” behind our house and walked through it to the “witches garden” beside Huntington. The girls were a bit squeamish about the prickly pine needles and blackberry briers, but they enjoyed the walk nonetheless.