Sick kiddo's... :(

We've been hit with sickness at our house.  Pretty sad about it... because we're really bored.  Our little guy started with a fever on Saturday that would not go away.  Finally {after the help of my dad giving him a blessing :)} it broke and the fever was gone.  We thought it was just teething and kept nursing him with Ibuprofen.  Well... Monday he woke up with a giant blister bug bite looking thing on his toe.  I went nuts and called an exterminator AND had my husband pick up some spray for the house and spider traps.  Baby waking up with a bite is NOT okay in my book.  Gross.

Monday afternoon our little chick-a-dee suddenly got really sick.  Same as Cohen... high fever, really sleepy and achy.  When it started reaching 102 after I had given her Tylenol, we decided to drive to Instacare.  Just in case.  She had a strep test done and that wasn't the cause of her sore throat.  The doctor was going to write it off as just being sick... until he saw Cohen's toe.  Turns out Miley and Cohen have picked up Hand, Foot and Mouth disease.  Eek!

So what I'm getting at is that I have been sitting with grouch-o sick kids since Monday night and haven't gotten much done in the blog or sewing world.  Dang it!  But my kids need me and I am happy to be there for them.  Plus we have watched some really great movies :)

The other thing I'm getting at is this... why is it that when someone gets sick with a virus like this everyone seems to think they have some gross disease or illness that is going to kill you if they touch you?  I have gotten just a couple of comments that... let's face it... have hurt just a bit.  I have clean kids.  I have a clean home.  We wash our hands.  In fact, I get mad at my husband because I think he washes them too much.  It was just a case of bad luck and our turn to catch it.  We've been lucky in the ways that Cohen has the one blister and both him and Miley just have sores in their throats.  With the fevers for a day.  I have also been one to jump to conclusions when I hear someone is sick with something like this.  I now know that this kind of judgment is just as hurtful as all the other kinds... judgment is judgment.  Anywho... hug somebody today and show them love.  Even if they're sick.  He/She could probably really use it.

And I've got a great recipe to share...