Still no new victims. Can it be possible not to have anymore?
But we did have a grand evening last night with our friends who also have the pox. We decided we may as well enjoy each other – pox included.
We girls worked on some crafts for the upcoming craft/bake sale to benefit the church in
Japan. The boys watched a war movie.
Fun times for all!
There once was a virus called pox
Which came to the family of Cox
Two sweet little girls,
One with lots of blonde curls,
Became swiftly inflamed with red dots
Their mother, who took most things in stride,
Didn’t run, didn’t scream, didn’t hide
But calmly and cheerfully tended to itches
While she lotioned an arm or a side
Across town, in a similar home
Lived a friend with whom often she roamed
Whose 5 little girls had been over of late
And shared apples right off the same plate
Now it’s hard to say why,
And I wouldn’t imply,
But the pox also came to their house
The first victim it stained with a bumpy red rash
Was the 5 little girls’ biggest brother
He didn’t complain
Or scratch it in vain
To the great relief of his mother
But our tale isn’t finished
For this pox is not diminished
There are several still within reach
But what can we do?
Just wait and see who
Will begin to develop the itch
But thanks be to God
It won’t last for long
The red bumps and their itching will fade
And the memories of pink lotion
And family devotion
And friends who share laughter – and pain
Will be a reminder for all of us later
That through it all, God kept us sane!
And one last little gem which the Bible assures
In every trial,
There is great gain.
Glenn took a few pictures for posterity…
and let me just say that this was the end of the first day! Today, there are even more!
Luke has been a sport about it – he told us that it is kind of neat to experience something notoriously common to childhood, since he hasn’t had any broken bones, or major illnesses up till now.
Olivia has been especially sympathetic toward Luke. A couple of times, after looking at him for a few seconds, she has walked over to him, held his face in her chubby little hands, and given him a kiss on the cheek (undeterred by the red bumps), sighing sweetly for his suffering.
I’ve looked here a couple of times, but couldn’t think of anything to post. Or I didn’t have enough time to put something. But today is different! Something newsworthy! Something to remember fondly (hopefully) when we look back over our blog sometime in the future.
Luke has the chicken pox. He’s been uncomplaining so far. But the spots are multiplying at breakneck speed.
Hopefully, it will just run through the rest of its victims the same way. Since I haven’t immunized them all (I know I did somebody – at least one person!), I am quietly confident that we have only just begun.
Pray that we will get through the worst of it before Resurrection Lord’s Day!
A nice “before” shot, taken a few weeks ago.
I’m not sure he’d let me take one right now – his face is completely covered!
On the way home from Olivia’s ballet class tonight, Isabella made some kind of raspberry-type noise in the van while she and Olivia were talking and playing.
Olivia corrected her right away, “Isabella, that’s not delightful!”
No indeed!
Some things (persons) that I find *quite* delightful..
and of course Noah wanted to be in the middle of a squeeze, too..
Every year we make heart cookies. Usually I pipe out the kids’ names, but I ran short on time this year and so we opted for sprinkles. The sprinkles were put on carefully by the some of the kids, and not so carefully by some others.
It didn’t matter. We ate them all anyway.
They are a great cookie recipe – from Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa). We’ve used the recipe for 4th of July flag cookies (the original recipe), autumn leaf cookies, Christmas snowmen and angels, and hearts. They are very similar to shortbread –yum! You can find it here, although I saw it in a Living magazine years ago and now keep it in my recipe binder.
You’ll love them!
Glenn sent me some really beautiful roses –
We had a family favorite for dinner – spaghetti – followed by the cookies and the heart-shaped, giant-sized Reeces peanut butter chocolates from Daddy.
The best things were the sweet little cards the girls and I made. We had all kinds of trims from my stash and they surprised each other, and the boys, with the valentines we made.
Hope your Valentine’s Day was filled with love and joy!
The girls mostly use them for their ballet shoes, but I’ve found all kinds of stuff in them. Tights, fresh underwear, leotards, paper, special pens, stuffed animals, even a 28 oz bottle of bubble bath!
I found the tutorial online and made just a few changes. (if you’re interested in making one, the link to it is here ),
front - can you see the little “I” and “S”?
