Tweety Still Sings

We've had sickness in our home ... not just the sniffles but honest-to-goodness sickness! I've been fighting a sinus infection for two weeks, the man of the house has been hacking around, Kevin has been dragging his rear for at least two weeks, and last week Abbi hit the jackpot by having a major round of strep throat. I really don't think I've ever seen any of my kids so sick. She cried because she was hungry, she cried because she couldn't eat anything, she cried because her whole body hurt. She really didn't eat anything for 6 days. In the midst of it all she also was blessed with a strep rash, also known as scarlet fever. This was a very itchy, red-hot rash, that then led to peeling (like a sunburn), and caused her tongue to become raw (yup, completely smooth, no little taste buds). Her fingertips are peeling back from her fingernails this week. Poor thing! She missed 5 days of school and now we're playing catch-up.

So all of this to introduce you to my pictures, and my Post Title .... my sister-in-law asked me to post pictures of all the kids who AREN'T sick. Tah Dah (see next picture)

Here's our parakeet Tweety.

Who still sings a cheerful song each day - thank goodness!

I'd like to add a picture of Mitch too, since he hasn't been sick, but he's never home so I wasn't able to digitally capture the 18 year old. HMMMM ... so maybe that's the secret to staying healthy ... just always be away! And of course, Alli's not sick either since she's away at college - thank goodness. But I couldn't resist going into my picture archives and finding a special picture of her to post. She's going to love this one!!! It's a lovely prom dress she tried on her junior year of high school. Actually this one was just for fun and she really was stunning in the dress that she wore that year. Can you believe they actually make prom dresses like this?? Wait ... I have a song playing in my head ... can't you hear it? "Somewhere over the rainbow..."

Here's the "sicky" ... Puffs Plus and wastebasket close at hand. The wastebasket was for dirty tissues and the occasional throwing up. I guess the strep also caused nausea for her. And she really isn't chubby, the strep just caused her glands in her neck to be so huge that her entire face seemed to be swollen.

The ONLY benefit of having a sick kid are these beautiful spring flowers that Abbi received from Grandma B. They were, and still are, a wonderful breath of fresh air, in an otherwise germ-filled dreary home last week!

See ... I knew it - Spring is right around the corner! We just have to get through the grunge ...