Sick and Tired of Tired and Sick Kids...

a few weeks ago, our 'brilliant' son ran through the weeds to the field next to our house to retrieve his baseball. all he had on were swimming trunks. ended up with poison ivy from his neck to in-between his toes. once it was full blown he looked like freddy krueger... disgusting. and the scratching! i don't how many times i told him to stop or how much caladryl we went through...
thankfully by last friday, he was looking much better except that he needs a haircut. i think tonight he will get the clippers outside on the patio :)

while warren seemed to heal slowly but completely - ellie began acting odd. she quit eating as much, sleeping as much and ran a low grade fever. spots developed on her nether regions and today the doctor confirmed she has 'hand, foot and mouth disease'. warren had had it as an infant and it was horrific. even his mouth bled. ellie's affliction isn't as bad, but we certainly feel sorry for her. it will simply run its course and she will be back to school on thursday. apparently it is going around daycare (would have been nice if we were informed ahead of time - for you see, i tend to freak out over the simplest things).

now the reason for this post; i promise my plan was not to vent...
ryan's grandpa gave us a tricycle last week probably as old as i am. last night the kids were able to play outside for awhile before it got too dark.