Poor man...

Avery's up to 103.7 degrees between medicine doses, but at least it's well controlled by Ibuprofen. This morning he was hyper and crazy 15min after being dosed! Still - no school tomorrow for him!

Update May 24th: He finally made it back to school today and said he felt great this morning. *whew*

Will it never end?

So we had a marvelous time visiting our friends in Missouri! We saw an awesome cave; the Devil's Icebox. Played lots of games with much fervor :) And I even got to satisfy my sushi craving (as at home I have to make it myself).

Avery's cough went away finally. Then of course this morning he wakes up complaining of a sore stomach. I figure it's just from having junk food on the road, but and hour and a half later the school nurse calls to tell me he "lost his lunch" and he needs to go home. Two hours after that he's curled up in a ball with a fever over 101. My only guess is he got some stomach flu at Sunday school. Poor dude. I want us all healthy for the holidays!

I'm even going to the doctor today because my ears have hurt the last couple of days and my throat is still achy. *le sigh* Wish us luck!

Update: Avery's fever hasn't gone up anymore, but nothing stays in his tummy but a bit of water. Poor guy's head is killing him, but he can't keep the medicine down :( I swear after all this we better have one big "get out of illness free for a year" card!
Doctor gave me antibiotics. She thinks I have a throat infection that is bad enough to reach up and make my ears achy.

Finally not sick!

Avery was quite sick for a while, as were we all with a nasty bone-aching flu. But luckily, he got better in time for Living History Day at Sutter's Fort in Sacramento. Rain was expected, but we got gorgeous spring instead! He was quite chatty (going back twice) with the guys at the covered wagon, and really loved the fire in the blacksmith's forge. We got to watch the smith make a mini horseshoe. Our wee mannie also got to dip candles which he thought was really neat. Avery is also writing: He wrote 'too' after I wrote 'too much' on the chalkboard, and he did it of his own volition! And it was legible!















Curran is cruising like a pro and going up steps (when he has good enough incentive like "oh look! someone left the baby gate open!). I tried to take a picture of the curls at the back of his head, which are usually much more properly curled than this photo shows. The other picture is him exploring during our picnic at the elementary school next door to us. Aric and Avery both nearly fell asleep in the warm lovely sun.

In other news, Aric is very busy applying for jobs/calls. Several have already contacted him back, wanting more info from him. He's also dead busy being unofficial minister of his intern church (since the actual minister left for another position). Holy week here as been crazy for him! And no, we don't know where we will end up. He is applying everywhere that sounds like it has a good position.