Caroline's 4th Birthday Party

We had Caroline's birthday party at Noah's Art this afternoon. It was a mermaid theme, with a mermaid cake and mermaid art projects. Caroline enjoyed every minute of it! Her birthday outfit arrived just in the nick of time -- literally as we were loading the car to head to the party. I tossed the boxes to Abby and told her to change her-- thanks for coming through, Amazon Prime ;) Albeit with NO TIME TO SPARE. Thanks also to Joel's coworker Julie who made the most amazing gluten free cake and cupcakes for us!

Hanukkah Night #7

Brought to you by Grandma and Grandpa!

Pneumonia Day #6

Becca seemed to be much improved today, almost a week after first getting sick. She didn't start to feel bad till around dinner time, her temp stayed under 100 for the first time all week, and the words "I'm bored" were uttered for the first time all week ;) We'll decide in the morning whether she is well enough to try going to school. Here she is with the kitty cat Fat Heads she got for Hanukkah last night (Caroline got an Elsa Fat Head and also inherited Becca's princess Fat Heads so now her room is officially "the Princess room". 8 is apparently too old for princesses).

Night #4

Ben gets bean-boozled! I think this was a barf one. 

Pneumonia Girl

After 5 days of spiking fevers, headache, and stomach ache, I finally dragged Rebecca in to the pediatrician only to find out she has pneumonia! Despite a bit of a rattly cough pneumonia wasn't on my radar screen -- I was worried she had some weird presentation of strep without a sore throat. The pediatrician said pneumonia can cause stomach aches, a fact I was not aware of. 

The pictures below are a testament to the power of Motrin! On it, she feels great. When it wears off the fever comes back and she goes back to huddling on the couch. The ribs pictured below? Not a good idea. She just threw them up. Sigh. The doctor says she needs to be on antibiotics for a good 48 hours before she can go back to school. He said MAYBE Friday if she seems really well by then. 

Looking Sharp!

Ben ready for cotillion last night and getting in some last-minute hoverboard time ;) Nothing sharper than a guy in a suit on a hoverboard! Of course last night was the parent-child dance, meaning I had to go as well, which for those of you who are familiar with my dancing skills, was TOTAL PAYBACK for having signed Ben up for this in the first place. 

Night #2

Has someone been eating the orange PEZ out of Darth Vader?!?!

A more traditional menorah:

Caroline's eyes are almost as big as Ariel's:

Not pictured-- Ben, whizzing around on his Swagway so fast he was but a blur, and Becca who was curled up on the couch with a 101 fever :( Another sick day for her tomorrow, sigh.