Teddy Bear Picnic

January has been a bit rough for us.  We are actually a very healthy family and rarely get sick.  I don't mean to brag but it is really so nice.  But this January was very different.  A couple of weeks ago Kevy started feeling really sick on Sunday.  He was down and out with a really bad cold, so bad it really seemed like the flu. He was sick through Wednesday, so bad that he had to take off work, which he never does. Well wouldn't you know that Wednesday all of the rest of us start to bite the dust.  Nellie came home early that day from school and Jane developed a fever too.  Then I started in on the coughing.  So of course by the time Thursday rolled around all the rest of us were sick and Kevin was finally well enough to go back to work.  So that left me home pregnant, sicker than heck and taking care of four sick kids.  Not to mention that I couldn't take anything to actually make myself feel better.  No fun.  It was a really miserable 5 days.  None of us really felt better until the next Tuesday.

Janie had really been looking forward to her Teddy Bear picnic at preschool where they get to wear their pajamas and bring their favorite teddy bear, and then have treats, so we decided to have one at home, minus the pajamas.  I just can't stay in pajamas when I am sick it makes me feel sicker, so we all got dressed that day.  We laid out a blanket in our living room and had our picnic. The kids all loved it. You would never know how sick they were from this picture, but that is because they were all pretty doped up at the time. Plus Russy never really even acted sick.  He even had a checkup the next week and they said he had an ear infection, but you would never have known it because he was acting just fine.  Anyway they are all better now and doing great.  Let hope the rest of the season goes smoothly.  I really hate having sick kids.  It's horrible!