A Day at Home with Sick Kids Mad Libs

Don't look so sick now, do they??

One morning, two brothers woke up with sore voices and feet. The brothers’ preschool specifically stated that anyone with sore feet must stay home for three weeks. The family played hide and seek. Daddy hid at work. For breakfast, the brothers wanted waffles bagels chicken nuggets. After breakfast, they played jump on your brother until [...]

How to Cope With Your Child, the Vomit Machine

vomit

Ah, winter. ‘Tis the season of rigidly defended snow forts and gaily decorated snowmen; of rosy red cheeks and cherry red noses. Of germs. Yeah, ’cause your kid’s defenses are not as rigid as that snow forts’. And the red cheeks? Well, that’s a sign of fever. Sorry to tell you. But what did you [...]

Curing Piggies

The ultimate cure-all

Every time things get a bit crazy in the news, and it involves the kids, I think about the whole Swine Flu outbreak a while back. I remember being enthralled by such wide-spread disruption to our normal routine. Having grown up in rural Pennsylvania, about the only thing I could compare all the ensuing school [...]