This Week

Tuesday afternoon, Jade's teacher texted me to let me know that Jade's nose was running and she was starting to lose her voice, but was acting fine. When I picked her up from school, I could definitely tell she was coming down with something.

 We decided to meet Jeff at the park anyways when he was finished with work.

 

 

After the park we grabbed some dinner at "On the Border" - everyone in the family enjoys this restaurant. The weather was beautiful, so we sat on the patio.

 

 

About 10 minutes into dinner, Jade said she was freezing, and was starting to develop a cough. I cuddled her on my lap throughout dinner. By the time we got home, she got progressively worse. She had a high temperature and was barking like a seal. She definitely had croup. 

So Wednesday, Jade, Avery and myself took it easy. We stayed in the house while Brooke was at school and made Halloween cupcakes:

Jade and Avery helped with everything but cracking the eggs... they poured in all the ingredients themselves and even mixed it up with the hand mixer.

 

While they were baking and then cooling, we had lunch and Jade wanted to take a nap. I let Avery (who doesn't nap, hasn't in months!) frost and decorate a cupcake for herself.

 

Is there anything cuter than a little person stuffing their face with a cupcake?

 

Poor Jade wasn't even in the mood for a cupcake when she got up. We picked Brooke up from school and took Brooke to gymnastics. We all camped out in the van while Brooke did her thing- Jade was devastated that she couldn't go to gymnastics, and begged and pleaded that she was better.

Jade stayed home from school yesterday and we skipped out on dance this morning. She seems a little better, so I hope she can go to a birthday party tonight at Chuck E. Cheese for a friend of hers from preschool. Avery woke up this morning with a raspy voice, so I have a feeling all the kiddos are going to end up sick this weekend.