Chicken Pox

What a week! Abby noticed them first on Monday evening. I checked Stevie and sure enough, he had them too. It was quite a surprise because they had been vaccinated for them when they were small. Stevie had them worse than Abby by far but both of them were itchy. I think that they are pretty well over them but they still have some scabs. Thankfully, the vaccination prevented them from having a severe case but it was bad enough. Steve brought their homework home from school and they are pretty much caught up but they are more than ready to get back to the real world. The first part of the week wasn't so bad. They both slept alot and took lots of oatmeal baths. As they got to feeling better, they wanted to to more things. Fortunately for Abby, the sewing machine that she's been saving for arrived Monday evening and she has had fun sewing some things on that. Stevie did alot of reading--of course, and some computer games. Friday night, we needed to do something but we didn't dare go out in public. Steve made a chart on the computer with the names of several fast food places around Salem at the top and down the side he put "sandwich, side, drink, and dessert" We bundled up and went through the drive through at Wendy's, McDonald's, and Kentucky Fried Chicken to get our supper. We actually went to Arby's too but Steve went in because he had a coupon. It was fun--and more expensive--but we kept our insanity intact. Yesterday, the kids stayed home alone while Steve and I did some grocery shopping. I was happy to get out too. I told the kids that I wanted to take some pictures of them to post and they protested. Steve said that we could zoom in and get just a spot or two but they didn't like that idea either. We did take a picture of the table with all the fast food bags and food spread out on it. Maybe I'll post that one later.